The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22
TALLEST IN TEXAS.
Employees of the Gulf Air Line Raise
EIDg.

| Flag.
The star-snansled banner now nroualv
w,,,as sro,,, 49,. .a,1,a4 80 :,
''OA' '''o ''''oS' S'''l III ieA"s' raiseu
ny the employees OF the Houston East and
| West Texas railway shops yesterday after
| noon. in the wards near the round house
The staff stands 1872 feet 4 inches above The
ground the total length heing over i2D feet
| ii was furnished by X. C. Miller of NapIer
Texas.
Tho flag which nroudlv waves a+ tho ,on
was chr;stenod .sDewev'' and g. t4vo9 foat
in di,rensions and was f,rnisoed h,, Nossrs
Hartmann g KnaaIand of IIous,,n
The stand from which the cnremonies
were directed was handsomely decorated
and was occunied nv Uarb's band which
dincoursed annro,ndaie ond n,triotin ,nusIc
6ur,pg tbc observance of the Programme,
prior IN raising uOld C,Iorv, tbe an, nlov,s
nj tho shore and rouudbouse ossemhiad md
had their nIctmres taken In a s-onn Th@rn
we're seots arranged ahcnt the grand stand
for the observation-disclosures of The n.onlo nj
ybon tbere ,n,,st have been IO0o mr. moro
nrosent 10 uitnose tho caren,op,es ard
among them n,,mhor M tho Officials from
tbc : ff;cos ~ tho nomnarv
Navor sam u Brashear WIN had hen
scIectcd os orator for The occasion was
eic1, ond co,ld moi no ,r,sent u "A cuab-
ing nhiof e,gineer also son. he rogr.ts
fnr bis conn,,Isorv ahsarce In he absanc,
~ ~ orntor At GO Into an honr Maste,
Mocbarir A G cram We enuoI n the on
cogior and otter hains formally introduced
h1 ~ Mari,h,n, stocl, and f,,oI agen,
ana n,,,iln Tho fIag was heino hoisted he
ss3d
Isdies and Gentlemen end Dear Little
chiidren ooncra,ulate Won On th,s hra,,.
am Nav artcrnoon surrounded Inv All the
bieas,nss ana cn,nforts If civiIiz,tinn an5
raei,,a,,ea,t IL land ~ suneh,ne anil ha,,
rinersi IN n Ind NJ 1igbt nnd liberty and
love. land where every man is a king
~ o,,oc,, ,,,o,,on = ,uaen We have mot on
this occasio, IN honor our counfrv nv rails
no on high the ensign of our National
,,nionl and Ist me saw that since its stop-
IT,, ~ t,,a dawn ~ this sreat republic no
d. has a,,er waved over anv country win
h t'ui 80" asnir,tio, noh,er amhitions or
nrandar .cbievomonts II has led the nrog-
1ass -, ,he American renublie from little
hana If bravo and detormined men through
81, ,ho ,,io,ss;tndes of ito history mn to inc
hiahest and nro,,dest Mace among the ma
tions ~ the eartb In war II has borne
,astin,on,, 20 tho bravery and unwavering
s;So,it,, ~ ~ AusrIran soldier and sailor
49,, ~ ho,tia nf punker Mn 10 the nm
u ,,,ctor,, IN Manila hav. In peace
70 - ,o1de have clown ov.r a nation
i.a $500 oriai nrosnerttv bee excited thc
,,,o,dar -, tho world Through
~ ~ and thro,gh shadow through ligb,
sun I'M ace tbro,,sb neacr and tbrousb
anu u.'' N'', so, he eoIoce Tho con,fort aud
MAJ II .a' ~ ,,is nattnn rts beoutifuI ri
onn ~ naf,ect The nob,e American character
brave tender and true.
II Is our puIpuse ' has, .atop, "a o,,e,. ~.
slenee ,ne ,.,.t, t,t,,,one nf man noted Tor
uNo''is " - 80 Ia. aIliocnca Nav /
bravery, noht Ky fn1 '" n,r nrnose 10 do
10y iu' 49, -. ,ho+ fIsg which has le,,t
douh'e hon". ~ .n"o ,' s,ir,,, roiilions ~
s"creu W"ten ~ sor thair ot,ainments ad
-. Lao,,,, ,d Ioped Tor tbnir
mired Tor their beauty anu '''eu '''
.u,. 49,, o,,,nio,,ss or tho Houston
~ penail W. =, ~" Toxas RoIlysv company
East ana Yves. IeNas r sad,"st;rg rs f,as
TO the United states OF Amer ,oSa,i p1 10 ou