The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-03
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Dallas 10 the oorcedsl ia Gegcial ceuto
10. north Texas. Her growth in populR
tiln aud wealth has Increased her flcilitie
AS wholesale town, and while her guocps
as = large city is a TACT assured beyond
doubt, her business men will soon lean
that TO control tho trade oil, many of th'
surrounding smaller towns she must have
direct railroad communication. Ii the sur
rounding towns grs 10 be reached by cir
ouiIous route It will prevent Dallas from
competing with other wholesale point.
that have more direc. connection
Granting that some OF the railroad corrors
tons In Texas arc unfriendly TO Dallas and
prefer TO advance the interests OF Other
town, they will fad II difflcul: 10 retard
her advancing steps. They will lind ere
long that IL is equally as necessary for then
to be on !iiendly terms ana have access 10
Dallas as II Is for Dallas to desire their en-.
trance to this city. The benefits will be
reciprocal. We have some Wholesale houses
here now whose proportions are colossal.
We note, too, the arrival Of men OF wealth
almost daily, who are here to make their
homes aud seek profitable Investments.
This being the case, the day is not far dis.
tant when our own people will begin to see
the necessity Of building railroads to pene.
trate sections Of country whose trade Is now
almost inacct :ible. Some OF these towns
are only too ready to lend helping hand
in the construction of such roads. Only u
Fayy Iou atts nm
rom Decatur, Vice county. said
that if Dallas would take hold
of the matter and construct a road
from Denton TO Decatur, the citizens OF the
later town, he was sure would furnish the
right of.way and make the road bed. Such
O road would be of .ncalcuab!e benefit 10
this city. 1t would open up fine trade
along the line of the Denver & Fort Worth
road and up into the Panhandle, that bus
hitherto been diverted from Dallas and
thrown into other wholesale towns. 1t is
also known that the people of Gaines
vile sre anxious to get some
immediate connection with Dallas. Only q
few weeks since some OF her leading citi.
zens were here to inquire II it were not pos
sible to get the Trunk road to.run north as
is at Gainesville If there was propec
OF accomplishing tE is Gsiper.ills would do
her part, and it is eaie to say that it is the
wealthiest town of its size in the state.
With that extension ina>'o ard then this
road which Is now Dallas enterprise,
pushed forward in the Sirection of
New Orleans with the view Npf max
ing the Crescent city the southern ter -ninus
it would be difficult to foretell what Great
benefit Dallas would derive therefrom. ~,
will be said, we know, that the plan is not
feasible. 1t is not SO difficult if the matter |
was once taken in hand with the intention |
to carry it out. Jefferson, Texas, furnishe,
an example OF what few men OF wealth |
and nerve can do. They built the East
Line road through section of country |
where for the first forty miles there were
only ten small towns, and but few peo.
pie living in the country. The |
work was complete success,
and of great value to Jefferson.
There was no speculation in construction,
but everything was done with the care that !
The projectors would have given their own
business. 1t is true they afterwards sold
he majority of the stock of the road, but
hey had benefited the town and retired
from the management with small fortunes
and minority of good paying stock. There
are plenty of men in Dallas of large means
and there Is no doubt but that the building
Of roads, at least from here to Gainesville
aud Decatur, could be done not alone to the
benefit of the town, but as an Investment.
Az the city grows older the necessity OF
;nese enterprises, as we'll as that of the con-
Ibuction of narrow.gusge road from Dial.
as to Brentwood will be more apparent.