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

during the year, 10000 head of horses am
Ihuhs' The shipments of lumber for In
year have been, of rough and dressed 800
: wv, OIL shingles, 4,650,000; of doors nm
sash, $50 worth This lumber an,
shingles are imported from the pineries a
eastern ana southeastern Texas, and her
inc lumber is dressed in the various planin,
,liils, ana the doors and sash manufacture,
Iere. me aggregate value of minor pro
duets OF which we make no special mention
reaches the sum of $4,000, for Dallas ha
shipped of innumerable vegetables. fruits
Iilou gil the ruit crop this year was Gu
Snort by the early frosts, or rather, lat,
ones berries poultry game eggs, and yer,
numerous Other articles. OfthcSe exnorti
Tue various large cities received the bulk
Tue cotton went, some of it direct to Liver
Po9l, some of it TO New Yorl
ana some of it to earstcrn mills. The wool
nlues ana pelis went to New York and Bos
ION the cattle, sheep and hogs went nrin
cipally to st. Louis and Chicago, alth6n~l
a few OF Them to other points. The groir
went to st. Louis and Chicago PRINCIPALLY
sun small portion of it went to New Or
leans and Galveston. The lumber. door,
ana sash, etc, went throughout north
IeeXas to various and sundry railroad towns
where they were either resold to the local
puDllc or went into buildings at onre. Tho
fruits, vegetables and minor exported pro
ducts OF that kind went to eastern cities
20 supply Their early markets-to supply
the tables of the wealthy and the
epcurian, speaking for themselves in
their excellence and their carlaless of
inc superiority of Texas and
its varied advantages and facilities. When
/ we come to speak of the business done bv
Dallas, the aggregate of the
SALES or INpoprrn ,,rtor,,
we hesitate, for in the immensely of her
trade ana commerce, it is task difficult to
perform. Ofdry goods and clothing for the
year past the sales reached the sum Of
$2,693,OOO; of boots and shoes, $685., 600 of
hats and caps, $4,000; of groceries. nro-
duce and CONNECTIONS, $l,4l4, 900; of bag@ing
ana ties, S6l5,OO0; of liquors. $Gl5 600. Of
beer, 1880 kegs and $500 eascs-75 O00
dozen bottles of Budweiser beer alone are
sold IN the city; of tobaccos, which includes
cigars, there is sold at retail alone SllGOll
and the wholesale trade is four times this
sum. Ofdrugs, paints and oils there were sold
$50l 900; of crockery, $3.50, 900; of woodworl,
lshnGles, rough and dressed lumber, etc.
$3l9 900; of hardware, $4,000; of agricuI
tural machinery and engines 81 ,52S 600: of
wagons there were $500 sold during the
year and 100 carriages and buggics: of
lewelry, S2l7, 0OO of hay, 100000 tons: of
bran, 500, 600 tons; of ice, 1860, 900 pounds,
Under the head of miscellaneous articles
we can mention that there were 6,OOO sow
ing machines sold during the year; Sl6,420
OF wrought iron pipe, rubber hose, brass
goods etc, etc, pertaining to gas and water
fitting $4,000 of guns, pistols and ANNA.
milton. The marble yards in the city far
nishing tom6stones and such articles, did
busi 'ess to the extent of $50 600; the under
takers, who by the by, include CITY and
county in their business, $4,000, and
the. bakers. $4,000. The other
businesses of the city, music and
musical instruments, books and stationery.
retail houses of all kinds, huckster shops
and stands and various other little bust
neSses, does, in addition to the other mis-
cellaneous mention we have made, reach
$1,000. There are in the city four
BANKS,
one n national bank, and when we tell Won
that the amount of business transacted
through them during the year past reached
The snm of 1877, $4,000 you can then form
some idea ofwhat Dallas is commercially.
Here, as everywhere else, there are numbers
Of small dealers in various lines who do not
keep any bank account, and, if the aggre-
could be added to the bank
transactions, it would very
materially swell the figures. The business
men of Dallas purchase their goods from
lrst hands, domestic and foreign, therefore
We do not pretend to give the per centage of
IMPORTS from this, that and the other place,
ND we desire to say here that the figures
We have given above of aggregate sales are
I the man OF the Wholesale business-our
,igures OF the drugs. paints and oil sales in
luding the retail transactions. Dallas of
curse has
TELEdRAPHIo COMMUNICATION
18th all the world, being headquarters of
he Texas division, with Mr.. Baker in
barge. On making inquiry of Mr.. J. S.
,urton. tho gentlemanly manager, of the
flee here, we learn that during the yearpast
lere were $1,000 kilograms sent off going
all ports Of the world and about $1,000 re-
eiyed, while there were about IA 900 han
led or repeated to other points, inclusive of
lose received and sent at and from the office.
alias also has telephone exchange, the
eadquarters being in the telegraph office,
hich now numbers one hundred and three
disorders andit is from time to time re-
living accessions. 1t has grown more rap {
lily since it was first established, but few {
lonths ago, than any other exchange in the {
ate. Thelatest improvements in telephon- !
machinery are used and it gives emf
ent satisfaction generally, and is Won
ertully convenient. Dallas has two cot I
IN congresses, one of them of the largest
20 in the state, and two grain eleva-
RS, both of large capscty.N This city G
axes no special claims to being .
A MANUFACTURING PLACE, |
1t in this line it can make q respectable !
lowinh. 1t has three Touring mills rep =
senting $4,000 of capital, employing I
rty-tiye bands, and With an aggregate r
pacity OF $50 barrels of flour per day; I
70 foundries and machine shops, with y
hands at work, in which '
'5 900 Of capital is invested and the gross n
'oducts of which reach the sum uf Sl25,- 9
Q; in soap works there are INVESTED 5000, a
teen hands are employed, loo boxes of n
yures for gross products. Its capital will
on be doubled. There are ITO hands en-
Dyed in backsmithing and wagon and Il
rrioge making, with $4,000 invested. and O
oss annual products Of $4,000, there q
ing 100 Wagons and $50 buggies made; in G
ickyards $4,000 are invested, ll9 hands "
nployed, and the gross products are $l75,- il
0; in boot and shoe manufacturing $4,000 il
Q invested, seventy hands are D
nployed, and the annual products Q
ach $4,000; then $4,000 invested in 81
o saddle and harness mandatory, ninety d
nployees being kept busy, and the gross a
Inual products being valued at $225,0OO s.
nat Is business that is constantly on the {,
crease, and by the time we make our h
,xt annual report II will have been doub 81
d, rs arrangements are being made now to "
at end. In the manufacture Of agricul-