The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-02
HOUSTON AND BUFFALO pAYou.
A Colorado Editor Writes interest
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We of the Arkansas Valley Press assocla-
tion party reached Houston in the evening
alter dark. A committee mot Us and took us
to the Capitol hotel. wnerc we enjoyed n bit
OF that famed southern hospitality IN pub
nc house. The Capitol is dcngntfuly old
inshioned. but 1t 10 the pride OF Houston SO
tar as hotels are concerned In TACT ali Of
these Southern hotels are Just enough benind
the times TO he charming. The army OF negro
servBnis. the negro Ministries Playing In the
rotunda, the SEM antique dining room SER
wee. the decorations Of PAIN trees and
southern foliage. all combine TO paint a pic
lure IN ones memory that will endure until
recollection fades.
A little of knocking about the town 10 see
the sights. and we retired 10 our car to be
refreshed for the next days entertainment.
One readily sees that Houston is the biggest
Guy ior the size OF II In the whole country.
me expression may seem ambiguous but Il
is the only one that seems to mt. The people
OF the city tell visitors that the population is
from nifty TO eighty thousand. You ask a
dozen people and then make an estimate to
suit yourself. Everybody is proud OF the
town and everybody seems 10 try to help
everybody else to boom the place or to say
or DO something. great or small. TO help the
good work along. This is why Houston Is
SUCH phenomenal success. Emulate the
Example OF Houston. l speak this TO all
Colorado You p ople who think you are good
boomers may all learn Ia Houstons primary
school for booming.
Houston has sixteen railroads and will soon
have more. because there is a constant effort
TO get more. And what Houston hasn't got
and wants she goes after and gets. The city
~ also manufacturing and Wholesale CEN
ter In fact. in these lines It rivals any city
Is the bayou. You will want to know some
thing about this. as IL is distinctive novelty
ana the pride Of Houston. The BAYOU looks
like n deep. stiil flowing river but 1t is In
fact an arm of the sea that generates the
manland for a distance of over Atty miles.
The city OF Houston is built on this bayou
htty miles from the harbor Of Galveston. at
tho head of navigation. Some day the gov
eminent is going to deepen and straishteu
this bayou so that larger ships NAV come zip
from the gulf and unload Now only small
ones. tugs. bargts. etc. can come UP. The
government ID going to do this because Rous-
ton wants IT, and what Houston wants she
seems TO be able to get. And they ought to
nave 1t. Colorado especially wants them TO
have II because 1t will be good thing for
us, as Y makes better outlet for our prod
ucts to the sea,
Houston ships s. vast amount OF cotton and
the products of tho cotton seed. Do you
know that now the cotton growers get almost
as much from the cotton seed as from the
cotton itself? few years ago tho seed was
all wasted IL was a nuisance to get rid
OF, Now II Is as carefully saved az any other
product. Great mills save every nbra OF the
cotton that the gin leaves cliugng to the
seed and Il is used for cotton batting or for
making paper. The seed is then Eround and
from the hulls and small percentage of
the oil q meal is made on which cattle fa'rwn,
hevo It in the paint that makes your house
pretty or YOU may cat 1t in your bread or
pastry and grow fat, Cpttolena Is new and
verv popular substitute for lard In cooking.
Wo visited ono OF these mills. and the work
and results are as full Of interest rs the
seeds treated are full OF oil
Many cotton compresses are at work bal
Ing cotton for shipment TO all points in the
world. The old square bale is being rapidly
succeeded by a small new tangled round
halo that weighs 800 pounds. Like all new
NlNps a. W.laN,t AID hta VlntU
( bale rs being fought. but II is the beat and
must win. Houston Il growing into one OF
the greatest cotton markets In the world.
Then the shipments Of millions OF gen raj
agricultural products. lumber. hides. live
stock and all such material things that help
to make the world happy arc ssut out OF
Houston over this bayou or TO the gulf by
rail, where they are reloaded onto tho big
| ships.
| Among other enterprises are several rail-
road repair shops OF hugo dimensions manu-
/ features Of iron, brass. lumber. furniture,
I building materials. farmers supplies aud
I what not. Packing houses to cars for the
great meat product Of the country add to the
\ general activity
! The climate Of Houston is almost ideal ex-
| cent for tho rather excessive heat OF mid
summer. Yet the people say that II Is not SO
much tho intensity Of the heat As the Ions
daya that grow hot carly and stay hot until
! late. The spring fall and winter are de-
| llghtful and at all times the air Is Favored
with tho salt breezes and the Rult Is easy OF
Tho city Is Justly proud ~ it's beautiful
streets it's magnificent churches and public
buildings and thousands aud thousands Of
homes that range from the palace to the cot
tage. but all pictures OF prosperity. We went
into one OF the dozens Of churches that we
passed. 1t is said 70 rank amons thu hnes'
! In the United states. But | must not at
tempt 10 describe II in this article ! am
neither capable nor have the space for the
effort, The architecture OF the city Is grad
uated from the old colonial to tho modern
but to my mind the colonial Is not surpassed
for beauty by any other Indeed cur moderl
architects are getting back TO II as last al
they can
And the people OF Houston--but J must taxi
another day TO tell YOU of them and tho splen
did dav they provided for our party, n
tended 10 make this one article cover tn
whole story Of our stay IN Houston, but
hnd that already the full space at eomman'
"a exhausted and have scarcely, begun, y
how we spsnt the most delightful DIV OF al
our lives ito be continued In our next
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