The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-05
NO.
DALLAS TEXAS,
Situation Business Prospects - I'm.
provements q Railroad Communica-
lions, Etc,


DALLAS, Texas, February 10. !.
Dallas. the county seat Of Dallas oouu-
~, is about seyenty-six miles from Den.
nison aud two hundred and seventy from
Houston, on the Texas Central Railroad,
and Que Of the
s nASDsoMEsr ciTIEs
| have visited In Northern Texas. contain.
ing about six thouaand population. ~
Through The courtesy Of Thos. Field, Esq,
your correspondent was able to gather tue
following facts inrogarl to this city: !.
The bpsincss OF the place Was formerly
con0ned TO the city square, but slace II has
awakened fsom It's Rip vnn Wrinkle sleep,
like tho Stnte, 1t has developed neu Lie
aud euergy. Consequently II has, besides
its city square, lhres business streets, lGhis
city being the supply depot for Fort
Worth, Texas. A great deal Of wholesale
business is done here, and quito num-
Der Of wholesale houses. Like All country
towns, you will hsrc lind stores keeping ! +
little Of hearty everything, but few any
one speciality, and a. hue opening presents
Itself here Tor u boot and shoe house, fur
ture, merchant tailor, jswehy store aud
music store. lfq tisa As.elsaa ~ tl
Its citizens are very
ESTERpRIsISo,
moreso than expected to find them.
Among the many improvements now 60.
ing on isa gaHfli a.
FINN couRr-HousE, ~ XIX
one hundred feet by sixty, built Of stonp
obtained two and Que halt mites from here.
and costing SlOlvvO also street rail-
road, running from the depot OF the Texas
Central railroad up town 10 the Crutck. \
field House, built by citizens | nuler.s
stand that tho city will soopr b. lighted
with gas, o charter having hesa obtai /.
forthat purpose. find mere more mod
| crn y. y st'
SUBSTANTIAL BRICK BUILDINGS
going up than in any city have. visited
IN Npr,hsan Texas, and q visitor ID RI.
minded OF the enterprise aud energy ofa
" estern cry. Ihs Dallas Herald, \ dali.
ly paper,is Published nsre. A nntieASL hsuk
is alloi needed, and would tad p isnty Of
business. know Of no place which pre.
sen,s o faer opening Tor Hour Mill.
| Wheat is worth III 30 per .hasliel, and flour
| IS per hundred pouhds, Tue land pro-
,duces twsnty-hss W forty bushels otwhsst
10 .hs acre, iorty 70 my bushels VI corn,
aud one bale Of cos.on. This bsing : CEN
,ral point Tor large scope Of country,
| null would Akss "a The business Il sould
DO. A cotton millsnd toaudry would ind
plenty " work, and kunltvssaad thu
City WILL Aaslsr
literally persons with means wishing q
engage IN any manufactures. One houss,
rSmklns y Littlensld, shipped Y 700 bAlss
81 cOsssn IRON thiscity laatseason.
s susisEss Lots
can be bought, twenfy-hys BY city, for
IRON 500 20 $1,000, on The business
streets; And reBidsace lots for $2u0 and
dpwards, filty by one hundred feet. Lum-
Der eau be had shortly Tor So per thou
sand feet, aud wood Ut " ~ par cord.
r.mber land near The eisy can lbs hopghs
lsheap within the next year, s.,,s H.
| I'M ei'y wiz shortly hive shrss dsfsr-
snt
| RAILROAD coRxusicArioxS
with the North and 81, Louis. The Hous-
| TOD aud Texas Central railroad, NSunning
IRON bsnison 70 0Aiveston the ialsrna-
tlonai or Texas PAsifaA tanning from
Longvisw 70 San Diego, CALIFORNIA; which
will bs opened 70 Lougview BY tho Lat Of
juno. 1873, connecting with tina Cairo and
fulton Short Line to 81. Louis, the Mis-.
sourl, Kansas and ,rexas railroad as Dsni-
son also the Dallas and SOUTHEASTERN
luilroad will shortly b., built, RAINING
IRON Dallas 20 pslesyiue, connecting win
New Orleans, and the Great Norsiharn
railroad, giving this city sH3 Il a'1 NJ
I3iS aeL COMPETING LIxEs
to St. Louis, which ore very much needed
| by the merchants here, who are now 0blig-
". 10 buy goods IN New Orleans, who
! would prefer purchasing 10 ~. Louis.
The city Of Dallas 70
btfftf Nr7 lnH Hdffi eGt4A EuNl
Iie5 SITUATED on pBAurIuL FLAT
Of round, with clean, broad strss.s. md
ctnlains ABOUT 2JO business houses, SEVEN.
| churches, Two school houses, swo email
priva.c banks and one frst class hazel.
The MI rs. a. WA
STAGE coAcDEs
Of tho El Paso stage Company run from
here 10 Port Worth, forty miles, and oil
nail matter u dissribuled here for that
section Of the State. Taxing the city sI-
together, know Of 20 hasr prospects Or
Inducements in NORTHERN Tsxas to-day
than sAis city prsseats for
MEN orxrAss, rAHsEas On nrAcaAsrs,
who will ~ heartily vslconsi, 10 matasr
where from; and 4 venture % ny, from (
ia present indications, thAt in les than
two years tbia oily VIII have Yen thousand
Inhabitants. The
alss s =. LOUIS oIooE .lsss \,
il taken hare by nearly all The usrchan !
and we'll liked, ~ being the bsss eomme r
'ial pFpsF'n y lss's' assspAMoS
SrApBisc ASrRAf. Two young ga tie
men. ls,udsnts Of thsWxco University,