Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-19
THE CRY or DALLAS

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ticlc we proposcto give something
Of the past, present and future
, Of Dallas.
Dallas is situated in the centre oil
Dallas county, on the cast bank OF
tho Trinity River, and is almost
, the geographical as well as tlo
, centre OF the great whedt region y
. 1eroS. For the last twenty ycals
II has been the best town in tho
State north of Houston but it has
acquired its principal Importance
within the last twelve months.
POPULATION.
The population of Dallas is be-
tween seven and eight thousand,
which ismOrc than double what it
was twelve months ago, and the
prospects arc that there will be
fifteen thousand in twelve months
moro. There arc but few negroes
here or in this portion of the State.
There are n good many Swiss here,
and somo Germans, French and
Jews, all of whom are industrious
citizens.
There are about two hundred
business houses, n very fair proper
ticn of which arc brick, taking into
consideration the rapidity with
which they have been built. The
wholesale men here carry large
stocks, and are doing thriving
business. One firm has sold scvea
thousand dollars worth Of goods in
n single day. The retail trade is
good and reliable. All business
here is done on cash Iasis.
The court house is GGxlOO feet,
and is built Of very fine stone OBJ
tained about seven miles distant.
This building is at present unfn-
ishcd, but the Legislature hnr ,.,'
passed bill authorizing the .oun
ty court to issue $4,000 worth Z.
bonds to complete it. The i,s. s
spanncd by an iron bridgn I.
cost 100000. The street ca,s .n.',
been running for about two rnou.s.
and are doing a thriving business
the company talk Of extend rr aa
track beyond the depot,o b.'JUu@
Il branch road, to run throl ~ }t,
northeastern portion of th -,IE
The market house, now un0 ,on.
tract, is SOXlOO feet, two -.oro
high. The main body will Dee .u,..
Of brick ; the upper story w' boz
used as Mayors office and y lnn
lie hall.
We have two real cstato 49,
building associations, one G.. a.m.
pany,and Odd Fellows and I...,
ic Lodges, seven churches t.. "
schools.
\. The churches representeu I...
are as follows: The Mcthodi na0.
tist, Episcopal, Christian, Ole hos.
and Cumberland Prcsbytcr III. a..
Catholics.
One of the school houses ,.. ygp
story brick, 5Ox75 feet. Ia,ro /.
also a library association aid l,..
trionic society here. The l,ur.n.
hall is the second story of u,..
story brick house. 1t is fine o...
tered on the inside and WEI rur-
nished. There are near OF tlor
sand volumes in tho library .' $780,.
uablo books two hundrcd az Hll.
or three hundred geological n.
mems, and about scvcnty-tivc N,....
ly and daily newspapers IT,.
reading room is open to the .nI.n
free Of charge, and is the f .orrt.
resort of strangers visiting o. s.
Property is what is con aa,
by purchasers called high, b D.. ..
rapidly approaching, and ca.''a.-
lists do not hesitate to buy az '.n-
prove. There are at prcsc sa.-
onteen two story brick hou rs ulr
der contract. four on one bio + ,c.-
en- on another, and six on rsa.,a.
These are all being and to B.. ..1
up by one CONTRACTOR. Thel may
be others of which we hi f-, met
heard.
Brick all put in the val q.
twelve dollars per thousand. Pin
lumber is now worth $50 ,.
hundred but rs soon as the ..,s.
Pacific Railroad is finishv n
Longvicw, it can be put dow ny~.
for $500 per hundred.
RAILROADS.
The Houston & Texas (.a.a,
Railroad is the only cno 'lpt is
running here at present. 1t pow
finished to Red River, whorr a.
connects with the Missouri #aa.
sas 4 Texas, thus giving 'H0...
direct communication wit
Louis on the North and Galvps,ga
on the South.
The Texas Pacific is grade ,r,r
here to Longview, its prese'r la..
minus, and the track is bciog i'
from this place East. Abo n
miles is laid, and there are t.,.'
gines and respectable 70. %.
the track. This road will | COWS.
plcted in short time, an .I
make Dallas its western tcius
for twelve months, if the J. -.
turc grants it the time ask
which, in all probability, b..
will, as a majority of the c9 nit
tee have reported in favor q 70.
The Dallas and Wichita .1a.