The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-15

pie peace and plenty.
| eon had cotton NILS grain elevators, Hour
mills, larse foundres that are ali now
silent.
by close inquiry we find that these werc
noi closed for the want OF business. but
| the death OF the owners and fire without
| protection of insurance has silenced them.
| The statements OF these Industries show
| thas all were in a prosperous condition.
| Now II the above named factories could
| make money when Houston had but two
| railroads. expensive fuel and dear labor.
Why would not they be profitable indus
| tres now? Today Houston has every
iaciliiy for cheap products: the raw ma
labor. unryalled transportation facilities
railways reaching every. portion Of the
| United states, republic OF Mexico and the
| British possessions. with waterway to
the marine highway and 10 all parts OF tie
world.
The extensive addition to our brsweres
! tn" addition of the machine shops TO the
| Dickson car wheel works. The increase Of
| the various manufactures all indicate Il
! healthy and prosperous condition.
| Houston has three daily papers, fOur-
| teen weekly and sem-weekly papers. one
| awning, seven carriage, two broom. four
cigar seven cistern. six tank. four cor
| nice one elevator. two fence. one box, two
hat. five Ice, ono medicine. two paint.
| two catsup, six jelly, two rubber stamp.
two shirt, three soap. two trunk. one v.n-
| bakeries. two breNerles fou boilerrshors.
| four large railroad shops. TWO coorcrlre.
two corn and feed mills four Gotten conf
presses, four cotton seed oil mills five
| nllcht7e shops, nine. planning mills. two
| watorworks companies, one messenger
| company, six laundr!es, two creosote. one
electric plant, two electric works. one
stencil works. three baking powder one
| blueing, one sail, six saddle and harness,
| thiriy-eight boo, and shoe. six candy
makers, three bottling. one car wheel, s,sv-
| en- brick works, five book binderies. five
| brass. four iron founiries. one gas works.
SIX cabinet makers, twenty,sN hotels,
| sides waterway TO the sea,
In the city and near are twenty lumber
mills AMI sugar mills.
Houston wants and can sustain wooden,
cotton, ropc. Touring, .parer, rice, Irvine,
starch mills beef packerv, canning and
hasGiing factories; slass works ssr,cul-
giles, furnf1ire. chair manufactures, car
shops, ship yards. carpet factories and
Ing cstabiishment. bicycle fac,ora re-; house a
hardware and bronze factories and mary
others.
With such az able paper as our own on
tons interest our city is destined 70 be
South.
The following is by Master II. H. San
ders who is now in his first year at the
high school:
Houston is one of the greatest industrial
cities in the South. She has ninety man
ufactnrlng industries in active operation
Some of these include four oil mills with
total capital of s2,5Oo,oOo car wheel and
machine shops. two breweries. their total
capital being $4,000; gas plant. two cleo
trio plants. these furnish lights and power
at small cost; carriage and wagon fac
tories. and manufactures of mattresses
furniture. cots. Candles iron castings.
soap bone products, tents. awnings. blank
books, soda water, pressed and v.trifed
BRICK pottery, cider vinegar Yeast now
der, cigars c.sterns, barrels, compo board,
snees iron WORKS. jewelry, patent medi-
cl!'S lnoandescent lamps art material,
hiacaroni, excelsior. monuments, paints
cement paint, lrrut preserving company,
LoVeitY trunk, travelling bags, shoe maxi
.nt ana bakeries, with many other r.nor
industries.
Houston is a railroad center. there berg
fifteen railroads ep.erng her limits some
OF these have sarse machine shops. such
annual pay roll of >i50,c)O: the Central
also pays 100000 to Hoisionans; while
the Houston, East and West Texas pays
$4,000 There are six cotton compresses.
oHe is the largest in the world, twenty
lumber mills owned by Houstonidns, nave
total valre of $2,oco.OOo; all these excnl-
slNe OF railroads. machine shops. and
COMPRISES, nave grand total value OF
about ST, 22S, GO.
Houston. has three daily newspapers. The
Post. belng. one of the greatest newsle-
E.rs published in Texas
nc Houston mas a population of es,9o7 and
9sl2 children in school, with good schools
and fine teachers. to instruct them.
Houston has fine banks with good Sc
cuiitles. she has one OF the most effective
pay fire departments in the State which
includes SIN hose carriages, three superior
steamers and two hook and ladder trucks
one being an aerial.
Houston has three thaaters. with total
seatage for 6,S5l people. Houston has
eiehty-slx church ORGANIZATIONS. Including
every race and color and denomination
~ Al mi l4F
OF street railway which uses electricity
Tor aower. Houston has fifty miles OF
water PIPE which Distribute pure artes.ar
fine sugar retineries near which employ
aboU; 1000 men.
Houston needs a deep water channel to
inc gull. II she had this sha would become
q grain center and a powerful inland mar
ket and port. Houston needs a STAT man
uiactory for plastering. We nave to buy
| reeds a tannery, us the raw material Is
here, but has to he shipped away Tor tan
ming. Houston needs a flour mill. The
wheat is shipped through Houston to
Galveston and then we buy it hack from
Galveston. Houston needs the factories
mil, wooden mills, boot and shoe factories
| whip factories, agricultural machinery
factories. rice mills gr.st mills and in
other smaller ones
| Houston needs WIRE factories. for the
sale of wre is great in Houston and IN
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| with what she has, she would be far ahead
| OF all Southern cities.
II. II. Sanders.
Ollie Locfart writes the following very
prettly worded essay:
! Located midway the North American
continent, IN the center of the lap of the
Empire OF Texas, just far enough from
the Gulf of Mexico TO repose in safety
from the dangers OF the sea and modern
long range guns. In the event of war yet
near enough 10 enjoy the advantages Of
a seaport. including the halmy and health
ful sea breezes surrounded by beautiful
! pra.r-ss. with sufficient decline TO the
sire1ms to furnish ample drainage with
lNI!e assistance by the art of man, sixty
feet above tide water. on a stream per-
fStualiy naviglble and susceptible Of such
Easy Improvement, at a reasonahle cost
as 70 make 1t irst-class seaport, willie
within touch of her right hand is the oW.-
icy OF Neasco and within that OF h,r
leIt that OF the coming seaport of Sabine
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