The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-29
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| DALLAS. December OLA gentleman
| from Iowa has been in this city Tor 1oui
weeks with view to purchasing property
and erecting number of good conyenlen'
dwellings thereon. He remarked that two
other gentleman with their families came
here With him, and up to this time they
had been unable to procure comfortable
residences. He further stated that mum.
Der of other families in Iowa awaited his
notification to come here, but under the
circumstances he did not feel justified in
advising them to do so at this time, as he
had utterly failed to find q single mouse
awaiting occupancy. This is not the nrsl
| of case the kind which has come under our
| observation, and we have learned Oh several
| families, who came here to remain,
| but could not secure suitable
dwellings and were compelled 70
| seek other localities. Our city is certainly
| building up as rapidly as the most enthusi-
astic could desire, but the improvements are
| largely for business purposes, and our real
estate owners should now turn their atteh,
| ton, in part, to the erection OF neat ana
comfortable dwellings for the accommoda-
| tion of the families of those who come here
| to engage in business pursuits. rms is one
| of the greatest wants of Dallas to-day, and
| as residence houses pay even a larger sum
| on the amount required to build them tnan
business houses, it is to be hoped that par
ties contemplating Improvements Will not
neglect or overlook the advantages they
would reap by erecting dwellings in pleasant
and desirable localities in the city.
ACCORDING to the almanacs this IS the
shortest day in the year, Inc sun
has reached its southern limit, and
having imparteda genial warmthto Cap
ricorn, will commence his annual move
ment to Cancer. We will sweat it out with
him when he reaches Dallas. :.
Business to-day has been all that the re-
tailers could ask for, still there ale q few
who say that our people are not buying as
heavily of holiday goods as last year, but
many paterfamilais will think when pay
day comes that his wife and offspring have
invested without mercy. The wholesale
trade is good, and shipments to the coun-
try are fully up to an average for this year,
and far beyond those OF last season, Our
regular a Quotations will indicate any change
in prices. Freighis on cotton to New york
and Boston have been advanced i've cents
per hundred during the week.
DALLAS. December 22.-The retail bust
ness Of the city is extending its limits, not
only eastward, but in, a northern and south
ern direction from Main and Elm streets.
1t is well known that the city OF Dallas
proper is circumscribed by boundaries
which exclude fully one-third of our popu-
lation from being enumerated as citizens,
and after crossing the limits OF
the CITY east ON Elm street
there is a continuation Of business
houses extending almost to the Far
Grounds, and which should be reckoned as
part of Dallas, although not within the
legal boundaries of the corporation. But
we intended to speak of the retail trade OF
what is known as East Dallas. There is
probably no. part of, Dallas that
Is increasing as rapidly in popu-
lation as that portion Of our
CITY. and as consequence the retail trade
is growing with its growth and assuming
business importance. that in short time
NAV surpass in volume even our present
most favored retail districts or localities.
The stocks there in some lines are as large
as are those in more pretentious Localities,
and they cover every branch OF business
whether of dry goods, groceries, hardware,
drugs, saddlery, or furniture, and in add.
ton the stock-yards are erected
there, which are always an auxiliary to re,
tail trade. 1t is a pleasure to note that all
of them who are engaged in business pur-
suits in that portion of our city speak of an
increasing trade, and that they are pros
porous in all the essentials which ultimately
lead to wealth.
TIE wholesale business ofour city has not
fallen of in the least, even at q season when
other Localities speak Of decline in trade.
II woli.d seem that Dallas Is not affected by
seasons or wcather in herjobbing trade, but
come rain Oh snow ol drouth there is a con-
surrounding country, so rapidly
filling up with immigrants, that our bust
ness men do not experience any diminstion
in their sales and they know no beginning
or ending to business periods, as IN many
other wholesale cities. Prices in all staple
articles are steady and firm. and the rS-
ports. which are corrected daily, Will indi.
cate the state OF the market IN all lines o.
goods.
DALLAS. December 24.-The HERALD has
persistenily labored in the Interests OF the
Wholesale trade Of Dallas, and It is with
Measure II notes that her claims to the
proud position OF becoming the most I'M
portant city in north Texas are being recog-
nized all over the State. We copy the fol.
lowing from the Franklin Herald, printed
al Mount Vernon: dallas is on boom. IL
& now almost a conclusive fact that Dali
las Is TO be made the headquarters
Of the Could system of railroads IN
TEXAS. Ifthfs is true, Dallas, at an early
day. will be the great inland metropolis oil
the great State Of Texas. The future OF
| Dallas Is bright, anyway: hersurroundings
afford the very best au1llary 10 tnc au-
lva,lcemept Of the CITY. Her advantages are
| nany and easily copprebended by enter.
prising capitalists. But If she should
be made the central beadquar..
ters of this system. aud the interests and
sdvarIfaccs OF several million dollars worth
| OF railroads be concentrated there, then
there will be no question as TO her aclnncn-
| tntion and Advancement in every rr-i'ect.
DALLAS will then certainly be the market ~
All tits country. and indeed, for All Norfh
Texas at least We do nof see why she
sl,ould not become me at tie very Bet
wholesale marEe,a u the State.'
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