The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27

places throughout the buildings and Yards
SSI, , stun pumps are always In readiness
LIT iVr use NJ a moments notice These mills
nv n,'p a. army of men steadily employed
s a., Soou wages and as they own timber
suuIiuclent to Keep them running for AT least
| .nlfty years they may be regarded as ner-
Manent Institutions -
beaumont also has two sash dcor and
| plnu factories. staVe factory, LARGE rire
MN with prospects Of another. erist mill
, ron WORKS and foundry, waterworl<s. eicc-
mas, mas recently doubled It's capacity. steam
iiaundry, railroad machine shops electric
iIt aiarm system, flowing artesian wells
N,e,,,uiu PUBIC as well as private schools,
NhtlutIal Dank with a capital of $1,000
chlrohes of all denominations with hand
senne houses OF worship, sewerage sys-
,em' rev pressed brick court house cost
ing $4,000, new $4,000 county Jail, LODGES
OF nearly all benevolent and secret socie-
ues is pre-eminently the lumber center
O. ieNes, does the largest hdsiuess If any
city on The Southern Pacific railway be-
twween New Orleans aud Houston, and Is
the shipping point for all East Texas. "A,
lact that has been recognized by the Globe
| OH company OF Cleveland Ohio. which
SohceFn is preparing to establish a branch
NOISE IN this city that viii necossitate
the .conslruetion of warehouse and stcol
IN the way of railroads Beaumont has
WINlslon headquarters of the Louisiana
western and Texas and New Or
esahS railroads, the general office Of the
eilllt tg-N lstSt itNdS, the SAOtne PlSg
and the Gulf. Beaumont and Kansas CITY
rat!road. and is a terminal for the Gulf
s ana interstate q new road being con-
sstrnicted TO Galveston, and which only
mieted- II Will also be the terminal Of the
| leNaS, Louisiana and Eastern, an extern
| SION Of the Gulf. Colorado and Santa 10
now being constructed, and the Kansas
civ Pittsburg and Gulf. which Is to
nave Its Southern terminal at Port Arthur
anu viii pass through Beaumont on its
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be completed before the end Of iSi6 ana
VIII put Kansas City ST. Louis, In fact
The whole Northwest 20l miles nearer tide
water, and naturally divert the imnort
and export business OF that section to Port
Arthur via Beaumont.
All things considered, Beaumont Is most
advanta seonsly located for development
into great CITY In connection with the
many railroad facilities it nestes on the
| bank Of the Neches river. a broad, deep
| river with y current sufficiently swift to
carry or, without stencil or danger to the
health of the citizens. sewage of a city
Of enormous popul alton This river is des-
tined to be q potent factor IN the uphuild-
ing Of the city, 1t is sufficiently deep to
feat the largest ocean vessel. and when
channel Is derdged across Sabine Lake. an
Improvement recommended by Government
Engineer Quinn, and for which Congress
man Cooper VIII ask an appropriation from
the present congress, Beaumont Will nee
esS0rfly become port second only to New
Orleans. Even though the channel across
HduIlt LAKE ~ bpl uuS, II sun occupies IL
position that must command business. II
Is only thirty miles from Sabine Pass.
whore the government has secured twenty
four feet Of water; twenty miles from
Port Arthur the new port to be made by
the Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf rail-
road, and seventy miles from Galveston,
With each Of these It has direct railroad
connection, and is in position TO com
mand the BUSINESS of either or ALL and
nature has bestowed upon it advantages
for the location of factories that can not
l.r 4 B.
though the wealth cf Monte Crsto wls
extended