Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-24
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RECEPTION SPEECHES, DIyyER!
.Au IIevoir!

ny ilc reception COWull'lcei "Ho
escorted them by prior arrangement, the
ladies TO lhsCommercihl Hotel, md the gen
,emen 10 the Odd Fellows Hall, which
WIS tas,cfUlly decorated aud conveniently
arranged for the reception. Capt. s. J.
Adams, of the banking house of Adams &
Leonard, welcomed them in the snhjoined
rarely opposite and cogent speech, which
was pronounced by the members
Of the press and the delegation to be one
of tie wos, sensible aud typical they have
ever listened to. After calling the meet
ing to order, Capt. Adams rose and said;
SPEECH or GAIT, ADAMS
GcnHcmm Of CoGgr 'ssioaai delegation,
and crcursionist, The pleasing duty
'has been assigned me of welcoming you to
the young and growing city Of Dallas;
community SO diversified in pursuits
and Interests as OURS, and whose race for
life is so fresh ond vigorous, will natural
L. take lively interest in every cuter-
prise, however small, looking to the de-
veopmcnt Of their coanty. 3nt when the
graed enterprise isconceived OF converting
the law making power Of the government,
which Is the people, into commercial
convention, in which Improvement, com
me,ce, trade and Transportation is made
the wntchwot1, then none are more
reply TO do honor than are the people Of
Dallas and North Texas.
Passing, as you do on your excursion
through nearly every cline of this great
country, we were anxious that you should
see this section, where there is no diyid-
ipg line between the North and the South.
1t is where the cereals of the North oyer
lap the cotton and the cane OF the South,
and each grow as luxuriontly as in theil
own indigenous sois. Ii is this, gentle
mep, that so fully impressed the Hon.
John ". Forney with Texas aud made him
the great friend he Il. And | am proud
TO say that no man is doing more fog The
State than he.
Dallas is located ut the crossing Of two
of the most important railroads in the
United States. 1t is the only point in the
United States where railroad running
from the gulf to tho lakes is crossed by
railroad running from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific oceans. In addition to these we
have projected railroad penetrating the
rich mineral regions of the wichita, and
connectirg MS with the Great West. We
have road TO connect us with the city OF
New 0rleans,an one to give US additional
and Springfield, vita the city of St. Louis
and other cities of the North. The cry
with us is cheap freighls and quick irons-
portation.
Just len months ago the Houston and
Texas Central was completed TO this place.
We had then a popalation Of about $780,
and taxable properly estimated at one
and balito Two million collars. To-day
we have population of 5000, aud a
property exceeding four million dollars.
Dallas county forrs II perfeci square,
msasnring thirty miles op each side, ivo-
thirds of which is high, rolling prairie, sus.
ceptibe TO The highest state Of cultivation,
aud onr.third tirsbcr. About one fifteenth
OF his land is in cultivation. The average
productions last year was rwen'y-seveu
bushels CT wheat, flty-ive bushels of corn,
sissy bushels OF oats and fifteen hundred
pvupGs Of sesi! Gotten per acre.
The population Of Dallas county is about
twenty live thousand. 1t is centrally To-
Gated in the grain growing region proper
of this State, and tie great secret TO the
unparalleled prosperity of North Texas
is, that We have, as you might say, three
annual crops or sources of revenue upoA
which to rely. The fret being our cattle
and grain, the second our cotton, and the
third our emigration, from which source
we derive more revenue perhaps han
from any other, and this emf grafton IL
daily increasing.
The condition OF our mercantile cemmu
nifty is healthy; the credit OF our mer-
chants is good, and deservedly so. 1t is
said that no merchant has ever failed in
Dallas.
Ours is on enterprisipg city. Outside
of Galveston we are the only city in the
State that has street railroad, snd this
is paying at least twenty Eve per cent n
the investment.
We have IN iron bridge across the Trim
ity river, one of the finest structures of
this kind in the State. We have court
house being constructed of stone from our
own quarries, which will be the finest
court house in the State; a library second
to sone, schools, and seven churches.
Yon will see at cur depois immense piles
Of lumber, which shows this TO be dis
tributing point for bnilding material, and
already immense factories are being built
for the purpose Of working up this lumber,
This being grain center, and our wheat
five weeks in advance of yours of the
North and West, and there being no grain
market in this State, nor even mill to
establish standard brand for -four, We
look to necessity forcing at once this all
important enterprise to be built up in our
city.
Hard things have been said Of Texas
and many that are untrue. We areh new
coualy, rapidly filing mp from every
State in the Union. ! venture the asser
tion that there is not State in the Union
unrepresen,sd in Dallas county. And as
with all new countries, ours is Hospital
BILE and unsclfsh people, and our arms are
wide open to receive the laborer, the me-
chanie, the artisan and the capitalis',
cosoc from where he will
Cas- smen, IS representatives. Of this
grs.l nklion, permit ne again to welcome
van ~ snr midst, 10 assure yon that the
tsne i heartily concnrred in b. orr
rholt people. 10 thank you for the honor