Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-11-30
Dallas and its Surroundings.
From Correspondence Phila Telegraph.
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. Is, 1877

towns in Texas. 1t is located on
the East bank of the Trinity river,
about 600 miles from its entrance
into Galveston Bay. 1t is the pres
ent terminus Of the Texas Central
Railroad, and will remain the ter
minus for some months yet. 1t is
regarded by enterprising men as Il
point worthy their attention. Eve
ry train ofthe Texas Central comes
crowded with passengers, princl-
pally emigrants. The tide of emf
grafton to this State is very great.
Thousands of young men and cl-
derly men of enterprise are flock
ing here from nearly all the States
in the Union. The capitalists in
the place are erecting small dwell
lings and store.houses to accommo-
date those coming to cast their lot
with them. A company has been
organized to build q first-class ho-
tel, (something very much needed)
which, when finished, will be the
finest hotol in the State. A COM
pany is also organized for the
building ola
GRAIN ELEVATOR,
the city being in tho heart of fine
wheat growing region. Ground
has been broken for
STREET RAILWAY,
running from the river, on Main
street, to the railroad, on which a
sufficient force is at work to finish
it in q short time. The iron for the
road is now on tho way from New
York the cars are built and ready
for shipment, and will be running
before the close of November.
! Work was commenced on the
grading Of the
TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD
in this place last week. commenc-
ing where the local depot is to be
located and running to the river.
Con tractors have commenced ope-
rations upon the freight depot at
the intersection with the Texas
Central Road. Division engineers
are all along the line of the road
stalking out work for contractors,
and the contractors are distributing
themselves over tho entire line of
the road, and work will soon be
started at all points. Supplies are
being stored at different stations,
and every preparation is being
made for vigorous prosecution of
the work. The Texas Pacific Rail
road bridge, over the Trinity at
this place, will be q substantial
stone truss of three spans, resting
on pile abutments and piers for the
present, to be replaced by an iron
bridge of the most approved pat
tern upon heavy stone abutmcnts
and piers, founded upon a solid
suhformation. In less than year
the Texas Pacific will be completed
to this city. Dallas is to day a
LIVELY. ENTERPRIsING TOWN,
more so than any other town on
tho line Of the Texas Central, ard
will, when the Texas Pacific reach
es it, become one of the most i'm
portant towns in the State. So
much for Dallas and the Texas Pa
cific and the Texas Central rail
roads, and now for Dallas and the
Dallas and Wichita railroad. l re-
gard the
DALLAS 4 WICHITA RAILROAD
as the most important enterprise
in the State-one which, when COM
pleted, will be the greatest and best
feeder that both the Texas Pacific
and the Toxas Central roads will
have, and will be the best paying
road in the State, or, indeed, in the
United States. As the charter for
the building of the Dallas and
Wichita road is in proper hands,
it will be completed in less than
two years, and will do more toward
making Dallas an important city
than both the Texas Pacific and
the Texas Central roads combined.
The Dallas and Wichita road will
run through the very finest portion
of Texas, and will penetrate the
richest coal, iron and copper mines
in the world. This road will tap
the coal fields of Young county,
where the very finest specimens of
both anthracite and bituminous
Goals have been discovered. The
extent of the coal deposits of Texas
reaches at least six thousand square
miles, with an estimated thickness
of 300 feet. There is no doubt about
the true value of the Texas coal de-
posits. Copper ore second to none
known in the world, with iron ore
equal in richness to that of the IA
nous iron mountain in Missouri,
are found in inexhaustable bodies,
besides lead, bismuth, antimony,
salt, asphaltum, petroleum, and
useful rocks, with all kinds of mi
nor mineral substances in abun-
dance. Limpid streams of pure
water abound in these mineral re-
gions, with streams of rapid fall,
affording the finest water power;
and the lands in the valleys sur
rounding these rich mineral noun
tains unsurpassed in fertility by
any portion of the Union.
1t will give a description of the
mineral counties through which
the Dallas and Wichita road will
run, and whose vast resources it
will develop. Archer, one of the
unorganized frontier counties,
adapted to stock raising, having
the very finest grass in profusion,