The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-31
GROWTH OF THE COAST ceryna
MIR. II. II. Gnut Gives Many lntess
ing Pointers.

Mr.. II. II. CAN'T Gives Many Iatssu
ing Pointers.
you ask me for something rhit0
the development of the Gull coat ~
When you look this section u Tsus
at the present time. you are llit! b n
to the conclusion that there hu N =
little progress In the way Of devtTsa
owing to the fact that there b y NJ
undeveloped land which is as god : |
found anywhere In the world, rtrtx1
uroccupied and yielding no reverua -
ever to any one. But this conditiA
not prove that we are making no purD
When you consider that there IN ~
six very large counties in this inuea'
section, over which the immiEtu@
the various portions Of the couitI =
tiers. who come 10 Houston viii "
of locating In the Gulf coast eourt1, !
can readily see what an immense punM
people 1t would take 10 make ~
great showing In the way Of Frh
the entire section. Harris county y
area Of about 1900 square miles
other counties referred to are tosl
same size. But If one will recall "
that eight or ten years ago u1s
practically no farming Whatever -
in Harris county, and. In fact,
the particular six counties reIeliM
this Gulf coast section, except IT,
tations on the Brazos river na "
creek, and then sum up me -
plantations, farms, orchards any
farms now dotting these beautlIul ~
he can easily draw the conlfaN y
the conditions today and thai ua
four years ago, where the La fws
road now Is, lined with thriving w
Elements and the villages 2!
Deepwater, Deer Park, Fair, KlcaA
La Porte, there was only WV
with here and there a buncn OF w.
cattle to mark the only evident
ization in this part OF the COUNT,
lands were held at from 80 10 Wv
where at the present time tne! ~ M
readily to the best people from - y 81
ferent States OF the Union al ~ MI
and in many cases $40 per acre, ~
believed by those who have 'ao ~.
vestigated the possibilities Oh ~,
the enhancement in price WV IAN =
greater in the next four OF NV " a.
that of the past four or ii,e wts1|
same condition has predomins,.u 4, g
not In so great a measure, aious ii ~
Of other railroad between Houston II y
weston and between Houston 80
points along the Gulf. -. NH 4
There are sections oil Wv h 4,
country in the counties reiel,a q n
are yet practically undevelop 100 a
pared with these sections neuI ~
where lands can be still purchase. ~ n
thing like the prices quoted M ~
yailed fonr or fiv, years ago ~
tion exists in these spcoia' rs "
owing to the fact that 10 ~" ~ ne -
hold of that particular port,ou \
try and pushed the deve,opa aorosr:
same So that there remain VA .
hcra vot for any one 20 come IN,
n nrour5 ,,oor as +, we're, and X b
: NV ros ,,p have been reslisa y
holding properties along y. sri
road from Houston to uanujSs ,sis
DEVELOPMENT will come nlo s,.,s. NJ
many reasons. In the first psts ~
,,ors vhn bayc been devsioplns u -
~ &C co" mi" referred to will % wi
~ San eSuni hsc,,,se they have prove
n 1T 1 'sia so,,niry and are s,
vertisements of its wonderful nan,,utys 7
practical evidences Of the C. co.. Il no.,
tages, its fertility. eie', .,,sr thal y
value to the would-be SEN, r,su q ~
theories which newspaps,,, It,"
tate men can possibly o,'v ne dsnA
40 YOU consider 'n anr,ry fcf y
{, ~" the or pa s,s' n y1aIs q 4,
~ certainly think that , " Z \
a every respect more fav~ni -
OF this couhu' "a