Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-17
propagation result in enforcement. Self

isDness begess seifshaess, sectionslism
begets sectionaiism; and this new doc
thine can &c INSIDE an entering wedge 10
split asunder the unity which hiss made
Fort Worth what it is and W th ut which
IL will become IS other towns are.
This doctrine is the inspiration OF
sectionalism and selfshness as strange 10
Fort Worth as il is dangerous, and if the
City Council yields to it's now weak voice,
it will gather strength and power tCr
greater harm in the future.
The proposition TO build the bridge is
Identical with that for improving streets,
save thst the county assumes one-han the
city's usual pro Iata Of the expense; and
If this latter-day policy is TO prevsil, the
people who, as yet, have neither cuIverts
nor gravel ror sewerage, should Join the
protestants and make Rome howl with
Trades against the property owners who
are enjoying the benefit and blessing Of
gravel and sewerage. Improperly owners
Immediately along the line CT public i'm
prOvements are to be hereafter forced to
bear 81 the cost thereof, what is 20 be
done for those prop srty owners who nave
neither sewerage nor gravel, and whose
money has contributed to the citY's two
thirds of the expense OF working streets
for other people?
The present bridge will no more "do
for awhile yetn than would the black
waxy streets have "done awhile" when
they were improved. The present bridge
w.s not built TO accommodate the de-
mands that are row to be made On it.
TIE location Of the depots OF the ST.
Louis, Arkansas and Texas Road en- the
Ncrtn Side, alone, will demand additional
facilities, and this demand will
constantly increase from the day
those depots are opened for business,
and the proposition that property OWE eTs
north Of the river should pay sll the cost
OF the bridge is unworthy OF For Worth.
These men will pay Cre-third the cost,
Just as property owrers along improved
streets do, and they will bsve no more
especial claim CT right 10 the bridge than
other citizens have to the streets in
proved in part at their expenee.
That Is 3 narrow view which estimates
the benefit Of public Improvement to be
special or sectional. The outlet from the
bridge deploys into the town at the best
location possible for that seven aymmet-
ricsl development" Of property values IN
the city which al men profess to fsvor.
No cit;z 20 OF Fort Worth can name c 10
cation for the needed additional facilities
that is less Smenable to the charge OF
"shriveled localism" than the one chosen,
unless the courthouse aud Jail could be
taken up bodily and removed from their
present sites. The proiongation Of the
street Leading north from the bridge will
become q graveIed road through the
country, and will give impetus to i'm
proved roadWsys, 10 the benefit of both
town and county. There Can be nc
improvement in any part CT Fort
Worth which does not benefs ell parts
of Fort Worth, and il there were a
thousand families settled or the North
Side to-day, property on the South Side
and East Side and West S de could not
be bought for less than % to 80 per cent.
advance on its present value.
The bridge is for the public benefit and
will supply public demand. The coun-
ty has done its duty and the city should
do likewise. Tne Council should legis-
late for the public, with eyes and ears
closed to sectional or special interests.