The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-22
AIR OF CONFIDENCE
And OF Hope In the Future Spread
with Arrival Of Trains.
MARITAL LAW DECLARED OFF.
The Military Will Be Kept on Duty to
Assist the Police.
BUSINESS MEN MEAN WHAT THEY SAY.
They Really Believe The City will Be Re-
stored to All Its Glory.
THE WORK OF CLEANING Up THE CRY
Has Been Placed in the Hands of a
Committee and Work Is to Be-
gin mt Once.
Has been Placed in the Hands of a
Committee and Work Is TO Re-
gin mt Once.

Galveston. Texas. September Cit Is
likely that no one thing could possibly
have done more to show the progress Gall
weston is making in the work of getting
back as close as possible to the conditions
which existed before the storm and to
brighten the spirits OF the people and re-
store their confidence In the town Than
tho resumption this morning Of rail com
municatiou with the outside world. TIE
fact that the railway officials of the city
had made good their promises and sue
decided In getting the bridge across the
bay finished last night was mentioned in
The Post Of this morning. Just as soon
as was possible under the existing cir
cumstanCes the Santa Fe sent a train
across and this first iron messenger from
the big world to which Galveston has been
a stranger for so long was followed dur
ing tho day by the trains of the Calves
ton, Houston and Henderson and later
arrangements were perfected as result
OF which practically the usual schedules
were placed IN operation. After being cut
off from the mainand-so far az rail COM
days. it can readily be imagined that the
people of the city heard OF the arrival of
the first train with unalloyed gratlfca-
ton. There were many who believed 1t
absolutely impossible for the railroad Of
ficiels who week ago stated that trains
would be In operation by this time to make
good their pledge, and in this connection
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nbled 10 do so only as a result Of the un-
firing labor OF the mon in charge OF the
work. who have all along shown the most
commendable zeal and enterprise in their
efforts to re-establlsh communication.
or course It was to the interests of the
various roads to get across the bay as soon
as possible. but above ali it was to tho
interests Of the people who are doing ev-
erything that human beings are capable Of
doing toward the rehabilitation OF the
struggling town.
The effects Of this change in tho affairs
Of Galveston was simply remarkable.
The look Of anxiety and hopelessness
) which has been on the faces of so many
blHte luS dNiul MOI IOl VI ubdtly uWp WcShs
: ago, began Immediately to disappear when
the news OF the arrival of the first train
commenced to spread through the streets.
Everyone seemed to Immediately become
brighter and more hopeful and some Of
those who were formerly so pessimistic az
70 express doubt as to the ability Of tho
town to rise from the ruins caused by the
l storm, might have been heard to say that,
after ALL the situation was net as bad as
1t might have been and that notwlthstand-
ing the fact that conditions were still
bad generally speaking, the future might
hold something beside oblivion for the
old town Everyone met seemed TO be In
terested in the good news, and well they
might be, for the resumption Of eommuni-
cation across the bay to the mainland was
really one of the most important steps
that could possibly have been taken just
at the present time.
1t means that needed supplies may now
I be brought into the city directly and ex-
, peditiously, that people who wish to get
away can do so without all OF the end
less amount Of trouble entailed by the for
, mer means OF transportation and that. in
, short. once the outside world knows that
the various railroads are again operating
trains in and out of Galveston it will con-
clude Immediately that the town IS on the
high road TO complete recovery from the
terrible blow dealt it By the storm
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Another feature which demonstrates
very conclusvely indeed the fact that Gall