The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-01
THE PAST AND The FUTURE.
Houston's Sturdy Strides During the
Year 1895.
FAIRLY PROSPEROUS BUSINESS YEAR.
increase in Bank Cissrinss Over 1904.
Also In Pop uiafion = Leading Busi-
moss Men on 1900 Prospects.

| old year pissed away forever last night.
Ali things considered. Houston prospered
| amazingly and developed steadily during
| tho year 1895. The financial depression
\ OF 1894. the decision of the supreme court
| of the State with regard TO the levying of
taxes for public improvements and the
| extraordinary slump In the cotton crop
necessarily had n depressing effect Aud
yet Houston pushed ahead. The popu-
lation Increased. the bank clcarlngs In
creased. the volume of business increased
and merchants extended their territory
and vastly Increased their trade. during
the year that has departed.
| Never In Its history has Houston en-
joyed that costly luxury. n boom. Its
growth has been gradual and its builders
planted thenselyse upon solid rock
basis and never upon fleeing quiclssands
From 1871 10 1875 Houston Increased Its
| population 1.S76. Dallas at the very zenith
or ioodtimc yea. of its boom did not re-
cord growth ms remarkable as this cx-
traord'nnry showing made by the Mag
nolia City without n boom. From January
!, lN0. to January /. 1896. Houston's In
crease IN population came near scoring
the 5000 mark. All conditions considered
the growth is surprising. No other South
ern city will show as large an increase
III population In two brief years.
III banking and financial circles gener-
any there has not been n retrogrnde
| movement. The cloarings show a steady
| increase over the corresponding months
OF 1891 and the totals tell the story of the
sonuity ana the growth md progress OF
! Houston as the commercial and businass
center Of a rapidly growing State. A
comparison:
ie',c '..'.;.............,..... 255 S95 gO2
~, Y, Raphael, manager Of the Clcaring
| rouse, furnished the figures ycsterdn Y
| lar h''' - PoPu-
During the year the number of building
permits issued by the CITY eny,neer M
MS asststan,s number Go. or in mat II.
el,itg, ana the valuations for the yeur
,,si., 100000 Owners of buildings
s So, IN very low valuations for the rea-
in H." maj ne assessor and collector Is
| y hN,,eyed ana Is addicted to glancinr over,
| Ia yonS ul inc cry engineer In orGer
IL I.rss ~. ~ the valuation OF improvements
r."t ~ t'uuan lions create large tn. hills
Eih hsn taxes are the special bctc moi,
der 'f ne 's1,ase citizen Ia every land IN
h,.e, Wv. .,, I'm Many itne structures hav,
'Vttl ERECTED, business houses and palnt al
| iHs.u'Heci, and very many are conir,n
l lIa, lea, Ariihtects and builders predict
J manv p,., Wa,, Witness the construction of
nc'.rs' rsnSinC from the modern manrin,
OF nc merchant prince or opnlen, barler
s,,hston,1,} GfoLtase of the artisan. one
,ns',tiiliNi Improvement, now ue1rinD
completion Is the court hous" and III
| unuer shpnrNision of the county comfnis
| raushoo, y, neh teauy for occupancy the
,,.1tnniisn1ehle ana d.lapidatod strucnirc nov
| nIuYed ~ police hcaduuarteta and M
nti55on WIZ be abandoned and oommodous
| lished In .hn 4tairters viii be estab-
! SunN naSile. wherein are incnrrer,taI
! No l., W, VINO are lscking In reverence FOR
t"u,i inmS Pi 'nelr state. Among the pre-
| ~, TIn'ouN puHHe's houses erected Inrin,-
| IL Srnt lNn1 are The Waddel buildinS
o NY Moore huilding, the FloecL build,n,s
thcrc =" r me len OF building permits alone
uuiring lSli, and hundreds OF workln,,m,,.an, u
! iiNttcsdi 'u us cl'iHcns OF frugal hahts and
| ers into ho o,n,,ss' uvoluted from home rent
ntrN5 blocks Of Houston we're Mn, p" 81
,i capital and are owned nv Hon.
does do" I nor ms condition Of things that
| nj ny prNNh'l In several roxas citirs
nhe public schools of the city Of t5ons
| t oUn nre another evidence Of the nlorvel,,,1.
1t rHs,eSnns OF Tue GUY. The board of school
| Nu"nt,rs' IN = COMMUNICATION gllhmntrd
Manday To the city couucn nsti,,," tou
u,Snde approximation OF $4,000 for In, WIN
| sc%noi dsslsl ~ maintaining the publis
| iowing paragraph. '' N'r Ioi-
10 We doem 1t essential to call attention
10 the iact, patent TO ali obsrrv%rS that
! the increase of population 10 n'c II mar
Houston during the rast nvo we III, Guy ~
been been eNtraordnqry. THIS in ifhhlS' h has
10 such q remarkable height iba, the
nunn'r OF enrolled puplls now ono,,nts
IN ~ ~ sSIN-nNc W0 per cent increase
mon, OF pupils OF our schools. ne shn,,n
* ne 9ilcinl records was. in Tho Wa,
a lGc'' ,h @sm pnnils, while for the year iSa5.
~ ,ne enrolment Is SEQ pupils which
shows an Increase OF over t5 nor " ncni
unm,,nIns we Wme period the scholastic
I IN ISL OF Houston has risen from $3.50
Figures tell the story of the Ircranso T..
populhtion, the extension OF torritorv M,
d evv"in,uu 3t business aud the general
mlnSturing enterprises report a fairly nros
prfouH year with every pruspcc, of In
d mrnE ,h nsi Won and Increased output
houston today would have been a wau
IaVed city had not the highest court in
Smithereens well laid plans for N yr",4
lsyst m OF street improvements, Wen ,avSJ
STREETS arc bonanza to any community
hhu hlpuefn ciVlli2ntion demands these NO.
ceasorits. Houston was keeplnr nm Win
We music furnished nv the band waron
snd : Years resnite from. the operation Of
inc law NJ laid down by tho sunrcme
Court would have been worth millions In
gnnhnced values OF property, etc. Other
MS cites began systems OF street i'm
pfptement years ago aud cnmnlcted tLc
work before the isNue was spi,inr ann N
verdict rendered. Houston Win md a voy
| ~, HpN'NtVt ana inc problem OF Stfget
, paving and how To provide for n ,vui
DC solved perhaps before the new vcar
Is q lustv six months old and busting
young giant
Another fair and very conservatives in
election of tho growth OF eiiv AMI H.,
nuSlnesA can be CLEANED from the rcnorts
submitted to the postmaster general az
ire United States by tho local ciistoIi, ~
OF Uncle Sans postoflcc affairs Houston
stonds second In the list ~ Texas citios
ma lNb reports show steady and prn f,rys
iiig incrensc In The vnlumc of busincss' n .
cCmu1red with tho year 1871
The leading business men OF tho ci,,,
eNpress qualification at tho amount ~
business handled AID the gepcraI n,,s,cr,
NV or al during the year w II rteve-
innd OF w, ID. Cleveland & 60 saId M n
representative of The Post: Our hlsireas
has been much moro satisfactory than
surlnr the preceding year CollcctIon.
rive been better, y most excellent sign
The Volume Of business nj Houston. som.
pared with that ~ the proceeding ,e,r
mas been loss, about In propnrtion Ia tbe
shortawe ~ the cotton crnn The formsrn
WIN tho close OF the year, are IN axrslinnt
shane. better than for vears pas, ~ hns
heen an economical wear with them The,
heRan tho wear on cent cotton oxneet,
lions nnd economical. The croD was shnyt
pnt the rrtce was hieh. A iarec crop M .
wear on tho same economical rrlnclnles
VIII result In tho enrichment OF the farm