The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-28


speculation, either In business or resi-
dence districts. 'lhelcgItiniate demand
Cor property Tor Improvement IL, there
fore, great enough % sustain the values
that confident Dallasians have placed
upon their real estate, and that ~, Ger.
tainly, II showing Of which we ought
20 be proud
The want of space precluding details
| IN transactions, are comparative state
inent Of sales and amounts negotiated
since january last, together with II
bare meutiOn Of the number aud size
Of business houses completed within
that time and now IN course of con-
structlon, are here noted for the pur.
pose Of Illustrating the tone aud vol
ume Of operations.
The total number OF sales of city
property made IN January, were fifty
three sales, and the consideration
SS0, 1858; of property outside Of the city
limits and within the county, thirteen
sales, and consideration of S2B, AZ.
The total in January, city and county,
siXty-siX sales; $llG,2S0 consideration.
The record for the month of Fobru-
AIRY compares with the above US fol-
lows; Total city sales, twenty-nine;
consideration, S66, 42O total county
sales, twenty seven; consideration,
SSs,o0l; total sales in city and county,
ifty-siN; consideration, $l05, IA. De
! llclt of total number Of sales of the
city and county under previous
month, ten; and Of total considera-
tion for same, $40, S66. The operations
| for Che month Of March are as follows:
Potal city sqles, sevoniy-three; consists
Grafton, S95,S i5; total county sales,
nihetconi considerations SIS, l2i; to-
tai sales in city and county, ninety
two; consideration, SllO, 26O. Excess
of total number OF sales in March over
previous month, thirty-slX; and of
total consideration, $3.50. Excess
over sales in January, twenty-fourand
difference in consideration, $G,0ll.
The transactions in the month of
April are US follows: Total city sales,
eighty-seVen; consideration, $40, 222;
total sales in county, sixteen; consider
alton, ST. ,996; total sales in city and
county, one hundred and three, and in
consideration, Sl55,2l9. Excess of
sales over March, eleven, and excess in
consideration, Sii,950. Excess over
January, $3s,030. eSAu S&T
Total city sales during the first four
months of the year, two hundred and
Iorty-two; consideration, S3O5,S40; total
county sales, seventy-fve; considera-
Itiolb S9l,S52; total city aud county
sales, three hundred and seventeen;
consideration, S49ls2. Average per
month, sales, seventy-nine and a quar-
ter consideration, Sl2i,S70.
Since January the following bust aess
helscs have been completed, and are
now occupied: A double two-story
brick ON Main street, opposite Crutch-
field house; brick block, divided into
nine stores, on Main, between Jefier-
son and Market streets; two-story brick
on Ehn, near Market; two-story brick,
addition to Connor n Walkers estab-
lishment, ON Austin street; two-story
brick ON Main, between Austin and
Lamar streets; two single-story bricks
on Elm, between Lamar and Poydras
streets; two-story brick on Elm, be-
tween Poydras street and college build
ing; two-story brick on Main, near
market house; two-story brick on Elm,
at the head of Poyriras street,
The following business houses are In
course of construction: Two-story
brick, stone-trimmed, on Elm, between
Market aud Austin streets; two-story
brick on Elm, corner of Lamar;
two-story frame, corner of Market and
Elm street; two two-story brick ON
Elm, between Poydras street and col.
lege huhllng; two two-story brick on
Main street, adjoining the Southern
hotel; two-story concrete on Market
street, between Main and Commerce;
double two-story brick on Main, corner
Of Lamar; San Jacinto hotel, three
story brick, corner Of Austin and Conn
merce streets. -ta sd
Every characteristic of the prosper
ity ofour city hasa direct bearing upon
real estate, and 1t is profitless to place
the real estate business upon any other
basis than that of the material growth
and prosperity of Dallas. The market
Is now upon that basis, and healthy
trade Inexperienced There Is no un-
due imitation In building operations,
and nothing off, balloon character In
the volume of transactions In real es-
tate. Business is extending day by
day, and new stores are demanded.
The population is Increasing and new
homes are needed. a
''eTo supply these necessities require |
the present development and improve
.ments. Tho activity IN the building
trade, In the business center and resi-