The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-31
SAP lMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION
IT IS TO BE INCORPORATED AS A
JOINT STOCK COMPANY.
Efforts to Attract Settlers to south
Texas Will BE Made In sys-
tematic Manner.

| Yoakum. Texas, August 3O.--M G. Ran
ney, general secretary of the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass Railway Immigration
association, returned from Halletsville
yesterday. He reported that the associa-
ton held very important meeting there.
The meeting being only of the executive
committee was small in attendance, but
promises to be very big in results to South
Texas.
The work done by this association in ad-
vertising South Texas is too well known to
need comment here. The principal draw
back to the fullest realization of their
expectations has been the lack Of money
to carry out their plans 1t has hereto
fore been conducting it's advertising and
development of the country purely by per-
sonal and voluntary contributions and the
pubic have been the sole gamer by tn cir
EFFORTS except such results as its members
may have gained in an indirect way ~
increased sales OF lands by It's members,
results that have by no means been pro-
portlonate TO the money and time they
have spent.
They have now decided to take OH. a
charter that will admit of their soiing
lands as an association, instead o. In
divlduals, as they have been doing UP TO
this time, and by joining the efforts of
their various members scattered all along
the line of the San Antonio and Aransas
Pass railway will be In position to be self
sustaining in their efforts to settle up
this section of the State
The association as it will now be CT
ganized will have capital stock OF $4,000,
divided into fifty shares of 500 each,
which will be applied to advertising the
railway in the North and East or any
other part of the wort where immigration
can be secured and to conducting cxcur-
sions of emlgrants from the more thlckly
settled parts of the United States In the
ranks of this association are to be found
a number of men who rank as the most
experienced immigration men of this ccpn-
try, and now, with working combination
which will enable them to all put their
shoulder to the wheel and with money to
back the enterprise, a new impetus may
be looked for in the way of immigl at. on
to South Texas.
All reports from the North and West
indicate that the desire to migrate to
more genial climate was never moro we'll
defined and general, and large influ-. cf
immigration may be looked for the COM
ing season. and. better than ALL they are
coming to South Texas to nelp populate a
section of the country the possibilities of
WnPcn are only beginning 10 ne appTs-
ciated.
The charter of the association has been
and the necessary amount of
stock necessary to be subscribed for or
ganization is assured and the association
will hold its next meeting again at Hal
letsville on September IL next, at which
time bylaws and other regulations for
conducting the business will be finally
adopted
This association has heretofore made 1t
a rule to choose different place for !ts
taking in all the principal points
on the line OF the road in succession, hut |
In making Halletsville Its choice for two
meetings it pays tribute to
the hospitality of that little city of no
mean order, its citizens having captu-ed
The members OF the association In that |
manner completely.