The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-22

A Former Keutuckian Gives n Vivid
DESCRIPTION of this Younger City Of
the Lone Star Atase.

bhild-, icAds, JuHo 1o-iaNihS oeSh III
Texas but short time, and seeing the rapid
growth Of the city since my arrival, | cons
cluded it might not be embarrassing to your
readers to give them some idea of the
prosperity of this, one of the most energetic
cities Ia Texas. For long years before l
eyer thought Of coming to the Lone Star
state, my mind had become accustomed to
thinking, and my oars to hearing, Of the
''bloody Texans" Aud l expected to see
class Of people who paraded the streets
with their rifles on their shoulders
and couple of navy.sixes and
bowie knife in their belts. All the
blood-curdling stories that had ever read
about, arose in their mighty power and
greatness before me as / entered the borders
of Texas. Still l became somewhat reccn>
ciled to the supposed existing state of affairs
when | remembered that my own native
State (Kentucky) from which had re-
moved only few days before, had slight
reputation abroad for The manner in which
her loyal children handled deadly weapons
You can imagine my surprise, when l came
to see for M self, that this portion at least Of
the State is composed of as peaceful and
law abiding citizens rs any portion uf Ken.
lucky. The worst element here is
THE C,wBoY,"
and no is not dangerous, except when he
"sm,le," little too often. | found the oft.
rep ,a!ed stories of people being shot down in
broad daylight on the streets, and withou.
provocaiion. was but tho product of some
silly imagination, whose ideas never rise.
above what is low and degrading.
The rapid growth ia business, prosperity,
etc., sl,w Exclusively that civilization TO
an advanced degree has long since stepped in
and taken the place of what was once a
wild and desoate country.
Dallas is 81 uated on beautiful plane. on
the east bank Of the Trinity river, and has
long since taken the lead as the chief com
mercs city of northern Texas The coun-
Try around Dallas can not be- excelled in the
Unite1 States for wheat and cotton. Her
industries are 10 4 urshing condition, and
che has every appearance of a city. ana Justly
Deserve the name sb. has so honorsbly won.
the Queen City of the West" She has
water works which supply the city from
Brow lers springs, one and half miles from
tho city; street-rairoads, gas, and vel,
regulated fire. department; in fact. supplied
with every convenience necessary TO carry on
city, Her c'tlzsns and business men vie
with each other in keeping I'D an enyisble
reputation for hospitality and energy
These, ever on the alert and backed no by
an entorprising press, second to none in the
STAG. stand with open arms and cordial in
vl'ations aud greetings to the emgrsnt. who
mas only to reach out his hand and praap the
Erz. Dallas hiss nino Ii es of railroads
divergiDg from her as q center, and in few
years olds fair to be the "Indanapoli offs the
west" ''e
ULI PERKINS.
Uli Perkins has made tour through Tex.
as, occurring at all the principal cities to fair
croWds, and his lectures are well thought of.
as weli as highly amusing and very enter.
tanning lie Is more than pleased with the
coming state the Union" and he has
written several letters TO the st. Louis Globe
democrat and other papers, speaking In
gowhg terms OF the advantages of coming
10 TINS state and grow up with the country.
Wne'ner THESE letters are written more to
aoverllse himself or for other reasons, mat,
!er' not. One thing certain, that all he says
Is nothing more than due this prosperous
county, and no cannot speak too highly of
CROPS
:, When L entered Texas, an for two or
tnree week tier l reached here, the farmers
were very much discouraged with the pros.
pec' Vi making good crops, on account of
.ne iong-protracted wet season. The older
lhhao"sh's say they cannot remember when
80 muca raln came when II was not eedcd.
But within the last two weeks the season has
hppn eIlph thst ha "a.
clean from the h4lds Of cotton tho grass and
weeus which were fast becoming dstrmenti al
10 II. Now the promises OF nm extra O, cd
co"oh ana corn crop arc surely very en-.
courag'ng 10 the farmers and bn .iness men
In general. Labor Is so high that to make
anything above the heavy expenses. !, good
season is required All other crops ara IN an
sverage. hirves'ing 10 nearly oyer, and tho
apples, olackoerries and wstermelons ara
becoming plentiful aud cheap If tho ses-
son continues 10 be us favorable. and cron
prospects are rs bright for tho next few
weeks, business of all kinds will omen brisk
and the tall trade wil bs very heavy. Evsrv
bohv Is IN good humor now, and prosperou,
times ato not far distant.
RAILROADS
Were to begin this eubject | should
scarcely know where to stop, for this ia what,
In the main, Dallas owes her pr dni,us
growth to 81 great is the demsnd for help
IN the construction Of these roads that many
hands who heretofore stayed with farmers
have left them and gone to work on the rail
roads N aud around DAlas. The railroad,
pay 81 10 per day for l>bo', and the poor
farmer, who cannot afford at the present
crop prospects to pay so much, 10 left alone
with bus hslds Vt corn and cotton, TO Ayht
with the grass aud weeds for the mastery. Il
INSURANCE. that the overcrowded east doesn't
uabo,om herself Of her Thousands Of starving
families, m my Of whom would BE- only too
glad to get work II they could aod 1t, and
come to this grand old state, which IL an en-,
pire In Itself, Only 10 day l picked IN
daily paper and saw An advertisement want
ing 900 teams and 1000 men to work on A
ra'lrosd near here. No man need slsrve in
Texas ifho DO only willing to work. But
enough OF railroads for the present. At some
future time will give your readers com.
pete description Of this, one of tho most
important factors in .he growth Of the city,
as vel! as the state.
BUILDINGS AND REAL ESTATE.
Never before In tho history of tho city has
there been such boom in properly. II has
been officially stated that sixty.nve new
buildings have been built or arc In course of
erection, since January l. 1881 ranging In
price ftom 500 TO $4,000 each Tho ma.
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