The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-20
HOUSTON LETTER.
The City's Prospcrity-New buildings
and the Business BOom-Thc Grim.
innI Court The y0tksfcst, Soon
20 Come OG-Etc., Etc.



HoUsroS April II, 1850.
There Ia no question but that Houston Is
one Of the rising cities Of Texas. Excepting
Dallas, II Is perhaps improving more rapidly
than hny other city in the State. do not
know how II ia with San Antonio, but as the
same causes for an impetus in growth nj this
tmo arc not to be found nj San Antonio rs
ut Houston and Dallas, IL is presumablo that
that city is not ut present blessed with the
boom, TO use the modern pathological coin
age, that Is now 80 visible at Houston and at
Dallas.
Hero the evidences of
IMPROVEMENT
And material prosperity are on every hand
New business houses of the most substantial
character are going up in all parts of the
leity, and residences, some just finished and
many others still in the builders hands, greet
the eye in all the resident sections of tho city.
And these residences show that thrift and
prosperity has been here, for they are all
handsome, stylish and ornate. In fact, Hous.
ton can boast Of her elegant residences
inere arc mono perhaps OF the eostliest chnr'
acter, but the majority of them
are nent prottv and nicuresou,
and ,how an architectural tos,o ,bn, at once
attracts attention. This il tho climate and
tie soil of all The State nerbnps. whcr'
flowers and sbrubberv Of nil Varieties aour.
ish best and bloom the sweetest md with a
renned md cultivated society The ladies'
with their rare aesthetic natnrnes hsve made
their homes as lovely M over tbe eva bchsld
every ward being n Wilderness of G,wors and
oyergreena with shell. strewn walls md
shadr bnwera NJ c,;mh;no v;noo To,on"i
T. " Johnson of Tia Uonsto, post
il erecting a residence in tbe suhmrba If tbe
ci,v which when comnletod Will h. !, ia
saia Tho finest in tbo State II 10
cost SaO.Oo0 ia Of ibo " 10,os,
stvlo Of srcb;toc,rro and ,"hu III,
ro MADAM ;nnrnwsn'ant Con "u "n,'9
sonven;encs viii no naalec,ad !, ua, rn "' IL
Ito stvla and sn;sh hn non,' o Js ", 81
beauty. a hannv and harmonious blondins 81
the aesthetic With tho utilitarian 's "
The new
co,yrrv ,.u
1.. a,.,, 49,
gus. ml,lsnG m hahasome ana stylsh
suu1.ue. 1ho luea, anu tho rea' arc MN
S'eu III us CONSTRUCTION. IL ~ once attracts
ane oyo ~ tne Stranger, ara because OF ils
ouswAru pesu'y oogets 'ne uesire ana curlos'
ny W Wow Tvs internal arrangements; IL Ii
Two ssorles nisn, punt OF nara pricK, inc cor
Sero pe,hg capped win lexas marble: A
neaVy PRICK wall surrounds IL the from
part eelng topped WIN strong
Loh ienee. hnterlng me gaze the
vlsl.or sees hrs' the legends on the ieft OF INC
steps. Y. Arson Jones. County Judge; Q. Z.
Muliigan' James Harrington, County Com
mssioners, bulldlng committe, 1880" On
me right, Campoeil " Granger, builders,
iSS0.' AND little to the left, Eugene 7.
heiner, architect, Ascending the steps you
enter a small vestibule where you are con-
fronted with heavy doors Of exquisite finish
with grained glass panels, and, ringing the
bell, MIR. VIM Paris, the courteous Tailor,
answers and admits you into the hallway.
on the first foor OF the building, are the
laaor's rooms, the Sheritf's par
Tor, the guards room and the
kitchen, tho three former as elegant rooms
as can be found in any mansion, elegant and
costly galvanized iron mantels and Tiled
hearths grazing the fire places with plastered
walls and frescoed ceilings IN the latest de-
signs. upstairs over these rooms are the
hospital and three rooms for female prison.
~, srs as' nea'ly lnisned. there are two stor-
being in tbs interinr Of ,ho w reeu ;'Eesner
ENOUGH between than amy tha a., WIN s fV ,hn
Tailor and cusrd 20 ,na, uuu .ne mn''s ior 'ne
zee into than NJ NJ, ,;m., oInu snel,i uhu
huge iron nen con,on;ne e a aIs'ue ol .nl'
ve1ks for ,ha sne eei'S' 'nere are
tbev can INV p'i'oneis, wherein
s.Syc;se. Two sao, 1e Pleh,y OF
mn and down..,s siu' a tbar. IN 'ne walls,