The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-06-11

NJ fipippll.D which hes been com
n0nHod, completed aud afn nov uulHI
construction slnoo the goth day NJ Nay
1851
70 aff what has been completed iha
| waa under construction uu The 9Olh %
| Mhy. 1891, ~ what hai since beon con
| iunnOrd and ~ now uudOr nuuHi rnO ION
| ftiHs grand total uf tI,ONS pllGl
| ip0ut IN improvements fOi one y0Hr
fhe llrnALr tqk"n pleasure s'sn In
tfhllug ihat Dallas Ia not only bull ding
more houses than al other towns aud
citlCs In Texas combined, hut submits
tho following statement from which
our readers may draw their own con-
illusions, via;
The Increased value OF taxable prop
orty, ~ shown by the rolls of the differ
enL assessors, for the year 1851 for the
city Of Dallas, IN 81, Gis,265 10,
There Is u population OF NJ least $4,000
souls. At tho presidential election the
number OF votes cast was 4,34, The
scholastic population In nearly 900.
There viii be spent $4,000 for street
paving and sewerage this year.
The Ervsy, Maine and San Jacinto
street car lines will extend their limos
together for n complete belt for oil three
lines, which will coat an outlay of S76,'
900, and besides these there are several
manufacturing enterprises which will
make tho next year appear as regular
boom.
Among tho enterprises on hand are
three il0urug ni.ls--o0mblned Capacity,
1000 barrels poi day; and among the
many other smaller manufacturing es-
Establishments there are two wire goods
manufactures, two vinegar factories,
one trunk mandatory, four foundries
for max ing and repairing engines, boil
ere, castings, etc.; one springfield manu-
factory, four planning mills, six shirt
manufactures, four soda, sarsaparilla and
pinger-aio manufactures, one show
case factory, one horse collar factory,
four harness and saddle manufactorles-
working 200 mOn, ono oil dUl phi
works, one paper box mauuiaCtUrY, oaa
paper bag mandatory, three mOnu-
mont And tombstone works, three mat
tress manufactures, three luua man
uIactOries, three ice flctOrie. .uo oil
mill, works 80 men; four susr s.lTGu,
brass and cOrniCe manufacture,
three candy manufactures, one hustle
factory, ty. DtJOm factories, seven
brick lHuiaCtOries employing nearly
] NuU men, ono h uing factory, three
cDilo, aud ~ ice mills, one cat meal mill
thee corn mills, one hominy ana grils
mil, one baking powder manufactory.
All at 40 above named establishments
ftt'i W no bDluE u LtIlhlta buSlil'N>
In SEum-rating some Of the many In
-tituLiOns of Dallas ~ would not be
amiss to show that there are 20
churches, 10 for white people and for
colOre d.; % schools, 20 for White pupils
and 8 for COl"Ted. There
is in oper'ipr - miles OF
street railro "a ,ilrpad depots in as
many di''treua ,arts OF the city. There
are II jon 'iiuJng establishments and
n nj a L. iNv "a
monthly.
Il. Vanwinkle& Co, have commenced
the erection of largo manufacturing
establis hmcni Tor the manufacturing OF
cotton GIN, pre-" o., Oh mills and ma
chinery, WIZ o capital Of $4,000, and
vii wOrE = ..r' As,
M C5-r., Muuger, with capital of
50" CO., r..~ c nImenced the mandatory
= t.u Munger cotton gin, working 80
hands.
The Texas Cotton Press company
manufacture cotton presses and other
cotton machinery, working 40 hands.
The Dallas Chair and Furniture fac.
tory is putting in its machinery, and
will work 81 men.
John B. Rugor Il Son, cracker factory,
of 200 barrels per day.
Wagenhsuser Brewing co mpauy, ca
pacity of 800 kegs every "a hours.
There arc 1863 different streets, extend
ing nearly 100 mil0~.
Fifteen passenger trains from seven |
different directions enter the city daily |
with their loads OF travellers.
Many new additions to the city have !
been laid out into streets and alleys |
and dedicated during the year. Real
estate has been gradually rising, aud
those interested here made money. 1t |
is evident if the country at large had |
not suffered such a financial distress
Ltfgt has hardly ever been known be-
fore, that the Improvements in Dallas
for the year 1885 would have reached
several million dollars.