The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-17


charitable people. II is excellently man
aged by a board OF directors and TN .x-
perieneed superintendent and matron.
The Faith Home is in charge OF an as.
soeiatlon OF Houston ladies. which mo.
vldes for It's support. building Inns late
~ been erected on valuable lots. and n
lhrse number Of children who nre ORPHANS
or whose parents pay small sun, Tor
their care occupy the home
The Central market is anothur insti,u-
ton OF which Houston con blast az cf
something that no other Texas city has.
or indeed, many other cities In the world
IN such perfection, All the year round.
from January TO January, meats and p1ul-
Ty and hsh may be had at other l,la, es,
! out mere the vegetable crops are perennial
knowing no season but furnishing tit food
ior epieures all the days u the year. Aud
this In no stnted quantity, but with
| enough and 70 spare and at reasonable
| prices for all corners.
Tho rolling mill is situated Immediately
west OF the shops OF the Houston and
Texas Central Railway, and both the Hons
ton and Texas Central and Southern Pa
cilc shops have creosotlng works In CON
nection.
steamboat line connects Houston by
way of Buffalo bayou with points between
here and Galveston bay and with points
on the bay, and the Direct Navigation
company has a line Of tugs and burgea
that almost daily carry enough products
away from Houston to load big steamer
These SO direct TO the steamers sides IN
the channel in the bay.
The public schools OF tho city compose
system which Houston claims as the
most thorough and advanced In tho state
They are governed by a school board ap-
pointed by the mayor and city council.
and are in charge of superintendent
and about eighty teachers, The white
schools are nine In number and the
colorel seven, with a scholastic population
OF 9i34. The percentage OF enrolled attend
ance IN November was niuety-five In
the past few years new and handsome
brick school buildings have been erected.
and during the coming year II high school
building to cost not less than $4,000 is to
be erected.
The business OF the city government Is
carried on In the city hall building, witch
also comprises the market. This is cen
trally located and cost $4,000 about nf-
teen years ago.
Here is list of some OF tho principal
railways. manufactures and other In
duRtries. etc, or the city:
Houston and Texas Central railway.
Texas and New Orleans railway.
Galveston, Houston and Henderson rail-
way.
Galveston. Harrisburg ana San Antonio
railway.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway.
international and Great Northern rail-
way.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fc railway.
Houston East and West Texas railway
Columbia Tap and Velasco Terminal
railway.
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass railway
Houston Belt and Magnolia Park rail-
way.
Texas Transportation railway.
Texas Western railway
The Cleveland compress.
The New press
The Bayou city press.
The lnnan press,
The Peoples press
The international press.
The Southern Cotton OIL mills.
Merchants and Planters Cotton on
mills.
National oil mills
Consumers on mills,
Houston Cotton Seed Oil refinery.
The American brewery,
Magnolia brewery,
Houston Ice works,
lIenBe Ice works.
Anheuser- Busch Ice works
Houston Bottling works.
Saltwater bottling plant
Masonic Temple, costing Sc0, 09o
Court house. costing $4,000.
City hall and market house. costing
$4,000,
Postotflce building Uhe only one In
Texas used exclusively for postoffIce pur-
poses), costing $4,000.
Cotton Exchange, costing $4,000.
County tall costing $4,000.
Grand Central depot. costing fl25,0OO
Light Guard armory. costing $4,000
over 1909 miles Of railway sidctrncka.
over fifty miles OF electric street rail-
way.
over nfty miles OF water mains.
over ffty miles OF gas mains.
over l43 blocks of paved streets,
over forty miles OF sanitary and other
sewers.
Five National banks
one private bank
-Four daily newspapers.
Thirteen weekly and monthly publica'
lions.
Complete public messenger service and
electric call system.
sixteen public school buildings.
Twenty-three private schools
Forty-sx churches.
Three schools OF music.
Two schools OF art
-Four cotton gins and pickeries.
The greatest cotton market In the
South.
Three suburban Improvement companies
one loan and trust company.
Electric FIRE alarm system
The largest railway shops in the South
or Southwest.
one hundred md twenty-three artesian
wells within radius Of iive miles, in
Guiding those In the city
one steamboat line.
one barge line.
Seven fire companies.
one car wheel works
Two rolling mills ,.,-
Six planning mills and wood working
Two bed spring and mattress factories
one paint factory,
Eight brick works,
Brlck ana tile works combined
Macaroni factory.
Two MANUFACTURES OF electrical appli-
auces.
ri,s candy factories.
stove works
-Four soap factories
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