Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-21


Tyler, Marshall, Palestine, etc
should go To work and within the
next two weeks plant row Of trees
along the street in front at his
property, what, Swindells, do You
estimate would be- the increased
value of property in these towns
from this one eif0rtg Moro, tell
you, than enough To maintain city
governments in every one Of ihom
suppose On all vacant lots f,rcs,
tree, should bc planted IN lines and
curves, and according Ia some Used
plan Of ornamental improvement,
The day is not far oil when the
owners of such lots would hold thoIn
st prices that would now bo deemed
visionary,
Tho Texas forests abound with
The handsomcst trees in the world.
N0 such trees Tor ornamental
grounds can be found as our magno'
lia, live oak, holly, water oak, pine,
cedar, wild peach, elm, pecan, pop
onac, yopon, etc. Nearly all of them
are Of rapid growth, and they take
tie palm of beauty from the day
they are planted out,
/ learn that Col, J. W. Barnes, has
succeeded in completing ncgotia-
tions in New York, for completing
the Hrazos Branch Railroad from
Navasota to Anderson, and perhaps
further. His success should cncour-
age our Waco friends to push their
branch enterprise along so as TO
mcc' the Central train when il
reaches their ncighborhood,
Somc talk is being heard Of means
OF inducing emigration to this State.
a very responsible New York mcr.
chant, considerable part owner of n
line Of Steamships between New
York and Galveston, proposes to
open an cmigrant oaicc in New York
both for the disseminating Of infor-
nation and the sale of lands, with Il
view to making his steamship bus.
mess n part of the enterprise. lie
proposes that land holders in Texas
should put desirable tracts of land
in his hands for sale mt low limit
lie will then sell them to actual set
tiers and divide the profits above
the limit. The schomo is practical
enough if only the land holders will
go into it, and were | to give the
name Of the party, | do not doubt
that many would open correspond
ence with him at once. When |
say he stands high rs man of COM
mercial enterprise, | desire to be
understood that he is no adventur-
CT. Nor is he at all visionary. and
the house Of which he is partner,
is worth largely above a million
SO let the land owners have their
lands catalogued and mapped and
got ready for market. If this
scheme is not successful some other
no doubt will be.
AS to poll les. I am bound to say |
that | am in little confusion What,
with Johnson, Grant, Stevens, Stan
ton. Seward, impeachment, negro
voting, the solemn farce of Courts
without law, of elections without
citizenship, of secret ciqucs of half
ripe men controlling public affairs,
Of negro supremacy, and all that, [
am in IL whirl To lie sure am not
in the mess in any way shape or
form, but the looking on makes
ones head dizzy. ! wish somebody
would settle things, but birds eye
view of tho field reveals woful
lack of ability of the sort required
to bring order out of chaos,
One of our city papers is writing
tho biographies of some Of the mer-
chants of Houston. They are quite
People like TO read in
print what they are all familiar with
and the editions containing these
articles are widely sold. A further
dash Of piquancy might be added
to them by going trific more into
1t is no discredit to
my friond House that he started
with a cake and candy stand, and
TO have built up the fortune he now
wiclds, by his own eXcrtions, stamps
him as no ordinary man. Nor docs
the fact that Elk Governor Lubbock {
has returned to the occupation of
thirty years ago, after having pass $
I'd through all phases of political
life, from Court Clerk to Governor,
md State prisoner, at all initiate
against the worth and esteem in
which he is holden by all true
Hank Allen, who, as the
,nterprising Iron Merchant, is
known all over the State, has had !
lis full share of the vicisitudes of
ortune, and at one time or another
las made deeds to half the most
lots in Houston. A history 7
If his real estate transactions would
,e interesting, and / commend the !
,iographer to these lines Of enquiry s
n his future articles. 7
And speaking of rc9l estate ope '
'ations reminds me to say that ev- 3
'ry day or two some new building t
ears its shapely form in the heart +
# the city, while all about the edges t
he grow th is constant. Real estate t
tands high as an investment, and t
ales lately made show an elastic a
ceiling among our citizens regard t
ng Houston. Whatever else may !
,e said of 1T none can deny that for r
teady, solid growth in wealth and T
possessions the business men of this $
ity compare very favorably with c
he same class Of men anywhere : {
Vet a few after making fortunes v
Iere have moved away 10 other a
'laces that seemed more inviting f
nd lost them. Within the past 4
hrcc years our growth has been too d