mikedsjr
17 September 2003, 03:05 PM
A letter (http://www.zfwartcc.jccbi.gov/Time%20Capsule/dallas.jpg) by Mayor R.L. Thorton states:
To the citizens of Dallas in the year 2,000:
Dallas has of this day , as reported by the Bureau of Census, a population of approximately 672,000 people. Forty years from now, into the year 2,000, the population within the city limits of the City of Dallas will be a million and a half to two million people, and by that time i think we will have subways under our main streets to assist in carrying the increased traffic, particularly in the downtown areas. Dallas will through this period continue to be a great medical university and church-going city, and it's these essential elements that will produce the city i am dreaming of by the year 2,000. At this time, I have lived in the city over half a century and have seen it grow and develop during this period of time, and it is my forecast that it will continue to grow and develop and become one of the great cities of the nation, and by that time, it's my opinion that the Trinity River will be canalized and become a very important asset to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, and that the two cities by the year of 2,000 will have completely grown together. I think that aviation with its great progress up to this time will play a big part in the development of these areas, and it's advancement and progress will be more essential then than it is today because there will be so many moer people to serve, and Dallas and Ft. Worth will continue to be the aviation hub of this part of the United States.
It is my prayer that all of these things will come true.
Very truly,
R. L. Thornton
To the citizens of Dallas in the year 2,000:
Dallas has of this day , as reported by the Bureau of Census, a population of approximately 672,000 people. Forty years from now, into the year 2,000, the population within the city limits of the City of Dallas will be a million and a half to two million people, and by that time i think we will have subways under our main streets to assist in carrying the increased traffic, particularly in the downtown areas. Dallas will through this period continue to be a great medical university and church-going city, and it's these essential elements that will produce the city i am dreaming of by the year 2,000. At this time, I have lived in the city over half a century and have seen it grow and develop during this period of time, and it is my forecast that it will continue to grow and develop and become one of the great cities of the nation, and by that time, it's my opinion that the Trinity River will be canalized and become a very important asset to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, and that the two cities by the year of 2,000 will have completely grown together. I think that aviation with its great progress up to this time will play a big part in the development of these areas, and it's advancement and progress will be more essential then than it is today because there will be so many moer people to serve, and Dallas and Ft. Worth will continue to be the aviation hub of this part of the United States.
It is my prayer that all of these things will come true.
Very truly,
R. L. Thornton