, 1877-10-06
SIS 10 500 per acre, can nuw bc bought for
from $t0 To $1J.

civ, aud quite an import ant one in h,,rncas
r,int Of view, being the great centre IRON, wnic,
railroads fyerRc to tn. northeast. north, north
west, west, touth, and cast. 1y thc hay"u
jt1r, It also Ina water communication with tho
Gull, Nr, Morgan, who uwns 4 controlling it,-
tcrest In ll,c Texas Central Railroad, also owns
ns e t, ts. {s .est Essf
Of his roa,al With New Tork.
Tie CITY has a population Of about ooi.0O0.
The ground ON which II IA buttt Ia level. except
where !nterscctel hy the bayou n!n,ya mention:
it ID 30 surrounded by forests, and iIas 50 many
fine trees growin. along IT, sireeis n,,i In lts
private grounds. that the general Impression Is
ss ns., bs a s.s ns1efs s sis,t 1 ! v s II rs.a. x truth"
Iii n previous letter | spnke Of Tie tnttton
generally prcvalcns at the Eutth that only tie
northern and Northwestern nt,rttou III The State
w .ai,asle f9r Northern me t {" scttis . T., ~,
private interests of nlY eSh nr of others 10
serve, i1aye eudenyore,! to make MI hnncst aHd
conscientious sttly VI the central alnl southern
pUrti0ns Ut the State With reference to
v ctdMA7E,
as shown by temperature mil rainfall. anu nf
health, ~ shown l,y this mortality records. Ny
frst letter gave the results Vi rccorfA kept at
Dallas which, II e often said ia a. far south as
year l31t3 tho maximum temperature waa ~
degrees, the minimum 0 degrees, and tho rain
fnil b. Is inches. WAS not abba 10 find any rec
ord showing The ,,ubcr nf ttraths OF thc rate Of
the State Capitli, lind by Il table compiled
hy DR.. ". C. Baker, covering
period OF nineteen yrnrs,-frntu ISIS to
1s.h. 1sc '0cnssc,at tis lTnsst point
1lH tleg. and the lowest G deg, with m Aycrare
maximum Temperature during. tho nineteen
years Of es deg. md an nycragc minimum
tnro I, nj nrn Inf avux
was stcas eqea.e !" the a"s II IA ra.s' @
going up from MI average Ut :es.|Hl inches tn tho
sst 's c rc4. ri II etv 'es ~ a: e H. s
1S13 showed that the entire number Ut deaths Of
residents Ut the city tcxclutlng strnnccrt), and
inr1ulhg accidental deat!,s aud sttll-b,rths, was
5 is;.' or Mt The rate oil '''' '''Fy '00' '"''a'-
Passing across Il, SIN Antonio, could only
t'n.l a rcrord Ut temperatures complete FIR tho
year lS73, Thesc gave for MAXIMUM TEMPER
ex !s Vii Y Isl ta s'' 1ans ST m :" IT. t:!"psfntss' fs: T.
wa. clni1ncd here alan that the rainlaI! was
atca.lity Increasing. I t!n,! by All examination Ut
rrenr.1s Lhat tho tntat ,lrath rate for ls1i', not
excluding STRANGERS tnaany of whom ra.nc, hero
Thirteen In t,W4, mud for The Acxicuns mud
negrs'cs t1.5O III the i,Nn.
fassiilg down tn Houston, 2l9 miles IN tho
down rr4lc To where We rraei the ti,lcwatrr Of
tic UIt, anl In low, ilat country will little or
very tlcetent 1,uturnl Drainage, thonght khnll
here surely lind siekty cstl,ntry. But IN exnrl-
tntng the records Ecpt by the City I'hyhi-
ria,i, fran, wl,osc office ali hurfAi permits
must he istued, an.l recnri made Of them.
iintI for tho year 1875, ;si dcltlls aud n lss'.
ouly a;g, giving Tor the fur.lcr year q death
rnto ot 2.N anu in the latter ol 1921 t., 1,tHU
pf population. THIS inctules strangers
dying lit the ctly. anil railroad hands anu others
taken sick and brought 10 thu hospital to be
cnrcl for, rs we'll as accidental md vioie.,t
deaths, wl,tcl, were also included in records ut
Austin and Sun Antonio. iIayc ut hand
staten,ent for whose rurrectness cannot, I,nw-
ever, vnticlI, but whtcl, | presume Is e,,rrrrt,
that the tlcarll-rate IN 1,r,klyn Ia :a4l; In Gin
ci'nlatE. 1910; III Washington, Of tic whlto
population 14.14, atid IT tho llucks .fA.:A;
ot El.lliro, y. r., lB.57; VI New Ilavcn,
l1.74. III ail tic recurIs hare examined tlayc
nut 6ccn ahr tu .lllI singlu death from Bnn.
ttrokc, and healthier, heartieF. looking people
tmn hare found In Central ntd Southern
Texas never saw. Ncltllcr do hear but rare.
" III any elses Of sickness. II should be horne
III Inln,l thAt a here Just ut the close Of the
hot arason when diseases might be expected to
prevail II ever.