The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-07-05
Anything from Post to the Fittings OF
Church Bought and Sold.

Anything from Post to the Fittings OF a
Church Bought and Sold.
"What are you going to do with that
stpffpn was asked of man who was plac-
ing on truck the remnants OF building
that had been torn down in Sixth avenue.
Take it to the yard" he replied.
"And then what"
"Sell It,"
The ward referred to is the headquarters
of dealer in second. hand building mate
This business is fifty years old" the
forty city lots. They are covered with
second hand building material. We Can
supply brick tor interior walls or brown
stone for front walls, or granite columns for
ornamental high stoops or porticoes. II is
all ready for use, and it if ofknown quality;
We have thousands of feet Of timber and
lumber of various kinds. Every kind of
| lumber used in building q house can be
found here, joists, flooring, studding,
ratters and roof boards. The roof itself can
be had, too. Tin deteriorates some, but
states do not so much. We can supply Q
tin roof that is rs good as 1t was the day 1t
was laid. We have several cords OF states
Our lumber Is better than new. 1t Is thor
oughly seasoned. We supply the lumber
for about all the swell mansions. Every
niece of timber in Vanderbilt's house came
from this yard. When men put thousands
OF dollars into frescoes they want to be GER
tain there will be no shrinkage in the tim
bers of their houses"
You do not confine your attention TO
dwellings, do your
"Your question reminds me of man
from a neighboring village who came here.
He said he guessed he'd got an order that
would puzzle us to fill. He wanted a
secondhand pulpit. He was astonished
when / showed him complete outfit. We
had stained glass windows, crosses, affairs,
sprinkling bowl and a baptistry. Ishowed
HIM full assortment Of pews for the body
OF the church. Then ! offered him second
| hand steeple with bell complete and all set
up. He bought pulpit and paid for 1t In
silence. He was so astonished he couldn't
talk
What else can you ut outt
beer room, and back Of 1t is an elegant ar
rangement OF shelves to hold the cut-glass
bottles. There are mirrors between to re.
| feet the back HAIR NJ the bartender. II
Won want one, we can supply you with q
| first-class stall, fit for Maud 8. There
would be an iron manger in one corner,
,olid mahogany door at the other, and q
rosewood hay-rack between, If you wanted
IT,"
You don't mean to say you've bought
| In secondhand stalls Of that kind, do
your"
"Well, not quite that. We have every.
thing but the hay rack, though, and have
| got the stuff for that. To return TO the
interior work Of dwellings, we have every
thing necessary TO fit out either mansion
| in Fifth avenue or q shanty for q squatter
soyereign. We lust sold q pair Of Italian
/ marble NANTES that probably cost $500
each when new. They are as good
now as then. You can almost see
through them they are 30 clear,
and the carving Is exquisite. We
have msntels in various kinds OF colored
! m arble. and two In Mexican onyx that are
4 p-nutiful We re. mold Of hand-csrved
mautels and newell posts, stsir-rails, doors
and frames that would delight the heart OF
one able 10 appreciate the beauty Of such
work. There 10 gas chandelier. The fig
ures are extremely delicate. II is carved
from solid walnut. In common articles il
would tire you merely 20 hear them emu.
mersted. You can not think Of any article,
door-kDobs, Orders, gas-pipes, ranges,
boot-csses. mirrors, anything that is
known under the head Of modern improve