The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11
|IMAL STORM RESULTS.
y. Additional Losses Not Included Ia
~ Yesterdays Report
j, ,1opH At HOUSTON LOST SIGHT OF
-. Thrilling story of the
. r,rribIe suffering Prevailing
ON the Island.

,.miring t1e dain@seS
r "a from the alacrity with which
-, re working Houston Will soon be
:. 10 it's normal condition.
.rsc,s of the storm at Houston are
-.,,,lly lost sight Of, however. by the
y ,ss,rblpg interest that prevails hers
= me lamentable fate OF Galveston.
W. .rsya,nng inquiry upon the street
wss Have you heard anything
=. rom GaIyeston?" and If further evil
vo,a needed as to the abiding in
over the situation at Galveston it
save been found in the rapidly
-. -. which The Post extra was bought,
s.,a the extra was being circulated
s,.nsss seemed temporarily suspend
.s,d the latest news from Calves
-1sIls the damage to property rs being
..,,,sa as rapidly as possible, and while
4. asbris has been practically cleared
~ streets the average citizen VIII
". ,sry DAYS yet experience some little
i w owing TO the absence or
n.y. n.y., c,r service, street lights. fan SER
s.s i nart.ally d.s3rranger telephone
service. r.iohono .omnanv
.,',aired a considerably greater damage
~ m male and wire service than did the
~. =. co,runy Manager f. NJ. Henshaw
~. ,ha loss OF the company in The city,
.sss,s,va Of the long distance service, at
,s,r sl5 900 to $4,000, but they have
~ IA men al work repairing the lines.
ne restoration Of the service to its
ro-msl condition, Manager Henshaw says
IA wires along Rusk avenue Will De
nI,red in a conduit, instead OF on poles.
M INCORPORATING of the wires VIII eA-
tend on Rusk from Main to CRAWFORD
The uniergrounding system VIII also %
extended into the Fifth ward. The nor
nal service nf the southwestern system
vii be restored wlthin the next five II
Six days
ompany is fixed by the management ut
1000 with about two thI;ds VI their
tbooes now In operation The poles OF
;Ais company are Of cypress, While those
3, the old company are OF white cedar.
This company is fnd.ng some difficulty IN
securing labor TO repair its lines.
The Citizens Electric Light COMPANY
vas able to restore its motor service 10
n.nuiac:uring establishments yesterday
afternoon at . o'clock. The light and fan
service will be completely restored our
rr tie latter part of the week. There
vas no damage whatever to the plant OF
The Citizens Electric Light company, the
snosestack being one of the few in the
city to withstand the storm. Superin-
iendent Chapman estimates that So0Vo
will cover the damage to poles and wires
The street railway company. through It's
representative, Auditor D. d. Cooley, an
nounces the fact that an attempt W IL
Do made 30 resume its interrupted trafho
today after tie-up Of three days duration
L the telephone companies are able u
clear their wreckage from the trolley
wires In various portions of the city. SO
ID. as the street railway company is con-
earned their duty toward the public Is I'm
shed having placed everything in as good
condition as possible during the time At
their disposal, and they have shown very
Gnnendsble degree of enterprise in
pushkg forward the work of repairs upon
their system, which sustained severe dam
'rs 10 Saturday nights storm. having
Placed large force of mechanics at work
q early as O'clock on Sunday morning
since that time repairs have been push d
Dn day and night under the personal ST.
psNlson Of both General Manager Mac
ulssor and Superintendent Ellis, than
saom these have been no two buster men
il town
Inc trackage Of the company is in very
teA condition, and the only trouble YET
slsaa Is in the matter of wiring, the lines
wns crossed in many places by toe
asslea wreckage OF telephone, telegraph
among the losses not covered In yester.
fost may be mentioned loss to the
a'a''on Gotten Oil company of about $500
'iasec BY the loss Of a portion of the root
ne plant, which is being very rapid,
'ellaeed.
u''a The Harris county convict can't
'a' poor farm main buildings were de.
Issued by the storm Saturday night
~ railing OF the latter four of tn,
W. were injured, but not fatally.
pnr.,sD Macatees cotton warehouse IL
MA y was damaged to the extent o.
,,m., az, Macatee also had 100 barrels o
ma ruined at Galveston, the loss in.
N ~, lerepy amounting to about 5000.
nv D.. tecofo OF damages published il
..hss Monday the severe loss sus
sons,ss sae Merchants and Planters OF
soops,s "es o@.ued. A brand new bricl
blorn t az pant and two smokestacks were
Ass IN IN ana, including the damages I,
Eses,i.s buildings, entails losses az
aa.tl, '.s.aence Of Mr.. w D. Mihills, PSI
krdo.seet was badly damaged lively,
) ~ we're broken out and the interio
: HsAs,sL1se and the contents suffered
ia, since OF Mr.. T. w Kennerly
. h, T,s I s, street, was wrecked. Tn
(, at fsII sio"n over the adjoining hous
!, s5 sn vacant lot some distanc'
i rhoot N.Y. psssons living in the neigh
yhs !, gone to Mr.. Kennerlys, re
: h vho,s nease standing the storm
injury sat.y escaped, however, with
. rby 1nu LOOK refuge with friend
(. ia v,,s Aarmion's residence In tn
i ON. NJ, "es carried six feet by tn
I'M barr outhosses. including two
4 we're ~. "ere completely demolished
]. Altss ~ ao his fences Mr.. Marmion es
o manages at $3.50 or $500.
= s@t M isphical error in yesterday
eess vas am am damage to the Hutchiu
I. AA thai ed at $4,000. The proprietor
y nst nroa matter OF fact the damae
snosher serV viii not exceed 5000
q Slnene / oF was the statement ths
esat a ,soo mad been damaged to th
y sage wbsss Their stock suffered n
b. siE's EXPEDITION.