The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-08
A PERMANENT EXPOSITION.
why Houston should Have nm FIX.
hihffion Of This Kind.

hibftion 81 This Kind.
Houston. Texas. January 2.--w1tb the
opening OF the New Year there should
come to South Texas an epoch Of pros.
perity surprising any she has hitherto
known. Her products are annually get
ting more varied and more valuable. BY
South Texas I mean at least one hundred
counties surrounding the city of Houston
as central point. These counties CON
tain by average 1000 square miles OF $40
acres each. They produce cotton, susar
rice, tobacco, lumber. horses. mules. cat.
tie sheep. hogs, poultry and an endless
variety OF grasses, grains, forage. vege-
tables and fruits There Is scarcely an
acre Of untillable land 10 the entirety OF
the 100000 square miles referred to. They
can therefore constantly increase any OF
The products mentioned, with the Increase
Of demand, and can just as easily sustain
population ten times as great as now
Exists thereon.
Que of the first marks OF an increa ell
prosperity will be the sale and transfer
Of land by resident and nonresident own
sra to people who are coming to possess
,nd improve them. This is now going on
quite briskly. and people have never
seen before are constantly rolling in. aud
can we go and see" n In reply one could
say: Take that car TO the exno,iti5n
grounds, aud there you will see il soad
shape and form sample OF tine pro iuet
of the various sections also SAMPLES OF
the soils and minerals thereof. togs her
with maps OF topography and all other
information and data Of value to a stan
ger You will also see many interesting
things growing around there" H.. as
stated. one could say that. it would be
saying something TO the purpose
Next. with an increase OF prosperity
from the increased value of cotton mules
cattle. lumber, etc, will come an in
creased demand for amusement coupled
with information. This has been tbll,
demonstrated at the Flower Festival The
festival to follow this is the Maiied o.
voksfest Now If we can have a yolks-
fest In May III all its pristine glory, With
its floats, it's allegories, its Gambrnus
with the real stuff, It's fora vito all the
products OF early spring, its Minerva
with all her samples OF art aud skill, all
marching TO permanent exposition
grounds and a May fair, then the people
OF the pastoral and farming districts
would say, Let us go TO Houston and
see the Maifest and the exposition. and
the fne horses and cattle, and the shops.
Great is Houston!' In my opinion the
best Maifests ever held in Houston were
those at the old fair grounds They were
convenient to ALL
Next. in the latter part of April the
delegates to the Transmissippl congress,
4 having for its object the betterment of
the commerce. of the great West, meet IN
this city. Now If we could by that date
show them the preparations for per-
manent exposition grounds, We would just
simply start the new year with rush
that's all.
Next. there are in the counties to the
east vast amounts of lumber, and the
lumber trade Is becoming centralized
here SO much so in fact that lumber
merchants speak of building a lumber ex-
change in this, city.
Next, the fine or blooded stock interest
is one of great value in South Texas, and
due Importance has not as yet been given
to II. therefore in the selection of per-
manent location for an exposition OF all
Y Industries attention must be paid TO its
requirements.
It would seem therefore that thorough
combination of the real estate interest
the mercantile and manufacturing inter-
4 est and the lumber and stock interest
4 should be, with fair assistance from trans
portation companies and other sources,
4 able to furnish a suitable fair grounds
with permanent buildings.
The proper location of such a fail
n grounds is, with its rear entrance front
ing on the Southern Pacific (Sunset) rail.
n way, and its front on Louisiana street.
n The front would be a park with building;
n ss designated, the rear would be the stock
II pens. Carloads of machinery farm mple.
ments, live stock etc, could be run to a
Il siding at the grounds and a passenger
depot there placed. The Fannin and
Louisiana street car lines are already
4 there. This is unquestionahly also the
Il mos beautiful and salubrious portion OF
Il the city, where Eolus and zephyrus both
have fair play and Ia really the mos
H suitable locality for a city park, and &
n city park should there be combined with
n the fair grounds. Tis there Aurora first
q the fair face OF nature doth unfold, and
n Phoebus sinks to rest enthroned in ra-
II dance Of liquid gold,
"a Main street Is already paved and the
two intervening blocks could easily b.
put in shape so the marching would be
made perfect to the grounds
The above combination would give Hous'
ton two great festivals year. one II
May and one in December, and the per-
manent buildings and stock pens woult
be useful at all times. AW.
POSTMASTER GROTHAUs DRowNEl