Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-10
A Tale Of Two Cities.

On more than one occasion THE
! GAZETTE has endeavored to point Out
the magnificent resources OF Dallas
and Fort Worth respectively. and to
show that the upbuilding Of both
towns into great cities involved the
pulling down OF neither. The ssser-
ton that either Fort Worth or Dallas
must "suecumb" TO the other, is made
by those WI @ have not carefully mess-
ured the capabilities Of the territory
4 tributary 10 each, and OF which
neither can possibly rob the other.
Under its new management, the Dali
las Herald now takes the same
view of a situation that should
be patent 70 any one ca
pAble Of comprehensive considers-
ton, or not blinded by prejudice.
That there will always be a rivalry be
tween the two cities is as patent as that
that rivalry will aid in the growth of
both, especially when both cities rec.
ognize that the contest IL for suprem-
acy and not destruction. The GA.
ZEJ ~ rsBroduces below the sensible
admission Of the Herald, aud welcomes
ii to = contest which the Fort does not
fear, and which will rebound 10 the
good OF both the great cities Of North
Texas.
In the brisk rivalry between the
two bright young giant cities of North.
ern Texas, Dallas and Fort Worth, the
speculation has frequently been in.
dulged that the one must eventually
- far slrpass and eclipse the other by
come lucky circumstance as main
spring that its competitor must sue.
cumb 10 the inevitable aud fall dis
tressingly behind in the race. This
theory is wrought out Of the assump.
ton that we have each been rushing
along under an excessive pressure OF
ambition and reckless excitation. We
are not OF those who take stock in any
such View, who assume that there
must be one, and only one, grand dis.
tributinR center for all this section.
Per contra, We honestly believe that
a. the years roll by they will regularly
bring fresh and rapid accessions of
population and prosperity to both
cities. The era OF abnormal growths
Of fair-favored localities. such az sea.
board cities before our 100000 miles of
rAilroading came upon US, Is thing
OF the past, and will not again be re-
peated in our day and generation.
The substaDtiatiOn OF this view may
be found in an impartial survey of
what, under similar circumstances
has elsewhere occurred and il row oc.
curing all through this country. We
Will confine ourselves for the moment
TO the history Of the two cities, st.
Paul and Minneapolis, only the short
distance apart of nine miles, although
states other than Minnesota offer
numerous similar examples OF cOrrob.
Grafton. Some twenty years ago
Minneapolis was small town of but
5000 Inhabitants, about the present
size Of Terrell, our near neighbor on
the east, while st. Paul was not much
larger than our CorsicAna OF to-day.
The two cities were only nine miles
apart, and both were full Of
vigor, pluck and ambition. The story
Of their contests, Of their alternate
hopes and disappointments, OF the out
comes OF their strifea and struggles
and their obstacles, aud indeed OF their
general progress, is wonderfully
akin to that Of Dallas and Fort
Worth. But they were both sur.
rounded by all the favoring conditions
Of nature and art, rich in but sparsely
utilized agricultural, stock raising and
commercial facilities, and they so piled
their respective advantages until both
developed in marvellous manner.
The population swelled as follows: