The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-17

DUfsu,
one M two N The newspapers OF bou'h
fesas not appfeoIa,ing, ~ wholly no,
airing 10 comprehend the immensely :"
lie emergency which Ia now upon Dallas
IN ,he great theories which are character
zlne the great boom which exists through
put her limits are disposed TO be conscious
Iy critical about the reminders the HERALD
has seen proper TO make to our clll1ens 10
duly entertain the Texas Press CohNeh-
tlon. The Age tells us OF "HoustonS quiet
way of doing such thing" we
do not profess to be a very quiet or
slow people up in this region, but that
restless energy that charac!erizes quick
growing community, an ever active wide,
awake, stirring and get-up-and-get sort OIL
style, is what prevails in this live section'
Within only the past two or three weeks
Dallas has been called on to subscribe some
800, 600, for the Sengerfest festivities and
probably to make an outlay OF S3o,oOo
more for private purposes in the way OF utc'
Grating and otherwise preparing our stores
streets and other places. She was called on
TO also subscribe some $4,000 for the
Texas e. st. Louis Narrow Guage.
Besides this. these citizens nave
contributed $4,000 for the immediate con-
struction of new opera.house, to be the
finest in the state. And yet again, $6O,OOo
additional to erect the Merchants exchange
for the fall trade of this place., are now
necessity. Besides, we are at the present
moment raising $4,000 for cotton lac
tory, which is to be in full operation within
the next twelve months. And only
couple of days ago, boot and shoe factory
was organized here with capital
of 100000. Last week several OF onr
merchants paid over many thousands
of dollars in the purchase OF the Iexas
Trunk railroad, which was sold at PUBIC
outcry, and they will be called on to put up
several thousands more for its early ex-
tension southeast. All these things foot up
a draft of nearly $5OOOOO in less time than
month. Nor does the matter OF outlay
stop here, Only during the past week did
this Queen City of North Texas entertain III
a roval manner the delegates from seven
states to the l. o. b. b. conVentlon'
and so pleased were they with
their reception that many OF
their Weather men propose SO return 10 us
TO cast their fortunes among people VINO
greeted them SO heartily and made them
feel so much at home. The week proceed
ing we had with us the Knights of Pythias,
and for these a splendid ball and magnifi-
cent banquet were rendered, and mace
most lasting impressions on every visitor
in that list of Knights. And then we had
the jewelers. convention and the dental
convention. Surely here is a long sche'
dule of entertainments, necessitating
vast outlay TO handle handsomely as they
were indeed handled. So thick and last
came the calls upon our people that 1t was
not an easy matter to keep track OF the
purposes for which they were made. And
now, last but not least, comes the Iexas
Press Association convention, which assem-
bles here on Wednesday next. 1t is COL
vention in which the welfare OF no partlcu-
lar branch of business is concerned, but in
which every interest, every industry IS
directly and most vitality involved
Through their papers the people
of Texas will be made more intimately ac-
ouainted with all that Dallas is and has.
The widespread advertisements that we
must receive at such hands will be repaid
in a four-fold manner as against any contri-
buttons rendered. These were the animal
ing motives why the HERALD frankly and
freely urged upon our people the subscrip-
tions. 1t was desired that all might realize
the benefits to be received and the results
to come to the general veal. And now,
sure enough, our merchants and citizens
generally, having been made aware OF what
great good was preferred, have indeed re-
sponded with a lavish liberality, and with
their voices and name this week, as they
have done with their purses the past week,
will show their keenest appreciation.