The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-09
Waxahachie.
Correspondence of the Herald.


WAXAHACHIE, June 7.
have not seen anything in your columns
for some time from our beautiful little town.
and thinking few dots would be of interest
to your many readers, 1 give them. Our
town has been enjoying the usual summer
recreation. Our merchants having had a
tlne fall trade, ara contented with few dull
months.
The $500 bales of cotton that our town 70.
ceived last fall, gave us big impetus in COM
nercial circles, and our merchants were
taxed to their utmost to accommodate the
unusual How OF business that poured in on
them. But the business did not come of its
own accord, for having business mon here
who had the welfare of the town at heart
they offered inducements to the trade in
the way Of good prices for cotton, and low
prices for goods. Our lumber men sold
lumber at Dallas prices; and having plenty
OF money and iirst-class cotton buyers,
we could not have such thing
rs fail 10 our vocabulary.
Our town is improving all the time, and our
business blocks are Of brick and are of the
most improved and substantial style. Dwell.
hing houses arc going up on all sides, and
withal, our town has inscribed on her banner
the word, Progress" Btfore we had a rail-
road, the trade was very small indeed: no
cotton was bought scarcely, and ,he
merchants did good small country trade.
But such onterprizing citizens as II. w.
GRADER, Judge Ferris and others, soon saw
uta rot IA
blank, 30 far as business Is concerned.
Having Dallas on tho north, Ennis and
Oorslcana on tho south, Waco and For,
Worth on the west, it behooved tho town to
do something. l. was then that Mr.. GRADER,
Judge Ferris and Others went to work and
agitated the railroad question, and from a
small beginning matters reached hugo
pretenlion, and ore long after long and
tedious effect, covering many years, Messrs.
GRADER and Ferris saw their expectations
realized. As soon as the road
was built, our town commenced improving,
and 1t has never ceased to do so. wish wo
had hundred such mon, for II is wholly
conceded hore that If NO had been deprived
OF their services wo would not have had any
road how. There were other citizens who
! worked maniully for tho rad, but Messrs.
G. and +. were our main put. Well, our
Tap has changed hands, 1t now belongs 10
the Central railroad, aud understand thew
are going to extend il westward toward
CISCO, on tho T. s. p. railroad. We arc 90.
ing to have a branch Of tho Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Flo railroad, aud q branch of tho
NJ. Il I. y. railroad, and limo 10 Bowie
county which will connect with through limo
TO st. Louis. Tho future of our town IA
encouraging. Tho road changing hands will
give us u better rate Of freight and moro
transportation. We want tho state univer.
sity and will work msnfully for Il. We
have no poets her 10 compete with Austin.
but we have men here, such az Messrs.
Getzendsner,, Judge Ferris, q. Il. Brown. ESQ
II. II, Dunn, d. Bullard and others, who are
willing 10 give Of their means to get II here.
We can offer. 10 addition 10 bonus, a moral
town, good society, good church facilities,
good health and water, and cheap, good
living.
Tho crops In this county were never moro
promising than they arc now. Farmers have
good stands, have had ane seasons and ara
getting their crops In good order.l In oonclu,
sion will state that our town for morality
aud progressiveness Of its business men, for
patronage Of churches and schools, and for
The beauty and superiority Of lie women,
States. ' 0''''
We arc all hoping that union ticket Office
; will be established al Dsllas, and that Mr.,
7 ~ L. Turner will DO established ss tickle,
agent Mr.. I. by bis urbanity and courtesy
70 our ci,lsons here has made friends uf then,
and NO all wish rs q reward for his kjndnss.