The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-29
rSouInIEs Anour DALLAS.
An Epi ONE OF what the CITY and
County 81 Dallas IN To-day.

NOWnIy ~ hHtiNh ~ A"N"l'
~ PETERSBURG, Pa, December 22, $50
10 the Editor Of The Dallas Herald
DEARsm 4 am perhaps theonly sub
scriber you have in this part Of Penn
sylvanla; have usually handed your
paper to some Of my neiRh6ors, after
first having read II myself. The re-
suit Is, that | am often asked, Whal
kind of place IL Dallas? How many
inhabitants? How IL the climate, elc'
have promised 10 ask The HERALD,
aud II II will not interfere too much
with your very valuable time, niue
article, giving w some Idea OF the
place and what II being done there,
would be very gratifying Indeed,
Yours, etc, i, $. HEBRON,
The most accurate and reliable an
swer, that we can return Mr. Heron
M well az all other Northern readers,
are the following extracts from u PAM
phlet describing the city of Dallas and
Dallas county, prepared specially un'
der the direction OF the Board Of Trade
of this city, In the fall of 1874. We
will only add that the past year has
been one OF Unprecedented prosperity,
and that instead of one three'sto"y
hotel, we have two others built since
that time, rivaling the first in size,
appearance and appointments, besides
numerous others on a scale not quite
so extensive. We have also five
banks Instead of four, and another
line of street railways two miles in
length, just completed.
We have u large and commodlous
foundry established since 1874 literally
overwhelmed with work, an extensive
and commodious grain elevator in pro-
cess of erection for the handling of the
Spring crops, number Of new church,
es and the grounds bought and funds
assured for the completion of one of
the handsomest collegiate buildings in
the South. The new Union Depot fin
ished but last week adds greatly to the
appearance of our city.
The population, commerce and
capital of course have largely increas-
ed the sales of cotton from Septem.
Der lst. to date being over forty thou
sand bales against thirty thousand
bales shipped during the entire season
of last year. The receipts of lumber
have increased enormously, sales from
one yard reaching up rs high MS eight
hundred thousand feet in one week.
THE CITY OF DALLAS
Is conceded by all to be, not only the
present but the future railroad center
of the upper or North half of Texas,
Through the Texas Central road, ON
the South, Dallas has daily connection
direct with all the towns on the main
line to Houston and Gnlveston-three
hundred and fifteen miles; via Bre-
mond branch with Waco-one hundred
and sixty-eight miles; via the Western
branch from Hampstead, with Bren-
ham, Giddngs and Austin-three hum
dred and thirty-three miles, via the
Galveston and San Antonio road, from
Houston, with Richmond, Columbus
aud Seguin---four hundred and fifty
five miles, and soon to reach San An
tonic; via the International from
Hearne Southwest to Rockdale- one
hundred and seventy-ave miles; and
Northeast to Palestine-two hundred
and twenty-nine miles.
On the North by the Texas Central
to Sherm an siXty-three miles; thence,
via the Continental branch of the
Texas and Pacific, with Bonham and
Paris one hundred and twenty-siX
miles; and at Denison the Texas Cen
trail meets the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, through which and its connec-
tons Dallas is in direct communica-
ton with all the Kansas, the Missouri
and the Illinois roads, and on to New
York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, etc.
On the East, through the great in,
ternational highway, the Texas and
Pacific, Dallas has direct connection
through Marshall to Shreveport--on one
hundred and elghty-six miles; through
Marshall to Jefferson and Texarkana
two hundred and nineteen miles,
where continuous connection is formed
with the Cairo and Fulton road
through Little Rock to Memphis, st.
Louis, Cairo and all the Western and
Southern systems of roads.
Moreover, by the Texas and Pacific
road, Dallas at Mlneola-seventy-seven
miles strikes the Great Northern
aud thereby reaches Tyler Palestine,
Crockett, and on to Houston and Gal
veston-three hundred and siXty-eight
miles; giving us II choice of routes
to our own gulf ports. 1t is equally
plain that we have II choice of roads,
both about equally direct to st. Louis,
Chicago and, in fact, to all the West,
the East and the North.
Such are our accomplished railway
connections. All are in complete run
ming order, each line at least having
daily passenger and freight trains, and
some more.
Beyond this, road is now being
constructed running from Dallas
through the fine town or Denton,
Northwest into the ipexhaustible coal,
copper and iron mines of the Wichita
country. This is the Dallas and Wich-
tia road. One hundred miles on its
line will open to us the fine mines re-
ferred to.
We have, also, charter for direct
road from Paris, near Red river,
through Greenville, Hunt county,
Rockwell in Rockwell county, Dallas,
Cleburn, In Johnson county, and on in
the same southwest direction to the
Rio Grande river, at or near the mouth