The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27
II WILL MAKE HOUSTON GREAT

! a wonderful OBJECT lesson lOi h""'
study OF Its position on the Rive
CLYDE. and a knowledge OF what has con
tributed to It's present prosperity an'
greatness should nightly encourage tn
neon,e OF this city and of all Texas.
Glasgow, as is no doubt well known V
roaders OF The Post, deepened the Rive
CLYDE. and made 1t navigable for tn
,argest ocean steamers. Houston. with al
expenditure OF only one-twentieth as mucl
time. money and energy, could deeper
buffalo bayou and place this city in posi-
lion similar to the one that has made Glas'
gov great
The deepening of the Clyde has hat
very far-reaching results, and has amply
justified the enormous sums spent from
time to time in carrying 1t out. The I'm
provement of Buffalo bayou, as now dete.-
mined upon by the United States govern
ment. will cost mere trfe as compared
with the expenditures on the Clyde. ana
the results will be just as beneficial.
The work that has made Glasgow one
OF the large cities of the world represent
ed an expenditure of f14.000,OOO, and was
extended over century of time. The
work that is to make Houston the great
est deep water port in the South viii not
cost over $4,000 O0 and will be completed
In less than five years.
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The stupendous undertaking OF these
people of the old world and the results
achieved thereby, should be thoroughly
by the citizens of this new
and progressive State.
Glasgow, as all students of history know,
has been in existence some 500 years, but
only in the last century has 1t achieved
It's TRUE greatness.
The deepening of the River Clyde is
what made it a real city. Down even to
the year 1880 the Clyde was navigable as
far as Glasgow only for small vessels
1t was seen. however, that the river had
to be deepened If Glasgow cared to com
pete with other cities and wished to be-
come a great manufacturing and trading
center
The civic authorities were not appalled,
oy the terrible barriers which Nature had
placed against their city's expansion. They
determined to have an outlet to the sea,
md the result has been triumph of en-
cheering, and a standing testimony to the
mercy and enterprise of the people of
glasgow.
Today the largest ocean steamers are
,uilt and trade where it was once possible
o ford the river.
Glasgow today contains one-fifth of the
ntIre population of Scotland, and among
he large cities of the world it takes nine
zenith place, with 9OO.O 900 inhabitants.
copy of the Glasgow Weekly News
ent to Houston gives an interesting re-
lew of the work that was done to deepen
he River Clyde and to make Glasgow
reat
In the Seventeenth century the magis-
rates built the town of Port Glasgow as
he port for the city, having been foiled |
n an attempt to build a harbor at Dunn |
arton, the short-sighted magistrates of .
he latter town refusing permission on the |
round that "the influx of mariners would |
end to raise the price of butter and eggs
0 the inhabitants" At Port Glasgow the
rst craving dock in Scotland was con-
tructed Between Port Glasgow and the
ity itself only fiat bottomed boats and
ghters could carry freghts, and much of
ode boI ~, taIy
In 1910 the council agreed to make
rial of deepening the river below the
the expenditure, however, be-
lg limited to e10O and the cost of a fiat
ottomed boat TO carry off the sand and
1ingle from the banks.
In 1775. however, the work was taken
p in earnest. In this year the river was
My 1 foot inches deep at low water Z
vo miles below Glasgow, and feet
lches at high water In 1875 III jetties
ere erected on the sides of the river, in
rder to confne the water to narrower
lannel. and thereby allow the river to
eepen the channel for itself. Dredging
as also resorted to. This scheme was so G
IAN six feet OF water came up to the
roomielaw. 7
In 1893 the jetty principle was extended
it'll equal success. The river was not
Ny deepened, but large tracts OF land
ere reclaimed.
From 1907 till the end OF 1895 the deep II
ling, widening and Strengthening of the S
YER was carried on continuously, and in o
SO there WAS at the Broomlielaw from
to feet at low water. and 10 to Is feet
high water OF spring tide.
Since 1899 the Clyde navigation trustees
we continued the deepening and widen h
& process, and the river is now navigable "
r the largest OF vessels. y
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What this has meant for the town can
scarcely realized, but when II is con- c.
Tered that without navigable river the :. a
esent shipbullding trade. which has v
lde Glasgow famous. could have had alb
Iutely no existence. some idea NAV be r
ined OF the vast benefit which the I'M "
rtaking has conferred. o
N TACT, no city in the world can point o
an achievement SO great and far-reach-
! In its results.
fhe population OF Glasgow In 1901 was /
oOo' During the present century, when
activities of the city have manifolded II
to such an extent. the popula- d