The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-21
Fiction b. Pleasant Readhg-facl aie
Gold.
Last Years Building Added 81 ,823,o0s
10 Dallas Conslructares.
Unparailfd Material Improve men
Achieved without Murrah.
A HAPPY Haven Here for Builders aiI
,he Year Round.
Busln,ss Houses OF solid Ma ory-Bcan'
,lful and Costly Residences.
Truly Building IenedicIion'

months, nor Of the present universal Inn.
provsment over and Immediately around
H. Indeed, 80 phenomenal ard txiiaorii-
nary ha. been he growth Of Dallas thai we
believe the reports OF real eulsle
agantP architects aud COntrAc.
tory and are only convinced when
The HIR.LD distributes 10 reporters
over the clly aud ectually tAbulHies end
lays before our people irroifa sible fyide'ce
oftheir own silent bit swift advancement.
And yet it 10 not 10 DO Sondered ~ that
pfioee OF real estate are hleadlly and contin-
ually rising; that brick after brick 10 being
erected: that paleiiBl hotels are building
and Ia contemplation; that 10 every
direction IL heard tho sound OF tho
hammer on COTTAGE and villa.
that our nurseries and Horticultural
gardens actually exhausted by tue contin-
ued drain and demand upon them for flow
ere ehrubs, vines aud fruits for auorniu <
our homes, when We consider the ircJm.
parable fertility o! the rich black bel OF
lands surrounding Dallas for 100 miles on
every side and daily pouring, by railway
and country road It's tribute OF wealth into
our lap. Nor should this seeming
extraordinary growth be surprising
when We reckon up the amount
OF capital being concentrated in Dailas, not
only into banks hare icom adjacent towns
and cities in iexes: not only from the great
oil over Europe, aud notably from Scotland
and England. there Is flooding into Dallas,
and from Dallas out ell over north and
northwestern Texus, millions OF dollars 10
improve, broaden aud develop tho imperial
resources Of This grand state
And as the city strides iorverd there ad
vercss with it ana abreast OF It more oul.
tiyatsd taste "a architecture: In the arrange
ueut o. awos and fountaine and esrdeae
and parks: IN the dainty selection OF rare
flowers aud shruos and vines; md in an
increased air OF refinemen. and artistic ele-
eanco that contributes so largely 10 gratiiv
ana elevate stranger and resident alike.
In this urequsled doyelopmc ut VI Dallas
no fictitious circumstances have contribut.
ed their aid--ro new railway have been
added 10 he lines penetrating the city, no
boom occasionso by promised attractions
In the shape OF cotton aud wooden mills,
fsctorieP, railway machine ehope, rolling
mills, ETC., bui the growth has besn based
upon the intrinsic and inherent adyaot-
ages Of the city and surrounding country
for making money-upon advantages that
are energetic, Intelligent, and cosinopoli'
tan people seize upon 10 push themselves
forward 20 competence ana tiiluenoe.
From analysis OF the subloined list Of i'm.
proyements II wi De escsrtained thst an'ex.
penditure OF s622 COO WAS mgue Tor business
houses and $576,750 for dwellings, aud for
city public improvements the sum OF Sl2i-
843, making O total expenditure OF improve.
mente completed during the past year Of
q, y23, sos
The above total does not include business
houses now under construction, the cost OF
which are estimated at $4,000, or the
dwellings which will cost 1896, $50,
making . total of 81, 4,9lS expended
during the past year ana on buildinge now
in course OF construction. There 10 also
the Dslus belt street railway which will be
completed within the next two months at o
COS, OF s50,0Uo; also the belt line Of the
Main and San Jacinto street
railways which will be. com
pleted this summer at cost OF $4,000 |
provements that are now on hand OF some
$2i50O0, making the neat sum total OF the
improvements already completed and on
hand Of s., 450, 4S4
LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS.
Below ~ "A list OF The improvements that
are now actually I'm course OF construction
not houses that we're completed one week
ago nor houses that are 10 be commenced
next week, but those tnal the workmen are
this day at work on 10 flash to complr-
ton.
BUSINESS BUILDINGS.
The following IL a list OF the houses. their
owners and the locations OF the same.
Osllss county vault, corner Jefferson ana
Commerce streets, $4,000.
Addition 10 the Grand Windsor hotel
Commerce street. between Market ana Aus
Tn cr coo
Chamber OF Commerce. corner OF Lamar
and Commerce streets, o0,OOO.l
United States government building cor
ner of ErYay and Commerce ssreets,
5000.
Dallas Barrel fsciory, south end OF Austin
street, 5000
Addition TO the Hughes Bros. & Co.'s
Baking Powder factory, $500.
Sanger Bros, two four-story and base.
ment brick stores, Elm street between La
mar and Austin streets, % COZ.
w. w. Leake, Elm'stioei, east OF Murphy, |
two brick atores, three stories bieh, 10
COO.
four stories and bUsment. Elm street, near
Sycamore. 25,000.
Moridith Bros, two two-story b-ick !
stores, Sycamore street, between Elm aud
Main. 5000.
Cotton compress warehouse, Pacific
Avenue and Austin, %, 600.
J.B. ID. Young, three-story brick store,
corner Of Elm aud Stone streets, 500.
p. w. Linski, two-story brick store, near |
the corner Of Main and HAYWOOD Streets
II @. Clark. three two-story brick stores.
on Elm street, east OF HARDWOOD, 1909.
Charles Houck, brick store. on Elm street,
near Texas Central railway, 5000.
Wagenheuser Brewing company, three:
story brick brewing building, north end OF
Houston street. 1000
W. g. Randall, three brick stores two
stories high, near corner Of Main ana Lamar
James Wiikerson, I 10 brick stores on the
ooenor Of Main and Murphy streets, three
160q1oo and base ment, Is, 600.
Io6d Milf, elevator and addition, 5000.
Ooo9eo Doyle, Nos. 72l and 723 Elm street,
~ 1S"S- IL iii Elm styest byfok