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

(Shiugles, rough and dressed lumber, sash,
etc. 100000 feet; OF drugs, paints, oils,
crockery, woodenware, etc. $1,000; Of
hardware, agricultural machinery, engines,
wagons, etc, $4,000; of miscellaneous arti-
cles, $4,000; The per centage of these im-
ports We're from New York, l9l; ST. Louis,
p; New Orleans, l2l; Dallas, S7li and
other points including Galveston l2i.
COLORADO CITY.
Colorado City, on the Texas & Pacific
railroad, is in Mitchell county, one of the
new counties with but sparse population,
and is 273 miles west of Dallas. The place
had no existence prior to the advent OF the
railroad in that county, and is consequently
hut a few months old 1t has already a
population of some 500 people, mostly men,
as is the ease in all new railroad towns, on
the qui viye for the trade and the business
of the hour. Since its establishment MS
town it has exported $1,000 pounds of wool,
$4,000 pounds Of hides and peltries, 1000
tons ofbones and 300O0head ofcattlc, sheep
and hogs. Ii is in the midst of the pastoral
region of north Texas, and it is very
reasonable that il should have done this
amount of business ON these lines, The
per centage of these shipments have been,
to ST. Louis, 25; to Chicago, p; To New
Orleans, % TO other points, including Dali
las, principally, %. The aggregate sales OF
/ dry goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots and
shoes and millinery, will aggregate S20OVO
per annum, taking the business that has
been transacted ON these lines since its os-
/ Establishment rs a criterion. I'm groceries,
| produce, CONNECTIONS and bagging and ties,
on the same basis of calculation, II will ag-
| grcgate S2i0,000; in liquors, beer and tobac-
cos 100000; in drugs, paints, oil, crockery
woodenware, etc, $500 and in hardware,
agricultural machinery, engines, wagons,
etc, $4,000 The per centage of these inn
ports have been, from New York l6 23;
st. Louis 16 2-3; Galveston, l6 2-3; Dal-
| las, 25; other points, %. Colorado
| City is the county seat Of Mitchell county,
and on August nth contract was let to
Martin, Burns & Johnson, of Comanche, to
/ build stone courthouse and Jail; the for
mer to cost $20S23 and the latter Sll,927;
the jail to be completed by the first of jan
nary next, and the courthouse by the first
of April next. Large stock-pens are now
being constructed ut this place, and it is
estimated that it will be one of the largest
stock-shipping points on the Texas Il Pacific
road There are now in Mitchell county
80, 600 head of sheep, 100000 head of cattle,
and 5000 head of horses. The courthouse
will be 47x70 feet, and two stories high, the
lower II feet and the upper Is
vaults for the records of the county,
rooms and the lower story will contain five
for county offices. The Jail will be thirty
by forty feet with fourteen feet tower, the
cages or cells being on the upper floor. The
bonds of the county for building the Jail
and courthouse were taken at their face
value and bear per cent, interest, running
fifteen years. Mitchell county was not
organized until the 10th of last January, and
it is seen from this statement of facts what
railroads are doing. Messrs Frank Byler,
]. L. Christie, II. M. Sims and J. +. Bell
are county commissioners, and b. +.
Looney, county judge.
BIG SPRINGS.
This young towns on the Texas & Pacific
railroad distant 1913 miles west of Dallas
and has had an existence of bat few
months. 1t is an infant town, as yet
as Doestecks says, "undivested of those ru
dimentary triangular garments peculiar tC
weaklings in an undeveloped state" but il
bids fair to become q place of importance
and trading point for considerable scope
of country around and about it,. 1t already
has population of 400, and as the region IL
now, grows 1t will grow. It has exported
since II has been town and railway station
10000 pounds of wool; 250,Ut
pounds Of hides and peltries, and 300O,00t
pounds of bones. These bones have beer
gathered from over the prairies the sad re
mains of buffaloes and of cattle that hay,
been slain or died of old age. The bulk o
these shipments have gone to New York
Boston, st. Louis and New Orleans. The
aggregate of sales of imported articles since
the town was established is in the ratio Of
per annum, of dry goods, clothing, hats and
caps, millinery and boots and shoes, $4,000
of groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS, bagginl
and ties, $l25, 900; of liquors, beer and To-
lhoppna GOf ODO. of wood work fqbin q
rough and dressed lumber, etc., $1,000
of drugs, paints, oils, crockery, wooden.
ware, etc, S5,500 of hardware, agricultural
machinery engines, wagons, etc., $4,000
OF these imports II IL per cent. came from
New York, 25 per cent, from st. Louis
~ IL per cent from New Orleans, 81 IL
per cent from Dallas, and II IL per cent
from Chicago, Galveston and other points
DENIsoN.
Denison, flourishing city in Graysor
county and the rival of Sherman, the county
site, from which ii is located some ten miles
for the business of that section, was frs
laid off and given being some time II
1872, when the Missouri, Kansas & Texa!
railroad first entered the state, and where II
terminates. Until the Houston & Texa.
Central railroad reached it in 1878, Denisor
had only the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
road, and being the terminus 1t did rush
, ing business from its first establishment
and had somewhat of boom over Sherman
1t is distant from Dallas seventy-six mile,
and has population Of about 5000. II ha.
some substantial, well built bushes.
and, residence houses, but since rail
roads have built to other point.
near and around it in the las
two years its business has somewhat faller
off The. Missouri Pacific in Texas start!
from Denison to the southwest, running q.
far as Gainesville, and at Whitesboro con
Meeting with the Transcontinental branch
Of the Texas d Pacific road, which is ex
tended through Denton TO Fort Worth
Missouri Pacific also starts there, and 4
completed to Mineola where II crosses th,
Texas & Pacific, and connects with tn,
Troupe & Mineola branch Of the Inter
national road. For the year lust past Den
ison exported 6,l5O bales of cetton; so, 90,
pounds of WOOL 5000 pounds of hides ant
peltr!es; 10000 head Of cattle, sheep ant
hogs, and the aggregate value of mino
products exported reached $4,000. Ofthes,
exports 20 per cent. went to New York:
per cent. to New Orleans; 10 pc
cent. TO Galveston, and 90 pc,
cent. TO Dallas and other points
The total value of mills and manufactorie
in the place are estimated at $4,000. Tn,
aggregate sales for the year amounted, II
dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hat
and caps and millinery, TO $4,000; In gro
ceries, produce, CONNECTIONS, bagging anc
ties, to $3.50, 900; in liquors beer and tobaccos
$500 900; In ice, to 5000; In woodwork
(shingles, rough and dressed lumber, sash
etc.) xb15, 0O0 In drugs paints oils crockerv