The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-29

Tia following paragraph from the Bolton
Ia, involves q question, the settlement
'0u s;oh We leave to the Journals therein
p, ~. Galveston Journal in its daily issue of
iu s,h inst. asks in large type, "Whither
the lo'Da ,iftipe!" We didn't have time to
nesys srt,ce. and 50 hastily ran our eyes
sau ' ,Se column, when lo! what should greet
cow hut the little word shell" in
ou. .iIs nromiuent type. Each Is a caption
equ',I fi,rent article, but it is cafe TO con.
W i. that the foreman of the office thinks
cuI Irows where the editor is drifting, and
y, quietly proceeded to stale the fact with
0S w. a Brenhsm Banner discusses the Ques-
a., If tax assessments, and condemns the
..,,aot system, tina. is tn, modus operandi
r. Ina law. We have no suggestions to
u.ts but we would like to know this: If a
man renders his pr >perty for assessment as
,tslOOOO value when it would readily
WING $4,000 in cash, which amount he
v,ud not take, and then swears to his
assessment of $40 900, doos no commit per-
INV or not? The B amer says:
Ths fault now lies in the system OF assess
;rc taxes, tho county assessor simply lists a
man, properly asd allows the nan to place
bis own value on it, and if the assessor con-
.idars |, reasonable he accepts the owners
yslustioo, the law requiring the owner to
make oath that the valuation is just and
reasonable. Some men return their props
srty at its full valuation, while others
endesyor to get their assessment down to the
yerv lowest figure they think the assessor
, will take and rs they are required to swear
70 il, the assessor has very little discretion in
The matter. A fairer aud better way would
be for the assessor to make list Of all the
resl estate and then to have board of asses
sOrs to put valuation on it, and where prop,
erty owners are dissatisfied with the assess
msnt they should have the right of appeal to
board Of equalization, whose fading should
be fual. We have no fault to find with the
assessors, most of whom discharge their du-
lie; honestly and faithfully; 1t is the system
that is at fault. Ii every property owner
paid taxes on his property at fair and equit-
able valuation there should be 10 just cause
for complaint,
The man who will not fight for his own is
no man q. all. The Mineola Monitor is
standing by Mineols in a way that is com.
meudable, ald says of that place:
"Are not these woods more free from peril
than the fretted cour.? Books in the rum
ming brooks; sermons 10 stones, and good in
everything. l would not change" Mineola
adopts this beautiful language of the worlds
greatest bard, 10 regard 10 her advantages as
arailrosd center. While other towns are
spending their millions in subsidies for rail-
roads and machine shops, and getting empty
bsubles, Mineola grows apsce, with no exer-
ton of her own. Three trunk brosd gauges
are already at her door, and the Kansas t.
Gulf Short Line is sure to come
because there is business here for
her, which will be sufficient induce
ment. And now it ia said that the Gould
syndicate has purchased the East Texas
road running from Sabine Pass TO Beau
mont ard projected northward to Mineols,
where IL will form connection with the trunk
lines of the Gould system. 1t is said Mr..
Gould has selected Sabine Pass as his Gulf
outlet and Mineols as the radstiDg point in
latter reoort il evidenced nv the extent a. d
character of railroad buildings and switch
YARDS now under contract IN this city; Inc
and ane'. 20; God hIpId;r " Tho s1sta Tho
freight house is of immense capacity,
while the switch yards will contain
sasu' tracks nearly m,l ;s 10 iepg Sa,
Mipeols ia Regarded 90 an i'm no,tsnt no;nt hy
the railroad authorities, We cite tho fact that
large body of land Jus. east of town has
been reserved BY the railroads, which is not
for sale at any. price. Upon this ground the
near future will behold a mammoth stable
erected, in which Gould's huge iron horses
will find shelter, and the smoke arising from
the great central machine shops OF this
mighty combination of railroads. This will
not DO the result of favoritism to Mneola,
but the actual necessities of the different
roads centering hero. Marshall and Pales
tine may hold these advantages little while
longer, but they are transilory and must GO.
What ia their loss will be Mineols's gain.
Mineola is immensely content with her future
prospects.
Decatur, in Wise county, is soon to have a
railroad and wa ara cIsd of II Tbe trsde
of that soc,;on Ia ir,me0.o snd oon.,,n,ln
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