The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-01-15
OUR SOUTHWESTERN PROSPECT.
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A. correspondent of the st. Louis Commercial
Gazette gives some interesting particulars of
the fiourshpg towns in Northern Texas on the
line of the Texas Pacific Railroad, with
division of the New Orleans and Pacific road
RAINING from Alexandria to Mansfield, the pro.
gress of which, agreeably to the latest reports,
is highly satisfactory. The writer describes
Shreveport being situated on Red River at
the terminus of the Marshall branch of the
Texas and Pacific Railway, and as the best
known of the interior towns of the Southwest
Its pl resent population is put down at IL 600
and u is expected to ship this year no. 900
bales of cotton, besides q large amount of hides
and other products. 1t has two cotton presses
in active operation, cotton gin mannfac' DRY,
three lumber mills, one foundry, aud a number
of fine churches and educational Institutions.
Jefferson is described located on Big Cy-
press Bayou at the crossing Of the Texas aud
Pacific road. It will ship this seaeon AZ 600
bales of cotton and large amount of hides.
1t has quite number of stores, com mics son
houses, several large warehouses, u Touring
mill, two foundries, five churches and several
hotels and does q very large amount of bust
ness. Marshall is forty miles from Shreveport,
with which IL Is connected by branch of the
Texas and Pacific, aud is the point selected for
the machine shops of that road. 1t is the
county seat of Harrison County, and has a fine
courthouse and several churches. 1t has
population of 600 aud will snip its full pro-
portion of cotton and hides. LoBgView is Cd
the Sabine River on The Texas and Pacific, and
is expected TO handle this year Is. 900 bales of
cotton and 800, 900 pounds of hides. 1t has
population of 200, which is rapidly increasing.
Mineola on the Texas Pacific at the termina-
! ton of the branch of The InterDa' iopal, will
| ship 20 600 bales of cotton and large amount
of hides 1t has a population of 700 and presents
| the appearance of a thriving and prosperous
community. Terrell, a prairie town, with
population of 1,2OO, expects to ship this year
2 500 bales of cotton, 80 600 bushels OF wheat,
aud about 5000 beeves. Wills Point, three.
| year old settlement, will ship this year 5000
| bales of cotton, a considerable amount of
wheat and $50 900 pounds of hides. Elmo, also
! will ship considerable quantities of cotton and
wheat We now come to Dallas, which is de-
scribed being beautifully situated on the
Trinity River at the crossing of the Texas and
Pacific. The country surrounding is highly
productive, and cotton and grain are raised in
large quantities. The shipments of cotton from
! Dallas this season will reach 65 900 bales, of
wheat scrcrai millions Of bushels and of hides an
average of 100000 pounds per month. The city
has population of lS 0OU, and IS one of the
most enterprising places in the Southwest.
There are many dry goods stores and groceries.
hotels, Restaurants and saloons, several
churches and Two theatres. There is here
cotton compress with capacity of ass bales
per day fl We Touring mills, one of which has
q capacity of two hundred barrels per day
three planning mills doing n heavy business
three foundries in full BLAST and several
carriage and wagon factories. The bridge
across the Trinity ~ very long, aud very fine
piece of work in its line. There is also au iron
wagon and foot bridge, 300 feet in length, with
two spans, one $50 and the other lao feet in
length. Inc STRUCTURE cost the Guy SbOsOVUj
In this city there are five banks and four
newspapers. The city is growing rapidly and
is a live TOT n, and doing more business than
any place on the line of the Texas and Pacific
rail way. The Texas Central railroad also
passes through here. Many thousands of Tex
as cattle are shipped through here, and large
trade is carried on in horses and mustang
ponies.
One cannot read these descriptions without
feeling the consciousness that We in New Or
leans are on the borders OF country rich not
only in leading staple, but in all the pro-
ducts which have combined to build up the
prosperous cities of the West. This is espe-
oialIy the case with regard 10 wheat, the sup
plies of which may, at an early period, he the
means of reyivpg the port trade we formerly
carried on in this great cereal. The Touring |
mills of the West consuming such q large pFo-
portion of the Western crop, and the value Of
The grain enabling it better TO bear the expense
of railroad transit TO the Atlantic ports, we (
have little hopes of greatly sugmenting our !
receipts of it from st. Louis, until the river
improvements and cheap freights, which We
have steadily advocated, will have enabled the
waterway 60 defy the competition of the rail-
way. Bat here, in our vicinity, with only a
limited capital invested in Touring mills, is an