The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-05-16


! hept Ip until late in the after.
noon. One Oi the trips TOOK me- 10 Oak
| Sbn, beautiful suburban town two OF
three miles out Of Dallas To reach
tins town you cross the Trinity river of
Texas. The stream Appeared tn he IN
or 10 yards wide and had very little an
pearance Of q river and undersrana
goes almost dry in summer, but that
it has been known to be raging torrent
a mile wide. On our return from Oak
Cliff we met Mrs. Stephens as mentioned
IN last weeks letter. This was the first
south Carolinian had seen. 1 did not
during my stay meet any of our Union
county delegation. spent the night at
the home Of Mrs. Stephens. and the
next DAY went to Fort Worth, but
before entering into Fort Worth I will
;,l give some points l picked up regarding
The Importance and
GROWTH OF DALLAS,
Only thirty years ago Dalls,
small village at ford scr~ was
river. Its population wse ss tIn,Sy = rnG
Land was worth from 3" 70 aDoue o a,ooV.
acre near the towr IN W 9o.W per,
] Isu,1:,,,,s ''S,r' sua " 1000 and 10000 in
pUrt.,,t r,ntc In Uie of the most i'm
west Th Is vi Commerce in tie
and The q Houston s. Texas Central
lines; texas Pacific, two large trunk
at :: n extending their systems crossed
' .nis point and Dallas began t. build
-apidly. Many Of the cow men of a few
years ago, who saw civilization possibly
once a year, came in and settled down
to business and are now millionairs and
the owners of palatial homes in the city.
Dallas is in the heart of the great district
of the rich black waxy soil, consider ed
the best producing soil in the State, cor-
sequently is supported by prosper. US
agriculturists who have paid for their
lands from their crops in q few years.
One concern loaned a man $4,000 for
1--WE years with which 10 pay for his
farm. He came to them in one year
from that time and offered them the
cash, but they refused to accept it as
they preferred the interest and knew
they were perfectly safe. Money is
loaned frcm five to ten years on farm
land at to 8 per cent 1t is said there
is no better land in the world and the
top prices are $40 per acre down to $35
per acre. A great deal of cotton is ex-
ported from Texas. From Sept. l, 1900,
to Sept. l, 1901, Dallas handled, finan-
ciany, 1,031, TAO bales. There are some
twenty-five agents there representing
cotton mills in England, Germany,
France, Belgium, Holland, Austria,
Egypt, China, Russia and Japan. The
cotto n market for the world is to great
exte Mt fixed by the reports from Texas.
Dallas is about the most important trade
center in the State, her business is said
TO Aggregate $54, ,O55, 900. Her county
court house is about as imposing looking
structure AS our State capitol, and from
| its dome magnificent birds eye view
can be had Of the entire city. In the
electrical supply line Dallas does a busi-
ness OF over 81 600, 900 year. In pas
senger trafc she is way up in the list.
There are four depots and q number Of
railroads. There are forty-eight trains
in and out of the city daily, and there is
freight business accordingly.
There are number of social clubs in
the city. among them The Commercial
Club, The Dallas Club, Golf and Country
Club, The Elks Club, The Phoenix
Club, The Trinity Road and Gun Club,
Fin and Feather Club, Idle-Wild Club,
Kidd Springs Club, Bachelors German
Club and others.
She does a great business in music, the
sales of pianos, organs, music, etc.,
amounting annually to over one and a
half million dollars. Thirty-five years
ago Dallas had a single telegraph wire,
now there is perfect net work Of them
and ten thousand messages day 60
over them. There are number of fine
hotels, among them we noticed the
windsor" the "Oriental," the "St.
George" One of the largest hotels in
the State is there, has $50 room and is a
fire proor building, while first class res
taurants are to be found all over town,
where you can get meals from 15c up to
$1.50 each.
Dallas is good cattle market but
Fort Worth is close competitor. For
machinery, farm implements and sup
plies it is said Dallas furnishes the second
largest amount Of any city in the world,
Kansas City occupying the first place.
The assessed valuation of the city is
S23, 1854 300. 1t has small indebted
ness, the sale of the wat or works plant
would pay the entire debt it is said.