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

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Il and nfatibg IN aggregate business OfftD
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thlft factory, n labfatOfy frf Tie mattiia
q tufe ~ n patcnt mediolho md an estens'
4 inanulnofuft VI pumps These are s0hne
The m0f6 Important MISUNDERSTANDING inie
4 tafs W. Dallas, bat not all. OF some mel
; toned II may bo said that they are mGfel
representative NJ the business as there ~
Others Of The same kind but on y smsllo
. scale. This IL particularly 10 as 10 grocer,
sptcialtles and drugs, there being Two o
, three spice mills, soda and mineral waite
8 establishments and patent medicine labOra
tories. There are also a number OF cloth
ing and boot aud shoe factories In Dallas
and 10 a limited extent u little OF every
thing made, found In larger cities. AmonJ
them all perhaps more stress should b.
LAID upon the Dallas Car Works and wba
10 anticipated from them than anything
else. The value Of their property IL $3.50
900, and though but recently sci
idly growing In amount and favor
and 1t 10 impossible now TO estimate the
business this company will do in a few
years. The style Of the company is prop.
erly the Dallas Car d Agricultural Imple-
ments company. The capacity is 800 bug.
gies and carriages and 500 wagons, and all
kinds OF castings, cornices, n every de-
scription of foundry work is turned out. In
addition to these establishments and con-
yeniences of the city, it can be stated that
but few towns in the state surpass Dallas in
banking facilities. There are five first-class
banks in Dallas withan aggregate capital OF
about $500, 900. The amount or exchange
bought and sold within the current year
is over So, 000, 900, and amount of deposits
and secureties 81, O 900. The bank build
ings are all solid fire structures, with mas.
sive fire and burglar proof safes and all
modern Improvements. The city has five
fine livery stables, and in point of stock ard
turnouts, Dallas cannot be beaten in Texas.
In the present circumscribed limits and
space, it is not possible to give more than 4
mere cursory glance at the many enter.
prises and the hum Of industry and bus.
mess activity in this fast growing city.
RAILROADS.
Dallas Is already an extensive and impor-
tant railroad centre, her lines branching
out in every direction, and all of them push
ing forward rapidly to maks other conuec.
tons and extend their lines so as to lay the
state and surrounding states and sections
10 the closest and most direct communities
ton with this growing railroad hub. I'm.
portant changes have taken place in the
system since last September. The roads
running through Dallas are the Houston &
Texas Central, north and south, making
really two roads or equivalent three to and
the same is true of the Texas & Pacific,
running east and west. The first line con-
meets Dallas with the Missouri system on
the north and the gulf on the south and
the second with the Arkansas and Louis
lana systems on the east, and on the west
California and the Pacific slope. In addi-
ton to these there are two other through
lines, the one to the north and the other to
the gulf at Galveston. The first is the
Missouri Pacific, formerly the Dallas 4
Wichita, which runs from Dallas to Denton
and there connects with the Missouri Pa.
citic main line in Texas for
,he north; The other is II.
which now has a terminus in Dallas, hav.
ing purchased the Chicago, Texas i Nexi.
can Central from Cleburne to Dallas, a dis
lance Of ffty-three miles. The main line
of the Santa Fe runs from Galveston to
Fort Worth, passing through Clebhrne.
The Texas Trunk road.b begins ut Dallas and
is eventually to penetrate tho great pineries
of eastern Texas and touching at Sabine
Pass, run on to New Orleans. It is now in
operation to Kaufman, the county seat OF
Kaufman county. When completed this
road will give Dallas two almost direct
lines to New Orleans, which, with her two
extending to Galveston, will give her all the
ocean shipping advantages she needs or
wants. In addition to these lines two more
will reach Dallas within the next twelve
months, one of them being under contract
50 to do. This is the Texas 4 st. Louis
Narrow Gauge, a branch of which is to be
brought from Mount Pleasant, in Titus
county TO this city. The other is the East
Line & Red River, which is to be brought
from Sulphur Springs, in Hopkins county,
to Dallas. This will give Dallas competing
lines in every direction. The Gulf, Colo.
RADIO 4 Santa Fe, 1t is undrsto d, is to eI-
tend its line north-eastward from Dallas to
Paris to connect with the St. Louis & San
Francisco, in accordance with the original
intention Of the Chicago, Texas & Mexican
Central. These roads penetrate every con-
ceivable character of country and stretch
out to all points of the compass, and would
of themselves be sufficient to always render
Dallas an important and prosperous city,
to say nothing of It's splendid natural adj
vantages, Its central and healthful location
and the large trade which has already set
in and could not now be diverted into other
channels. But ike Fort Worth, Houston,
Denison, Tsxarkana, this city il the child
Of the railroads and to them more largely
than to any other cause owes its past rapid
development and upon them bases its pres
ent bright hopes for the future. Having
already seven lines, reaching out in az
many different directions. with two or
three more lines, branches and extensions
projected and which will certainly be
constructed soon, as a necessity TO
the road now centering here,
it may truthfully be said that
Dallas is the great railroad centre as it is
the commercial emporium of north Texas.
eENEGAL
1t is not difficult from the foregoing
data TO form some idea of Dallas, its present
and its future, although hastily and imper-
fectly collected and treated. They indicate
the presence OF capital and population, the
one ready for any profitable Investment,
and the other wide-awake up to the spirit
OF the age and progressive in an unusual
degree. The town during the past eight
rIOntLb has exhibited sn unprecedented
growth, some $500, 900 almost having been
expended in building and charging and
improving. The character OF buildings
were OF every description from the shapty
put up for temporary use to the large three
story. massive and elegantly finished bus
insss houses and dwellings that will prove
creditabls and ornamental TO Dallas when
1t shall become q city Of 200 600 inhabitants.
And this building has not been confined to
over the city. The total cost Of building
before the current year is finished will
probably reach 100000.
The wholesale trade of every description
extends east and west clear across the state
from TeIsrksna TO FL Psso, and
rom Denison on the north to the gull.
Dallas drummer- visit every corner Of
Texas and carry Dallas enterprises while
the city IL daily visited by scores from the
adjoining towns who come in TO obtain in
shopping the superior advantages furnished
by our tremendous retail establishments.
And this busins,s ]. constantly on the in
crease. Added 10 all these things 10 the
fact that the city has never, been Wis
tied by an epidemic If any character. and ia
noted FIR its heslthfulness and It's future Of
ten year hence can be c0njectured. For
pleasant situatioE. business push aud en-
srry, health, prosperity, the conveniences
OF modern city life, rapid growth and OPP
p~Ortunities for profitable business with,
-lrest future before u. no city In the entirs