The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-20
.rur STATE f.SGINEERs REPORT.

/ The gross injustice OF hasiy or premature
criticism is striEiugv shown by the puoi-
Gallon Of the report OF the Gtate engineer
An abstract OF thc report appeared IN yes'
! ierdav's HRR,Ln IN the Austin special. and
this morning the report appears in full in
auo'he column. For some months past
m tny paper, have INDUCED IN filings at
CdIcgEL BBIT-CE, the state engineer, and
/ have charged that it was impossible for him
90 sec anything wrong IN tie Management
continent and condition OF railways in
this STATE, and that his report would TN
dcUbtpdly be found to be but whiiewash-
Inc CT lot Of very poorly managed roads.
These hasty criticisms were based upon the
Is-t that when approached by reporters Tor
me press CoLoREL BRIrIos invariably reius-
ri or failed TO indulge in TRADE OF abuse
30 the various roads up 60 that time IN
inspected by ktm. The ERBALD took &C.
,stiou TO venture the assertion some time
uinoe that when COLONEL BRIrroE spoke
',dcally these hssty critics would have
,esuss, to regret their premature reflections.
TIE report just published justihes our
former e,umate OF the man and his per
sonel and official honesty and efficiency.
TIE chief n, alters of complaint by the
public against the railways have been
the miserao.y little depos through
out the state everywhere, the very
co,tly and inexcusable freigh, block
adey In m any OF the lines aud the very gen.
eral and inconvenient iIregularity OF pas.
senger trains. Upon thece matters, rs
against many lines, the complaint has been
loud and continued while as 70 other roads
but iNtle fault has been found in the direc-
ton mentioned. These, with Insecure
bridges aud dete ched portions Of bad lrack
her ard there on all the ads have been
about the only and certainly the chief
ubj .cts OF com laiut by the pub ic.
By reference to the report OF the STATE en-
gineer IL will De tound that in all thes mat
tiers he has takeh up the popular cry
and unhesitatingly SUCCESS better
depots. more motive power Tor the
easy handling OF the business
of the road where freight block idss have
occurred gres'er attention to tne running
and regularity OF passenger trairs aud the
replacing of treste aud wooden bridges by
tho,e OF stone and iron, The Missouri Pa
cifc. the International, the Texas & Pacific
AID other prominent lines against which
compl iints have beea made IN the dir.c'
ton above indicated have been iearlessy
handled by the engineer. OF course the
roads have not been literally torn NJ by
COLONEL BRirroa. NJ such fierce report
was dem anded by the facts or the people
but the peoples complaints have been
heard and emphasized and endorsed by
thi, state inspe ctor IN PLAIN and direct
terms.
The report contains much useful inbrmi
ton aside from the engineer recommends
ton, and will be read with interest by
those who watch the developments of rail-
wav business in Texas. But aside from
this fact It is mother striking i,lustrai N
OF the Injustice aud impolicy Of rushing
into prirt with imaginary charges and Sc
we're criticisms before a substantial oasis
for utterapces ha4 been furnished.
'rha report is not as iul
or s~~rP,~g as IL might have
been m ale. but the more i'm poriant por iou
relative TO the schedules aud suggestion ~
TO freight traffic and rates has been re.
served TO, NJ regular session next year
Until man has completed his otfic al work
and IL can be viewed rs n whole, IL l. but n
childish and poor policy To rash at him
, with CRITICISMS and attacks based upon the
fears and supp1siti ms OF the critics