The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-24

which lhey are applet WLen be
Wac twenty, hr lfii hA hHur Hilh lt-
came q wilNu rlrrulg.nI uni ili HIS
nprrHii0us Fiuuti u-tHfrN Hfpts-
htrk nui DaliAr, WHAiHs uii[ iflenNa
aui fAleHdlug 600 circle 20 ila 49,
guaiuiauee nil lle while uulil rrplelhr
Der, 1871, Whru Bee again became a
student ~ l-a-lunu's commercial cpl-
legr, AT fpuEhkfepsiri Sew lpfki 'leT
imyiUg all BOZ. expenses iflul NE eafii-
ings That hni rewarded hl1 Industry
und perseverance, az q cotton buyer
aud on the 21lh day of MARCH, 1917,
he graduated ~ the head " hls class
Desiring 10 see Aa much ~ lie Woflh
~ pose lille hri0Teenlerlng regularly lnlp
business, lac fpenI considerable line W
travelling, visiting all the principal
cities and places 81 Interest IN HE Uni
ted slales aud The Canadas, uil on The
hflh day Of October, 1917, he reached
home, aud Ia a few days subsequently,
bought out the Callas Brick Manufao.
turing company, which he conducted
unAided until January 1910 when le
received his brother W, &, Leonard
into his business aa "a equal partner
under the fra name aud style Of Leon
ard Brothers,
Since III formation, this hrn have
made over ten million Of brick, nearly
all Of which they have worked lnlolhe
magnificent huildlnga thai line the
th0roughfarrs AZ this city In the last
hfeen months they have done u hlsl-
ness Of over three hundred aud my
thousand dollars, nom which lnrl
some Idea " the rapid growth that has
marked the prosperity NJ lhls place
may he formed, There are other large
contractors located here bruldes, aud
who have contributed much "a the
erection Of this place,
In April, ls7i, at the general city
election, aud when only lwenly-iOur
years Of age, Mr. Leonard was returned
~ n member Of the city council from
the iir-t ward and In all the multiplied
aud perpleXed questions Of govern
ment aud Of finance with which that
body has had TO contend he has borne
his part faithfully, aud discharged all
hlr duties IN q most credllable manner
The Junior member Of this firm was
likewise raised In this county, though
he Il not % the manor born, lie came
tU this county when only two years Of
age, In 1913; entered Judge Goods
Light Artillery company at the out
break OF the war, with which he served
until Us termination, when he returned
to his home with his military honorq
thick about him aud at once became %
producer Ofthosc essentials upon which
all are dependent for sustenance. He
continued his agricultural pursuits
successfully aud until he became an
equal partner In the extensive business
ofLeonord Brothers,
We append TO the above The follow
Ing list Of brick business houses erected
by the firms Building forReal Estate,
Building aud Saving association,
Bowen Il Kraft, w. l.. Murphy, John
Tension, w. Ii. Prather, Jacob Wag-
ner, their own three buildings on
Main street, Conner Il Walker, Bowen
II Conner, Fields theater, First Ma
tional bark, +. b. Bryan Il Co., Turner
u Terry Bros, Marsalis 4 Underwood,
Association building on Main street,
Thompson's variety, house on Bur
fords property, Southern hotel, Tom
Field, Adams d Leonard's block
teight buIdingsl, Keene & Nichols, J.
c. Mcconnell, Sanger Bros, Schnie-
der II Davis, ID. NJ. Darlington, Schell-
kept Il Doelliug, L. c Patton Assoeia-
ton buildings on ELM street, McMurty
Il Saunders, Mr. Browning, and four
buildings for Jacob Aaron.
FREE BRIDGE.
The city Is sadly in need of some
broad, comprehensive plan ofimprove-
ment that will include not only free
bridge across the Trinity river, but
Strengthening and widening streets in
the residence division. These improv-
ments will, of course, cost money but
the credit of this city is yet good in
spite of its terribly bad financial man.
agement, and if bonded for these i'm
provements, these bonds would be al
most wholly wiped -out upon the com
pletion of these improvements by the
appreciation of real estate which the
latter would BRING, and the stimulus
that the former would give our retail
trade and immigrant business.
"Ncuril.'