The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-10
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The following, from Missouri Repuhli-
cans special correspondent. Will no OF H.
tsrest 10 our reader:
DALLAS, Tx, Feb. 4, THE vast amount
OF money expended In the townsof rexas
the pest year ior internal improvements
can scarcely be conceived oi by any ore
living beyond the limis Of the state. To
reallf what has bren done rfquifea person
al observation and insptotoh' one VINO
has not been In Texas for n year or more
who should return now Would not Only be
surpflsed but asionished, ~ wLtt has
been accomplished IN this direction. NAM
moth brick, stone or iron. buildings Tor
nis roantile purposes have taken the places
OF old wooden rookeriss o. been
denc,s aud home grounds now adorn what
was = few months ago, raw praries, near
tue old suburbs This IL No In every cry oil
importance IN the state but more tirlking'
ly 30 In ID Has than IN any ether, There
have also been many new mhuuiacturiht
enterprises este b tened. hut the greatest
strides have been made in matters oi public
inieftsi, fuch ~ ell, g r'clgh,s' "Htsi-works,
sewerage and street y yluR "ttems. AS MI
illu s,ration: Dallas Iut down lat sum
mer, more M M exper men' thar hhythins
else, but az the same time rs n permanent
Improvement, nearly u Wiie Oi boi dare
u .yemeut, sixtv fee' vid between euro
5 ones. at +. onst oi $40 100. The foundation
~ n BID OF compso Gravel eight inehes
tn0ok. The bo's d'atc blocks are ten
inches lnnv, cot from IN" rough
round log. FROM four e. teu ipohrq IN uiam
ettr, plsoed rs close 10 each other as posi-
siblr, the iuiefstices filltG with clVa ,
/ harp sand, well rarsmpn in with iron barn
the wh,ls covered VIVA u hot compost nn
of coal tar a pitch, his again covered
with about two 'urnes % gravel. INT h'l'
u'afc wood rs fOuui more abunonutly y
north and northeast Texas, In tne ValirVs
Oi tho Trinity and Eahint rivrIs tnun m
any other pat Of the known word. IL %
probably the most enduring wood la in'
I world, IN really wearing Longer than Sol I
! or iron. 1t IA filed with "a ytll wish ui.
making 10 mpetvious 10 decay irum vote
sosksEe or toe boring or hufrowing clio l.
OF any tpeoios OF insscle. IL Is u obs
/ GRAINED wood, heavy, and has been known
posts, etc.,) thirty years IN n perfect
,taio Of preservation. Tue hois d'att
is found 10 large bodies within u
| teen miles OF D.llas, 10 the bottoms and
Bvampu Of the ! rintty, on the lines OF IA,
Texas& Pacific, the Texas Trunk, aud -
Houston q t rGs Central railfo1ds Dur
ing the coming tpriug, summer anu Ill
/ ilNNkAh bAllut Will pun hNNh h'hAAN 80
miles more otthis Kind OF pavement tht
city council having by ordinance d'tsr.
mined to exieHd That system OF pubic IN
provements. la the advertising column
OF the Republican Will be iound an impoi'
tsnt advertisement In conneo ion with th'.
matter, and one that IL OF especial intriee.
! 10 the COT tractors OF 81. Louis and otbe
" additional paving vi involv,
Of. by the city OF Dallas oI
,,am ~ .tsIIb OG0
Dallas commeucsd work last GUNNER on
a general sysem OF sewerage, using The
tile pipe sewers To convey NTH - th'
Trinity river, "a mile below the city, nnc
large brick sewers or mains fr water nno
general drainage 10 be discharged into ma
ural water courses. The mains Tor MP
sewers are from fifteen TO eighteen inches
in diameter: the %lsterals are from six O.
eight inches, aud sewer pipes ony tpui
inches. This system OF pipe sewerage IS e.
! be extended throughout al tnht portion oI
toe city now supplied with water from the
wafer works of the city, and Will DO iurtne'
extended as the wtttT works are eXlet tea.
Tbs will now require about twelve miles oil
pipe, aud 30 far the city has & ven nrcier
enoe to those manufactured by ID ssok'
man q Post. ST. Louis, Missouri. The Wa
ter supply Ut Dallas il 10 be aug me- ted the
coming sumner - 100000 gsllpns per
day. Plans and specifications have been
prepared by General } Sooy Smit1 and
Chester Il Davis, hydraulic engineers OF
Chicago, whom the Dallss city council re-
Gently employed at a cost OF about 2,OOC
10 visit Dallas, inspect, survey AID repori
on the various sources for establishing AZ
efficient system for securing Is permanent
water supply. Work on this water enter
prise IL 20 be in8rgurated in April nsIt
and will cost In the neighborhood OF $3.50
600. Thus 1t will be seen that Da las is
live, widt-awake, progressive community
contractor. A year hence the Queen city
Of Texas proposes to make u better showing
than che now does.