The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-10
OpREvENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION. IN AND OFT
ousto1 Is the Distributing Center for Millions of
Bales Of Cotton, Millions on Millions Of Feet Of
Lumber, and the Granaries Of the West.

-. ..-,r,ittee OF the houston oecp
...,m,ttee. was considered by
Y ii committee and ordered pup
- @. Hutcheson. Chairman,
"a the peep Water" Committee
as,stea Texas.
"a. .,uu,ftlee to prepare maps and
..,,s,c, upon the subject of procur-
I. dep water at this port and the
.,...,,y therefor would respectfully
TN the following report:
=. have IN progress the matter OF
~. and other statistics. upon which
J. NINE 10 make a report ut an early
y n your consideration. The facts
i nsures We now present are recos-
Ia Is authentic by the States IN
4...,ed and also attested as correct bS
/, commisdoner of agriculture at
E,hnuon. We have not gone beyono
" ,acord Nineteen States and Terri
"a, Of the South aad Northwest are
fsctly Interested and will be more or
sb,ppers 20 our gulf ports here
~ va have selected ouly seven
f,i.s on which to make our Official
stimste. viz, Texas, Arkansas. Mis-
Nh. Kansas, Nebraska, North ana
,tuh Dakota: and only three crops,
4, rorp. wheat and oats. raised in
49, s.at.s IN 1895. AZ a portion OF
Ass Srairs are not shipped. but con-
umed al hcme, your committee IN
rd.r 10 make conservative estimate
Hst can not be controvsrted. leave
nj Of this estimate all other crops ana
r,iuc,s raised In these seren States,
nd also the entire products OF the
sler eleven States tributary to tho
slli hatbors. These articles are. in
yut, cotton. hemp, rye, barley. buck
stsat sweet and Irish potatoes, castor
tetns FAX, tobacco, timothy, clover
|erl prairie hay, all fruits and yagc-
kH0; also cattle, hogs. sheep. wool.
NJ Texas ships Of cotton alone an
secunt In bulk ard value more than
Null the amount consumed In these
tTen States The whole Northwest is
equally with Texas Interested in se-
curing deep water" here, as these FIG
lfs snow, It WAS because Texas and
nose States demand il of congress that
'le bill appropriating Sc, 200, 900 for the
snseton harbor passed the United
elaA senate Without dissenting
we That mighty grain and stock
h0aucing section Of our Union Is now
s'Alns congress, with us. to complete
A work SO we'll begun in Galveston,
'M 70 give to them the increased
A'pping facilities so imperatiyely de-
nanded.
United States Senator Lucien
uerof kansassaid to one of your
Ummlttee recently: "The North
sH has only commenced ship
Mg South as yet. When the
gsat tide of commerce is fully
'anea that way, as it surely will
= i will tax the ability of more
ah Houston and Galveston COM
'a'o to do the business we are
~ ready to offer. All we are
.ung for is the assurance that
y Y can be handled promptly
= Without delay on the Gulf"
sartlllx. anu 'nes ~
SsooRl RAISED IN 1896.
On bushels. Value.
NAT l.G,76s.649 s35,353. 1870
~ l6,594.473 II. 1896, 1871
ls.S50.400 3.374.5S5
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v.,,., 1l3.2is.52e 5o.424.446
% 'sAs RAISED IN 1896.
MT ~ IS4. o04 1882, 191
ah $500 5v.l4 io2 1a.48D.5a8
-n.SoS.759 3.S09.401
as,al -, 90,
Nppn.... 5o2.ss7.2i5 67.ss2.l00
~ AS'hA RAISED IN 1896.
Nat '.' ss.b99.6 3S 1873 1883
~ ''' is.S90.dn2 !1.246.549
S4.h92.e31 3,750.l89
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Apr... ''z.oS2.s7l 5s.slts9l
"a 'HsAs RAISED IN 1896.
s1E ze.I23.s5t 1887. 82d
~ l,l60.72o s95.lll
1850 o,s75.456 1.57s.3s1
zotal ----- --.------------
n rry.',' $3.50, 1880 is, i66.32s
~ AAs RAISED IN 1896.
M, 32,23S.6l7 lS.2l3,723
u -. a.52s.2l0 2.3so, DOS
$500 1865. $50 i,s07.412
Mi - $50 -.
X 4 49,. 4s.4a6,6s7 20.ols.04s
~ -NAuTA RAISED IN 1886.
1nl $3.50 al.l36.950 5,604. 651
.'''' 2I.5s3. 40 1870. 739
H,2as.7 SS 2,022.s s2
NM --------- ------------
NDArr,,,, 'ia.9os.1ss 2i.72s.s7e
n Ao''a RAISED IN 1895.
M sii.,io 243. Gas
ltsts. jol 19.10S.14l
L,ss.TSS e.022.aSe
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Z '''s''' t2.esI.s29 2i.3ss.I5b