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The first setttltenlent was made
1,lv Jthli p Ncicl l rva. al. ea ut the
vcar I A4iuL, t11 thce tr;ict of lan _
,Ill vich tihe citv is low) situ-
alt(l. At fw- evars ;later. emi-
grants froi Kcniltuck , k
Iliss ,uri. Tennessee aril
Illino,is settled in the same
n ciglieirhoel.l, andl laid the.
foll l:ltioml of a city that
was to be. I II 187( it
11ha1 a. p)Oilfltion of 7(X);
ill 1SS0, 10),267; andl in 1890, with its suburbs, 41,011. Since
then tile ppuO lation has continued to increase in about the
same ratio. [As a manufacturing and commercial center it is,
perhlll)s, the most important in the State, being, as it is, in a
rich agricultural region, well supplied with raw ma-
terials necessary for manufacture, and having unex-
celled facilities for the transportation and distribution
of its prTdlucts.
Tlhe period in the history of Dallas has been
reached, l;hen its future is no longer doubtful. Its
natural advantage ls make it a rival of the most pros-
perous cities of tlte South in commercial and indus-
trial impol'l tamice.
An estimate of the trade of the city for 1895 is not
at this tiec available. It can, however, be safely
said that it excels the traffic of 1890 by at least 50 per cent. The increase of
popula;tioll in the city of Dallas has been over this per cent, and that of the county
an(d of the tt-rritory from which the city draws most of its trade is fully equal to
this increase. A careful estimate of the volume of trade for 1890 gives the
mercantile transactions as fol-
. a ,.' . lows: Dry goods, $7,000,000;
, .....i.z-:..'t* 1s ] groceries, $9,000,000; boots
.' '- :i and shoes, $750,000; lumber,
_ '".:" " " $1,000,000; drugs, $1,000,000;
D_~ .~'l 6 ^ agricultural implements,
$6,000,000; musical merchan-
dise, $300,000; jewelry,
$200,000; sewing machines,
$200,000; furniture, $200,000;
produce - eggs, chickens,
butter, etc., $500,000; bales
of cotton, 25,000; pounds of
wool, 60,000; pounds of hides,
900,000; tons of cotton seed,
12,000; bushels of corn,
187,500; bushels of wheat,
Y0,000; total, $27,781,000.
The investments in manufac-
tb ring enterprises run well into
the millions, and within the
VIEwwS IN DALLAS.
1. Episcopal College. 2 Baptist
Church. 3. Cumberland Hill School.
4. San Jecinto School.(4)
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