The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-27
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Another Hitch In the New Union
Depot Project.
CITIES CAN NOT CLOSE UP STREETS
Interest In the Tax suiia Against the
Beach Hotei-sp-c,si Trains for
Paderewsky-No Notes.

Galveston. Texas. January 2s.-The new
Union depot. for which Galveston has so
long been yearning, is as far from real
ization as ever For a time the thing
seemed settled. one diffulty after another
| having been surmounted by the projectors.
not the least being the securing of OPP
tons on the property which formed q
part OF the proposed site, some of which
was held at such a high figure as could
! only be met by voluntary subscriptions
aud donations secured through commit
tee of the chdmher OF commerce. anxious
/ 10 help along the enterprise. When
everything was supposed to be nil right
and the city council was about to grant
certain franchises necessary TO render
: tho chosen si'e avaiab'e another party
stepped in, being DESTROYS of having a
/ fl. ger IN the pie
| Now comes another obstacle. One Of
| the privileges asked of the city Is the
| privilege of closing Twenty-sixth street.
| north Of strand. This is necessary to
| allow the depot building to extend the
| desired length, but it is now said the
| such privilege ana a case In point APP
| rspied from Houston ard tried In The
court Of civil appeals two weeks ago Is
I cited.
! In the case OF the San Antonio and
! Aransas Pass Railway Company. appel
| liant, We Charles Bergsiand appellee, APP
/ pea'ed from Harris county the court of
! civil appeals affirmed the Judgment Of
! the lower court awarding damages for
! injury sustained by Clarence Bergsland.
! the e-yesr-sop Of rlaintiff. while crossing
! the street blockaded BY the defendant
| comnany's cars. The plea set IN by the
Z defendant was that the strprt had been
/ closed by an ordinance OF the city OF
| Houston and was not a p bic highway.
/ The court in It's opinion says: The city
! council did not have the power to close
| the Intersection ~ Rrnpdua and Dallas
street to the public and give tn, ap-
| rel'art the exclusive use thereof a-1
! the ordinance a'temnting to do so was
Void such power must come from tho
| Foreral law OF the charter IF ,he city.
| There Is no general law comforting tho
| rower. nor Ia Il TO be found IN the cha--
ter. Pv he charter Of the city OF Hons
ton the city council was given exclusive
! ro~t~0i arS roc'''n''on ~ rho s'~pe's w''N
| power to in,nose snrh terms 10 ~ ~ IN
might seem proper for the use OF sidewalks
FOR anv nurnose whatever by any cornoca-
ton. Nothing in the charter authorizes
the city council to vacate or close a
street"
SUMMER ATTRACTIONS.
Argument Will be heard in the suit OF
the city Of Galveston against the Beach
Hote. ard Seaside Improvement company
IN the al -trict court tomorrow morning
and Il is probable that decision will he
cached before the close OF the day The
suit IS for taxes and involves an amount
exceeding $50 900. The rpb.ic interest ir
the matter Is due 10 a general desire for
the re-opentng efrthe hotel for the nc
mUodation of the travelling public and
especially the seaside visitors who want
n enjoy the glf breeze and the surf
bathing in the season now 80 rapidly ap
preaching. good deal must be done II
the way of repairing and refitting the
house before II can he thrown open as al
attractive resort. The beach aud the sur
are great attractions in them selves. bur
tho Galveston people realize that Their,
must be some additional attraction In ent
way of hotel accommodations and amuse
ments to draw the visitors from the in
terror in great crowds; they are beginning
to wonder II the prospects are not TO b'
very socn improved. If not the summer
outlook for this city will not be Yer!
promising.
GALVESTON CONTINGENT.
There ~ every indication that Galveston
will be well represented at the Pader
ewsiky recital in Houston and there II
some rivalry between the railroads which
will handle the passenger traffic on tina
occas ION. Both the Santa Fe and the In
tcrnational and Great Northern will sent
special trains out for Houston In the II
teruoon to return after the Performance
and win also grant a round trip rate oil
Houston Auditorium Will be on exhibit
ton today so that Galve stonians cal
select and purchase their seats for tn
recital along with their railroad tickets.
EXPORTS.
Exports for the week ending yesterda,
J aggregated 1860 bales Of cotton. ZIG
sacks CT cotton seed cake, S,G,7 sack
cotton seed neal, 1000 barrels cotton see
oil. 800 bales istle. seventy-five package
merchandise and S53572 bushels corn
Total value, s6i2,ol2, total weight. 2S,Se1,
500
This does not show very heavy ex
pert of cotton. but shipments Of corn (
the feature Of the weeks export bust
ness.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Colonel l.. L. Foster of the Velasc
Terminal was In the city today.
Water, Commissioner H. Riesel is quit
Ill at his residence on Avenue l..
The directors of the Chamber OF Con,
merce he'd their regular monthly meetin
last night. but none of the proceeding;
were given out for publication,
Chief of Police Jones is in receipt OF
letter from a lady in ohio who asks m
police of this city to find a tall man wit
a sandy moustache and a scar over hi
p lett eye,
The cases against the Houston ana Texa
Central railway in the United States coui
are set for the second Monday OF IN
. February term. The case OF Robert ,
S,orrie VS.. tho city of Houston is set &c
February 2s.
Mr.. j. b. Denison, commissioner of N
Galvt stou freight bureau. went TO Aust
5 last night TO attend the hearing OF N
railroad commission upon the matter ,
the Determinations against this port. II
was accompanied by MIR. Lem Se.by, WI
ls reporting the proceedings. Mr.. Thoma
, Bal,nger. Mr., Jens Mo,er and others W,
: also be at the meeting.
THE ODD FELLOWS.
q Reports Sent IN 10 the Grand Secretal
OF the installations.
r During the week the following repor
Of officers Installed in Independent ord