The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-02


cal TREAD dsolaros saAs having heard
20 much of Dallas boom he would be
pleAsed to learn exactly In what the
boom Aforesaid consists It isn't ex-
sct,y complimentary to man's powers
Of observation to ask such question
fine knows anything OF Dallas or has
watched Its growth for . few years
back. 1t looks like Tins wasted to par
tieularizs, but there are msn new, as
there were men In the ancient days,
who, having eyes, SEQ not the wonder
fol things around them.
One OF the best indications OF the
boom referred to, II tho continued and
rapid rise in real estate. Purchasers
Of lots anywhere around or In Dallas
see their property doubling In value
every few months and meet 9 steady
demand from citizens and strangers
for building sites. A boom never
strikes town where real estate mark
cts are dead, and nobody cares whether
they own foot OF land In the corpor-
ate limits or not. In Dallas spesula-
ton Is So wild aud feverish az In some
mining center upon great discovery,
or sonae new town at the terminus OF
a great railway. So rapidly ia the
population gaining that every foot Of
ground is wanted and held in eonse.
quence at stiff figures,
Then again, rents are high for both
dwellings and business houses, indl-
cating steady demand for them.
Nothing is a dead or Improbable in
vsstmc Mt in tho city.
Added to those Indications OF rapid
growth and prosperity furnished by
theresl estate market, Dallas has re-
Gently become the headquarters for the
GOULD Southwestern system, just
now is about TO obtain the headquIr-
ters OF two great express csm-
psnies, is tho headquarters OF numer-
0as stato agencies and adds daily TO
this list. Indeed the railways, the ex-
press companies, the great shipping
and furnishing houser, every great
corporation alter public patronage
and favor, in looking over tho wide
6eld of Texas activity, have selected
Dallas, above all. others, az the hos,
distributing point and the most prom.
ising city In the State.
The building of road direct from
Dallas to tho Northwest hes Just be.
come an absolute certainty, inhurins
us, within another twelve months, Of
tho addition OF tremendous volume
of trade from the western and Pan
handle countries, the securing OF vast
beds OF coal at low figures, with which
to stimulste our manufacturing
schemes and incresse our population
and business activity. Then the Trunk
road Ia in y fair way to be pushed OF
to the pinsries, and matorislly benefit
ua in that direction.
But, above all, tho universal conf
desce in the city's future, tho univer.
sal activity, the broad public spirit, The
pride aud effort everywhere exhibited
by the ysnng and old OF Dallas, the
rich and poor, place all investments
and every character of business on =
hopeful and paying business, run
prices OF real estate up, attract csplta al
and labsr, which, In turD, advertise the
city, and result, IN word, in creating
'boom" that 10 attracting universal
attention. The end has not been
reached by any means. We are but
onte,isg the vestlbulc OF prcgreas
The hum Of industry, the sound OF the
hammer, the rattle Of business anc
the crnsh OF 4railic, are hoard In in
crsasing volume every day in every
portion of Dallas. The book is open
for al 10 read, and it needs no labored
answsr to convince our questioner tina,
Dsllas ia enjoying . real and astonish.
ing boom, and point out in what it con-
slsts.