The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-24
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Committee Appointed to Meet the
Houston Business League.
WILL WATCH THE STELLA UNLOAD.
Colony of Hollandsrs to BE Settled on
Chocolate Bsyou-W Working Up I'm
T,orts-Crimlnat Court.

= Galveston, Texas. March 23.-secretary
NcMaster of the chamber of commerce
this morning received telegram from
Secretary Dexter saying the Business
League Of Houston had selected a COM
mit,eo Of thirty TO extend congratulations
10 TIE Initial steamship of the Hamburg
Am .,,.n line now at this port and asked
for mtormation as to what day would
best suit Captain Reuter- of the vessel
In question.
Meszrs Focke. wilkins & Lang, agents
Of the line. were consulted and tomor-
row WAS suggested as the most appro-
pratt lime for the visit. The sugg astlon
met the approval of Captain Reuter-, who
said he would do everything in his power
20 make The stay of the visitors as pleas
ant az possible. The Houston Business
League was notified and the CHAMBER
appointed the following committee to
meet tho Houstonians and escort them
on beard the steamship SILICA:
Mayor a. W. Fly. chairman; George
Sealy ". l.. Moody, Leon Blum, Geo.
L. Mann, ". T. Ladd. James Moore, Il.
Above, ". F. Beers. Major a. NJ Miller,
John $ Brown, Charles, Fowlgr, julius
Rungee, 7 J. Goree. r. b, ilawley. A. =.
L;ap9Yd,s. r.; g Lowe, y Mar Marx Zen; lens
l.. Rogers Walter S. Davis, ii. IN
mann, George Seeitsson' j. Reyme rrShoI-
fer, LEO \ Levi j. - smiiiih: =, BLUM,
Schneider r. W. shaw, Gus Reymer-
shoffer Captain VIM. Scrimgeour and
The visitors will see the vessel in the
process Of discharging that part of her
cargo CONSIGNED to Galveston as me
work Of disehargng began this morning
The larger part Of the cargo for Calves
ton consists of sugar and cement sand
quite II crowd was on the wharf most
of the day watching the work of uu-
| loading. The Houstonians Will also learn
that n considerable portion of the yes
sells cargo VIII 90 from here TO New
orleans TO be reshipped from there to
| points In the West several hundred miles
nearer TO Galveston instead OF being re-
| shipped direct from here, and maybe
| they win be told why this is so. Tho
visit will doubtless afford them a useful
| and instructive lesson besides being made
| very pleasant for them.
PASSENGER STEAMERS.
Galveston is looming up as an important
shipping port since the accomplishment
of deep water and the effort to establish
an import business is beginning to look
very promising. This is the hope and
expectation of Gavestonlans in the d.
rcction OF which special efforts are being
made at home and seconded abroad Tho
| port already ranks nrst in the United
States in The Importation of salt anc
| cement having received this seas 80 1876
como into port with fun miscellaneous
! cargoes In most cases they have come
in ballast The establishment OF regular
lines of freight and passenger steamers
means an entirely new deal and at leas
three or four such lines are now in i'm
mediate prospect. The Stella, the ipitia
steamer OF the new American Hamburi
line is now in port. The Harrison lin
of freight and passeng steamers VII
next, the boats leaying Liverpool 70
| Galveston. via the West Indies ever!
three weeks. These Will be Tho first reg
uiar passenger steamers to ply betweei
Galveston and European ports. The Whit
Star line Is also looking to Galveston
Captain John Martin, representing tina
line has been here investigating and 4
said to have been very faVorahly i'm
pressed with the facilities and advantage
Of the port w A. 81 iuqSon' GalyG Sbn
tain Martin said to him q the merchant
OF the intfrior and Galveston woul
import their goods direct from. Englan,
New York brokers, 70 thought ther
would be little difficulty in having u
White Star company establish a regur',
line btween Galveston and Liverpool III
steamships could unload with mixed car
goes from Liverpool and would eNpericnc
little trouble in securing return cargoes
Mr. Hudson says Captain Martin is ais
considering the advisability of advertiser
tho vast resources of tho state with
/,
European countries.
A HOLLAND COLONY.
It was reported late this afternoon tina
n Dutch syndicate hae purchased a In rg
tract OF the fertile lands in the vicinit
OF Liverpool on Chocolate bayou for tn
, purpose of colonizing a number OF Iio
lander families. who settled In Iowa an
| NJ braska. and who are dissatisfied wit
their homes in those States on account q
8 | int far,
said TO be well to do, and capable Of i'm
mediatcly improving the property, IN ad
} dition to tho colouists coming from low
and Nebraska large number are eN
, pected direct from the old country. TIL
tract OF land upon which the colony
to be located extends from ChocOlat
bayou to Nelasco and contains 10000 acres
Representative OF the syndicate. who ar
: Investigating the country are we'll, pleas
and especially so that they are near N
coast ana convenient 10 u deep wat,
. port.
CRIMINAL. COURT,
Judge Gavin was indisposed today part