The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-16
Aou5ToN, TEXAS.
The Railroad, Financial and Cotton
Centcr of south TcxnN.


| a naNigable stream for vessels drawing
1 nine to ten feet, and In marine Importance
| is second only 70 the river Clyde In the
| world. Statistics show that Buhalo river
| IS Of greater Importance. to q larger ter
! ritoryt than any other river IN the West
! ern hemisphere. 1t controls the freight
| rates for not only the Northwest, but like
| wise the great Southwest, the Republic Of
! Mexico Included. 1t is the only inland
common point in the West; II Is where
| tide water and the great steel bands Of
commerce that bind the Western hemis-
phere meet. This river has furnished
| annually transportation to ship boards to
| the amount OF almost 10000 bales of cot
| ton. 5OVn,OU pounds OF cotton seedmeal
and cake; hundreds Of Thousands feet OF
lumber tens of thousands tons of coal.
and more than 100000 pounds of mis-
cclaneous freight; besides vast quanti-
ties of other merchandise. commodities
and products. as well as twenty four
baTgas operated 10y the Houston Direct
Navigation company, scores of large and
small steamers and sch0oueys are en-
gagged in the transportation Of millions
of brick, thousands of cords Of wood,
great cargoes OF cypress shingles. shells,
oysters, fish and melons in season, and
vegetables every month in the year
Houston is the terminal point OF thirteen
operated railroads, having "a total mileage
Of SiS miles, which reaches the most
,,. ~ I, w ,.'''I ',,,-,' i"1l.
OF our vast forests. the products of orr
manufacturers at the door of the con-
sumner. Houston IS the Chicago of the
South and only second TO New prl ans In
IT,! 10 '"s"i ANU I'''''9as' mar
ti,,,,,,-, a.. -.,
United states as a manufacturer Of Cot
ton seed oil, meal and cake; the total
crushing capacity Of its four mills hcins
A. An, ~, - WIN an o"'-P"l Oh
- 49,. M, - o'' g,.S' '"'"l1 r. 1
~ ~ o. ~ '''u"uIu va company
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,m am al "I i.pi zen, .'
,., -, ti'i ',l,'',,, - s.N'.l" J." i'"I'''-
~ ~ 20 'i',S Hl1iul'ctur'ns interest comes
''1 VI me idl!"ay mieHlhe SHOPS, Loo
,,.5 az '"'2 po'tC lhyy are me IaIEe-t
~ ,'r ms eo'' 'iete s"upS S"Nlh OF 'le
t,..,,t,' S, oeI"s tu'pIoy.i III ll,e
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- III AI'3or'AHee Is tue manu- .
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III, ~. ,,t .oll,MH CLOS. ~ ihe
Of ST. Ious parentnl- ric'r az an , '',s
~. ~ i'"'9 par g"t17'' 'e7ldo7 an ih'se .
,'',.e are i,.e ''tsuh soiNPI@..'s' inise /
v 1911 pl-NgIleS; p"tl"hs ",iHs, stove
.,,l.D 'nuu,til ys' tdIN factories,
-, lo''"' '"" voI 1'5e lHc'oTE. uaifeI
f,,,o,, ", 10 w" non ltgloIleS, tent
u.s., .''ili. rs sH'tl factories
I'D. ''a,o' l"eto'S, Sau1ase factory ana
o'l'Vts 10 - nul'l.Ioua MENTION
,'''' w., 'i's III an 'V'V WORKING mechanics
LII ~ 49, -
,, IN % Tue bilaI IuiApeE market %
we 9ouyh' on account Oh me 100 or more
,,,h,, '','.S' pgHS "'I ,,,. d rauluS OF 100
- VI tlf SIeS' ne huIup2r OF ran
-, 80 ianll'as mo houston make II
'ot.ins i'olLt ana me very low freight
, n.y. 20 ,'''p''uS 10 lhe.e vast ih''us-
- ~. iiouS'oi @s cotton harNet is
500, s,o''N en- ESQ, 70 -N'" ViIe"n'' I"e re
y. '',a .4I 1850 elts'i l'-,''p b3Ies' ana
wy. wy, 'e,rlp1A GA Iue ~" Oh oeioDer' TINS
,,. ',I iS.E.'' t',I tgCe!Nsd IN
ny 49, j." ~ o1"Sv' ha'HE LILO, n1Ies.
', "g ,''1l 49, III p1"N Hlt''ale's Tor the
.t'' t,,.,'.,,, oI',"gr Pu,5 houston ms
-,'' MN ny IN point OF cir2rahces
u, III 'tie IN. n..-t 91oles ana second 10 none
w. Wv So % lJr'9, rs eleAiancts arc &
It SCI INA" o.. I.'ui' Mihh' lna'ahop-
5 '''..,... I'lt' or pehNrr. coo, During me
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