The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-15
SOME SHORT LOCAL STORIES
\ Meeting Proposed of the GlenWood
Lot 0Nners.
DEEP WATER AT ARKANSAS PASS.


= petition is being circulated among the
lot owners oi Glenwood cemetery calling
Tor a meeting TO take some concerted
action In rcgari 10 the present manage
rc,st Of the cemetery. over year ago
The Pos; called attention 10 the neglected
conciiion 81 the cemetery aAd pointed
oUt where the RESPONSIBILITY rested. Those
most Interested. however. seem 20 have
let the matter go BY default until now.
Forty copies Of e petition are being
circulated asking the city democratic eX-
exu;ive committee 10 change their re-
cea, decision In reference 20 the holding
OF primaries" said JHdge James a. Breed
Ing yesterday to a Post man. The reason
Tor asking the committee to change their
decision may he best given IN the Ian
EuaSe Of tho petition. which says Tho
merchants ana lahorius classes generally
VIII IL unable "a attend the primaries
on Saturday night. as the business OF
that day is never closed uGtil after tie
primaries would he over. the respectable
working classes. and especially those OF
them Who live in the suburbs and sparse
Is settled sections Of the city. would not
- content TO leave their families alone
and exposed 20 the rowdy element which
iufes1 these portions on SATURDAY night.
Second. We believe that an all day pri-
mary. at which tho polls could be opened
a; Il o'clock In the day time and closed
AZ 5 o'clock at night. would NEE, with
are seeking to better our local condition.
ard reform our local government"
In case the committee should not feel
disposed TO change their decision in re-
gard 10 a nigh, primary. they are asked
10 change tho time TO some other than
Saturday night
Judge y. a. Cravens, editor OF the Will
lis Index, is In the city circulating among
his frofsds The judge has not lost any
avoirdupois over the recent dleta of the
state democratic executive committee and
he is not inclined to take a serious view
Of the political situation.
In some counties" said he the recon-
mendauons Of the committee will be fol-
lowed and IN others they viii not he.
do not take II that they are positively
obligatory. II the democrats OF any couu-
~ decide TO hold two primaries instead
OF one as suggested by the State commit
tee. 10 not take II that this would be
considered sufficient ground to deny the
delegation seats IN TN" state convention.
good deal OF fuss that is being made
now comes from the element in the
democratic party that led to the Turner
hall convent IN IN this city when Governor
/ ltosE was nominated for the sovernorshir
/ the last time, ! think the democratic
/ party will be victorious again In State
/ politics in spite Of the efforts being made
to create dissensions."
| Mr.. James Arbucklc representing tn,
/ Arkansas harbor syndicate, was in the cit,
/ yesterday on his way to Galveston. TEX
as needs all the deep water ports she ear
get said he IN a conversation with
/ fQat man, and already good progres!
! has been toward securing one at Aran
/ sa5 Pass. Messrs alexander Brown &
/ son, the bankers of Baltimore, have takei
I mold of THIS work and already they haV,
I expended over s30pVo0 with good results
| As far as the jcttles have been completed
I a depth OF twenty fcet of water has hsei
obtained aui the engineers in charge o
IN" work give every assurance that tn
iotfN system viii be a complcto success
Nhcp deep water Is secured at Arkansas
TINS pot Wlli possess "a decided adVantag
Of having splendid harhOr. The worl
consists OF a curved iettcy on tho soutl
Side and curved breakwatcr on the mort
slide OF the entrance to the pass built o
solid stone, the latter being SO locate
az 10 receive tanBentinlly on it's concav
sidr. the powerful ehb current projecte
southwark hy the south lefty. This break
lining the chh currents. The area of waite
| in M hnrbor proper is more than on
! thousand acres. a striking feature q
! ArdnSGS hurbor is that nature has a
most provided natural slips or docks nlon
| thr west shore of Harbor island for tn
accommodation of hundreds Of vessel
I An advantage We claim for Arkansas
! that " lies in short distance froI
iathoms of dep water to n safe ana LAM
locked harhor many miles nearer I'll
on the Gulf of Mexico. The harbor ha
over eight miles Of frontage with a dept
Or from tweIatv-four to forty thrce Zee
securely land locked. when IT is know
that twenty-five million tons of surpll
products are annually exported from Y
r The deep water ports on the Texas Goa
We can get