The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-01

built to their present proportions and pros
perity such points. ss Kansss City, Louii-
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
al envious start in the race. We must be
alive to ell 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 tho. south Of us. We
must not permit this another year. Four
good county roads are needed. They need
not 20 further for the present than say ten or
dozen miles from US. The cost ought not
TO exceed $40 600, and the county and: the
people OF this city will be richly REIN bursed
fer the outlay. We know of one gentleman,
interested here, who will at once
Contribute $500, and another who pro.
poses to donate like amount if
the county, and Others of our people, will
subscribe the balance of the $4,000 Ev-
cry farmer along the line of the proposed
highways could well afford to contribute
literally, and thus save Tina and teams by
the investment So could each merch, 4,
who might have dealings with them.
The other subisct matter that conce'u,
us is that of decent city streets and pave
ments. There is nothing that impresses a
visitor more strongly concerning place than
its hotel accommodations, lis street or
'get-about" facilities, its places of amuse-
meht and recreation. In oil our expert.
euce-and 1t extends over this entirs 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 wretched Of
streets and sidewalks, to cay 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 ornamental; but
there comes time, as in the life of the indi-
vidual, In the social evolution of municipal
progress when the ornamental reacts and
becomes cause Of accessions to the useful.
Torchlights may do for while for the
country store, then will follow the luxury Of
the tallow candle. and then the oil
lamp; but after while the merchant
inds that the elegant gsslight becomes
the most attractive advertisement he can
have to entice custom to his quarters;
and glittering chandeliers sometimes help
out wonderfully. More civility and recogni.
ton. as existent human nature goes, is paid
to him in broadcoth, than to him in fustian,
TO the gentleman in the carriage, than the
man on the mule; and more to her with the
elk dress and the diamond brooch, than to
the oalico-altired, cheap bonneted laboring
woman vendor Of fruits or vegetables. Even
as long rs imposing worthlessnes. secures
the visible marks of respect, says some writer,
while the disrespect for il is hidden, il
naturally aourishes. Then if true worth
apparels Itself Alright, it will receive the
preferred homage and flourish all the more.
The principle involved in each of these
illustrations is identicslly the ,sme as that in
the matter of u comedy and we'll ksmpt and
alfred city. Let us have prompt attention
| and Rdpo ia action on hath thoaa tr.,onor
tstion desideIata for our "future great"