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

tons being grand and beautiful indeed.
The citizens and business men of the place
most assmedly deserve great credit for
their energy, enterprise and liberality in
behalf Of all measures calculated 10 benefit
the city and to aid in its material develop
ment and prosperity, To every railroad
company. proposing TO carry its line to the
atty, and asking aid Of any character,
they have promptly responded in the af-
hrmatlye, and generously given of their
means. The city is built in a substantial
manner, aud has increased in population
from 2,eo0 in 1876 the advent of its first rail
road, the Texas h Pacific, TO some 5000
now, and is still on the increase. There are
few handSomer courthouses in the entire
state than that Of Tarrant county, at Fort
Worth, and there are many other imposing
and stylish business and residence build
ings built Of stone quarried near by, The
city has a street railroad, gas works, and
mas now on foot Tie establishment of water
works. There are seyenty-tve artesian
wells in the city, furnishing ga a,Undance
OF water and already it IS being called
The City of Wells" All {, rel. ious de
nominations are represented i'm thr yity and
it has anumber of elegant CluI~'' offices
while excellent schools, pubic % private
are of easy access to children all over the
city. 1t has ten newspapers, daily and
weekly, three of them being daily, and the
people are refined, cultured and hospitable;
the society afforded by the city being as fine
in every respect us can be boosted anywhere
in the state. Located / 200 feet above the
level of the sea, with its refreshing prairie
breezes ever blowing and its abundance of
healthy city as there is of its
size in the Union. 1t has its full
quota of the various civic organizations and
societies, has an efficient fire department, is
| incorporated with mayor, board of alder
men, city marshal and Il full force of
police for the maintenance of order and
| quiet ami can boast of excellent and ample
| hotel and boarding house facilities for the
accommodation of the public. During the
| year past Fort Worth exported 1890 bales
of cotton; 392,70l pounds Of wool 4l5, 3G0
pounds of hides and peltries S29,32O
| bushels Of grain 81 100 head of cattle sheep
and hogs 100000 feet oflumber, and the
! aggregate value Of minor products exported
was $4,000. These exports go to eastern
and western cities, save the lumber, which
coming from the mills ofeastcrn and south
eastern Texas, is sold TO points in Texas,
| principally weSt of the city. The total value
| # manufactures in the city is $l3i 900.
These embrace two Touring mills, 3 ice fac
tories, cotton gin, planning mill, car
riagO factory, 2 broom factories, employing
some l25 hands, and in addition there are
several tailoring establishments, tin shops
boot and shoe shops, saddle and harness
establishments, blacksmith shops, etc, etc,
! of that nature to he found in all towns and
cities The aggregate sales of imported
articles were for the year, of dry goods,
boots and shoes, hats and caps and mill
merry 81 100000; of groceries,
produce CONNECTIONS, bagging and
and ties and tobaccos, So, 225 600; of liquors
beer, $4,000; of ice, 10000 pounds or
$4,000; of woodwork (sl,in"les, rough and
dressed lumber, sash, etc. 100000, these
items We're enumerated in the expOrts);
drugs, paints, oils, Grockery, woodenware,
etc. 800, 100; hardware, agricultural ma
chinery engines, wagons etc. $6500O0, and
miscelluieou articles, 100000. Of these
imported articles the percentage was in pro-
portion of = from New York % from st.
Louis; 05 from CHICAGO; 10 from New Or
leans; % from Galveston; % from Dallas,
and - from various other points. The city
has u cotton compress worth S27 900, and q
grain elevator valued at $1,000, which we
believe we have not enumerated, and
for the year past the business OF
its two banks amounted in receipts and
disbursements to $i70i3,0 S4 and in
exchange purchased and sold
to Sll ,O33, 526 n large amounty of this bust
ness being with cattle men in the west. On
the whole, Fort Worth has done fine bust
ness, is a young city with splendid prospects
and is evidently destined to become the sec
ond city of Importance in North Texas, and
will always do an excellent local trade, for it
has a magnificent country Immediately
about it.