The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01

IN nothing w HE metropolitan Ohafhttr
Of Dallas ~ clearly shown ns tho ertcf
and variety 81 lts Business Houses aud linc
Of trade. Aside from lts superior f%aclliiic
10 Is tho local market ol at leas
10000 people who ara found within
q radius of II or 10 miles and consequent
ly Is forced 10 Keep what Ia needed by thll
large population with tlieit multitude o
varying wants. Every line Of good
therefore, usually handled In the largest
cities Is found in Dallas, dry goods, groce.
Iies, hardware, furniture, clothing, mil.
linery, and the myriad articles necessary "a
meet the demand tor the comforts and
ever luxuries OF life. IL Is this variety OIL
large stocks coupled with its railroad
system and the push of its citizens that
have Justly emitted Dallas to the distinction
Of being the emporium of north Texas.
THE DALLAS ARKET
Is as good as will be found in Texas and all
the delicacies Of the different seasons are to
be had in season as quickly and as cheaplv
as at any point in the state. The county of
Dallas raises always an abundance of yege-
tables of every kind and the most delicious
fruits aud the majority Of them are market
ed in this city. Chickens, eggs, butter,
milk, mutton, beef and oysters and fab
are always plentiful and it 10 consequently
on an average possible to live as well and
for as little money in Dallas as at almost
any other point. Indeed the most exacting
epicure for a small outlay of money can
tickle his palate.
II CITY GOVERNMENT.
The municipal government consists Of a
mayor and eight counoilmen, two from each
own city hall, for council meetings, mayors
and other offices for the city officials. 1t is
a large, convenient and handsome building
The water-works are also owned and opera
ted by the city. An efficient and paid fire
department is also kept up, together with
a full and competent police force. The
total Indebtedness OF Dallas in about
$250,000.
VARIOUS CONTINGENCIES.
Dallas has three street railways, branch
ing out from near the public square and
extending through the city so as to reach
nearly every portion thereof. One lire is
about three-quarters of a mile in length
one-half miles respectively. 1t has gas
works, whose pipes extend all over the city,
and just recently there has been built cleo
trio light works, with q fifty horse power
engine and lighting forty lamps in the city.
The company is a strong one, and their op.
e~rations will undoubtedly be extended in
a short time; The telephone is in use
city, both in dwellings and nearly
all the business houses. Thu Western
Union telegraph company has a large office
at this point, employing anumber of men,
but even then the facilities are not sufficient
to transact the heavy business and meet
with ease the demand often made upon
them by the press and the commercial
world. The postal facilities, while numer-
ous, are also inadequate, or rather the rail-
road facilities, many as they are, as they
are now arranged are incapable of handling
with the dispatch wished for the tremen-
dous amount of mail matter passing to and
from the Dallas post-or.ce, more matter, in
deed, than in any other office Of the state.
AS it is, even there il . heavy mail from
every point Of the compass daily. The num-
Der of employees and of the railway mail
service having headquarters at Dallas il
thirty-two.
SCHOOLS n CHURCHES.
While Dallas does not lay claims to dis
~tinction as either a great educational or re-
ligious center, yet it 10 perhaps true that in
either respect she will compare favorably
with any city in the state. She has two
high schools of excellent character and sue
cessfully managed for the education of girls,
the Dallas Female college and the Catholic
convent, known as the Ursuline academy.
There are two or three other good private
schools for boys and girls, and the free
school system affords additional advantages.
The churces In the city, some Of them fine
buildings, with large congregations, num-
Der twenty, of which four are colored, and
include all the various Protestant denomi-
nations and Catholic, Lutheran and others.
HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES.
There are two large hotels in Dallas, stu
ated on Main street, and on both Blm and
Main, as well as around the Union depot, a
large number of smaller ones. Aside from
these are some 80 or 100 boarding houses
of every kind and description and on almost
every street. The hotels and the private
boarding establishments are almost con-
stantly full, their accommodations being
taxed 70 the utmost BY the tremendous
transJ Il travel visiting our city. Dallas
may. be aptly termed indeed, the city of
hotels n transient travel. Nearly every
body coming to Texas make their first stop
in Dallas ard thence purchase their tickets
to their destination. 1t is the passenger
distributing point OF Texas. Travel to,
through and from the city, is
increasing all the time and continu-
ing to heighten the metropolitan air
and appearance Of the town.
EXPORTS N IMPORTS.
During the last season the exports from
Dallas for city and county were very large,
aggregating in value nearly S7,000,0OO.
Among these shipments were: Cotton, 28,-
900 bales; wool, 5000 pounds; hides and
peltries 1926, 0Opopnds; 800, 600 bushels of
grain; horses, cattle, sheep and hogs to the
value OF $l,OOO,OOO, and minor products TO
the value of $4,000. Of these shipments
so per cent. went direct to New York city.
Its imports were exceedingly heavy, andi in.
dictate the demand that is being made an
nually now upon our merchants, and Dali
las as a whole as a trade centre and distrib-
: uting point. These imports from the most
authentic sources we can get, were divided
as follows: Ofdry goods, clothing. hats,
caps, boots, shoes and millinery, IS. SOC, 900;
groceries, produce, CONNECTIONS, bsgging
and fiag "a KIM MN BasaA-- H 49, - a..
baccos and cigars, 100000; sash, doors,
blinds, $oO0,O00, and OF dressed lumber,
S625 900; drugs, paints. oils, crockery and
woodenwsre, 100000; hardware and ag-
ricuitural implements and machinery,
$4,000, and sewing machines, jewelry
and miscellaneous articles, $2,5c0,OO0.
The grand total of imports there
fore for Dallas during the p,st
twelve months will reach s20.125.O00.
These constitute the chief exports and i'm.
ports of Dallas although they do not, OF
course, include all the items OF such traffic.
As it is they reach the immense sum of
81, 10000.
In the fullness, completeness and variety
Of stocks of merchandise, as before estima-
ted, no city Of its size in the United States
is ahead OF Dallas or surpasses IL in the az
gregate OF salss. Following Is q list OF the
ullerent klnus aud ettcntO business car
ried on in our little city. The figures have
been gathered with pains and caution. aud
in no case bus represent the exact amount
Of goods sold, IL books and the positive
statements OF representative men are 10 be
believed. TLe list is as complete a. could
be made without becoming too cumber-
some, though even now II does not faith
fully give the real extent OF the various
businesses in the city, as only the larger
establishments are noticed. i
+. DRY GOODS.
4. Under this head IL included dry goods.
boots and shoes. hats and cara and mill
merry, both retail and Wholesale. There are