The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01

tlon TO Jefferson would be virtually ruined
ana subsequent events have proven hi
warnings wei founded The raft was Gu
Out, ana liver competition with tn
texas Pacific and International & Grea
Northern railroads destroyed. A gentle
ana still connected with the press of Nh
state, wrote Q vision one day, in which h
outlined the future of The citv. He saw he
IN her decay and in her gloom, with he
warehouses empty, her wharf rottinr nm,
silent, her business houses closed and fen
antless. save with the bats and owls, and IN,
grass growing in her streets where there ha,
been so much life and hustle. The black
ness OF despair was upon her and sadness sa
ehthroned IN the hearts Of her few remain
ing citizens, and all was darkness and gloon
for season. Then there came a rift in IN,
clouds, q bright sun behind them shon,
lorth IN MONDAY splendor anC
a halo seemed all about tn,
turret stones and roof trees of the CITY. II
took on n new life Business revived peo
pie locked to the place; the old houses were
renovated and new ones began to spring IN
on every hand. More railroads came to the
place bringing 1T more commerce steam.
boats once more fretted its waters and IFS
Wharyes greatly extended were active and
falrly groaning with the traffic and trade that
passed over them. A part of the vision has
been realized. The shadow is now upon
Jefferson and it is well nigh Il new Auburn,
q deserted place, but there seems to be 4
breaking in the clouds, rift can well nigh
be seen, and we believe that an era of re-
newed prosperity is about to dawn upon
the place. This prosperity is to come
from the iron hills about her. Mr..
Jay Gould has purchased CONTROL
ing interest in her own railroad.
Texas Il East Line narrow gauge. and viii
make it standard gauge and part o. +,
railroad system in Texas. This will i. Ia
the place. The iron hills around !n'!
about Jefferson are too rich, they rg
Golcondas of wealth, and money ever sensi-
BILE, will go there to develop them, and then
Jefferson will become ten times the city
she ever was, and the vision will be realized.
Jefferson Is l62 miles from Dallas, is on the
Transcontinental branch of the Texas e.
Pacific railroad and the beginning of the
East Line narrow gauge running to Green
vile, in Hunt county, and being now
in the hands OF Mr.. Gould will be changed
to a standard gauge, Another road from
Jefferson to Memphis is on the tapis, with a
reasonable prospect of being built The
place has now !, 900 inhabitants, and plenty
On room for more, During the year past
there have been exported from the place
5000 bales OF cotton; 25,0O0 pounds of
wool; 10000 pounds of hides and peltries;
10000 feet OF lumber, and the aggregate
value OF other articles exported was $500.
or these exports 40 per cent. went to New
York; 80 per cent. to St. Louis; % per cent
to New Orleans; 05 per cent. to Galveston,
and 05 per cent to Dallas. The total value
OF mills and manufactures in Jefferson is
$1,000. The aggregate sales of imported
articles for the year were, of dry goods,
clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps and
millinery, $4,000; of groceries, produce,
CONNECTIONS, bagging and ties, $4,000; of
liquors, beer and tobaccos, 100000 of ice,
80 tons of wood work (shinges, rough and
dressed lumber, SASH etc., $4,000; of
drugs, paints, oils, crockery woodenware,
etc, 500, 900; ofhardware, agricultural ma
chlnery, engines, wagons, etc, $50, 900, and
of miscellaneous articles, $4,000 The per
centage of these imports were from New
York IDS; st. Louis %; Chicago 5; New Or
leans 25 Galveston 10; Dallas 5, and other
points 10. Some four miles from Jefferson
is Kelly's immense iron furnaces and found
ry employing several hundred men and
turning out vast quantity of pig iron, hol-
low ware, cooking and heating stoves and
plows. This foundry is an index to the pros
perity that we believe is yet to smile upon
and bless Jefferson.
ATLANTA.
Atlanta, flourishing railroad station in
Cass county, on the TransCOntinentalb branch
Of the Texas and Pacific railroad is distant
| from Dallas about 100 miles. Ii has lup-
ulation of some 1000, and does good local
trade. II exported during the year lust
passed, 1000 bales of cotton; 5000 pounds
ofwool; 5000 pounds of hides and peltries;
1000 head Of cattle, sheep and hogs, $500.
GOO feet of lumber. The percentage Of these
shipments were ii to New York; 72 TO st.
Louis, and IA to New Orleans. The total
value of mills and other manufactures in
Atlanta. foot, up, 100000; saw mills
aggregate sales, for the year, of dry
goods, clothing, hats and caps, boots and
shoes and millinery, amounted to $l75, 600 !;
of groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS, bagging
and ties, $4,000; of liquors, beer,
and tohaccos, $4,000; wood work
(shingles, rough and dressed lumber, sash
etc., $4,000; drugs, paints, oils, crockery
woodenwarc, etc, $1,000; hardware, agri-
cultural machinery, engines, wagons, etc.
$4,000. The per centagc of imports We're
from New York, H. st, Louis, y; New Or
leans, II, There are some mills in the i'm.
mediate vicinity of Atlanta, not included in
the above estimate, that ship million feet
each of lumber and buy not less than n
hundred cur loads of corn.
TEXARKANA.
This is a duel town, the line between
Texas and Arkansas passing through the
centre of the town. Ii Is the terminus of
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain E Southern
railway, the Transcontincntal branch of the
Texas ~ Pacific passc through Il and i is
az present also the terminus Of the Texas Il
st. Louis narrow gulge railroad, though
work is progressing on that road between
TcNarkana aud Cairo to which point it will
be completed in short while, 1t has
population of . 500, and is distant from Dal-
las some 2l5 miles. During the year past
II shipped 5000 bales of cotton;
5000 pounds of wool, and 100000 pounds
of hides and pcltries, while the aggre-
gate. OF its minor products shipped
reached 500. st. Louis received 15 per
cent. of these shipments, and New Orleans
y. 1t has mills and manufactures 10 the
value of $4,000, The aggregate sales of
imported articles for the year were: OF dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and
capt. and millinery, $4,000; of groceries,
produce, .coniections, bagging and ties,
Si25,OO liquors, beer and tobacco, $l00,0
ofice, 5000 of wood work (shinrles, rough
and dressed lumber, sash, etc. J $4,000; of
drugs, paints, oils, crockcry, wooden ware,
etc, $1,000 OF hardware, agricultural ma.
chinelry, engines, wagons, etc, $50, 600, and
Of miscellaneous articles, $4,000. The per
rentagc of these imported articles were:
From New York, 70; from 81. Louis 40;
from New Orleans, 10, and from other
points, 25 There Is ono mandatory of a
local character In the place. with
$4,000 invested In II, and employing
four hands, The figures We have given arc
for the Texas side of the town. FIVE in.
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