The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-02
MORE IMPROVEMENTS,
survey ~ me Line ~ The New street
Hallway,
a Communication from the Ciiy In
gineer- nieIHent OF the Cost ~
nuiIding,

1t Is hardly any eXaggcratlon to say
that no city In the Southwest hns pro-
gressed and improved NJ has Dallas In
the past four or five years. From u
village, she has sprung, ~ FLY magic,
into n metropolis. Struggling rows OF
wooden shantles aud log cabins have
given place TO stately blocks Of tower
Ing and substantial brick and iron
buildings. None Of those hastily CON
struoted box and portable houses,
which only give evidence OF nm
ephemeral and mushroom growth, are
10 be seen; but solid walls Of masonry,
defylng alike the hurricanes that sweep
over the pralres or the forked tongue
Of the fire llend, attest the solidlty
with which she has been built up and
OF the faith OF her energetic and
progressive population In the perma-
nent success OF the Future Great CITY
OF Texas.
with banking facilities second to no
city In the State; with competing
lines of railway entering aud passing
through the very heart Of the city
with fOundries, mills, aud other evil
dences of prosperous Industry to he
seen on every hand with elevators,
congresses, and the other necessary
adjuncts TO facilitate transportation IN
all things relating to her commerce;
with two lines of street railway travers-
ing the city from one end to the other,
II picture Of industry, of energy, OF pro-
gress and of prosperity Is made mp, the
like Of which one may travel many
miles ere he witnesses again.
But the good work does not cease.
Each succeeding day witnesses some
new undertaking, which Is but to be
commenced, to be completed. A few
weeks since certain gentlemen applied
to the City Council for II charter to
construct n street railway through GER
tain portions OF the city. With COM
mendable wisdom and liberality, the
application was favopbly received
and the charter granted. This at its
meeting ten days ago. To-day, THE
HERALD IL pleased to lay before its
readers the report of Captain William
NJ. Johnson on the survey of the line
and feasibility Of construction, with
the gratifying intelligence that work
will be commenced at once, and push
cd forward vigorously until the road is
completed. The following is Captain
Johnson's report:
DALLAS, Ten, February 2S, 1870.
Colonies Slemmons, Hughes and Slaughter;
GENTLEMEN have made a survey
for the street railway contemplated to
be built between the present Postollice
and the Fair Grounds. The route sur.
veyed commenced ut the intersection
of Main and Houston streets; thence
north along Houston street $50 feet e
Pacific avenue; thence east along the
south side Of Pacific avenue 200 feet
to Sycamore street; thence northeast
up Bryan street 400 feet to Germania
street; thence southeast along Ger
mania street 800 feet to Floyd street
in Nussbaumer's lot; thence east 300
feet to the line between Nussbaumer
and CASTOR; thence south 700 feet to
Nussbaumer's south line; thence east
| 400 feet to MIR. Prices; then, if desr-
| able, south 800 feet to Fair Grounds +;
in all, 1900 feet-not quite two and n
half miles.
The line is well adapted to street
railway, requiring no grading-simply
to bed the ties TO the grade Of the
streets, and the curvature will be easy.
Only one small bridge lover Mil
Creek will be needed, costing $50, and
n few box drains to accommodate the
street drainage.
No expense will be incurred to Oh.
tain the right of way, as the line fol.
lowsstreets already opened and dedicat'
ed to public use. The cost of the whole
line will be as follows
$3.50 ties a % Sl5S7 81
1914 tons rail- delivered .,..""."".,..,.. 1919 On
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