The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-08

-. = 49,
fap.dif lh i0pulallon sine, iti0, sa
Totss. ~ tho stsf namoi, orr e'
pls Numbered sig,b1g. In 1870 these
nfufos he'd multiplied until our popu'
litlon wa counted NJ ltpi7iD, ~
noafiy 100 por cent increase. 10
10 now, by tho best authorities aud
from calculation based on the hChplss'ic
census and the lat general election,
placed ~ About 1850. 900, or nearly a
% per cont. growth Ia the Nv. years
pass. IL will thus bo Soon that in
10 years tho Stat5's population has el-
most lr6blsd, A most startling rapid
icy o. multiplication.
Tho opening up f isrms would nat
ursliy bear some proportion TO such Il
srOWtk ia population, and accordingly
We find that while the whole number
in 1870 was Gl,l?j, in 1850 thore we're
l7i,isi, Wade H. thai period po.u'a-
to, did not reach 10 100 per cent. iu-
ersAHe, farms grow la numb S,m1st
s0s per cont, indicating that the vast
bulk, ovor two. hirda, OF our lns.uassl
population was ia tho agricultural
classes. Tho total "orons0 iH
1870 was l9lG74-O, ana IN 1880
SO, 2929l0 TOO total value Of farms iu
1870 wa, SGO,l499lO, sud IN 1850, Sl7o-
4GS,ss6. Now Is computed that th
total number OF farms win reach 22j,-
0OO, with al acreR.o of over IS OOl,0JD
ana OF total vslus OF S2jc,oOs COO
Truly, The waste pieces have hscn 70
deemed, and the march OF agriculture
hiss conquered tho deserts.
To handle the products or these re-
claimed acres, aud afford business AND
activity TO many hundreds of willing
hSnds, ia tho province of the factory
aud slthgugh We have grown ia the
matter of manufacturing, - might
have been expected, and grown co
coursgingly tara new and aGr.cC-tgrs
field, our rrogrees ia tnis direction
has not bD9n ~ RAPID as 80
other Southern Slater, or "a Will 6e
sere Ia tho next d0cSdt. Tho whole
number of manufacturing eht0bisG-
ments in Texas in 1870 was 200, em-
ploying some 20 900 hands or Iaore
and representing capital OF $j,2Si,llO
by 1850 the number or establishment
had grown 10 3.00s. and the aggre
gate capital TO 1921. 56l, Ia the
past Eve years it Is estimated that TIE
has increased to $500 and the
capital to $l2.50000O. The good work
has commenced, and STEADY POO
gress may henoeforth DO anticipated.
In the facilities for locomotion, for
handling products, tor reaching dven
the renotest sections, in a word, our
growth in railway building has been
pkeaoAena!, snd outstrips that wit
nesEed in any other State. In 1870
Texas had hut 25i miles of railway. In
Ave years the mileage had grown to
!, 6s5 miles. In 1880 there were sol
miles, and In 1885 there are G,3 o miles.
Although in the psnt year uf ~" ,here
has been somewhat Of q luli, the very
general desire in every town and
county for railroad connections, on az
extensive scale, may be depended on to
produce splendid results in the peSr
future.
Summing up all this physical or ma.
terisl Improvement Tor 10 years, IN dsl-
lars ans cents, consequent upon the
growth of towns, counties, farms, rail-
ways, factories, etc, we find that the
aggregate wealth of the State hGs
grown from some S2l0 ,000,0O0 in 1870 TO
1908, 600. coo, in round numbers, in 1885!
Since 1880 we have grown richer by
1898 ,OO0,0 CO, or more th,n two.thjrds of
the aggregate increase in values of ell
the Southern States since 1874. This is
IN astounding development il values,
and only permits as 10 guess st the
wealth of Texas in another l5 years.
70 those who imagine that Texas is
a wild waste, 8 home for the fugitive
and desperate, devoid of tho appi-
ances aud comforts and progression Of
civilized mmunities, region for
cspital and skill and energy TO avoid,
in vast solitudes and given
over TO The cowboy, these tigUree, this
per true tale OF magic development
and present greatness are especially
commended. And tho half has not
been told. The story of our industrial
is yet to be heard.