Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Public nnllning az Galye.ton.

special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May l0.--The bill to pro-
vide for the construction Of public
building at Galveston, reported last week,
rs amended, reads that the proposed
building shall be for the accommodation
of all the federal offices in that city, in
cluding postollce and federal courts, aud
the cost of said building shall not exceed
$3.50, 900, Iu its report the committee
says:
la May, 1882, q law was passed proyid-
Ing for the purchase Of site and the cree
ton of custom-house at Galveston, and
in accordance with its provisions $4,000
were expended In the purchase OF a site,
leaving a balance of S95, 900 for the con-
struction of the building. The present
postofllce does not afford sufficient faclll'
ties for the transaction of business, and
the committee believe that 1t would be
advantageous to the government to have
all the public offices in one building, the
site for which is 100 by 800 feet, and Is
now owned by the government.
The city OF Galveston has a popnlation
of about 40 600; she has scholastic pop
ulation OF S2l4, owns nine school build
lings, employees eighty teachers, and ex-
pended for school purposes In 1885,
| SIG, 735, while the total value of her school
property is $2l5,500 invested In public
schools and about $4,000 In private
schools. Galveston has twenty-one hotels,
valued at 1926, 600, twenty-seven churches,
| ten of which are owned by the colored
people, five cotton presses, with storage
capacity of l40, 900 bales Of cotton and an
aggregate capital of $l,l00,000, and her
| manufacturing industries have an aggre-
gate capital stock OF 81, 10000
The city has two national banks and SIX
private banks, with an aggregate banking
capital of So. 100, 900, their dealings In ex-
change for 1885 being $50 900 600.
the city street railroads have capital
NJ S7s5 900 over 20 miles of track, and
the earnings for 1885 were Sl2b,O0O
galveston is the terminus of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe railroad ana the
Missouri Pac hc. The former has 600
miles in operation aud Is now owned by
the Atcbison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad
company.
B,tgeen New York and Galveston the
Mallory line runs seven steamships, the
aoorerate cost OF which is 81 100000,
and their average carrying capacity Is
1000 bales of cotton, and the Morgan line
rms four steamers between the same
pnrts, with an average carrying capacity
uf 5000 bales -,
Resides these lines there are four
steamers running ON Galveston 60 other
rulf ports, and there were engaged IN the
srade 10 Atlantic ports, 70 Europe, and To
south America, iu the year 1850, 30
steamers and 2ll sailing vessels, Win an
agrrsuate tonnage OF 1856 696 tons. There
are forty-styen firIns engaged IN lne
,cbnIesale business At Galveston, WIN an
,sfln.si, d capital OF Sl2,OO0,0OO, ana tne
ioint sales OF the three largest hrms LOT
1855 we're SO Os5 600, the gross sai's OF
All the firms having amounted 10 s~v,v 80
oG0 The exports 10 foreign poits ~ iooo
we're valued ut SIC 53l,1 200, ana 10 uoiDes-
tic ports Sl75is,S74. - a,
The report of The postmaster SHOWS tna'
durlpg ss5 the net pronts o. ins pos.,
office At Galveston were COS. I-.o- ' .s.
the total financial trapsaeuons :" ens
' ~ order department for the yesf
,',,,,n,ed 10 sb,3l4 6ei; and that over
lien million pi,ces OF mail matter were
hsndlad during the same period.
i''l ma sunreme court Of Texas, The cour'
snneals, the United States district
s,,d r,rr.uit courts, the state district court,
PA tbe state criminal district couf'
/, ,oa. al Galveston. The taxable Falua,
,.o e ~ the city, the real aud personal
nroperty, IA placed by the common Soun
ell al s22; 600, 900. arde,
The passage Of the PHI y reconlans anoT.
Z nv The treasury department, on lne seoa'
al economy, ard because tpc ioSs s'ss'a,n y
= ~, are federal offices 10 one oulluiii
! az fa.ilitate the transactlon Of paoiH
? ~sr, ard because the foundation
! ~. ~ custom house IS row being ied1- ~
: ~ architect estimates the COS