The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
THE CITY OF HOUSTON
Something About the Great Texas
Metropolis.
ON A GREAT WATERWAY TO THE GULF
A Marvellous Growth In Every Dircc-
tion During Ten Years.
BANKS ON A STAuNCH FOUNDATION.
The Record as Shown BY the Clearing
House.
THE LEADING COTTON MARKET.
Tcxas-FncIIitics for shipping
Unsurpassed.
THE LEADING COTTON MARKET.


uouaton stands today before the world
W." ,,'n,.,,ai me, ,,o,,ci,s In
Texas and one OF the most progressive
cities In the United States.
The growth of the city in population
wealth and all the elements which COM
bne to make city great and prosper
GUS. Is not of an ephemeral character,
While other Southern and Western cities
have sprung up like mushrooms ana
soon gone into decadence. Houston has
forged steadily ahead has grown as
would healthy and vigorous child, into
strong manhood.
At no time in the history OF the city
has there been any boom. on several &C.
casions city builders from the West have
endeavored 10 .naugtirate booms, but IN
every instance they have been thwartei
b,. Al ,,nnaerv.tlva but nrogrcsstve ele-
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esJate ihd'he,, M pusi',2'S nVusy9 ia,
incleased ID Hliuhet ana ,he NStu'llS ~
other cites were IN lhs 1nl2gs 81 ID
s,it,ft',ors r-oi,,a- daily 10 the vail the IN
siltui!ons OF Houston not only held ono
own nut grew ~ Strength 50 nav ly''y
mar ttroi,rho,i, no o0rr,u,.t,,..1I ,yorld and
her banks are noted for their stauuch-
ness ana ap.lty to cope Win tHe CONE
NJ, ,,t. i.,no,,.s c,,sr,ra ia maxi.
Houston a great metropolis
IN the hrs' place. ie'Eraphieal pos non.
i ~ or "a y., ,,.,-,.o, p, ,be r.a,r
hc.ur on Buffalo river. a stream wh.rh
fows unto Galveston hay. cr rather .uso
san .fng.rto river and then into the n,v
This water route is n commercial Nnip
in the hands of rne city and Is tho ron-
trolling factor in ne making OF rates.
Nearly every one of the great ties OF the
world Is sltiut,i ON "A waterway. while
I'm. few ar. Jir-t us ON tre ocean frout
London, New York and Liverpool are.
like Houston. back some distance from
M, ..-l. INT MI arr. OH utvlt,hl. streams
NlGlo a., prrycut great 4btps are u1,
RUM ng In tn. bayou trade th.. COM
rn4r.r is hapll.f %, rurariir by har.r-
mai tnorchan,ii.a and cotton can he
loaded IN Galveston Inv on hoard shl.s
nal cost for t5waee m, duuth OF watgr
In Buffalo bay9u al a,s,n low fid. Is nl1c
feet; I'm some ulares the depth being from
twenty ~ tb.rfr .n +hnf hon t6.. o.. .
ties at Galv,r,t0r arc g1fruIetod "a ion
ennaii,. 1pprop, latiCn h,. ,6t r,.i1r,l ~
eminent w1i resrr In a.. ,h,S1,i
fhrotis., r,tinalo f,,,.,t, H.l-,., .,tt,,,i 90,
da.n,.nrl 60 th,, {,t.,a t.ss.is mr., ,'i,
from Inc cttv Iroi,s az Uouero, e. III
r,,rta in rho 1yorlG "''
In addition an no. fo,.,,.,,,o st,,,i,,,
'''".'''o'
on the hayph houston IS great rall-
way center trunk liucs leading ont s,o1
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we N"S ." ''V'y ''le.''oH' some 'i tAeSe
roads running to the other seaports on
the Texas coast whirh ara I'm close t,.a>
i,,t,. az, a., -.
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her own In the battle for commercial fu-
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oNt win. IL is but natural that Hous-
ton should grow and prosper. The city
has been made the hasing point for the
making ana adjusting Of freight rates
TO and from Texas and thus oce lpiea a
't"-e',.,neat posltloh as shtppihg L. ni
snon roaIt1oI thjs ,-,nt,'. ''a' !,
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