The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-04

OF improvements on Supplements loco
motives and carriages we have the fast
railroads OF today. the modern railway
We younG people can not appreciate the
many uses Of this great invention, but
some OF our great grandfathers who lived
before railroads were known and had to
travel by horses they only can know and
appreciate the railroads Of today, Think
how the railroads have greatly Increased
the trade OF the cities and towns OF the
world. We do not need TO 20 outside OF
our own city to prove this; every one
knows that II Is the railroads which have
made Houston the largest inland cotton
market of the world, suppose we had no.
railroads Every farmer would have 10
get his cotton to some waterway and there
would be little or none brought to Hous,
ton to no dowr Buffalo bayou. Most Of Il
would be hauied 10 Galveston and shipped
10 Liverpool or some other foreign port.
There would be no large business houses.
because the merchants could not get
enough goods here. or II they had them
the transportation by wagon would be too
slow and too expensive, The country
merchants would not be able even to pay
the expense OF getting their goods 10
say nothing OF the cost. The fact Is the
things that we would have wopid be home
made and every little village would be
an island to itself, not knowing what the
r.
ships are TO the sen the modern railways
| are TO the land. Think OF the many. many
tons of various kinds OF goods shipped ID
and out OF our city every day and the
great prosperity which comes from It.
Think how many would miss their Daily
Post, and their daily letters from their
dear ones far away. Think how convent
entity and quickly we can travel now
Surely the most useful invention OF the
| Nineteenth century Is the modern rail-
way. Will be very much pleased 20 have
some votes on this 10 see how many think
as ] do. Let us try to win this discuss
sion. Yours truly b, Adelbert e.
Navasota, Texas Dear Haphsmmer:
I How are all YOU this bright Sunday
Well Haps, what do YOU think of our
new subject for contest7 have thought
and thought OF all the inventions | could.
| ! generally start with the locomotive, SO
the limited rounds OF my limited knowl-
edge OF inventions aud come right back
to the LOCOMOTIVES,
| Ny papa who is railroad man, and |
have some arguments as TO which is the
most useful, the telegraph or the loco
motive aud | say without tho locomo-
tive the telegraph Is OF little use except
| for personal affairs. for what good would
/ II do our merchants and farmers TO know
! the rise aud fall In prices Of corn, cotton
or wheat or other produce II we did not
have the locomotive TO transport this pro-
duee TO other markets and besides all
that see how many men obtain employ
lment on account of the locomotive Take
a trip over some railroad and take note
OF the different employees, from the sec
tion laborer to the president of the road,
and It all comes from the use OF the loco
motive. so | for one cast my vote for the
locomotive.
Well Haps, did you all have a nice time
Christmas and New Ycar9 ! did, because
were were all well aud lively and fun OF
fun. You see there are so many OF us
eight all together, there are three sets
OF children in our family and We dom
know which from luther" we are six
girls and two boys. and maybe you think
we don't have fun, our papa. as said be-
fore is a railroad man aud we love 10
get him talking about the war for he was
In the war from start to end, and II II
better than reading history TO hear him
tell his experiences, ] only wish ] could
see all he tells in print, 30 ! could read II
over and over
Haps, the 2ath Of this month is ny
; birthday and I will be l6 years Of age anC
wish all the Haps who see this woult
write me a letter,
Well. fear the waste basket will sc
this letter, so | must stop; but must tel
you since ! last visited the dear Happy
: hammers page we have had little sis
ter come 10 u.s. she is too cute; just
months old and the darling OF the house
: hold Well, | must close. A true Hap
Matte McCumsey.