The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-05
COUNTY ROADs-CITY STREETS.

Now that Dallas is becoming, and rapidly,
the Indianapolis of the south with railway
that radiate in all directions, there are two
things to which she ought to give immediate
attention, viz: county roads and street con-
veniences the former 10 bring hither and
take hence such products and goods for all
the surrounding section which the iron bands
do not reach. There is nothing that more
conduces to freedom of trade than cheap
transportation facilities. Here in Dallas, in
the wake of railways, will come all manner
of manufacturing enterprises. Here we have
all the facilities for cheap construction and
cheap operation of cotton and wooden mills
car factories, Touring mills, canning estab
lishments, beet and pork psckeries
and all such other things as have
built to their present proportions and pros
perity such points as Kansas City, Louis
vile, Indianapolis, and all the New York and
New Jersey inland cities. We are properly
located geographically, fortunately condi-
toned by the fate of circumstance, ard with
an envious start In the race. We must be
alive to all that is ours by the accident of
opportunity, or by right of effort. The past
season we lost. several thousand bales of cot
ton that were taken to Sherman on the north
and Waxshachie on the south of us. We
must not permit this another year. Four
good county roads are needed. They need
not go further for the present than say ten or
dozen miles from u.s. The cost ought not
to exceed $40 900, and the county and. the
people of this city will be richly REIN hnrsed
fer the outlay. We know of one Gen,lem'n,
interested here, who will at orce
contribute $500, and another who pro.
poses to donate like amount if
the county. and others of our.people will
subscribe the balance of tho 100000 Ey-
cry farmer along the line Of the proposed
highways could well afford to contribute
literally, aud thus save time and teams by
the investment. SO could each merchant
who might have dealings with them.
The other subisct matter that concerns
us is that of decent city streets and pave
ments. There is nothing that impresses a
visitor more strongly concerning pace than
lie hotel accommodations. is street or
''get-aboup' facilities, its places of smuse-
meut and recres,ion. In all our expert
ence-and II extends over this entire country
Travelled through frequently, excepting the
Pacific slope-we can recall no city outside
of Texas, of the proportions and population
of Dallas, that can take from her the
reputation Of having the most wrelched Of
streets and sidewalks, 10 ,sy nothing Of The
barn and box style Of her monotonous
architecture. The necessary and the useful,
we concede, should precede the
purely convenient and the orDsnental; but
there comes . time, as in the life Of the indi-
viau.l, in the social evolution Of municipal
progress. when the ornamental reacts and
becomes a cause Of accsssions 10 the useful
To,chBehts may 90 for . while for the
o,up,r, ,tOre. then viii follow the luxury Of
,ha tsllou candle. and then the oil
lam; but sfsr . while the merchant
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tss mos, stirscdvs advertisements be can
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Of, wonderfully. More civilty and recogui-
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