The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-29

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Colonel Bfitton, the state railroad .engi..
neer, Ia we'll satisfied with the condition Of
the different roads, t0range Tribune.
Certainly; Colonel Bfltton knows Just
how 10 relufn favor after riding over .
railroad with lie superintendent and both
ON D special train A. that. When the leBis:.
lature meets II ought TO thank the railroad
managers for keeping their roadbeds ana
their rolling stock In such fine condition,
as IL Ia reported 20 be by Colonel Britton'
! But for the reports OF Colonel Britton the
people along the lines Of the Texas ~ 81.
Louis and Texas 4 Pacific roads would have
pronounced them rough and dangerous
1t is a relief to know Officially" through
| Colonel Britton that these roads are llrsi-
class in every particular Tyler Courier.
The above does n very grave injustice to
| Colonel Britton. He has made 10 report
on any road. 80 far as the public know',
nor will he until his Investigations are I'M
ished, Once or twice he has, in casual
conversations with reporters at Austin, re-
ferred incidentally 10 the different features
of the roads ove- which he had travelled
but no one, save Governor Ireland, to
WnOM LlBy are ulhhbt hIDNa NV N-.HSb
ture of this official report. Besides, in all
that he has said, considerable censure OF
the roads and their management has been
mixed, and it is known 10 the Post that
several of the roads have been ordered 10
remedy certain defects pointed out by the
engineer. The question OF whether they
will do so, is one with which the law itself
must deal. So far as travelling on special
cars is concerned, IL is rather c ift1cult 10
imagine in what other way the engineer
could travel and perform his duties. The
special car is wholly at his disposal, to
stop when and where he directs. and while
this disposition on the part OF the manage
ment OF the roads to offer every facility 10
carry out the requirements OF the law IS
commendable, it Is extremely unfair to at
tempt to impeach without cause the hon.
said management. The law requires the
personal inspection of over 5000 miles OF
road and a report en- the came within
given time, and to get over this vast terri
tory the engineer could neither walk or use
hand.Car, as some seem to imagine. In
all fairness the DIRECTORS should have the
patience to await the report OF the engineer
before condemning his work.-lAouston
Post.
HOW CONCERTED.
The Cleburne Chronicle has set itself up
for critic, and had the Times been the
only Journal that was intended to be parA-
lyzsd by its severity, We would not have re-
minced it OF this fact. He whose first emo
ton on viewing the productions OF others,
is to undervalue them, will never have one
of his own to show on which any value
ought to be placed. The Chronicle says,
the San Antonio Times commits some
enormous editorials, Ironically it calls the
Fort Worth Gazette that truly great daily,
and says, because unnoticed by the Ga
zette it will get revenge by copying Lon
don or Washington letter and give the
credit. OF the Galveston News it writes
that it made frightiul assaults on the de-
mocracy and is the supporter in Butler, OF
all that is bad or low, whatever the sup
port of the News is worth, and accuses tue
Dallas HERALD of defending Mormonism.
Now If the Chronicle will publish some
thing of its own that is readible, and not
run over its exchanges to snarl and snap at
them all, it would be better employed; but
TO copy a letter from the Gazette, transfer
to its columns anything from the News,
make extracts from the Dallas HERALD. or
even intiicJ its readers with a Times edi-
torial, would no doubt be much more re-
freshing and acceptable TO its subscribers
than anything of an original character that
ever appears In its columns.-[San Antonio
Times.