The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-02


wharf charges, are factors In determining
the through rates. For Illustration: A re-
duction OF TO cents per 100 pounds on cot
ton from common points IN Texas 10 Gall
weston is followed by a like reduction to
St Louis and New York and all foreign
points,
The bill contains no restrictions as -
the Indebtedness that may be Imposed
upon this property. II this Is property
to be devoted TO the public use. and the
State ever expects TO exercise control In
the matter OF charges for such use. then
the Importance OF prohibiting the impose
tlon OF fictitious Indebtedness will at once
be more manifest
However. take 1t that new bill freed
from the objections urged could not PROB
ably pass the present legislature on ec-
count OF the latcness OF the session.
There arc many goods results reasonably
TO be expected II the bill Is permitted %
become law. and upcr the whole, though
With degree OF reluctance. ! advise that
1t be approved Very respectfully,
Allison Mayhell,
COMMISSIONER
Austin, Texas. April 2a.--rhe following
ia the way the Huntington grant bill
(Which Is now in the hands OF the gov
ernor reads after coming through the
legislative mill:
Whereas. The city council OF the city Of
Galveston. on The 4th DAY az February,
1892. passed an ordinance reading as ioi-
| lows
"An ordinance Abandoning, discontinue
ing and closing certain streets, avenues
and alleys OF the city OF Galveston, ana
authorizing and empowering Callis r.
! Huntington, his heirs or assigns. perpstu-
| ally TO construct and maintain piers on the
shores Of Galveston bay within the corp9-
rate limits OF the city OF Galveston upon
certain specihed conditions.
Whereas, Coils p, Huntington has con-
tracted for the purchase Of the property
hereinafter more particularly referred TO-.
| subject to the approval of the titio ny
counsel: and
| whereas. one OF the conditions of such
! purchase Is that when the cay OF Calves
/ ton shall have closed tho streets, avenues
/ and alleys. II any, northerly from Avenue
| r. In the city Of Galveston, and lying be-
| tween The westerly line Of block 700 and
Its prolongatlon In a northerly directon,
| and the westerly line Of block 40 aud It's
/ prclcngation In northerly direction, ana
| when through and by means Of such acts
| Of congress. acts OF the legislature OF the
! $ ate q Texas. and ordinances and con-
| veyances from the city OF Galveston, II
/ any, as may be requisite for tho purpose,
| the right has been secured TO the said G.
/ T. HUNTINGTON or his heirs or assigns,
10 construct piers as he or they may from
time TO time determine, northerly from
| said Avenue Il. and from points between
| said westerly line ct block 700 and said
westerly line OF block 40 to the harbor
line OF 1897 and TO dredge be
! tween and on the Sides OF such
piers and northerly and northeast
erly thercfrom and from said harhor limo
Of 1897. SO as to permit the securing OF at
least twenty-five feet of water at mean
low water between and beside such piers
and northerly and uortheasterly thereirom
! and so as TO secure a connection by con-
tnuous channel twenty-five feet In depth
at mean low water from said piers 20 the
Gulf Of Mexico. and to permit steamers ct
at least 500 feet in length and 30 feet beam
and drawing at least twenty tive feet OF
water. to csveniently e. Al mean low
water from the waters Of the Gulf OF Mex
leo to and lie alongside said piers, then
and In that event the said @. r Hunting
ton, his heirs or assigns, VIII, wlthln slS
monthe thereafter commence the con-
struction Of terminal facilities up7u EId
property for the Use Of what are commonly
called tho Southern Pacific railroad and
steamship system and will within two
years thereafter, oxpend at least
the sum OF one hundred ana
hfty thousand dollars ($l600Oo) IN
the construction OF such piers ana sucr
dredging, and in the construction OF de-
are commonly called the Southern Pacih'
railroad and steamship systems, their sue
cessors or assigns; and
Whereas, no streets, avenues or alleys
have ever been heretofore opened, CON
structed or utilized on or through the sac
property above referred TO. and herein
after more particularly described, and nc
streets avenues or alleys have ever b2er
heretofore laid out or designated or roc
ogniged by the city Of Galveston, or the
owners of property northerly or the north
line CT said blocks from 700 TO no, IN
elusive but the said property, o" the
| greater part thereof, Is and has ever been
under the waters of Galveston bay; and
Whereas. It is greatly 10 the interest OF
the city of Galveston and It's inhabitants
that the work and improvements contem-
Plated by said C. i. Huntington ana MS
assigns should be performed. ana u IL nee
essary to said work and improvements IA
to the proper utility Of said property Tor
such purposes that there should be no
streets, avenues or alleys opened through
and across said property; nav therefore,
be It ordained by the city council Of fhr
city OF Galveston as follows;
Section /. That any or all streets ave-
nues or alleys, II any, heretofore opened,
I laid out or in any manner designated upon,
through or across the following described
property in the city of Galveston, to-wit:
Beginning at the scuthwesterly corne"
of block no; thence along the westerly
line OF block no and the prolongatlon
thereof in a straight line In a northerly d.
rection $3.50 feet. more or less, to the six
feet contour in Galveston bay; themes In
an easterly direction along said contour
to point thereon where II would he in err
sected by the prolongaticn Of the westerly
line of block 700 II continued in straight
line: thence In a southerly direction along
said prolongation thereof and the westerly
line OF block 700 to the southwesteriy corr
ner of said block 700: thence in westerly
direction along Avenue $500 feet, more
or less. to the place OF beginning, the same
including all of blocks 70l TO no both IN
elusive together with the lands and lands
under water lying northerly Of said AVG
nue. g. between the westerly line OF said
block 700 and the prolongation thereof
! above mentioned. and the westerly line OF
said block 7tn and the rrolongation there-
NJ above mentioned, 10 the southerly boGr-
Diary lire of the six feet contour above re-
ferred to. and also upon through or across
the lands under water and property lying
between the property above described and
the harbor line Ct 1897 Or the hlrbor line
as IL may be changed from time to time,
be and the same are eacn and all hereby
perpetually abandoned. discontinued and
closed,
coatto,, 0 rh,. ,aid fsoiIis y Hupti,, o,