Year: 1873

building n railroad from Spring


field, Missouri, through Dallas OF


10 some advantageous point alons


the Mexican border, n large and re


spectacle audience was assembled


composed of substantial! men. wht


know what the term "busincss


mears, and always make their &C


ton conform with it in disposinl


Of important issues presented tc


them. The meeting was presi dec


over by Capt, Adams, of the bank


ing house of Adams & Leonard


and whilo there were no speeches


made "for Buncombe," there was q
great deal said full Of tho soundcst


reasoning, why Dallas should take
a lively interest in concentrating
within its limits rs many of the


projected lines of railway as posi-


Bile, and particularly prominent
among them, was tho extension OF
the road, which it was the object ol
the meeting to secure. 1t is always
a sure index Of success when sub.
stantial men assemble themselves
together, and repudiating all ele,
ments Of sensatonalsm, go car
ncstly to work to take the proper
bearing and to digest the most prac-
tical means of ultimate success
for tho objects they aim to
accomplish. So far as the tone and
sentiments of our own people are
concerned, they are ripe for the en-
terprise, and are ready to extend
aid and encouragement to any cor
poration which will cooperate with
them in one of the most important
lines Of railroad, which could by
any possibility be conceived of
having for an object the enjoyment
of the richest t. ade which Texas
can afford. 1t now remains for the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Gem.
pany, or for. the Texas Central, to
say whether they are willing to en-
ter into the grand scheme Of con-
saucting the road running north
cast and south west from this city,
or not, There is an immense popu-
lation lying in these directions,
which must have transportation for
their products, and our business
men mean that they shall have it.
Tho wheat and cotton, to say moth.
ing of the cattle and hide trade
that would be monopolized by such
road, is far beyond the concep-
tion of any one unacquainted with
the enterprise and thrift Of this
fourishing belt of country.
IT the capitalists of st Louis
those sagacious and far-sceing finan-
ciers, who have never allowed an
opportunity to slip them, unim-
proved, to increase tho trade ana
prosperity of their city, could only
be induced to dcputc committee
from their midst, TO visit Dallas
where our merchants and enter
prising citizens would meet them,
and take the greatest pleasure in
showing them tho wide acres of
finest lands, all under the highest
cultivation, and yielding annually
the richest harvests, we arc sure
these men alone would rcpudiatc
all subsidies and construct the road
ut their own expense, which would
be most bountifully compensated
by the magnificent trade VIC are
about to give them. But we do
not ask any such liberality. We
do not propose to commend to them
any chalaco out of which we are
unwilling to drink ourselves. Dal-
las City and county, the counties and



towns north and south of us are all
willing to aid any moyemcnt which
will supply to us the Indispensable
dissideratum of transportation
which the increasing population
and products Of this country re-
quire aud must have. Our people
are awake and moving. Let st.
Louis and the intervening country
como up to their duty, and ere
long we will have tho neigh of the
iron horse along the direct road TO
increase the volumne of our steam
choir, making Dallas musical with
the reverbcrating echoes of thor
ough and advanced civilization.
This road can be built for less
money than is usually required for
the construction of railroads, even
in Texas. While it wouId traverse
one ofthe richest sections of our
State, it would at the same time
pass over a country which is al
most an unbroken level, over whose
surface flowers and focks give ami
nation and beauty to every spot
which is not responsive to the de-
mands of the hnsbandman with
waving fields Of wheat or snowy
cotton.


We will await the action Of those
who have been invited to partici-
pate in this grand feast Of forlune,