The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01
TEXAS TOWNS.
PROMINENTLY SKETCHED BUT STILL
BRIEFLY,
Their Commerce, Population, Location
Prospects and Antecedents.
The Sum Total of the Trade and Traffic Of
these Towns gives Fair Indication of
what Texas is and is to be.

In presenting the following short sketches
of the various railroad towns and cities
throughout the state, our object is to give
the reader an idea of the trade and traffic of
the state. We do not give fourth of the
villages, hamlets and towns of Texas, nor
does the commerce of those we do give
more than approximate, well, the entirety
thereof of the state, still an idea can
be formed from what we do
give, of the capabilities, of the future of this
great commonwealth. It's interests are so
varied, scattered over so large n scope of
country and are so immense that in a paper
OF this kind, an annual review of the trade
and progress of the state, it is impossible to
do full justice to all those interests, to at
tempt to give more than an outline of that
will convey true idea of the whole, else
the paper would be so immense in size that
1T would be a hinderance to itself. The
tigures we give of exports and imports at
the various towns below enumerated are
accurate and reliable, being taken from
trustworthy sources and we refer all readers
who desire information on those points to
them. We have aimed to give more fully
as to number, the towns of north Texas than
any other section because while it is our
object to present the claims of Texas as a
whole in general way we desire especially
to show what north Texas is.
FoRNEY,
a railroad station on the Texas & Pacific
road, in kaufman county, and twenty
miles east of Dallas. 1t has population Of
say 500, and is in the midst of a thickly set
tied neighborhood, where magnificent black
land farms abound During the year past
Forney exported 1000 bales of cotton, some
200 car loads ofhay, worth 800 per car load,
and seventy car loads of cotton seed worth
$40 per car. OF these shipments about so
per cent. of the cotton went to Galveston
and Houston and the remainder to Dallas.
The hay went in part to Dallas and in part
to railroad contractors on the Texas & Pa
cific construction west of Dallas. The cot
ton seed all went to Dallas to the Howard
cotton seed oil mill. The total value of
mills and manufactures in the place is
$4,000. The aggregate sales of imported
articles 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 $l000-this being for tobac-
cos, as no liquors or beer are sold at the
place, it being local option; of wood work
(shingles, rough and dressed lumber, sash,
etc. a fair trade, as there is one lumber
yard in the place, doing well; of drugs,
paints, oils, crockery, woodenware, etc,
$1,000; of hardware, agricultural machinery,
engines, wagons, etc, $4,000. All of these
imports arc from Dallas, Fomey buying all
its goods there. There are two cotton gins
and one small Touring mill in the place, the
three employing 20 hands, and having $1,000
in capital invested. The two cotton gins
gin 5000 bales OF cotton per season.
TERRELL
Ia n Iaruo admirable utt,,otoJ tour, -, Ibo
Texas 4 Pacific road, in Kaufman county,
thirty-two miles from Dallas, and is grow
ing in population and doing q large bust
ness. Its population is mt present 900. IL
has number Of business houses, all well
built and many of brick, is exceedingly
healthy, and is sixteen miles from Kaufman.
the county seat. 1t exported the past year
1900 bales of cotton, $500 pounds OF wool,
1000 hides, T5, 900 bushels of small grain,
5000 head of cattle, sheep and hogs, and an
aggregate Of minor products of $4,000. Per-
centage OF shipments to New York, about
per cent; st. Louis, so per cent; New Or
leans, II IL per cent; Galveston, ~ IL per
cent; Dallas, about 0 per cent The total
value Of mills and other manufactures is
$4,000 The aggregate sales of merchan-
disc were; OF dry goods, clothing, hats,
caps, boots, shoes and millinery, $650,0OOi
groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS, bagging and
ties, $3.50 900; liquors and tobaccos $40, 900;
ice, 5000; 5000 900 shingles 10000 feet
OF lumber. doors, sashes, etc, $35 600
drugs, paints, oils, crockery, wooden-ware
ETC., 100000; hardware, agricultural ma
chinery, engines, wagons, etc, Sl65 900, and
miscellaneous, $4,000, Terrell imports
chiefly from New York, st. Louis and Dal-
las, drawing from each Of these points 20
per cent, and from New Orleans and Gal
weston, each, about 10 per cent. Terrell is
ambitious of becoming q manufacturing
town, and has made AN excellent start in
that direction, possessing three Touring
mills, one planning mill, three gins, u sad
dlery establishment, one cigar factory, ar
gregating 100000 capital while there is
now being constructed cotton factory,
whice is to start with 1000 spndlcs, and TO
be increased to 5000, and thirty looms. 1t
has also two banks with ample capital, an
average Of 100000 deposits, and an aggre-
gate business of $2,950,0O0. The town is
supported by rich surrounding country,
and Its prosperity has every assurance of
permanency.
This Is q pretty little station on the Texas
IL Pacific railroad, and is situated in Kauf.
man county 81 miles east Of Dallas, and
has 5OO inhabitants During the year past
Elmo exported 800 bales of cotton, 800
bushels of small grain, and 100 head of
cattle, sheep and hogs. OF thee exports
the cotton went to Galveston, and the
small grain and live stock TO st. Louis.
The total value of mills and manufactures
in the place is 5000. Tho aggregate of
sales Of imported articles amounted during
the year in dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, hats and caps and millinery, $4,000;
in groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS, bagging
and ties, $4,000; In liquors. beer and TO.
baccos, $4,000; In wood work (shinglcs,
rough and dressed lumber, sash, etc,,) 5000;
in drugs, paints, oils, crockery, woodonwarc,
tc.,sS,ooO, and in hardware, agricultural ma.
chinery, engines, wagons, etc, 5000. OF
these imports % per cent. were from ST.
Louis; % per cent. from Galveston, and
80 per cent. from Dallas
WILLS POINT.
This Is town of 1, 200 inhabitants on the
Texas & Pacific road. IN Van Zandt county.
IL Ind its origin in 1873, Is finely located,
and does good business. IL Is forty-cight
miles east Of Dallas. lts exports last year
were 1900 bales of cotton, 2O,vOO pounds Of
wool, 10000 hides 5000 bushels of small
grain, H,0W head Of cattle, sheep and hogs,
l,JOO0,OC0 feet of lumber. and minor pro-
ducts to the amount Vt $25,UIC. The per
centnge oil shipments wits. tU New York, 20
per cent; 10 81, Louis, nj prr cent; 10 CHI
cago, 10 per cent. 10 New orleans, - per
cent; TO Dallas about NJ l,rf cent. 10 has
one large floutlng and giist mill with a
capital of $1I.VAl. The n.tprvltIio sales
were US follows Dry goods, Clothing, hats,
caps, boots. shocs aud millinery, 5000;
groceries. produce, consuiuir, hngging and
i'rg. stAOt1. nauora aud toint,,Ds silu.