The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-16
GALVESTON CAPITALISTS
PROVE THEIR DETERMINATION.
REFUBLIC SPECIAL

REFUBLIC SPECIAL.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. 1.-THE Galveston
Wharf Company, which owns and controls
the large portion OF the wharfage of this
port, is making every effort to get men
sufficient TO hCrriedly rebuild their wharves
Such action this on the part of the con-
Germs who appreciate the situation well
as any one augurs well for the future of
the port of Galveston.
Colonel W. l.. Moody reached Galveston
on Friday, returning from New York He
was in New York when the news of the
storm reached there, and he Immediately
started for home. He had determined he
fore he reached here that he would rebuild
everything he had.
When reporter for The Republic called
on Colonel Moody and asked him for
statement as to his intentions, he said:
Galveston will be rebuilt; it will be
stronger than ever before On my way
home / stated that l would restore my
property. whatever the damage might be- as
quickly as moley and men could do it, if
were the only man to take that course.
Al Texas City / met woman from
Kansas City. She declared that no one
would be foolish enough to again build in d
place which had been so storm-swept
Answering her. 1 said that she did not
weston would be rebuilt because II was
necessary TO have city here; that If the
storm had swept the island bare of every
human habitation and every structure and
had left Ii as barren as ii was before civ
ilized man set foot upon it, still men would
come here and build city and port; be-
cause such were demanded at this place.
Il slept at my home last night with a
great sense Of security and safety-as great
as 1 ever have felt during my residence in
this city There are some people who VIII
leave. but there will be enough people left
here who viii rebuild their property and 90
ahead with the city.
I'VE will build better than before and
the city will be better and stronger and
safer than ever.
Some people may say. oh. Moody can
afford to make this talk: he is planted
down here and cannot get away but let
me tell you, could get away very easily If
i wanted to. The greater portion of what
/ hope l own is not in Galveston, but is
scattered throughout the State: il is in the
hands of merchants throug hout Texas TO
whom we have made advances on cotton. [
could get away very easily if / had any
desire to do SO; in fact. / believe / could
liquidate and get out of town about as cas-
fly as any man in it. SO far as business and
property are concerned.
''Fhe bank is running along, with uniru-
paired facilities. | have had an architect
at work all day preparing for the immedi-
ate restoration of the bank building the
compress buildings and much other prop
erty.
The compress machinery is intact, and
we will be comoTessing cotton again in a
few weeks. Some of the partition walls in
the cotton warehouse were blown out but
We Will have force of men at work i'm
mediately and will have them rebuilt be-
fore II is realized. and the walls will be
better than they were before, because they
were originally constructed by contract
while l am now having them rebuilt my
self by day work.
The people of Texas have not lost con-
hdence in Galveston. and have net mani
Tested disposition to quit the city.
'1n to-days mail we received bills of
lading for 800 bales of cotton shipped to US
since the STORM