The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-04
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Representative Business Men to Visit
Western Cities.
SURVEY FOR A SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Fifteen Hundred Dollars Appropriated
to Employ Colonel Wnring of New
York-Ferrior Resigns.

Galveston, Texas, March Sat the
chamber of commerce banquet last night
Tom Richardson secretary of the deep
water utilization committee, read letter
from Mayor Fellows Of Topeka that
party of Galveston's representative bust
ness men shall make a tour of the West,
visiting all the principle cities and jobbing
points and forming closer acquaintance
with the people of the West and closer
commercial union. such as Will eventuate
In utilizing deep water at Galveston in
the manner originally contemplated. The
suggestion met with prompt and favor
able response from a number of the gen
tlemen present and II has been Il good
deal canyassed today with the result that
enough business men have sgniied
willingness to make the trip to insure the
success of tic project. The details have
not yet been arranged. but IT is UNDER
stood to Ice the purpose to tit out one or
more special cars, which Will be engaged
for IA specified time TO convey he cNcur-
sionlsts TO points iu oklahoma. Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska, a stay of one iay
or more to he made IN each city or Jon
bing point. II Is contemplated 90 have all
branches OF business rDprescnted the
idea being that there shah be bankers TO
meet bankers, ship agents to- meet ship
pcrs, grucers to meet gruccrs and 50 on.
Among those who have signiieu a willing
ness to be Of the party are President
Ladd OF the cotton exchange President
George Courts of ihc chamber of com
MERGE. senator Lasker. Colonel John u.
Rogers and Mcssrs George Stily. Leon
Blum and others. The party will probably
leave Galveston about tho middle of
Anru and win 90 vol urnvile1 Win
photngraphic views of the harhor and
iiterafure concerning deem water com
mercIal and mort statisties and IN. nd-
vaptases offered by Galveston to tho i'm
pcrtcr as Wel as to the cNpoYtcr. The
main purpose IS to bull NJ a. imrort
ants Of Tho Wcst TO order tloir poo1s ana
wares from foreign markets through the
gun port ins,cld a. as at present by
way or new orig ann NE faSt. IN ms
Way me railr9adS WoNlt sot return
haul ana coHld aIora, lor that reason
70 give cheaper rates Doih 10 ANA from
mo gun
IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETING.
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tonight SlooO was appropriaied 70 secure
the services of Colonel Warning Of New
work. "a come 10 Cohesion and ,e,,o,+os 20
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the best system OF sewerage TO be adopted
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DIS. Trueheart. cine and CIV Eiectriclan
Hall. wa elected.
owing to the illness of the ci,y engineer
the council elected H. G. Wilson to make
a survey of avenue to locate a line 20
alIQW tho entrance INTO inr city OF lle
falNcston La Forte ana llchs'ou Runway,
Et"n''cu lue I"1u nE VIZ N,,i"" I,,
n'ui'S19 80 = ~, ~ ", 10
l-1li'N .''nt ~ ,tHl''" "-.. y, "' ~
pany are using ING ShllF' street. NoloHe'
Gresham hddreSsen INC e3uhIiN ana hIunis
other tnhES. st"len we La aVily iatiMHs
uayS c,,,o,ts, ,os GRAINED Tho roxos rein.
phono ana Telogrqph company to COM