The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-01
COMM ERCE AND TRADE.
COMM tsRCIAL.


DALLAS. May 3l.-The completion and open
ING nm for freight aud passenger business OIL the
Fast Line & Red River narrow gaIge-io"n 10
Mckinney, which was consumnHteu u io" NY ~ .
ago Is one of The most important eNvn'S "a, !"
commercial character FOR Dallas thai mas trans
plred recently. 1t opens up more dttcei Illu
convenient route aud conseq icntly Iuru urn ,.
more rapid transit to en-, popuipun VIA ~,
durivp section of country, alrtauy lufi,"Vu M, ~
n great extent In commercial transacu0hs, win
'Ii,.lSrl,, lrana Of Dallas, ana really makes
tNa an section tributary 10 TINS Guy az
being In every way tho pest ana
sSNS uI,,,-t fOI 1t Heretofore snip
"a t"r nnnls Along the East Line have been
~ ,cccssity rnrri, over the long ana cltculOllb
rnutes first over the Texas " racine VIA Mar.
ahail and Jefferson, and after the c0mpietlon OF
the Dallas Il Wichita NOV Missou,i raorno} III!
md (,rcenyille Now the distance can DO short
cncd and less time consumed by way OF inc Cen
trail to Mckinney and thence eastward by tne
direct new narrow gauge me ms teaily
brings TO the wholesale doors OF Dallas all maj
yastterritory extending from Mckinney TO Jeiler
son including the important towns oi Farmers
vile, Greenyille, Sulphur springs fltlsDurg,
lIalngerield, Mount Vernon, Mount fleaSaht
and Jefferson and all the surrounding village
and farm communities, such as Black jack,
Lone Oak, Nil wood, and score more III the
splendid counties of Collin Hunt Hopkins
Titus Morris Camp Franklin no, G"ss 8, ana ,ha
Fort Worth & Denver road to Decatur increase
the wholesale trade In that part of north and
northwest Texas so WIZ me conipieuoh mll
opening for business of tho East Line nhu Ned
River road to Mckinney increase the wholesale
business of Dallas IN east and northeast Texas,
ou'v IN much more marked ano' Observable
degree. .o.,.,,,.o, -, nou.a
houses In the new field soliciting and securing
increased orders, and freight has already been
sent by the new route. Merchants ana Traders
generally III the rich region spoken OF VIII ma
" t0 their great advantage to look to Dallas us
their chief market and get from mere tleir sup,
shoes, notions, hardware, building material,
farm machinery, and the numerous other lines
of goods In commercial transactions, Inc new
avenue of trade via the East Line is decidedly
important adjunct 10 the great una WONDERFUL
prosperity OF Dallas.
THE formal opening Of the Dallas Grain and
Produce Exchange tomorrow (Thursdny) morn
ing promises To be pleasant occasion, All the
prominent business men Of the city, the railroad
men the members Of the press, and III fact
everybody will be there. The members OF the
Exchange promise nice lunch and sparkling
wine to refresh the inner man. II VIII prove al
event long TO be remembered In Dallhs,
AsiNpLE OF blue grass was sent TO the HER
AID office grown In Rockwell couaty which
measures twenty-four inches in length, and 1t
well headed. Tho writer, kcntucklan, says II
grows In that country AS prolific rs In the bos
blue grass districts of his old state, and that IL
mistaken idea that II will not flourish here OF
account Of the dry, long summers There ART
several fields In Rockwell county In which blu,
grass was planted two years ago and II is growing
finely Experiments have been made In Dnla
county with blue grass with variable success
mud tile opinion OF many Is that when II one,
becomes firmly rooted II Will succeed us well ~
In any OF the native grasses.
Tux HERALD IN indebted to Mcssrs. Waite