The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-14


Texas, to entertain them as they we're
all the pleasures and comforts ~ homo ana
70 exemplify to them as IL was never ex-
eempiined TO them before the warmth ana
loVeliness OF genuine Southern hospitality
ne did not promise the noisy hustle. hurry
ana worry OF Houston. or the calm and
/. peaceful atmosphere OF Austin; he ala NOT
noid forth to them the quaint old Mexican
sisn's and customs OF the City OF Tamales
and emil con carne, nor the imitation of
northern ways characteristic OF Dallas
All OF these they had had before: they
were surfeited; like other mortais. thew
needed change. They we.e invited IN
CITY whose cosmopolitan population em-
pooled all that was pleasing ana Interest,"
ing IN other cities In which they had been
snle.,ained, and where they would be
treated as the angels OF commerce deserve
everywhere TO be treated. with cordial wei.
come, freedom OF speech. freedom of drink
ana the best OF the market for their susie
nance, and comfortable couch to repose
upon. " iefo'e
This Is what the drummers saw thev
were promised by the advocate who in
euceu them to select Victoria as the place
LOT their tenth annual convention. in the
oratorical effort which he considers tho
greatest OF his life
And they are here, several hundred
strong. In Victoria, the City Of Rnsss
city OF nearly 900 inhabitants locatod
on the banks OF the Guadalupe river the
deepest and one of the longest streams in
Iexas' OF whose waters II is tabled that
Mnen a traveller has once drank he can not
snuihe OH this mortal coil until he has
again quaffed its limpid waters
rounded over fifty years ago. 1t numbers
IN its population heroes who fought with
houston for Texas Independence and now
embraces In its boundaries the homes OF
many OF the nation from whom he fought
| and freed them.
1t Is conceded by every one that Victoria
contains more wealth In proportion TO its
population than any place OF Its size in
Iexas; 1t Is the home of many stockmen
whose wealth passes the million mark
and whose combined wealth in cattle and
| land, at a fair valuation. Is very close +,
the hundred million mark Until a few
years ago the agricultural interests were
secondary TO the cattle industry, but the
demand Tor the fertile soil OF Victoria
county became too strong and many land
owners who had refused to sell placed
their lands on the market since then there
mas been steady increase in the agricul-
tural population of the county. which
VIII soon rank with the leading ones of
the state In the volume and variety of Its
| products.
10 why MY iulIeS from the gulf, with
winch IT is connected by the Guadalupe
river, once navigated, and still navieable
out Tor raft distractions, for the removal
OIL whlch plans have been in embryo for
several years without definite results as
yet. and the accomplishment of which will
make Victoria second Houston in popu-
lation and commercial Importance.
1t is the junction of the New York.
Texas and Mexican and Gulf Western
Texas and Pacific, which sntersect al right
angles, atfording line of railway to the
-FOUR points of the compass; 1t is the head
quarters OF both roads, which, while under
the same management afford superior SER
vice, and tho relations between the com
pany and the people are pleasant and
without friction.
The management has very generously
placed at the disposal Of the citizens OF
Victoria special train to take the com
mercial travellers to Port Lavaca where
they Will be treated 10 an oyster roast
and other seaside delights.
The Guadalupe Valley railway the grad
ing Of which has been completed from AL
ligator Head to Yoakum through Victoria.
and on which the work of laying rail Is
| promised and expected within thirty days
or less, Will, when built, as projected. give
| Victoria outlets on four directions, bisect-
| Ing the angles between the lines of the
existing roads and connecting with the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway and
| other trunk lines on the north, Browns
Vile on the southwest, Alligator Head on
the Gulf Of Mexico to the south, and Alvin
on the east.
Victoria has an admirable system of
water works, owned and operated by the
city: an electric light plant, which fur
nishes illumination for the streets homes
and business places; an ice factory near
| ing completion on the site of the one re-
Gently burned which will cost s2500; sub
stantially graveled streets, good school IA
cilities, which promise to be greatly i'm
proved by recent incorporation OF an in
dependent district embracing the city ant
suburbs for more than a mile in each di-
rection; churches of almost every known
denomination. all of which have places o.
worship, many of them quite handsome
notably the Roman Catholic, which is COM
plotting structure of Texas stone to cos
$50, 900.
The newspaper field is well covered will
two dailies--the Times. morning. and AID
vocate evening: a German paper the
Deutsche Zeitung; has weekly English pa
pers-the Visitor and Advocate--the latte
being next to the oldest in the State AM
the Guide weekly paper published by tn;
colored people;3to these may well be add
ed The Houston Daily Post, which is foun
in nearly every Victoria home aad is con
sidered Victoria paper,
AS soon as the news was received here