The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-07

OF 81 yl9, 9l4.60 which has been com
menced, completed and are now under
construction since the 20th day of MAY,
1884.
To add what has been completed that
was under construction on the Goth of
May, 1884, to what has since been con-
menced and is now under construction,
makes grand total of $40SS, 924 20
spent in improvements for one year.
The HERALD takes pleasure also in
} stating that Dallas Is not only bull ding
more houses than all other towns and
cities in Texas combined, but submits
the following statement from which
our readers may draw their own con-
clusions, viz:
The Increased value of taxable prop
erty, as shown by the rolls of the differ
ent assess ors, for the year 1885, for the
city of Dallas, is 81, ,265l 10.
There is u population of at least 81. 600
souls. AT the presidential election the
! number OF votes cast was 4,34. The
scholastic population is nearly 5000.
There VIII be spent $200,0G0 for street
paving and sewerage this year.
4 The Ervay, Maine and San Jacinto
street car lines will extend their lines
together for a complete belt for all three
lines, which will cost an outlay of $75,.
900, and besides these there are several
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make the next year appear as regular
boom.
Among tho enterprises on hand are
three Touring mills-combined Capacity,
LOCO barrels per 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 making and repairing engines, boil
ers, castings, ETC.; one spring bed manu-
factory, fur planning mills, six shirt
manufactures, four soda, sarsaparilla and
Ringer-ale manufactures, one show
case factory, one horse collar factory,
four harness and saddle manufactories-
working 200 mon, one oil and paint
works, one paper box manufactory, ono
paper bag mandatory, THEE monu-
ment and tombstone works, three mat
tresS manufactures, three lime man.
ufactories, three Ice factories, one oil
mill, works $50 men; four sheet-iron,
brass and cornice MANUFACTURED,
three candy manufactures, one busu5
factory, five broom factories, seven
brick manufactures employing nearly
LOCO men, one bluing factory, three
coffee and spice mills, one Oat meal mill,
three corn mills, one hOminy ana Cri'9
mill, one baking powder mandatory.
seem to be doing thriving business.
In enumorating some of the many in
stitutions of Dallas it would not be
amiss to show that there are 26
churches, 10 for white people and tor
colOred; % schools, 20 for white pupils
aud 5 for COlOred. There
is in operation 10 miles of
street railroads. railroad depots in as
many different parts of the city. There
are ii J OBJ printing establishments aud
~ newspapers, daily, II weekly and
monthly.
Il. Vanwinkle& Co. have commenced
the erection Of large manufacturing
establiShment for the manufacturing OF
cotton gins, presses, oil mills and ma
chinery, with capital Of $4,000, and
will " ork 10 hands.
Mr.. Charles Munger, with capital of
S0O,UO0, has commenced the mandatory
of the Munger cotton gin, working 80
! hands.
The Texas Cotton Press company
manufacture cotton presses and other
cotton machinery, working 10 hands.
The Dallas Chair and Furniture fac.
tory IS putting in its machinery, and
win work 81 men.
John b. Rugor & Son, cracker factory,
capacity OF 200 barrels per day.
Wagenhauser Brewing co mpany, ca
pacity OF 800 kegs every II hours.
There are lB3 different streets, extend
Ing nearly 100 miles.
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 alleya
and dedicated during the year. Real
estate has been gradually rising, and
those interested here made money. 1t
IN evident If the country at large had
not suffered such a financial distress
that has hardly ever been known be-
fore, that the Improvements in Dallas
for the year 1885 would have reached
several million dollars.