The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-02
A MOTE or WAnuIu0.

In our Washington correspondents pub-
u.hed this morning the ststsmen, II made
th,t thu Southern Kansas 70 lwsy the1rsu'
c.iv, but tho powerful Atohlson, fopsks
& Santa fe really Is seckirg 10 penetrate
she srost cattle country Of north west Texas
and monopohre Ia the future the ootlie
shlpmats ,-lt from this po'tlon OF she
state. ltis q matter ~ paramount Interest
10 Fort Worth end Dallas aud indecd TO
the entire system OF rAirAys In this imme-
dia,o seclion OF tho state. The rlgh'-o'-sAy
has been pTaoI oaily Obtained by the South
en Knnsas through the Territory, srd
that the liue will be IN no great time ex-
tended into tae Panhandle or northwest
Texas Is no, 4 nittor OF dispase,
Is hiss long been surmi,sd and nationally
rot without apprehension by zach cltlol 40
are located M This immediate locality, that
sooner or later giea! town would be
built "a Ihe Psnhsndl, somewhere
OF In vsotsrn Torss some 80 or BOO miles
beyond Dslts The climate Ia maguin.
cent, the lands and surroundiDOs arc st-
irSctiye In tho ertremo and only The ab.
senca OF difco. through liuo 10 E,usas
and she east from that section has stood IN
She wey. There ara eynd Gates represent.
tie kings who wolld GENEROUSLY sub,orib'
TO Induce solvent eastern corporation Il
run direog no from the great kansi.
thosoughl-res down there. And tho ship
ments OF wool aud live stock and the pcs.
sible coal and iron OF .he iutueo afford "a
guaranty OF business suiloieu; in itself ia
induce the sastera railway mngnates to
penetrate the SECTION with direct line.
fhe results OF these possible outcome,
from the exteDtion OF this branch OF tho
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Zee into the Pat
handle are patent TO the comnonest
direct sss'ern Connections would not only
cut or shipmsnts In this direction ami serl'
ously affect the business OF those lines
reaching us, but would also cut dseply into
our trade OF every description. ana Affect
directly our growth both IN population and
wealth. The location OF such town and
the bailding OF such road would throw the
cattle men, the land men and land syndi.
Gates and powerful rail way corporations In
direct and active opposition to both Dallas
and Fort Worth and present other and
more weighty problems for solution by us
than any We have yet met and mastered In
our struggle for commanding position.
Under these facts and calculations, by no
means remote possibilities in view Of this
recent movement Of the A,cbison, Topeka
& Santa Fe, the question Of other and more
direct railway communication between our
city and the Panhandle coun.
try receives an added interest and
psrtinence of enquiry and discussion. Dsl.
las must reach tho north western portions
OF the state by easy and direct routes and
prepare herself W supply the trade Of tina,
section at eastern prices and handle their
cattle and products at ~ good figures ~ can
be obtained Ia Kansan Cby OF 81. Louis.
Otherwise we shall find, after u sine, that
while We were lAz ly sleeping and were liz.
noring the possibilities OF trade and profit,
Just west OF US ia our own state. far-sighied
tnancie from distant sections were laying
the pipee TO carry of the freighted volume
OF wealth. Fortune and position no more
seek an indifferent city than they seek an
indolent and indifferent individual.