The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-05
ONWARD |!
Moro Railroads for Dallas ~ Assured
fac'.
Visiting Railroad Magua'es In the
city.
What an EA,tern Correspondent Says,

THAT Dallas IL determined to get rail-
iolh TO . me good section Of country At an
early day, extending IN some direction
there 10 no doubt" said Mr. Oppe nheimer,
president OF the Merchants Exchange, To a
HsaALp reporter In conversation yester-
day morning., In speaking OF the citizens
railroad meeting held within the past few
dogs. lie stated that The committees APP
pointed NJ the last meeting to confer WIN
such roais or parties as would
project line from Dallas
Tor q distance of one hundred miles
were OF work and the outlook Tor the build.
INK, eQuiping aud operating OF such a line
was very favorable. The words OF Mr.
0ppsnhtimer were still ringing In the re.
portsr's ears when the Changing OF the bell
VI n special train that came sitting down
10 the Gull. Colorado q Santa Fe depot
attracted his attention and he observed the
ever conspicuous official car, which bstok-
eDed that the mAgna'es we're
abroad, An invoice OF ths :, party
composed OF Mr.. Schneider. general mana
ger OF the lima; Mr.. J. III. Crowley, super.
ibtendept; NJ. q. q. Murray. general
freight ana passenger agent Mr. rarket'
this travelling auditor, and Phoclnn Howard
correspondent OF the Chicago lnter'OceAn.
They arrived at y o'clock and we're soon IN
close consultation with Messrs. Sanger, Op'
penh,imer aud Marsslis, three OF the rail.
road committee appointed by the citizens
meeting to confer with parties relative TO
tho building OF = projected line from this
city. What the result OF the confer.
ercs was, the reporters though
they worked ike bs.vers, failed -
lvarn, yet the inference is that IL favored
o favor TO D,llas. The idea is that Dsl!as
will sive 100000 for the bulldigg. equip
ping asd operating . line with II as the
initial point that will extend Tor one nun
bred milss. The routes spoken OF 10 the
extension Of tho Gull. Colorado 4 Santa
Fe TO Paris via RockwAll or southwest to
Brentwood via Ola ,urne, or northwest via
.eostur. hr. J. Z. Smith, mayor OF Fort
Worth. N,s,rs Reed and Montgomery,
pro ainsnt citizsns OF Fort Worth, either
came over with the rail S,y party or FOL.
low we'd In their wske. Fort Worth 10 aliys
10 the situation and NO 10 Dallas.
The Santa Fs otficiSls state that Monday
week a through passenger train would be
run from Dallas via. Temple 10 Lampnsas
Springs, which would leave Dallas ABOUT
O'Clock In the morning. This will prove TO
be n great convenience to the travelling
public.
ABxP,RrsR's IMPBEssIoNs.
A HERALD reporter met Mr.. Pbocian
Howard, of DsnVillo, Illinois, a journaiist
snn correspondents OF tho Inter Ocean.
he laughed and smile" when he "smlsd
He saId tina, he was not here rs news-
DAD, man, however, but on visit OF in
spsction. He Gays that the ambitious, rest
lsss sgricui ur,i Dopulstinn OF Illinois,
which for the past five years has been seek.
ing new homes In the north west, has b.
come disgustsd WITH short seasons. long
winters aud olzzirda, and is just beginning
TO look favorably oward Texas.
uUhat rep0Yr will Won make when YOU
was asked By the reporter.
sir Howard "rtat ! am simply
charmed with the country around Dallas
aud northern Texas generally. fou must
that the agricultural element
ut tho states OF OHIO, todiane aud illinois
Is in d transitive coalition. The old pr
neers who hewed out the forests and builded
up the prsiries, who made modest fortunes,
are rapidly passing away. Their
sons and daughters marry and interma'ry,
and like their fathers before them, are
charmed with the tales OF pioneer life
which they have heard. They, too, want
10 try the fortunes Of new country. l
know hundreds Of these thrifty young
people 10 Illinois, and sh II tell them that
and is cheap, the soil unequaled, the 40
,isl and CON ia ercial ad Ysntsgps lar greater
han their fathers ever enjoyed. In TEXAS.
"Have you ob3er7ad any hostility to
,orthern men or northern enterprise while
n Texst1
None In the least. At every station I see
lis pla, form filled with agricultural nipple. |
nents bearing the mark OF northern manu-. |
scturers, and on every hand l find the
Texan, the San Jacinto aud Alamo Texan,
,s cordial. as honest, as generous toward |
he northern man as he is toward the Nit |
,lps Japan or Albanian"
"You are connected with the Chicago ,
Inter. Ocean, bloody.shirt republican
newspaper, / understand"
"Yes; as u correspondent"
"Haye You seen any where In Texas any |
thing that would cause you to report to
the r.Ocean, on your return, any ev. |
idepce OF reheliious spirit the federal
government"
mo. The only fault | find with you |
Texans, citizens and journalistic alike, 10
thai you are frse.,raders. The lnter-Ocean
favors reasonable and limited protection OF
American industries. So do iour-fiiths OF
the intelligent dem ocrats, Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio. NV advice TO our people Is to
drop free-trade. drop polit cs, curb YOUR
bourbon majority and devote all your vast
energies toward building NJ the most prom.
sing new stats in the whole union to-day"
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