The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09

let tEEs siinfis stated they would be
hIlftc!eu- 10 Justify =noss who have par
4 leipaisa IN this TRADE in feeling enconr-
/ aged al the result t,ut comparisons with
tte export business uf Inc previous year
VII. SNOW the astonishing growth o. our
foreign trace and Develop other interesting
4 Inints
! IL 1896 the wats- shipments through
/ Sabine Pass amounted to as.g45. 0Gi Zee,
/ oiYsdec into II cargozS are-u gang 3sf AZ
I teet each. while il 1887 there were IL
earEosa OF ass So Fee average This in
crease IN tbs average cargo is explained
+ by the statement 1hg In Jsqs cIlF ff-ae
ttsseis we're loaded with aF much aE 0Jg,-
Vpe leei, tie greatest carrier that cleared
curing the Ssar being the steamship OAR
l1hgOfi win SO tG3 Test while in 7Sa7
+ l~siye Slips were loaded With murs than
nne million feet each inpr OF which car
fAsa upwards Of twu millions feet each. the
-fbss' Cargo being thas Of the British
sssauiship kirkheid which cleared in Au-
Eusi with 2ega ,26s feet This large in
Ieii'e ~ rhs tonnage of yss=s.ls eng sri,,s
ihe port establishes the confidence n, Ehin
VNhars "a the depth Of water ana ma
safety ana Security Of the hartyor ana a.
/ ehf sam" time IL an assurance 10 All sin
trrs thsl there Is here in Southern. Tera.
port OF the hrsi class.
" ths esrgoes dispatched fror. the Pas.
"nt 10 me Argentine Republic, enc
" bfazlle two To Belgium pne III Ts,,n.-l
eighteen to England, four 10 Frame. ,xsn
~ ncfinaIfg, eight 10 Guafsmals seven II,
fapiiinl, OLE 10 Ireland thfea "a -
tiAica, ioriy-eieht to Mexico. one a t,,r.o
4slcD. t"o TO Scotland. TWO TO SOUR, af-,ns
thfee 70 uruguay, one to the Nest indies
y. ~ 70 New York and one 70 PhtladeIpi,la
lh4S SHOWS an expansion OF cur trade
Nhien Is gratifying not only TO the .x
= 4rs rff -
t4ctufc'S with whom cornpetition H. -,bs
interior markets. would be tiercer bnt f1-
tht Aihhty OF COAST mills 70 reach toreis-n
cpuniries 40 eila
LARGE as seem the shipments they d. M.
rslieseut al that has gone abroad from
Lille N TINS vicinity. One entire carro
~" shiIss7a by the Reliance Lumbar con-.
s -! Lntougn Galveston, and number CT
shipments ranging from 400, 900 10 Cos .(.0o
iest were Forwarded through the Doris ~
hAife~ton and New Orleans. 80 that 10 Inc
eienrsncss from Sabine Pass xho,iid -
righiiy added al leas. 100000 feet that
beng approximately the amount of lu-n-
os,I MOI reckcned in the report here given
curing the year thirteen firms Furnished
-, s so 10 Ships leading at Sabine Pass.
~ lisese largest shippers were Donald a
20 with nineteen cargoes and over "a
vuV,Vep feet, Martin. Taylor & Co sixrnn,
caTGoes aDd 1900 900 feet. The n eItnnca
Lumber company, twenty-seren tar,.oes
ana lypoe,vpv feet; Consolidated Y.xoart
lumber company, twenty three carrnes
s ,t e.voo.vso feet; caicasisu Export LIN
- - pv -, hSs carEoes and 5000 900
feet; W. s. Keyser g. Co. four car s,,es sns
a.oVv'pov feet; Ln;cher & Moore Luu,ber
company ten cargoes and 1000 900 fs.,t
aa1etoit Lumber company, three carroes
Ihe following brief summary shows Ire
bine Pass: -
lssssixiy-fiye carEoes and .r.las zoo
feet. -''''"'esi
and ss.1iiil7 feet.
Increase lhss over 1885, 81 per cant
Increase 1887 over 1896. l2I ner rant
Incrase Ia 1897 over 1926 ana 1896 cn,-
2ined. n per cent. 80