The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-22

.v,nan from the North said In con
u one of the hotels the othel
. u tnew that nature had blessed
In nv making it one Of the mos
f.,Sle narts Of the country to live
tnew. of course. that you wer,
,a.. cotton and cattle raising State
H o,her things that the geographic
.s,ol books tell us, but ! had NJ
7, rour states delightful climate
| Xxi productlyeuess and general de
.nsut until came down here. II I:
roaerful. It's hard for you TO be
4 maybe, but the people IN the North
,e,sral thing are ebout like me. I'm
.so-aee speclu. en and most of them Il,
,s,llfe taat there Is in these United
n ~ blessed land as this; Ii thny
/ xoul8 not be long before your popu.
\ "a. doubled, for the stream of emf!
rs that Is flowing westward from
world turn this way. last think o.
bar It Is the 1st of December and
mn worn an oYercoat. More beau !.
And pleasant weather l have never
MAJ YOU npel here now is more PEG.
erd manufactures. If yOu wlll at.
IA gour Sta.e thoroughly and rclia,
ii HE North you viii quickly get both
lhes 70 together. Now that you have
gd mat you have the cheapest mel
Il known, aud that you can raise
and sugar cane g. well as co ton
corn, your migration list should be
largest In the Union, and ii will, too,
ca but Ley the world know che superi.
n Oh ibis section over all the rest"
aid much more In the same vein and
IA TIE writer to thinking that hero
"a ID in elllgent aud well read man who
gAt that It had just been found out
"A ibis section could pr1ltably produce
Il aue. and he determined to inform
md The world gu this score, ar least;
Nth The help of Mr.. John Adrlance,
has lived in BraZola county for sixty
yesEs; Judge a. r. Masterson, VINO
lived there tftysiX years, ana Mr..
fion Bates who has lived there forty
years, all Of whSm are familiar with
ggar Indus ~ and its history Ia Their
h the following facts were learned
Ikt Of plantations that used to raise
and Manufacture sugar
4 raising OF sugar cane was com.
A In Brazo'la county Just before or
the battle of san Jaciuto. which
Eop on the DIST of April, 1886, and
se1 scadily continued up to the pres.
lust before and during the civil war,
! per Il was at its height there being
4 y following list NO less than seventy.
pla1tat ons that manufactured their
zane by the old open pan or ket lie
NJ The smaller places hOtlef thel.
b pans, Most Of them, however, had
sugar houses principally brick, ~
I vas set in line 10 a thick nrlcH
orer large furnace FIVE immense
rs from five to ten feet across the
II Thich the cane juice was holed.
we're called the Grand Sero, Flamho,
aud Battery. The Juice went Into
as named, passing from one to tue
aia becoming sugar or syrup In The
fpysr making CommencIS the lat.
= ~ o. November and continuing until
ltp was worked M was considered the
!, ri nme Of the year, and everything
iat and flush. The sugar houses
d Ta night and day requiring double
lands; twice as much was paid for
Il Nne work AZ at any other time ~
w, TOT the crop had 10 he saved
Il " eboss' be In position To drive
I Vasary.
aEerage size Of the zane CROP on
plaee was from 800 TO 600 acres; the
PAGES from 500 10 1900 acres. The
h " pIoauciiveneSS Of an acre was 100t
\ sugar and 100 gallons of drip
4 oeASes-m'lch more was often made
FEent mole of manufacture gets
Al GEM more sugar from the same
N u caue, The best WELD have II
mGnnt n was $500 pounds oi
| snl 400 gallons of molaSses drip
/ hsh hye acres on Peach Point
,eaSh,. ana ! doubt not that there
sneFs as COOL
n. ~ style sugar houses cost prob
Ien s-UtNm To S1OO.0Oo each. CON
sAles the mules. gear, cane carts
sons ana other expensive enuip
lm vas 'hen absolutely necossa y
, la@ihs and taking off, crcp
none was 10 small item, ff'
sH mouse used from 500 to 25GJ
,ns battle Of san Jacinto. wher
~ acknowledged aud the leadins
3 soe we world rerognizcd thc indie
y ~ texas, the planters found cant
vs. Nos profitable crop. and MS fac
wqld raise the means 10 IN,
w H. s,isVnlnery and other things renui
nv, NY culture and manufactnre. the1
sIsaN until curing the fiftles an,
49, nearly all the plantation.
vi n ~ ~ we're making sugar, anl III
NJ !, t,aAprlN county was cOm0 MI
"a & We fNgar Bowl" It was nhou
lhat Fort Rend county com
an . iank us In the manuflcture q
is teea ateouut Of the extensive no ,eri
cnnS ufde NJ the nlan'ntions o
N tf,nsn4m and others. on nc
M othhsspoTtation facilities, and IN
ler large con"irI fnrms, an
scfalnt Of their lana be,ng on
:, M sSer adapted to It.
W ~ eguntY has had at least 25 20
he,,ar IA sugar cane at one tim
lrI l. H. crop was never raised Of
~ ~ IolAi of land In the Unite
Id ies lNs today those some acre
iss Eteentr s1'VJ more that will Droduc
d u MIA, I'VE 10 forty tons Of cane pc
an wanted to develop an
ana tran cane is, first. mills an
al tbs, SportaliOn TO manufactur
q iyen't u 'he people already ther
N ,rps. mn ne means to build them r.
" seatb VI people will quickly com
ii's MI t.m and when started. supa
peysn to supply the demand.
HtM Soa u Brazorla county. as a
- t'nirenai, was entirely demoraliZe
Bt hsriaole az the close Of the CIV
kfrs III the'r carital invested
"A ~ ,aa lorih equipped sugar honSp.
nt weS. ements. the sugar plan g
hs,s ", else Ia do INIT trv an
FA., nv m0rtgo rod sol ~
p v-,-'.,u 'hc;- 60 u to en"Nl
pl0nr. -ov,a drooo =,
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