Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-19

Gould's employ is unworthy the consid-
Grafton 81 sensible men.
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DALLAS AND rom WORTH
Fortunately for Fort Worth no one OF
those whose enterprise and public spirit
are building upthe town TO be the great CITY
Of Texas ever allows himself TO imagine
that good to Fort Worth can only be
accomplished by some injury to Dallas,
Thus IL is that the minds OF our people
are never diverted, and the one thought
is, howcan the interests of Fort Worth
be promoted? Unfortunately for Dallas,
too much Of It's strength has been wasted
In vain effort TO "break the backbone Of
Fort WORTH" for sucn effort only in
spired Fort Worth to greater exertlons
and weakened Dallas for more legitimate
endeayors While Dallas has been sirug-
Cling to pull Fort Worth and Terrell
down, both these towns have beer strug-
Cling all the harder to build themselves
up and the result is as might have been
expected by wise men.
But while the race between Fort Worth
and Dallas Is now practically settled,
TIE GAZETTE has no idea that Dallas
viii show perceptible signs of retrogres-
sion, 1t VIII always be good town and
the center OF large and hourishing re-
tail and local trade. Indeed, Dallas may
reasonably expect some additional growth
of population when, sin the fullness Of
/ tlme,n all the rich lands tribu airy to It by
wagon are settled and put into cuitiva-
ton. Dallas fought hard to maintain the
Worth in 1876, when this city, then
mere prairie hamlet, secured It's first
railroad. Had Dallas been led by wiser
counsels and labored to build itself up
rather than to pull Fort Worth down, the
results might have been different; they
certainly would If our sister city had pos
sessed the same plucky, enterprising cit
izenship and the same unity OF purpose
and concert of action as Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, certainly, has much
reason for self-gratulation, 1t began
the race for pre.eminence ten years ago.
At that time Dallas was city That had
prohted for years by being the terminus
of the Texas Pacific, and also the cross
/ ing place of this great road with the
Texas Central, which two roads were the
grand thoroughiares OF travel and traffic.
Dallas had thousands of population,
strong banks, daily papers, fine streets
and all the appurtenGnces Of a growing
city, while Fort Worth was nothing more
than hamlet on the prairie, with u few
hundred people. Fort Worth got It's first
railroad by effort, and 1t has been at
work ever since. In July, 1876, the little
village heard the scream of the iron horse
for the first time. Now it has
the Missouri Pacific, the Texas Pa
ciac, the Fort Worth & Denver,
the Transcontinental, the Fort Worth
New Orleans, and the Gulf, Colorado 6
Santa Fe, and has just secured the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe--all grand trunk
NhhS JulAuo JUS uuL OUB real
trunk line, viz; the Texas & Pacific, the
other roads OF our neighbor being mere
branches to connect with the grand thor
oughfares that run by Fort Worth and
give this city direct and continuous CON
nection with all the great marts OF the
country. 1t is this fact which now forces
Fort Worth to the front as the great
city OF Texas, remands Dallas to subor-
dinate position and settles forever the
question Of pre-eminence.
Fort Worth, OF course, has not reached
its proud position without hindrance and
days of gloom. But pluck, energy and
liberality have overcome all obstacles,
and forces are now in operation that adj
init of no more hopeless rivalry of the
place where the panther laid down, Pluck
will win and 1t has won, and the advau-
tage with which Dallas started ten
years ago and which has been
gradually lessened by Fort worth's prog
ress will all disappear speedily now, aud
the next twelvemonth will show the
balance on the other side
In its congratulations to its own city
and in its satisfaction that its own for
tunes must grow brighter with time,
TnE GAZETTE cheerfully comedies to
Dallas the place of good second and
viii do all in Its power to promote the
welfare of that place, Dallas will not
retrogade, but Fort Worth win progress.
Dallas will ever be fine local trade cen
ter, but Fort Worth win be the great in
terror wholesale mart Of Texas The grand |
trunk line railroads in Their courses have
issued the decree.
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