The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-09
PROSPEROUS HOUSTON.
GIVES GREETING no THE Excun-
sioNtsrs aIERE TO-DAY.
Ana The Post Hereby directs TheIr
Alteration 10 some TssfnRs Thht
May ne seen ncre-rhe stors
onIy HAIR TOD, Ifovever.

Houston Is busy city
Thlngp rush here,
The Post 4 . busy newspaper and has
llots OF things 10 mention
Therefore Il can only relate half story
OF Iipuston's prosperity and greatness for
the benefit o. visitors today
Houston, ut the head OF tide water on
RuTaio bayou. OCCUPIES nine square miles
OF ground has population Of about 3d.
coo and the total asacsacd valuation Of
I property IS over xiSo00 Otlo
4 Tho clearing house transactions nre aver
aging more thsn 81 .a5o.Oo0 per daN mnd
4 laet yanr ryer i,o0R000 bales Of cotton
4 ware faceired hers.
The city has shown almost rnprecedcnt-
ed growth. the building permits for ths
eleven months Of the present year W To
November / being 5sf In number and the
aggregate of value Of the buildings erect
"a being put down * selSsyA II Is well
known that these ngaires. At working
basis ne rcpresented hy the buildings when
complete are az lcast si,soo.oo0 for the
improvements actually made
Houston has over nifty mica OF electric
CIR lines running over twelve belts, VIZ:
Congress, rrasten and Main street: Texas
avenue and Third ward Fannin and
Travis streeta LaFranch aud cnroiine
streets: Arkansas Pass line: San Felipe
Inns; Louisiana street. Montgomery ave.
nue. Houston avenue and First ward;
me and Fifth ward; Npllsafcst Park and
Second w,tfd This company ~ capitalized
At SsaY, aq1 and tho fnnnthly pay roll Is
The banking facilities consist Of five Ma
lianu and ona private bank: First Ma
tional. suutheant corner Main end Frank
iins Commercial National. northwest cor
ner Main and Franklin; south Texas
NatiQnal southwest corner Main and
ana Congress- Planters and Mechaaics,
Nstonal, east aide ~ Main between Com
gress eild Franlslini W, House. enst
lin Inc Clearing House reports show an
averhKe OF about 81 $50 900 Per great
" tiian aay city Of the same size IN the
United StateB.
Another financial institution is the EIons-
ton Loan and Trust company, located
with its safe deposit vaults at the north
east corner Of Main ana Franklin
-Four express companies have elegant
and commodlous offices in Honston-the
express the Texas express and the AmerI-
can elprcsH. One or other Of them covers
VA Nvrla, tarisnry ard provides facili-
An AGENCY Cd the Maiiahv line Of sta.rr, |
era provides for convenient ti4ihsactiot,8of
ocean CARRYING business, either Of frsiwht
The Western Union telegraph office ern-
ploys ahont thirty men In lta day ana !
. Z, l9sses anu the Increase of business
ting Ia all the facilities known to fnodsrn
invention. The city g ia Il great measure !
100 wires
The Houston Cotton Exchange ana
Board Of Trade occupies it's own building.
corner Of Franklin avenue A4a Travis |
street I Is roll Of membership comprises /
most OF the business nam Of the city. en-
2raeing Al Ines 81 bnsiuess, ana on It's
most prohperous men 81 Texas Ishe re
ports on its boards show over 1Ono,O09
ss w, " cotton received "a Houston last
Four large railroad shops are loeatsa
1ere7-she Heuston aud Texas Central N
the h'itth ward; the Houston East ana
Y ~ 49, also IN the Fifth ward ANA
lip 1919 y gstsfil. ~ the Second ward
ibont 800 in all hranehes With z, NJ,
'oh atH fesating about Ssp000e per month
one Of the lAfgsst cur wheel ,enriss IL
ne worid-.tfe niciSinsess.-is laeatea hars
1wpina out ahout $4,000 whesis tsr annun
s. superior IS the product and 70 wiielv
ma iayarilily Is 1t known that large AL
tnnce orders ARE always on hand ana ma
Sorits nave but lately heen enlarged thaf n
q lenena may BE- atippscd
81 !nsoph 3 in!irnarg IN eharge az 4 sis
tfH orRanixAtioo 81 the Rorlliu t,arboifo
inaten tlc iiAyand Orphans l1oius ANA
3ilg , lofaph's ioiifynAry has airea.ap
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