The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-06
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~ AZ fs,csso. is quite wei known
~. insurance men IN Houston In
~ ~ ..,,h story Writer yesterday
|sw',p'ru heeler Of the New York lie
y a = 4, knew Cohn. He was with
York lie in the latter lat ,st, part Tsxs Of
y s "a The spring OF so ,S' and a. this is the
n ihln sssrd OF him. His parents dli
"A have p nrs time, but I do not know
II ner ~ - are here yet or MT
. not as many fires now by
'lse' ,s M we're a year ago" replied
" y ~ r. Ravell of the Houston
pr ia '..a,nt to query by story Writer
and especially noticeable is tch
s !, suc fires. Our trouble has becn
I ''''' Elective flues. but the enforcement
4 I. srdinance on that subject Is max
W .,,sc as time goes on. When the
was first passed we did not
|fitins s,rs tho defective flues were. but
- W., srs gradually been found out ana
N Oa'e made. and In n new buliass
Ai1te ..an taken TO see that the proper
y hn s ps done. The fire depar mont
- /, spe condition, the men are all
J NM.a and a thorough system is in
N al'n o,Ser I have found that discip-
fSas a great deal to keep the ma
Nv q, the department moving ana
4. A. men thought at first that some OF
W ,os we're were hardship they have grail
y aenud that everything Is for the
G. Stuart has returned from a
~. stay at the home of his fltaer-
q, Mr.. Sam Allen at Harrisburg. Mr.
!. vas quite sick. and his physicians
,.lhsd country life. He was confin d
\, bed for awhile and when able to do
mi out on the ranch and run cattle.
rlred strength and now he says he Is
Itpsr man than he ever was, lie r.
IA At Harrisburg until entirtly ~
"A and returned to his busln css after
ncncs OF thirty days.
Brush OF st. Louis was at the Bris-
Yesterday. Mr.. Brush is colling the
b,s tire for bicycles, and s. Tag the
stamped on the rubber, Story Writer
= Il that was Tom Furlong's Ia eot.
a. reply was In the affirmative. Fur
a well known detective WHO lives
4 lonls He was with General j. n.
I'm during the campaign Of 1898 in
k.a, and when the late campaign
"a warm In the vicinity of Dallas.
.yal Huston sent for TEN to come down
NH him out. In addition to doing do
I'm work, Furlong has patented this
xs tire, and when he showed up at
N. be came as a bicycle agent. He
M all about a wheel and his CONVEX
NJ 10 regard TO the bike is quite inter
NJ
NE lumber trade is picking up some"
e,Aed Mr. Edward II. Harrall. who
Esh for the NJ. r Jones Lumber COM
n yesterday. "Whle business is not
M good at this time of the year there
a.. .,,. or, ,,, ,,.,, ,,
VIZ ~ s'u,e ,.'oau nan nu.."S VIZ oa'ii :,
.. ~. r % IT, l.. -. uo'i n ~
g., :" 49, =" Ne D.
mLe great many coming 20 thls part
rs,,a '' Ts, "a" ). navy Nv 'o'o'''o ''eN Il"
a''a ie"'s'
nh !, ore a, Tho hos, n,,,oc.cd o,,,os
not the best was the answer made
stFelntendent Frank j, Smith of tho
ran Waterworks company to questlo,
" by Story Writer yesterday. "Wo
now thirty-slx wells. which have a
lhsd capacity of seven million gallons
VI this less than five million gallons
a.n. , 1"''' .Ho ,, a,iiouht U. 'uh
,rce the coI1 smell mo consn1nn,io,
inereastd We have 400 hydrants ard
T'sx miles Of mains, ranging in size
to 20 inches The insurance COM
N representative who was here re-
" making q map OF he city. remarked
Houston would have tho benefit Of n
y Insurance rate since the city Is 20
rotected by fire. The water supply
n connection with the efficient FIRE
HGent. entities Houston to a fi,st-
nie,"
IN long since you used bayou water 80
Story Writer.
al In fourteen mon,bs 81" rer,,;oa NJ