The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-06-02
ouR PROSPERITY.


f,r rejoicing NJ the present lime, 'ufely " "
Tho great state Of Tesss. With Immigration
pouring Into her limits from oil parts OF 'h"
country and from Europe rs well, with mag
niacent crop prospects, and more especially
with railways pormeating or prospeced
through all hcr rich, Int counties. she has In
deed every cause to rejoice; and more par
ticulsrly has northern Texas such cause.
Among the latter factors we have always
regarded the line OF the Chicago, Texas "
Mexican Central road ss oil the highest im-
nortance to our own immediate section.
Running northeasterly and seeking an outlet
10 the ives. and cas-. for the varied products
which must pour along the great artery from
the southwestern rs we'll as the central section
of the state, the volume of business thet
it mus do will be necessarily immense, and
of tho supremest import to this great central
city of tie state. Therefore it was with the
highest qualification that we saw and enron
icled some months ago, this Inauguration Oh
the enterprise that is now 20 successfully
under way between Dallas and CtebuTne' or
some other peighboriug point southwest OF
us. This branch completed the
chief engineer will AZ once
proceeded to survey the route to Paris
whore ST. Louis and Chicogo connection
will be made. We have before shown Inc
infinite value of this to our citizens. Along
with these we are to have the Galveston,
Colorado g. Santa Fe road to come from
Cleburne hilher, q route that this journal
was one of the first to conceive as being the
proper one for it to select,
and did most persistently urge
until now it finds its earnest hopes about to
be realized through circumstances not then
fully anticipated we mean the Gould COM
bns!ion arrangements at Fort Worth. Add
still further the other cheering fact that we
will have the Texas s. 81. Louis narrow
gauge here within the next twelve months,
which will put our merchants in direct
communication with a region
now being thickly populated, and naturally
tributary to Dallas. Add to this the other
welcome fact that the East Lire road compa>
ny from Jefferson through tier OF counti'
that annually smile with the grandest OF barV-
e:ts, are notonlycontemplating butnegotiating
"a terminal, their route here as the railroad
centre, and We are surely warranted in say ing
among ourselves, and IN conscieh>
tiously announcing to the world that the
CITY of D ALIAS is the grand central city IN
deed. Situated at the Intersection point OF
the two grand trunk lines running east ard
west, and north and south, the Texas "
Pacific and the Texas Central
rosds. with a railway, the
Texas Trunk, rapidly making hence tor
Sabine Pass and now on solid basis Whiie
tho Dallas 81 Wichita running
northwesterly into the splendid
agricultural end mining districts We ar
truly, as the diagram will demonstrate, the
Indianapolis of the south, soon to be the
most populous of any place in oil its borders,
New Orleans alone excepted. With these
road, must come manufacturing Industries
of all sorts, which will put to work thousands
of people, men, women ana chiid-
ran. our mines will be de-
veloped, our buildings, stores and
residences, will be increased in number and
rental value, and our name be spread broad-
cast over the world. All this is matter of
only little lime The result as portrayed
ia as fixed as the fates. 1t is amusing to US
now when we reflect how when the HERALD,
not over two years since, pictured these
things, and daily worked for them, we were
designated the "great paper railroad build
ers"All that we predicted hiss come to pass,
and perhaps more; but, we must admit
within shorter period of time than we
thought for. We are to-day still urging
something III regard to city improvements OF
streets and pavements, now disgrace to US
all. and we are to-day abused by some for 1t
as piece of unnecessary extravaganza but
la, 4 ----olv as these other things trans
a..,l. a- Ire -ausgl.ag, just so surely Will
4, sl.-. lime vadica,e tho correctness OF our
-,s..,.ls. Az an re,o let all of us rejoice
d. tho qolersl prosperity that's upon the
10 and the san '4,e Of its queen city.