The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-14


pears, apples " the early varieties. plums,
grapes and strawberries are successfully
raised, Dewberfles aud blackberrles are
native 10 tho soil, and Yield nbundautly.
Fencna Ia constructed generally of plank
and barbed wire, the usual fence OF one
plank and two wires costing s22J per mile.
Lumber is worth from $50 TO S22 per thou.
sand feet Bots dare hedges have proved
only moderately successful. Wild land is
worth from 80 TO $50 per acre, according TO
location and quality. Tracts with portion
In cultivation, and tho necessary buildings,
range in price from $40 10 $50. The rental
value of cultivated farms Is from $3 20 30
per acre, or for one-iourth the cotton and
ope.third of other crops; or, where every
thing is furnished by the Landlord except
family supplies, one.half the crop. Farm
labortrJ command $l2 to $40 per month";
with board.
But little stock Is raised ON the open
range, most of it being confined in
pastures. The assessment rolls QSS2)
credit the county with 14,070 horses
and mules, 1854 cattle, 5000 sheep, and
16, GIG hogs. In severe winters stock require
to be fed to greater or less extent. Work
horses range in price from $25 to $50, mules
from $50 to $3.50, and oxen from $40 to $50
per yoke. IN the local market beef retails
at cents per pound; mutton, 10; pork, 9;
bacon, u, and flour from $3.50 to 20 per 100
quality, and the average weight OF fleece is
The Houston & Texas Central. the
Texas & Pacific the Dallas &c
Wichita, the Texas Trunk Line,
and the Chicago, Texas e. Mexican Gem
trail railways, all centre at the city of Dali
las, and there are l22 miles Of railway
within the county. The rate of freight to
Galveston, the nearest gulf port, is 50 cents
per hundred pounds. The railroad stations
in the county are Hutchins, Richardson,
Mesquite, Eagle Ford, Dechman, Carol
ton, Riley Prairie, Seago, Hale, Duncan.
and Cedar Hill, all local trading points of
The city of Dallas is eligibly located on
the east bank of the Trinity river,
and has many large and i'm
posing churches and other public build
ings, and handsome private residences. 1t
is the great railway centre of northern
Texas and has an estimated population, at
the present date, OF 1900, and an esti-
mated wholesale and retail trade in general
merchandise of $27 600 600 per AMMAN. The
| trad. of the city III cotton, grain and other
productions of the surrounding country
amounts to about $4,000, 900 annually; and
| in 1881 new buildings TO the value OF over
S5O0,000 were erected. Its manufacturing
establishments consist of a cotton.seed oil
mill. one of the largest i'll the state y the
Dallas Car works, for The manufacture of
railway cars wagons, carriages and furni-
ture. on o large scale; Trinity Iron and
Brass foundry, doing q business of $150,0OO
per annum (; two soap factories, and fac
| Iory for making ice; one for baking pow
der. one for vinegar and champagne cider;
a barrel, broom, and wagon and carriage
factory. Water-works, on the Holly sys-
tena. owned by the city, is in successful OPP
Grafton. Electric lights have been intro
duced, and are being rapidly adopted. The
manufacture Of cotton goods on large
scale is projected by company already or
gani=ed The assessed value of real estate,
| merchandise, and personal property OF the
CITY in 1872 was 1922, The assessment
| of 1882, showing an increase of over 500 per
cent. in ten years, is as follows:
Real estate So, l67, 260
Merchandise. ........................... $3.50 720
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ga, 754, 775
| The next most important town is Lancas-
| ter. near the southern boundary of the coun-
tv with population of7OO, and an estimated
annual trade of S250,000,C and surrounded
BY dense population of thrifty and we'll
TODD farmers.
Water power Of large capacity is afforded
nv the Elm and West Forks of the Trinity
| and by Five Mile and Ten Mile creeks.
In season, there are ployer, grouse, wood
cock, ducks, and prairie chickens to be
found in large numbers, and also deer to q
limited extent. The supply of fish is not
plentiful.
The county has scholastic population of
5.767, for which there are 103 public free
schools. There are also number of pri.
yate schools of high grade, and in the city
of Dallas Roman Catholic convent, col
: Iege, ane several private schools. The city
has recently provided for the building OF
: four first-class public free scnool buildings,
and having assumed control of her public
schools, it is proposed to bring them up to
, the highest standard. There are sixteen
church buildings for white congregations OF
, the Christian, Episcopal, Methodist, Bap-
fist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Congre-
J gational, Jewish and Lutheran denomina.
lions. and seven churches for the colored
, people, comprising Methodist, Baptist and
Christian. In other portions of the county
, there are thirty-one church buildings.
: The county has a bonded debt (conrt.
housed of $36, 600, which isbeingrapidly paid
off, and no new debt is being incurred. The
county tax is 40 cents, and that OF city
81 So on the 500
, With the exception of occasional .nalarial
attacks, occurring mostly along the river
and reek bottoms. the county IS very
healthful. The mean maximum tempera
ture in summer is So degrees, and the mean
, minium in winter is 81 degrees.-By A. W.
} Spaight, commissioner of statistics, etc.