Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-13
THAT EXTENSION.
The Dallas Herald Ventures Into Deep
Water With Another Opinion.
The Onward Movement OF the e., c. 4
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INnlNcston Nnms.l

The Dallas Herald, In its issue of the
Sth Instant INDUCES In some severe
structures on the management of the
Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa Re railway.
because of the companyis purpose to
extend the road through the Indian
Territory FROM Fort Worth, instead OF
nom Dallas, The Herald may have
cause FOR tho tone Of its remarks In the
premises, although the News IL dis
posed TO regard theremarks ms perhaps
premature, 'rhc Santa he, or amy
other road, says the iferald, has a
perfect right To select its favorites and
pick its routes and termini, and against
such natural and business preferences
no other city nor section could say
aught; but neither the Santa Fc rail-
way nor any other corpora
ton, from standpoint of honor
able and fair dealing, has
Alright 20 come into u community, oh.
tain right of way, and gohblu up the
most valuable property in the business
portion of the city under the promise
of doing great things for that paftlcu-
lar community, and after having Sc
cured valuable property aud generous
asssistance at the great Inconvenience
of the citizens, refuse not only To per
form Its promises, but treat the city In
question ms n mere out-of-thc-way sta
ton, aud devote its best Hicks and
money 10 building up would-herlyal.
Does the Santa Feregard this course as
lair and unohIcctionnhie aud as not
smacling of double dealing, and do
those communities from which the
road IL likely TO ask assistance, and 10
which II IL likely 20 make promises I'm
ils proposed extension, think this kline
OF conduct safe criterion for opening
up negotiations with this line9i II IL
not forgotten that Dallas
has been very generous townrd
the Santa he railway, and certainly no
eNcuae can be offered for a railnnd
company that would deceive n COM
munity after having been a recipient
OF It's iavors. The News will not enter
the fold as an apologist IN ANY sense of
The Santa he railway, that corporation
being best able TO defend its own NJ irts
II they need defending, la the pro.
posed extension from Fort Worth the
News viii saN, however, Tint the rpu.e
selected oomnends Itself by virtue Of
economy In construction and territory
opened up. The News has no idea
that there has been aGy purpose ON
the part of the Santa Ne management
10 build up u rival to- Dallas In its
commercial business, although It may
br natural for Dallas 10 feel, under
the circumstances, that there
has been such n purpose. The Santa
Fee management should keep ahso.
lutte initli with Dallas In every partlo-
uiar. tls not assured, by any means.
that Dallas will not have all the CON
nectlous she wants, 50 far MS the Santa
Fe railway is concerned. THIS h why
the News says that perhaps the Herald
IN premature Ia its atrlcturcs, The
country between Dalaa aud Paris,
TeSas, IL as fine aud productive ~ any
In the state, thickly settled aud In the
order of things would be benefited by
direct rail communication with the
gulf Although the purpose now IL to
extend the santa Ife from Fort
the intention 90 also extend
from Dallas to Paris has not
been given up, II the News under
stands matters Alright. The Rail-
way Age has the same idea on The
subject "Such an extension IN the
one proposed, y says the Railway Age,
Of the 9TH instant, "woud begin at
Fort Worth, cross the TeSus border
near the western lineOf Cooke county,
iifiy TO n hundred miles wet OF the
Missouri, Kansas Il 1exas road. aud
connect at Coflcyville with the
Southern Kansas railway. We do not
understand that the company nban-
dons the idca of building up from Dal-
las 90 II connection with the 81, Louis
n san Francisco NJ Paris, Texas. 80
il would have, in event AZ the build
ing of tile Indian Territory branch,
two connections with the Frisco
line, for II would cross the Atlantic
aud Pacific near Tulsa, IN the Indian
Territory. IL would also connect
with the Kansas railways. The
Gulf, Colorado ~ saut, Ifc l4nanifest-
Ing an energy and enterprise dosers-
iDg of the greatest communication, mud
which, we are glnd 10 know, are being
rewarded by signal prosperity aud sue
Gcss. Already doing 80 well for llself
and the state of Texas, IL win become
much more efficient aud valuable
when the propoHed extensions are
completed" The News rs very much
IN hopes that the Santa fo viii bc able
TO make both extensions alluded 10
above. The position of Dallas IL now
assured however, ~ an important
business center. come what may. The
Santa ir management could not afford
10 ignore this fiici, were 10 disposed 20
do 80.