The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-22
WILL BENEFIT BEAUMONT
The Railroad Building Contest is Q GOOl
Thing for The City.
GRAIN tItyATOR MAY BE BUILT At SABINE
A Further Cut in the Rate TO Lake
CharIes--A Mass Meeting of
Citizens Called.

Beaumont Texas. July 1.-THE contest
IN railroad building in Texas between the
Gouids and Hurtingtons is being watched
with great interest, which is Increased
with the belief thai the Rockefellers are
hacking the former, The fact can no
longer be overlooked that ln the efforts
to gain the shortest route from Worth
Texas to the gulf. each is paralleling the
the other The Goulds have big scheme
for tapping the Northwest in the Interest
Of gulf ports, and the Huntingtons are
retallsting by granting through rates 10
the East. and by further building This
is the substance Of special to The Post
from New York. dated July 19, and 1t gives
evidence Of competition tetwcen two giant
result bene6cially to Beaumont The
Huntingtons are now extending the sa-
bipe branch OF the Texas and New Orleans
10 DALLAS, which VII shorten The distance
between North Texas and the gulf more
han fifty miles The Goulds own the
ST. Louis and Southwestern, d part OF me
Cotton Belt system. which runs from
Tyler southeast TO Lufkin. Under pres
eat conditions this road is not what could
be termed z profitable piece Of prooert"
Dul ex ended 10 Sabine Pass via Beaumont
il would become among lbe most valuable
In the State. With this extension the
road would not only be IN line for North
Texas business Destined for foreign mar
kets, but, with connection with the main
lines Of he Cotton Belt and Missouri Pa
c.hr il would be among the more direct
routes from he Middle West and North
west TO the gulf. In addition, the exten-
sion 10 Sabine Pass would put the 81.
Louis Southwestern through miles Of viz
gin pine forests, a portion OF which Ia
being penetrated by the extension Of the
Texas ard New Orleans Well posted rAiI-
road nen are free in expressing the opln-
ion that the ST. LOUIS and Southwestern
must eventually be extended from Lufkin
10 tide water, and II is probable inc: the
reported heht between the Goulds and
Hunting ols win hurry the wark-
LUMBER CONDITIONS
News from the lumbermen this week
Indicate that there is an Improvement II
the business which seems TO De the fore
runner Of the fans demand. There is d
better demand this week for yard stock
4 and material from the planning mills Than
]
mill men report lively character Of IN
/ quiry which indics tee that orders will soon
/ he coming very fast faT al kinds Of mate
/ rial Saving orders from the interior have
! been plentiful during the PAST weak and
! soms very nice tie and timber orders have
been booked from the railroad companies
I At the recent meeting Of the stockhold-
! ers Of the Industrial Lumber company &
dividend was declared which. If PUBLISHED
would very probably be very much doublsi
! by & majority Of the lumbermen in this
( section, yet he Information is rslilble
/ that the dividend declared was the largest
I ever known 70 have resulted from The
operation Of saw mills This fact is men
toned merely to snow the manure Of the
! business which has been done II he PAST
Twelve n-uths by lumoermsn in this sec
roa and 20 give weight 70 the prophecy
t1st The business ahead Of the mills for
this fail and winter VIII undoubtedly sL-
coed thst Of the former season.
The lumber business this fan is almost
! certain 10 pass the hiEa water mark o.
! last year unless conditions arise whir1 ere
wholly unlocked for now. and which are
imp-- babe.
There mas been practically no change IN
the price lists Tor the past two mo1-hs,
and j, IS not expected that there will re
4
o1snes- lesi1s. . then TIE extra heavy
/ business. however. which is cont emplated,
| VII have 2 tendency 20 make prices some
VIVA SITTER tasa -ey have been during
the summer moL,ls.
Export husine,s "a seriously affected
I ny the scarcity C. ves els suitable for
/ nlndling cargo. The war in Chine. al
ded 10 tfe unusual amount o. grain which
is being skipped from the United States
mis- year. is .tinziag all he available yes.
reis, and lumber exporters can do very it,
ne unul they ger relief or course there
are lew small sailing vessels which can
Dauole large part Of the coastwise busi-
nesS' ori the real bulk OF the export bust
ness 70 European countries has been prac-
ticsii} Interrupted for the time being.
CITIZENS MASS MEETING.
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