The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-08
The Post Bureau.
Austin, Texas, April Z

~ THIRD HOUSE" was without a
~ .,,. toaay owing to the departure OF
n.,ve,ton crowd, which has been
". ~ several days pushing along the
sn,irr,on grant BILL as well as be-
81. Of the disappearance of the asgre-
,.. ~ North Texas boosters for the
n, bIll, and the lobbles presented a.
,..,.,.a appearance in consequence.
a,o, -srard 10 this latter bill, Its friends
~, he drawn out with regard to
N, ,sey propose to do about it. They
that they have not abandoned all
.,os az passing It over the veto from
,seh II is suffering, but are not pre-
s.,sa 70 say when. if ever, they will
u couclusols in the house with tho
,s-as OF the governor over it.
|,ur HOUSE flally reached its general
.s,,anria.ion BIZ. this morning, and after
,rripg for some time on how best to
a,kle IL proceeded to get into a warm
s,.ussion over its contents. The plan
4 tfst plssing upon 1t in committee
IN. whole and section by section hav |
h been agreed upon, the subdivision re-
hauE to the executive department WAS
rela Nothing was done 10 the gov
ruor's salary, but several star span
lied statesmen shook their helds over
i snd looked as II they felt sorry that
he constitution had placed it beyond
lner reach; but they turned themselves
lo.se all right enough when they struck
he line relating to his stenograpner. F0r
Two hours they exhausted themselves In
rIgnihcen; physical efforts to cut down
IL young mans stipend, but he finally
cane through sale. No further progress
vas niale Sitn tne bill and rs IL contains
several hundred lines il S,n be easily
issu tnat at the rate of one line per aay
/ will take some time to dispose OF it
MESS the kickers let up.
ltRING THE DISCUSSION of the Hunt
hgIun grant bill, which took place In
be house yesterday, MIR. Staples called
iasntlon to an inconsistency IN tne
talements Of the friends of said bill,
sAEh SHOW to what straits they are
tHyen to defend it. Taxing up a state
aent Of Mr.. Nolan, that, owing TO the
l'idsquacy OF the wharf facilities at
PRESENT In existence ut Galveston, the
ricn Of all the roads terminating
Rsls are In the busy season congested
~ many miles in the interior, MIR.
Nples advanced that the passage of the
w would not relieve tais situation II
hackers were correct In the further
asement they had made that it's object
M 70 inguce Mr. Huntington by the
r'a1 Of exclusive privileges to move
" 'srmnal from Alglers to Galveston.
vas plain, therefore, 10. the gentle
Aia from Bastrop that there was moth
~ 10 the bill to justify the assertion
he expectation that its passage
s'ale be followed by an enlargement OF
a'sstcn's wharf facilities in so Gar as
" slipping interests OF the State in
general we're concerned.
FLOWING IS THE TEXT Of a letter
,aa 70 the house yesterday during the
'aa'slon Of the Huntington grant bill.
Mr. Powell, which shows that there
- oeen remarkable change in GAL
'''0a 10 the past three months with re-
~ 70 what is wanted in the matter
s'''ed TO as the bill which has passed
senate and been engrossed in the
se Is exactly the opposite of what
~ letter processes to seek:
r. =, = Powell, Waxahachie, Texas.
~. s'sys'on, Texas, December 6, 1888
prs,. gu, The undersigned committee,
n, yan.eo by the council OF the city OF
sssloh, In furtherance of the city's
~ pse 70 establish a system of docks
n. sfminals which shall be practically
|krrsws ,'onmerce, and which shall be al
Dr. under control OF public off,
Tsss leave TO represent:
|ns,es vast and growing ocean COM
Nv, y galveston, embracing among
Il u,.s. nss two-thirds of theTexas crop
|sssna.' existing conditions necessarily
|rsraS over wharves and terminals
|p.tra,.oy single corporation, which
II M. .ne entire improved water front
|sms s'y, and which claims. under the
II d. ~ charter, to be independent
~ =, matter of charges.
|hui,as iAciiities controlled by this cor
|hrit, are already taxed to their ca
|pat -a in short time will be made
|ts th,sneoy the evils growing out of
|tg pronnsnea py such conditions, the
|ts Il ra.",. IN line with plans prevail
|~ld ,ly every great seaport of the
|tat Az assume control of its water
|ee tarlb - east enough OF II to regulate
~ N ,y available water front. OUT
MIR .es at owned by the Galveston
eh n pany and Gulf. Colorado and
n Ks hallway company. lies west
|eenk. company's property. and
a,sssn y me railroad bridges crossing
>ah d p osy. and Is owned by the
ra Al r.as. II consists of about 500
n. u vss. ms covered by from 8 to 8
|aalned and while valuable when
III toF dock and terminsI ,actIi-
enditi.n worthless in its pres
tslnsS a. The title to these fats
>ss partis, to the Stats by
ntion. 1 can only be settled
rnt a. sy ~, WIN ask the legislature for
nas Oats w., stNe's right and title
stions 4. s. . such safeguards and
Ko~ ail process for de shtn Il
: y, s their use only ,a' '''y' .nu