The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-07

"a long felt want" II issad 10 contemplat
especially when II Is remembered that 9TH
Siftings" is ono of those thirteen. Thu
News Gays
Most every town has lis bette noir-som,
have altogether too much rock Ia the sol
upon which they are situated, Others have
fesrfully tenacious black mud to contenc
with. and still others-Henderso for exam
ple-have large oversbare of sand. Each
and every one of these drawbacks are terribly
trying upon the good qualities OF the aver
age citizens, and "cuss words" are not uDfre-
quently heard escaping from their lips. The
city of Austin, however, is justly entitled To
the cske; she already has thirteen newspa-
pers, and one day last week We received
prospectus for another to be started
there. What has Austin done
to merit such terrible punishment
The Weatherford Commercial complains
that some of the Fort Worth papers speak
dsparsgingly of Weatherford, and its efforts
to secure railroad facilities. 1t is only mar
row minded prejudice, a puerie prompting
that does this and II is not worthy OF notice
on the part of the Commercial or the people
of Westherford. The Commercial says:
The Fort Worth papers and their cores
po1dents must be fearfully jealous OF Weaths
erford. Those papers are the only paper
of the etste that attempt to speak dispsrag-
ingly of our growing and prosperous city.
We can account for this in no other way,
save in that that this city henceforth will be
troublesome thorn in the side of that town.
The enterprise and "get up" of our people
have inspired that people TO work manfully,
and in place of attempt at ridicule, those
papers should compliment Weatherford.
This town in the future will prove the most
formidable rival of any of the Forts sister
cities.
1t is amusing how the full pack, Tray,
Sweetheart and Blanche keep in full cry at
the heels of Galveston, predicting her decay
and downfall, and lauding Sabine Pass or
the mouth of the Brazos to the sky as the
proper place for port. The latest snarl VIC
have heard is from the Houston Post about
Sabine Pass and a railroad from Houston to
that point. We would like to see deep
water at Sabine Pass. We believe it can
be easily obtained and we had advocated the
movement, but at the same time we want
deep water at Galveston. We want it in the
interest of the whole state, and we want to
see it secured speedily. The Post ought to
know that Houston can never have ship
channel until Galveston bar is deepeDed.
The Post says:
TL,k. halu mo nhnndQ
reference to railroad connections tending to
deep water, Houston certair ly. whether from
superior enterprise or good luck, or both
combined, has no idea of being relegated to
the rear. Another clap of genuine railroad
thunder has doomed from the clear sky over
II Juston, and 10! another radiating line lies
marked out from the hub of Texas to the
Sabine Pass, on the periphery of the wheel.
THIS scheme has been deity and quietly
handled. The promoters have taken leaf
out of General Grants first volume, and their
legend lie; "Silence is Gould" Within a
few days after the filling of the
charter tho engineer and secretary OF
the Sabine and Western scheme, put
in an appearance, making ready for
survey oil the route 10 as direct a m<nner as
possible for the Pass. The importance OF
this line can scarcely be overestimated.
While Galveston has been coquetting with
advantages of this kind thrown in her
way, and absolutely sitting down by the
natural force of gravity on offers of CONNER
cia salvation, Houston has by push and good
fortune improved and continued to i'm
prove her natural advantages, until she now
presents more than fancled resemblance to
a wheel rad,stipg its spokes in every direc-
ton, or as the eloquent president of the press
association said once, to spiders web
stretching out its REGULATIONS far and near,
and dragging TO its centre the prey OF
"dvers colors" and kinds.
Sabine Pass is deepening her bar steadyily.
Already il HIS eighteen feet of water. Soon
|. will have twenty and more, and unless
Galveston will rise Immediately superior to
ches peniDg the cost at which great syndi-
cate can be induced to make its terminus at
its wharves, it will re-ensct the part of
Venice, or rather of "Oriana in the Moated
Grange" lis not declared whose hand
pulls the string Of this Sabine enterprise.
Experts reccgnizs the mind of Gould in the
scheme. Perhaps they are right. Mr.. Gould
is believed h aim at the command of all the
chief gulf Ou.lets. Tho Waco and Volasco
rosd has been surveyed; the g. II. u ID. road
Is pocketed, aud now slant is determined
10 Sabine Pass. Whoever may be at the
helm, the Inns is directly 10 tho interest OF
Houston, and Der importance as point of
departure and Of distribution is increaiDg in
a very wonderful manner. We sbrewdly
suspect that when this line is finished it will
lud new connections to tho west and north,
90 the complex work continues TO be woven,
thread by ihread-while Galveston values her
bi thrigh, ut Sos, 1856 on paper! "How are
the mighty fallehl"
How the Fortunes Of RaiIroad Kings
are ade,