The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-01-26


And Again, Streets and Sewers
To the Editor of the Herald:
We noticed in your columns on yesterday
that zone of the Fifty takes us severely to
task for the suggestions we dared to make in
your issue of last Friday, under the head
of Street improvements
1t is said that in the early DAYS of Meth.
odism John Wesley sent out number OF
preachers or eyangclists, and shat one of
them returned greatly discouraged. Mr..
Wesley, inquiring into the cause, said, "My
brother, were there no conversions under
your preaching" None replied the
preacher. Were none ConviCtcdY" "NOnc, ="
was the sorrOwtul answer. well - contin-
ued Mr. Wesley, were none made mad p"
"Ah ~ was the quick reioinder, "thcre is the
rub; everybody was very mad. " "Now, :" said
Mr.W., hasten back and continue to preach
the same doctrines; this is hopeful sign
and there is great cause for encourage
ment.' We have received some hearty COM
mcndations for the suggestions and points
we made in our article last Friday from
business men and gentlemen whose udg-
| ment and opinions we prize. SO we have
evidence of sane conversions. A call has
since been made for two meetings ut the
Board OF Trade rooms thanks, Mr. Editor
TO your indeiatigable labors, in this direc-
tom to consider the matter of street inn
| proycmcnts, hence we infer that the spirit
| of conviction is abroad, and now comes
"0nc of the Fifty giving the most positive
evidence that he is mad, and
we say Amen, and pray for fifty
times fifty more to be added to the
| sl,,,. IL, 1.
they first make mad POUNDS! Mr.. Editor
and iellow-c,ilens ! am cnthuscd. Let's
have more mud meetings" and throw il
DTS cheap at these fellows, in kindly
spirit, you know, until we yet them walked
up and all converted, and then when the
street improvements are under way or com
plctcd they will look longingly and patron
| l1lngly down upon us and say, BETSY,
what fine large bear we have killed"
Now we opinc that "Ono of the Finy'is not
remotely connected with the office of City
Engineer, but why he should think himself
libclet with all the other mechanics of the
city by any part of our Fridays article
is passing strange, for no one Is there
charged with incompctcncy. We did saw.
however, that Dallas needed competent
engineer with means in the
hands of q committee of bus.
mess men TO do this much.necded
work, and we did suggest plan for RAISING
the mcaus, and that, too In way that will
leave our children, who are TO be benefited
by these permanent improvements, to helm
bear the burdens, though our critic utterly
Ignored that part OF our article. But, We
have no time, and the HERALD doubtless
no space, to indulge personal feelings, aud
We should pay no attention to zone OF the
Fil,y' only To show the iAllacy of his argu,
. | la mo ~ Of
intelligence knows for himself that Tho
ground is ten feet higher near the river
;han NJ College or Murphy streets, 80 that
1t would require at least forty feet of cNca
Walton Tor such outlet, aside from the fact
that such sewer would discharge its con,
tents directly In front of the city, TO lodg,
on the ford, converting our lovely summer
rivulct iato u ccSspoo to rcgalc our sens,
ul smell with every southern zephyr
Passing by the personal thrust ut thc"wise
acre. which serves, however, to show the
anllnus OF the writer, we desire this Zone
OF the FinyN capable engineers and me,
chanicS to tell the people OF Dallas why an
excavation ol forty feet must be made nj
the river to overcome rise of ten feet, In
the first place, We deny that the ground il
b ten feet higher nj the river, aud In the next
place we positively affirm that the Union
Depot Is much higher than the river bank.
else the water which we have observed
during rain.storm, runs up hill. What il
/ there is y little depression nj Murphy
street; VIII this native engineer. who
scouts At the idea of importing aaythinp
into Dallas, tell Us that an underground
sewer must follow the surface undulniions oI
a country whose area Il Is intended to drnin'
Again, this gentleman reminds us that the
contents tthis sewer Il built wnul lodge
in the ford and make a ccsspool # or
, lovely summer riyulct,' This is poetic In.
+ deed, but mud creek would I've name NOR,
IN harmony with the facts, besides, II lie,
at the utmost western limit nj the city and
7 our imported aud untutorcd brain fails 1,
see how q southern zephyr (morc poetry
could wao odors OF any Kind In any but ,
northcrly direction, aud hence away from
= the city. Hut pray, my numerous friends
. what but the surface water from our street,
isto How through these sewers2 DO yot
answer the contents OF priyy vaults3 re-
ply not necessarily. hut suppose this 4
permitted, do YOU standing on the princi
, pie. OF engineering science, tell us that 4
vii! lodge ON the precious, delightful
and wcll.improvcd ford when IN,
huge drin.loRs, dead animals and mut
1 rom the river does nutf Now, tell n,
kindly, Mr.. "Fify," II you did not lug |,
this ford and bridge matter Just becaus,
you Thought II a popular string to pull OF
at this time, whether there was any argu
ment In II or not. II you don't drain tn,
city into Trinity river, where will yor
drain ~ win YOU answer VIII you tel
Z Us what the Trinity river Is good for excep
A for q bridge 10 take tolls over and shut of
trade from DallasG Verify, II this Zone o
The fihy" represents the whole body, W,
begin to see the necessity of importing
h some brains as well as means. This import
|. ing business had better be touched lightly
Reef and cotton are about the onl,
things not imported, II we except "one 0
growth and never eats mucl
. fish or other phosphcric brain food, PREY
: M ON bacon. corn bread and black coffee