The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-03

preceding season The total value Of
wood and manufactures Of wood ex-
ported through the port for the sea.
son just closed was $f.O35,572 com
pared with sss7.915 for the preced-
ing season.
The resumption OF business on such
scale would have been impossible
If Galveston had not been the most
accessible and economical Fort for an
enormous traffic Galveston IS the
natural outlet for more than one
fourth the area of the United States.
AS a port for all the country tribu-
tary to It Galveston represents an
economy in time and rates which can
not be substituted
A bill has been passed by the legis-
lature Of Texas authorizing the city of
Galveston to issue bonds for the pur-
pose OF securing funds to build sea
wall of stone along the Gulf front,
which will effectively protect the city
from the sea.
In presenting It's annual trade edi-
ton covering the trade of the port of
Galveston for the year just closed The
Galveston News says: The features
Of the year were the recuperation of
the port from the great storm and the
advent of fuel oil What the use of
oil as fuel will lead to in the South
It is yet too early definitely to state.
Galveston should be able to obtain oil
at as low rates as any other city can
secure It. The railroads and the larg-
er coal consuming Industries are
gradually beginning the use of oil for
fuel
Galveston's wharf and terminal
facilities are equal in convenience to
those OF any port in the country. while
its area OF wharf shed room is greater
than any port in the United States ex-
cept New York. The original cost of
Galveston's jetties was s7.1SO,00O. The
nayigable depth of water in Calves
toms channel. where the bars former
ly were, is q to 29 feet.
Galveston handles one-hfth of the
exports of the whole United States.
but only 1-24Oth of the imports of the
country, and it is the largest dis
tributing market for bagging and ties
in the United States.
More than one-tourtl of the cotton
crop Of the country passed through
the port during the past season. Cot
ton seed cake and meal exports were
over one-third of those OF the entire
country. Cotton seed oil exports
amount TO a little over one-tenth.
Wheat exports are about one-ninth,
and manufactured lumber exports
are about one-fortieth OF those of the
United States. Galveston's total do
nestle exports for the season were
valued at s1Ol ,SS1,747 The total inn
ports were valued at $957.069.
The Texas cotton crop for the sea
son just closed was 3,4S4,s32 bales.
compared with 2,422,67i bales for the
previous season, an increase of l.
062 15S bales.
The Southern Pacific Improvements
completed and agreed upon for inn
mediate construction represent an
outlay of S20OO.00O OF this amount
81 600, 900 has been expended in labor,
material and ground. So far work
has been confined to the construction
of two piers, One of these, Pier b, is
the largest pier in the world. II is
1894 feet in length and is now ready
for business. There are nine acres of
sheds on this pier. Pier A has been
completed and Is ready for the erec-
tion of the elevator, which is to be OF
/ 100000 capacity and cost 100000.
The wharf front OF the Galveston
Wharf company now includes three
grain elevators, with combined
storage capacity Of 275O,OOO This
has wharf frontage OF five
and one-tenth miles and wharf floor
space Of practically as acres all un-
der sheds.