The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-29
"noADs AGAIN.
A Correspondent Forcibly Depicts the
Necessity for Accessible Approaches to
the Civ.

anything more needed, now, about the
ilourishing city of Dallas, than good, wide,
straight, solid roads, Yes, keep the subject
agitated, Mr., Editor, until the disgrace OF
having 40 road to the city is wiped out al
least, until there is more decency, more
comfort, more convenience and more profit
TO the "citizens," and more accommodation
for The country people in the way of roads
Tins Is not a matter TO be neglected,
or lightly considered if the citizens have
any regard for their own, or city's pros
perity. They are just at point now where
there is great danger of profits falling off,
of business being crippled and of business
men being ruined.
In the great strides that are being made
in building up city and country like this,
every support of the diversified occupa-
tions should be carefully watched, and no
obstruction whatever allowed to lessen the
opportunities of securing business. The
city of Dallas has not been wanting in sup
port ofanan important enterprise. She has
secured q commanding interest i'm railroads
which gives character and standing to her
leading citizens, to her business capacity.
and to the productive interests of the
county and this section of the State and
now she is just ira situation TO frtter away
her trade by which she may fall into insig-
niiicance III her trade, name and CONNER
cial influence.
The people of the county are inst Mt this
time doing all in their power to- yet their
trade away from the city. Not, by any
means, from choice, but from necessity.
From the fact that some ifnot most of the
roads leading into the city, are much of the
time, almost impossible. And those times
come generally at such times as the demand
for travel is greatest.
II is singular fact that the people like
Dallas and liketo trade there that some
sections and even some highly creditabe
towns have sought with great earnestness
and oilers OF means to open convenient
ways OF transit and loCOmotiOn to and from
the cltI, and yet are compelled to iorego
the pleasure and profit Of doing so on ac-
count of bad roads
There is ne better farming section of this
county than that in which the noble little
town of Lancaster is situated-nonc
more productive - and vet they
find it impossible to TRANSPORT
these products to Dallas, principally, on ac-
count of an impossible piece of road right at
the entrance Of the city. Enterprising men
see this and avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity OF building up a retail trade connve-
nieht TO the people whom they can barter
Tor and buy up the produce.
1t is true that farmers like to put their
cotton
BALES UPON WAGONS,
llx up comfortably and take their wives
ana children to Dallas as wider mart In
sell at, broader field to buy in, place of
more interest, more sights, more people.
and may say more opportunities OF spend.
ing their money; but for want of GOOD
saie roads they cannot do this and are
forced 70 content themselves with such OPP
poriunities for selling and buying as are
without their reach, foregoingthe pleasures
o. camp -launt across the broad and beau
tliul prairies, the sightseeing in fine civ
and the exhilerated spirit of the family cir
Gle ut the rccitals on their return. Bit tho
lhducement for bringing the cotton, of that
section 10 Dallas, this season, was mainly.
the compress and the only means of gettin1
A. across this bad bottom was by getting mn
long wagon trains by which men and teams
could both be doubled and thereby
prize and pull and push 4 |
through. This, single farmers cannot |
40, and If they were.to club together for
that purpose, 1t would subject women and |
cniiureh TO annoyances they would not
suomi to. And the truth is, Dallas is
losing her retail trade, without which She
VIII lose her position as the emporium Of
North Texas. This disposition ON the part
OF the people is not confined to those around |
Lancaster, but is to be found in every
quarter of the country and it is growing
rapidly. The only way to check #, and Z |
must be done, is to make road,
on the approaches to the civ
All the southern portion of this county and
northern portion of Ellis is cut Off mainly
anu might say wholly, by the desperate
eonult,on OF the road acgoSs the bottom
toward Waxahachle. This piece of road is
n hnl 10 81
impossible i'll wet weather and takes A long
time TO dry. II would cost but trilIe 70
make IT equal to the Dallas bridge turn
PIKE, ana the farmers on the south side of
the river nave been DESTROYS for several ye,rs
inappropriate their time and means tot but
the people of the city have refused to MD
them, and not feeling able to complete The
W., work alone, they have not attempted il.
THE ONLY PUBLIC ROAD
gong south out of the city. Tho
ROAD gong east becomes just as
distance. The road north is very mi, Ic'i II
any, better, and the truth is there is moi n
respectable road leading into the city. No
person would, for, moment, SUP.
pose or suspect he was annroocb.
ing a city, where, within n mia ni
The corporate limits, Judging from tbe
roads alone, they are more like the nm.
proaches to a new mill, where il is genGr.
any, all travel and no road. There is moi n
ROAD ana scarcely street for decent drive
of one mile. "'Ne
1t is necessary that the city have great
i me roads extending from two to four miles
itoih the Guy limits, according to circum.
stances, The travel from the eastern sec.
ton OF the county falls into The
road leading east FROM ny ny
city about White Rock creek. fonr
miles and the wear on that four miles or
Wha'eVer the distance may be, is so great
that nothing but the very best CONSTRUCTED !
roaI VIII stand II So with the Mckinney
ROAD and so with the Preston road
Under a proper
=, sRNsE OF CITY PRIDE
mere should be q iirstclass road TO White
Rock creek.--perfectly straight and one HIM.
ureu ieet wlde' The same to Turtle Creek.
Ihetnrnpikeirom the Dallas bridge shouldI
be Strengthened, ifthe conformation If the '
ground will admit of 1t, and extended 70
The top of the hill, and the Wnyobncl,;o {
road should be bread aud solid TO Cedar
creek. THESE approaches to the city and {
others should be made in the first Mace I
70 stand the travel that is thrown in unon !
them by converging roads beyond. In Tho
second place they should bcconstrnctod so as '
10 give a due sense OF the Importance Of thc
pace. And in the third PLACE there should !
DC some respectable roads, upon which eli.
zvhs, visitors and strangers could take ,
pleasure rides and drives, when they could
a nen.l ine fresh air or take view of our
Let us have good roads. Let us have M
cause in the way of those who
would visit our CITY f1r ,,ln,.n.o - |