The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-08-24
For ooyERNoR:
Il. j. ADAMS. of Dalias County.
YME onowTM OF DALLAs.

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THE GROWTH or DALLAs.
For the following epitome Of the I'M
provements going on in our city we
are Indebted to Mr.. Donly, one OF inc
enterprislng real estate agents OF ms
city. We give II place IN our col
umns to the exclusion Of other NATTER
because we believe TINT now Is the
time Cor rs to let the world know what
we are doing and the manncrin which
we are working out our destiny we
woul,l suggest TO our readers that they
scndpries of our paper to their irlends
IN other States who are anxious TO pe-
come acquainted with the progress we
are making in our general advance
mcnt.
To. give anything like a complete
list aud the cost Of all the buildings
that have been erected here this sea-
son, and of those that are now III
course Of construction or under con-
tract, would require careful canvass
OF the entire city, and i is only the in
tcntlon, in the present article to no
tiee such upon two Of the principal
business Streets Main and Elm-and
only such improvements upon these as
may be considered Of the better class
beginning with Malnan going east
ward, the first isthe Improvement our
worthy townsman, Mr.. Nassbaumer,
has made upon the Cosmopolitan ho-
tel, by The addition Of another story,
costing about 5000. The next is the
two-story brick of Cohnor& Walker,
25xsO feet, costing Si,5Oo, and now
occupied by them rs u ilrst-class drug
store. Adjoining this Is two-story
brick of the same size, built by Bowen
4 Conner, costing about $1,000. Next
TO the latter d n two-story brick, 5Ox9O
feet, with two business rooms below
and hall above, now being built by the
Field Bros, who do nothing hy halves,
and deserve much credit for their untir-
INK exertions In building up and inn
proving the city. They also have the
credit Of putting In the first iron front
In the city. They purpose fitting up
their hall In iirst-class style, and when
completed Il will he the best hall IN
.Sila.gall Texas, Al aoI IN the state,
The estimated cost of the entire build
inr Is $4,000. In the block opposite
this are four two-story bricks each %
ESQ, feet now being built respectively
by w. l.. MurphyrJ. Tennlson, w. IL.
prather and Jacob Wagner, gentle
men long and favorably known among
the reliable business men Of the city.
The estimated cost Of these is about
5000 each.
Adjoining these, and Of the same
kind, but'with front Of 50 feet, Is that
offhe Sanger Brothers, tho well-known
Dry Goods merchants OF the Texas
Central Rail Road, the estimated cost
of which Is $4,000, Recrossing the
street, and in the next block east, we
find In course OF erection three more of
the same class. The first, 25yl00
feet, Q stories high, costing $1,000, be-
longing to the firm Of Clark h Bryan,
whose name has ever been found con-
nected with every enterprise that was
to add to the growth and prosperity of
Dallas. The third story Of this build
ing is to be occupied by THE DALLAS
HERALD Printing Office, with a bust
ness Office in the second story. Adj
joining this is that OF Il. p. Bryan, long
another Of her most enterprising mer-
chants, and next that Of Dr. Turner,
another Of her entorprising citizens.
The latter two are 25xs0 feet, and
estimated to cost about 5000 each.
Nearly opposite these are two brick
buildings, two.stories, 25x7O feet,
erected by the Building Association,
costing about $3.50 each. Adjoining
these, Tompkins 4 LIttleheld, promi-
Iient commission merchants and deal