The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-08-26
THE BUSINESS WORLD
COMMERCIAL.


DALLAS, Aug 25--When. the mountain
wouldn't come " MahOmeI mnnomet wen. 70
fho mountain. and placed himself on record as
a profound practical philnsopher' ,
Hin Texa, there arc SEQ {" H'''m'' VI we
shape OF thrlNlus owns
lack railway fa iliti,Siot tu..H v. 'Ht'
Tne modern rallSayls aim pt as unylel Iins
(rather innexib eI as MahOmess monhlalh An
air line is It's Ideal OF beauty, ana
eatOye.pipe DETECTION, unless II be over I'M
Intensely promi ling territory. IL rarely oontem-
Dlated by the engineers. Consequently many
Of our ambitious and tastgrowlng owns gte
left out In the cold, although thsy may oner
what appears TO them dazzling indueemenls TO
the road to make an expensive angie ior lheir
benefit
Int a truly aiiya town does not sit down and
howl when II rival, assisted by chance, pluoks
the pear II win see the railroad ab0ut build
ing branch. and II unsucce sful IN that at.
tempt will put It's hand deerer Into us POCKET
and run a line OF Its own WaXahechie IL 0ase
npolnt The Central was built ana Wakan"o n,,e
was not among the elect Her future at one
time seemed dark enough, but private enter
prl % built n tight little me 10 connect WIN ihe
great Trunk, stool by II through thick ana thih,
finally sold TO the parent road ata prvlL onu
today the county scat OF III ISIS just Ms pros
snerons as though Mtuat d ON the main llne,
with bright prospects Deepen aug upon lhe
farther extension Of that branch INTO inc IN
tetiDr BrOwnwOnd emulating THIS praise
waTthy * ample, is seriously talkiuR OF bnild-
sing To- connection with tho Control aud is in
reCslpl Of gratIylng assurances ON capitalists
OF substantial ala. SIccal kilograms 20 the
HgnALD are constantly recording huch In,
stances OF the Diet rmiuatlOn Of our villages aud
towns " liuk themselves by hooks OF Steer
with the outside world. hut cnplin''
like Providence. helps t90e VINO
helm them seiyes, and the hrs srale'nl OF uirt
thrIwn viii raise bigger cloud OF dust lhan
all the buncombe Of all the mass-mdutlnBi be
tween this and Dolmsday.
lfyou oaa't build standard gauge, why, blild
narrow gauge. Texas Is now IN direct Cohnec-
ton Win ST. Louis by this latter SYSTEM aud
even II YOU have to run your dol oaoy rond 10
d broad gauge, the Inconvenience Is trllng
compared with the benefits reuped. Tnv alb
senoe of Geographical difficulties In north
Texas cuts down the expense Of railroad con
sIruotion TO the minimum ana hence every
project In this field that has solid
ring TO IL attracts The attention Of money
seeking profitable investment. set the bal
ia motion, show that you iutond to keep II roll
ing, and you will get all needed assistance.
These tiny roads don't cut much Of figure on
tho railway maps. They look like strands OIL
silk stretchtd between haw6ets but each inlocll
ia volume OF heAlthful blood Into the bly,
arteries. and they are most potent factors III tht
magical growth OF their territory In the north
west and tho east they run through the dairy
farms to the mammoth factories, they span The
space between places that can hardly be de
teoted on the map with n magnifying gass, ant
wherever tbole Is a little agricultural or manu-
motives whistles are hoard,
This determination of our Texas towns not u
be ignored IN worlhq OF communication asd los
torlng; for when the numbers OF these short-ln
roads shall have been multiplied until ever!
village and town OF the least commercial i'm
portance IL furnished an outlet when tho!
stri ke into the coal feds or lead the way to gu
magnih ont but now dormant water power
when they penetrate our immense pine forest
and checker our wheat aud cotton helds thei
the second chapter OF our hst0ry-The Mann
featuring Era will be written In indelliDle Ink
aud tho Lone STAR win shine, as she should
with an eilulgence Of the arst magnitude,
GRAIN AND DREApaTuFTa.
Receipts NJ the elevators 100 bushels oau
900 wheat, 900 corn, 100 barley shipments
car wheat 10 Galveston,
Wagon receipts to-day were unusually heoy
for Saturday but ~ the livery men, feeders, an
private parties were the principal buyers, II
impossible to give exact figures The oats ma
hot IL stinenlng In response 70 this demand
which, however Ia of spaSm0dic nature,
Following were the receipts and shipmontsa
Chicago to-day
RrCRiPrs. SHIPMENTS
Corn. ,.,.,,""sOl,i7 40 Corn, ,,,,..,." 25s,2
Oats .,..,.,,,,l9O $50 Oats ,,,.,....r,lolN
T0.DAY'e QUOTATIONS.
WHEAr-Chooe, 90c medium, S5c; low grat
Sbe Nicaragua bUc.
RYF-Nomlnal at soc.
bAPLEY--iOc
CORN New, In shuok, 2j98Oc; old do IS
a.; shelled and sacked, 6lto6tc.
OATS-Cholce, 26620C; sacked, % higher
BRAN-we quote AZ mills, we; instorc, sack
FLouR-PatenL 75@l co. fancy Q 95as 1
choice, 9 l SS .; NXMS' oSGS CO. X&'
CoRNMEAL-Per bushel zoo car lots /
tper 100 pounds,
REED-ChOprcd corn per 100 pounds, 8
crushed rom and cob per leo pounds,
tI.hnl rlnV I'm uOuMlH 2 Ii
corn beau per luO pounds, 0M
HAI-parA t'u1aS O0 bright . co. fro
stores, pfAri' luird dark 6 00G7 on bugh
Y co. huglt ucr on board car q
MILLET sEGD-cOc Germnn millct / /
COTTON sEEp-ilsicper bushol ors7 porto
Tho latest grain circular OF J , aud NJ achw
b tohor Of New Orleans, ls@ follows
Oats IN saoKs-rhe market is firm and u
demand Is fair for the standard qualities, NJ
although the stocks Of w stern and Texas on
"A . liberal, and holders generally are inditlere
u sell except at ful prices western oats al
quoted at 70 and 40 cents per bushel OF
pounds and under the control OF the deale
here, who have been buying the late a. rivals
last as offered aud landed, The future OF o
IA arket doTends upon the markets OF q
west and their stocks, 10 which we reSpoI
generally
Texas oats-stoclis OF standard rod rust.pro
oats are moderate a I'd estimated generally he
about 100 cars mostly limited at higher prlC
than can, Of present be obtained. We quo
pri es atprasoni at IS cents Texas No 2 o.
arc yet nominal at 30 cents per bushel OF
,pounds.
Corn-owing to quarantine and tine scarol
of foreign and domestic tonnage the shlpmei
of corn have been very limited for some tin
and especially late y, and tho market II quit
90 cent? for white; GO 10 IL cents for No, Q
Mixed Corn In Sacks-for bulk corn the prlC
arc nominal nt5b To so cents T. o h. As so
as quarantine IL removed wo shall have n lar
and satisfactory business Ia grain for all I
foreign norls and also for those In the gulf a
islands and the Goa twlse trade generally, n
nom present indications New orleans VIII 4
doy large increase In her grain business
a TRADE IrEMS.
A woMkN In Bangor Maine, has 5000 =
aInr M - Ar1Arh L.. h..r NM nnnnnn