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

OUR SEPTEMBER EDITION
IT IS HERE TO SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
Our First Effort In this Line, and 1t Is an
Enterprise In the Accomplishment
of which we take Pride.
II is an Epitome of Texas in all Its Mate
rial Interests, and a Showing of
What the State Is Capable In
Every Respect.

This, our extraordinary edition, is
sued on this the first day of September,
the beginning of the business
year, is the first attempt of
the HERALD in such direction, We under
took the work at great disadvantage, being
on the eve of our removal to our new quar-
tiers, and beginning the necessary collection |
of data at late date, and it has been done
at the expense of great and exacting labor
and skill, and at heavy cost. Nevertheless,
having undertaken it, We have in the linz
tied space of time at our command after
determining upon it, accomplished great
deal sparing neither brain, Drawn nor
money, and we feel that we can Justly point
to il in exultation of feeling. No care has
been spared in the collection of our data,
and we have exhausted every source from
which, and every means by which we could
obtain the desired and necessary infOrma-
ton for the make up of this issue. What
data we do give we feel perfectly assured is
as reliable as it could well be. We have
met with no little difficulty in getting it
here and there, some business men being
reluctant to give us what we sought, under
the mistaken impression that it would give
publicity to their affairs, perhaps, while
others were Indifferent, falling to appreciate
the importance of the work that we feel we
have achieved Now that the issue is out
and it bears patent upon its face its impor-
lance to the material interests of our great
state, and the aid that it must render in its
development and future prosperity, we trust
that we may meet with no such difficulties
as we allude to hereafter, for this is to be q
yearly labor, as well as pleasure with us in
the future. While this paper is an epitome
in great measure, of the business the re.
sources and the claims of our whole state, it
is more particularly so as TO North Texas,
which, being our home, being especially
the field in which we are aiming and striv-
ing to make our usefulness felt, we have a
closer interest in its development and pro-
gress. Again, we say that we feel pride in
this our extraordinary edition, and we
think we have q right to, as it
and evidence of our efforts in
behalf of the general good. The New Or
leans Picayune, one of the oldest daily
Journals of the SOUTH and published in a
great city, in its advertisement Of its issue
of this date, boosted that it would be the
largest edition of the llind--50,0O0 copies
ever issued in the south, and would be q
complete review Of the trade and traffic and
business generally of New Orleans. Yet
the HERALD, in this issue, exceeds the Pic
ayune in number ofcopics so per cent, and
not content with giving the commerce of q
single city, it embraces an entire state
seven times as large as the state
of Louisiana, and with a population o.
more than million and half
and diversity and an immensely of inter
ests that only paper so large as this one
can even family outline, We take occasion
to acknowledge the courtesies of and to re
turn our thanks to all those who have con
tributed in making this issue what it is, t
Mr.. Edward Atkisson, of Boston, for tn,
use of his copyrighted map which appear
on our first page, to the various railroad
officials of the state who have supplied u
with data ofthcirroads, and to thenumerou
other gentlemen in this city and elsewher
in the state who have assisted us. Wchay
made the arrangement of this issue, tn
subject of no little thought as well rs Q
care. 1t has been our aim to pu
inc BTCdJ mass Oh NMuuDl
matter il contatans in as convenien
shape for the reader as possible therefor
We have given first description of Texa
as a whole; then of her leading countie:
then localities, area, facilities, soil, health
etc, the cities and towns, over 100 lin nun
Der, setting forth the business done by eacl
and thereby showing in great measure tn
whole business of the state, with descriI
ton under their respective headings of a
resources or industrial interests and fei
lures, so that individuals not interested |
the state as q whole may find readily wha
they may specially desire to know, an
refer to the section of the state or to tn
county in which it is. This edition Is S
immense that if the papers were spread on
end to end they would iori
a line of reading matter som
126 miles in length by two and
half feet in width or make q book of octa'
form of more than 800 pages. 1t will be
history of the state at this date, and 10
ever and our grandchildren when they sha