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3,000 and 4,000 persons whose wages will prob-
ably exceed $2,500,000 per annum. The value
of manufactured products turned out during
the year will probably reach $7,000,000 or
$ ,000,000 in the course of the year.
The value of Dallas as a distributing
~Th e \ o point is well appreciated
-- .--. . ' by the manufacturersiof
S^..': :. ? i agricnlturat- implements,
pumnping-machinery, wiiid
VNiWS boilts and-egines,
-i';i~ in other cities, as nearly
all important establish-
ments in these lines have
branch houses here, and
many manufacturing con-
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ON
TRINITY
RIVER.past few years have been greatly aug-
mented. The principal industries are
represented by seven large flouring and
grist mills, a very large cotton and
woolen. factory, the product of which
finds a ready sale, wherever offered;
.1 cotton seed oil mill, 4 clothing and
underwear factories, 1 large cotton
compress,4 large boot and shoe factory,
_as*eddl~anlharjness factories, 'cigar
factories, flfarge foundries, sheet iron
and cornice factories, 5-aragef ndiagt a
wagon factories, planing, grooving and..
turning factories, Strunk factory, -broom
factories, Jcotton gin and press fatories,
e chair and furnifure factories, 1 paper
mill, Tpaper Sag factory, tlithograph-
ing establishments, l-bras la ry.-
sioelm iMedia4ls, pressed-brick yards,
#stone yards, t soap factories'1 cooper-
age and hollow-ware factory, # nurseries
and green houses, -0 candy factories,
Coffee and spice mill, i-rsoda and
mineral water factoryA manufacturing
jewelry establishments, Yjelly and pre-
serve factory, a ice factories, 9 large
brewery 4 spring-bed and awning fac-
tory, f water works companies, in
addition to the public water works,
maintained by the city. ftWli-4
m*m_ i lMthe slaughtering and packing
of beef and pork has become a very
important and a very large meat packery
is in full operation. Connected with it
are suitable smoke-houses and pickling
vats, making it possible to turn out any
desired quantity Qf hams, bacon, lard or
refrigerated beef.) In the different estab-
lishments there are employed betweencerns, ~i4The ti6 LonnStaWrnattW e.and
the various lumber companies, have their
general offices in Dallas, while their
works are located where the raw ma-
terial is.
The facilities for transportation to and
from Dallas consist of the Texas &
Pacific Railway, Main Line, which has
its general offices here and extends from
New Orleans to El Paso, where connec-
tion is made with lines leading to Mexico,
California and all points in the south-
west; the Dallas & Wichita Branch,
the Dallas & Greenville Branch, and
the Dallas & Hillsboro Branch of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway;
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe; the
Texas Trunk Railway, and the Hous-
ton & Texas Central Railway. The
Trinity River is being improved and
made navigable to large bodies of timber
lying below Dallas, which are being
utilized in the manufacture of fruit boxes,
crates, barrels, fuel, and fence posts.
Two steamboats are used for the trans-
portation of this material. The improve-
ments of the river have been made at
private expense. It is hoped that the
river will be cleared far enough to reach
the pineries on the river, when saw mills
will be erected and lumber be brought to
Dallas by water.
The commercial value of these means of
communication to Dallas can be readily
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