The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-01

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The suggestion you urge N a fJand rail-.
road excursion nom Dallas and The sur.
rounding country 10 VI Paso, should be
o Enthusiastically conburrcd In and adopted
not asa Dallas enterprise, but as o com
minglns Of people from oil parts Of the
Statc-in commcmorailon Of an achieve,
ment, the second In North America. and
the first In tlis latitude, which connects
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans BY railway,
making neighbors OF communities and
States which, less than twelve years ago,
demanded weeks, and even months OF dan
ecrous toll from the one 10 the other. But
now, by this new trans continental
line, for the first time. Is
IL made practicable for passen'
gers at all seasons Of the year. com
fortably, and with speed that laughs nt
istance to pass from one ocean TO the
other, bringing Europe and Asia thousands
of miles closer together. SO far the whole
Union and large part Of the world is bene-
fitted: but to us of Texas its significance is
manifold greater. Within less than two
years six hundred miles of this road-the
Texas & Pacifc-have been constructed into
and through a region hitherto untouched
by rail, and four hundred miles of the route
! the abode or savages and vaguely regarded
as n semi-desert. And all this six hundred
miles, besides two hundred and sixty miles
of the sime line previously constructed
to the east, on the soil of Texas,
eight hundred and sixty-seven continuous
miles in our imperial State, from
east to west. The world has witnessed the
consummation of but one similar enterprise
this junction of the Texas Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railways-and in the
other case the Federal Government ad-
yanced forty millions of dollars to its build
ers, while in this case not dollar has been
asked or drawn from any public treasury.
Hence this grand line on the parallel of lat
itude-thirty- two-stands unrivalled before
the world in its claims to admiration and
support.
The western half of the line in Texas ira
verses country of unrivalled beauty,
which, instead of being desert, is destined,
in a large sense, to become famous for its
grain, cotton, fruit and live stock;
Astounding also in the most delight,
fine health resorts for both summer and
varied mineral springs will furnish inviting
localities adapted to each season of the
year.
The line passes over gypsum deposits
sufficient to fertiliZe every worn-Out field IN
the Union. At shallow depths the auresst
well water is found in inexhaustible quanti-
ties. Health, vigor and the highest physi-
cal development to man and beast are
guaranteed by every climatic and topo-
graphic agency known to scientific research.
Yet here we are in Dallas. in Waco, Hous,,
ton and all over the country, N practicnl
ignaronce of the value ana grandeur.
of that immense area OF
our State. Our f1nctionaries of State
Governor, heads of departments, judicial
kofficers, know less of the country-as it
actually is-than do the cowboys, who
look only for grass. 80,
Then is it not we'll, is it not wise, and will
it not be pleasure to them, to merchants
looking out for business, to all anxious
for new homes in fine country, to all who
are settled but have State pride, and to
all who simply enjoy the beauties and the
bounties of nature, to Join in such an ex,
cursion and see for themselves this grand
| primeval heritage, only awaiting.the touch
of industry to become rich in production ?
Our wholesale men, who would grasp. at
ripening fruit, whether on this or the other
should 60 and invite intercourse
with those where trade has ever been based
on cash. Why should Dallas not partici-
pate in the rich trade Of Ell Paso,, the whole
State of Chihuahua and Northwest New
| Mexico? There is no reason, If our dealers
are wise in its search.
Then let us have the excursion-no Lilli-
putian affair, but grand turnout Of men
of different avocations, who want to seeand
understand that large portion of Texas and
profit by its development. Dallas, Waco,
can join hands in commemorative the
completion of an enterprise whose blessings
will be shared by all. Here goes for the
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