The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-04
TEXAS RESOURCES.
John Howard Talks Interestingly OF
the State.

routes, Is getting down to work at once.
He is we'll posted on the possibilities OF
the State and he VIII be able to bring the
benefits TO the attention of those who are
seeking homes. He left yesterday morn
ing Cor San Antonio. While at the Grand
Central station a reporter for The Post
met him and the man of much knowledge
began an interesting conversation.
Speaking of Texas he said, lit would
be well 10 keep in mind thu fact that the
State contains In round numbers l6S,C0o,-
| S65.6O0 acres, total OF 2i4,S5S square
miles, which is 1885 square miles larger
than France, which sustains w.thin It's
| borders 36,905,7SS people. The present
population of Texas Us close to the S0O0,-
600 mark. The State will support COM
fortably at least S0,0Q0000, judging from
the present population of other states aid
countries. just think OF it a mJment
Texas is six times larger than New York
State, seven times as large as thu State
of Ohio and 100000 square miles larger
than all the Eastern and Middle States,
including Maryland and Delaware. With n
this vast territory are found nearly every
known variety OF soil. A climate equal
eral wealth of nearly every description,
and capacities for agricultural, no tieul-
tural, stock farming and manufacturing
development unexceled by any land un-
der the sun. Texas is not one crop
country The fact Is no stare in the
American Union of States produces the
variety Of crops that are grown in Texas
This fact Of itself Is we'll worthy of the
Thought and consideration of those who
are in search of homes and investments.
CAS- to climate. Health is the first
consideration OF the thoughtful man. II
a man owned the State OF Texas and did
not possess health, he would cheerfully
exchange the State, or at least hat Of
it. for health. Texas Is a healthy country
and there Is Within it's borders climate
and conditions to suit all tastes ana
pocket books The man with poor health
can find climate to suit and build up,
likewise the man of limited means, with
a Will TO work and a mind to do right
by his feliow man can, BY honesty AMI
economy, secure for himself and fam ly q
! comfortable home in less time and with
less labor than in any State in tina Union.
However, while this is true. Texas is no
place for drones or sharpers. lne Texas
of today and that OF fifteen to twenty
years ago, when ! commenced immigration
work, are quite different in some respects.
1.-THE country on the line OF and tribu-
tary to the Houston and Texas Central
railroad and its branches or feeders, Is
generally known and referred to as the
cream of Texas The fact of wheat,
oats. corn, cotton, broom corn, fruit yeg-
etables, sorghum. mil.et, Kaffir corn GALL
three of which are good for stock), as we'll
as melons and cantaloupes, ETC., all grow
In abundance. For instance, take the
rich black lard counties of Grayson, Col
lin, Dallas Ellis, Navasota, Limestone and
Falls, through which the main line of the
Houston and Texas Central passes on it's
way from Red river to Houston, Its south
ern terminus. The traveller Will see, in
season, winter wheat, spring oats, corn
ard cotton, all growing side by side on the
same farms with yield and quality equal
to that OF any State in the Union, with
perhaps, the exception OF corn. The yield
| of corn in Texas per acre is not up 10
that of some of the Northwest States.
The mild winter weather, however. Of
| Texas does not call for the feed that is
necessary. in the North and Northwest
States, while no State in the Ulion can
equal Texas on cotton and oats, take it
one year with the other. In the vicinity
of Houston and convenient to the Hous-
/ ton and Texas Central railroad the rice.
tobacco, sugar, fruit, vege ables aud me!oa
industries have all passed beyond the ex-
perimentll point. Truck farming and
fruit growing for Northern markets have
beeomia a source OF revenue, beta for the
people and railroads, while rice sugar
ana tobacco are all grown with proit in
Harris ana adjoining counties; hence. we
say, no country on earth produces the
variety OF crops grown on and convenient
to the line OF the CsntFal. One Is re-
minded of the Nav York Central raj read
- Nr.u tn, onaalipv nf fha fIougtnn
and Texas Central railroad The latter
| is to Texas what the former Is 20 New
York STATE, and Houston will be 10 the
state OF Texas and states north the cor,
what the city of New York Is TO thai and
adjoining States.
! "The Corsicapa oil fields are producing
oil in large quantities. To realize the de-
velopment OF this industry, one would
have to visit the field. The same viii
Wootan Wells The hot we'll of Marlin
is said TO be the hottest and deepest well
In the United States.
/ Considering what has been done In the
I way OF development in Texas during the
past ten years. 1t is safe to predict that
, In the course of the coming five or ten
years many of the cities and towns will
nearly. If not quite. double in population
and wealth One has but 10 know the
I country and look back few years to
come TO this conclusion. | have witnessed
the lands along this railroad rise in value
from 81 and 81 per acre TO their present
value, namely, $40 to $50 per acre There
are portions OF the Texas const country
on and tributary TO the Southern Pacific,
Sunset route. that Is now attracting thu
attention OF home builders and investors.
the large pastures are being cut up for
the actual settler and sold at reasonable
prices and on liberal terms. thus enabling
the man OF moderate meaus to secure a
home in healthy and productive coun-
try. No doubt. in the course Of few
years, the cream Of Texas country will
be extended. for 10 Il not fact that It