The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
SUBURBAN NEWS.
Items of Interest During the Week
mt Houston Heights.

mt Houston Heights.
The Houston Heights schools closed FRI
day and will not resume work until after
Thielen will spend their vacation with
friends in Wharton.
Mr.. A. G. H. White and family are once
more residents of Houston Heights, and
are very pleasantly situated in their new
home, recently purchased at the corner OF
Fifteenth avenue and Yale streets.
Mr.. j. NJ. Bush received a car of lum-
Der last week for the construction OF a
handsome six-room cottage on his lots at
the corner OF Seventeenth and Yale
streets.
Mr.. Ed Backus and Mr. ]. c. Christian
are each building cottage on Fifteenth
avenue and Ashland street.
Mr.. A. X. Reckworth Is building on his
lots on Allston street. near Ninth ave-
nue..
Mr.. NJ. X. Walker Is preparing to erect
handsome cottage ON his lots recently
purchased on the Houston Heights boule-
ward.
MIR. William Peacocks new cottage. at
the corner of Sixteenth avenue and Har-
ward street, is fast nearing completion and
will make a handsome place.
Mr. c. A. Mckinney is repainting his
residence, adding considerably to the
beauty of an already elegant home.
Under the able direction of Mr.. Fred
F. Dexter the choir OF st. Stevens mission
at Houston Heights is attaining great
proficiency. A rehearsal was held on Fri
day night at the home of DR.. Whippe, at
which some very pretty selections were
rendered.
The Sunday school OF ST. Stevens mis-
sion will hold its annual Christmas cell
ehration at the Cooley school house on
Christmas night. The programme will in
clude recitations and music by the little
people. assisted by the choir. together
with a Christmas tree and its accessories
and with the superintendent, Mr.. c. A.
Mckinney, In charge, A good time is
assured for all who may be present.
[ Some excellent work is In progress look
ing to the improvement of the streets
and the securing OF better drainage at the
Heights. For the past two weeks force
OF fifteen men, under the direction Of
Marshal G.. w. Wilson, have been at this
work ordered by the mayor and board OF
aldermen. The plan as outlined by the
board contemplates the putting in good
repair of the main drainage bitches and
the thorough drainage of all that section
between Fifteenth and Nineteenth ave-
nues west of the boulevard in addition to
what has already been done, after which
other sections will be given attention by
the board. 1t is the purpose of the board
to so distribute the work of improvement
that no section shall be sighted.
Prof. Thiele, who is associated with Mr..
A. Breyer' of Houston and Mr.. Robert
Bornefeld of Galveston in the equipment
of plant at Houston Heights for the de-
limiting OF cotton seed by new chemical
process and the manufacture of certain
articles of commerce in connection there
with. states that he expects to have the
plant in operation soon after the first of
the new year. About two months since
these gentlemen leased one OF the brick
buildings in the factory district at
Houston Heights and have had a force at
work ever since under the immediate dl
rection of Prof. Thiele equipping very
complete plant. Prof. Thiele has moved
his family to the Heights and expects to
build residence there in the near flu
turo.