The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

Houston Is a modern city OF 10000 popu-
lation, situated at the head OF navigation |
on Buffalo bayou, an arm OF Galveston bay, |
fifty miles from the Gulf OF Mexico All |
the elements OF nature combine to make |
1t an ideal site for large and prosperous
city.
Houstons Importance now as bust
ness point stands second to no city OF like |
population on this continent. Holding, as
she does, the fourteen lines OF railway,
with an open waterway to the sea, she |
feels secure in having unlimited transport
tation facilities, the first requisite of a
large city. Her central location for all
manufacturing and commercial business
purposes, with her other great advantages,
assures sure and steady progress. What
Houston needs Is more brainy men and
women with energy and capital to aid In
her development, and to benefit by her
prosperity To all such persons Houston
extends a hearty invitation to come and
Investigate for themselves all OF her re-
sources and possibilities.
Cotton is the leading staple agricul-
tura product OF Texas, and the fact that
Houston leads the world as the greatest
inland cotton market, handling as she
has for the eight aid one half months end
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OF 245O,50S bales shows clearly where
she stands as a trade center. The fact
that more than $4,000 carloads OF cotton
alone were received here in one year. aud
that in one day $4,000 bales we're handled
over Houston's side tracks is evidence OF
her capacity for big thlngs. Her several
large powerful congresses and oil mills DO
a large and profitable business, employing
many operatives, and this branch OF traue
properly belongs 10 tho cotton business
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alone II is estimated that more than lOo.-
900 carloads annually are received at
Houston.
Houston Is bank reserve city, and
has a banking capital and surplus OF two
millions and her bank clearIngs for 1898
Aere $685. 9i6 44s A glance at such fgureo
alone Is sufficient to prove her position as
a strong financial center in mnnufactur-
ing Houston deserves more mention than
our space Will permit. II Is estimated
that more than $jA0,00O per month Ia paid
out to wage earners employed IN the sew
euty-hve different manufacturing plants
which includes one Of the largest railway
shops IN the country. and several others
owned by the different railroads that cen p
ter here also any number of planning
mills. sash and door factories, ice tacto-
ree hrnse and iron works, brick works
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cries, spice and coler mills. creosote works,
car wheel factory turning out the hes
car wheels in the United States made o.
Texas pig iron, soap factories, bottllnI
works candy manufactures, and other
This Ia a splendid field for many other IT
dustries. such as cotton and wool factories,
-four mills, furniture, tobacco and cigar
factories, rice mill and others.
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Texas has large deposits OF the best
iron ore now being developed, The coun-
try adjacet to Houston has inoxhaustible
quantities of pine and hard wood timbers
hence the wood and iron, raw materials
can be had here at a minimum cost.
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In schools and churches Houston Ia Ia
the front rank Her system OF publ,
schools Is not surpassed by any city and
equaled by very few Ample, roomy
modern brick school buildings, with
magnificent high school building, comfort.
ably accommodate the ll,500 scholastt,
population her churches number seven.
ty-three. many Of which are magnlhcen
buildings,
The city has an abundant supply o
pure artesian water capacity 100000
gallons
The health OF the people OF Houston
and vicinity will compare with the mos
taNorel portions OF the united states, Will
the smallest per cent OF serious diseases
The climate is mild and pleasant, rainfall
most equabe, and entirely free from dan
gerous cyclones storms and freshets, Tn
official report OF the death rate OF Hous
ton for 1898, attested by the health ofn
Ger, shows the remarkable low death rat
OF only 965 to the 1000 Inhabitants,
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The National government has approves
he An 81 lee ohf =
engineers appointed by thc4war depart
ment to report the practicabiity and cos
OF completing the Buffalo bayou ship chan
mel, thus making 1t a great National WORK
and insuring It's completion at an earl
date. The last congress appropriate
100000 for beginning the work, with SCI,
600 on baud, makes 1857 600 at once avail
able The completion OF this great shi
channel will come home to the peopl
OF the great West In that II will ope
TO them a safe land-iocked, deep waite
port, with unsurpassed facilities I00
1900 miles nearer to that vast producn
territory than any outlet to the Atantl
seaboard. II naturally means TO them
large saving in rates OF freight, and ecu
sequently larger net price for thei
products. No harbor on the South AT
lantic OF Gulf coast will afford such un
limited facilities for promptly handling
large volume OF freight from rail to shil
and from ship ~ rail at a nominal cos
The report OF the United States engineer
here follows
New York, November 8, iss7.--Ths
board convened by special orders num-
bered In the corps headquarters of en-
gineers February IL, 1897, met at
Houston, Texas, July g. 1897. This
duties OF the board are set forth in
the following act of congress
An act 10 provide for an examination
and survey OF water route from the
mouth Of the jetties at-ahe city OF GAL
weston, Texas, through the ship chan
mel and up Buffalo bayou TO Houston.
Texas.
Be II enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives OF the United
States Of American, in congress as
sembled:
That the secretary OF war be. and
he is hereby authorized and directed
to make an examination and survey,
with an estimate OF the necessary cost
for a water channel not less than %
feet deep and 100 feet wide, extending
from the mouth of the ietties at the