The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-24
HNYATORs A AND D.
BRENNAN BUDGET.
Some Of the Disadvantages Of sbrk1klna
Mah Oil.

NAh Oil.
Hrenhant Texas, September 23 The en-.
terprsing citizens ot the west SIDE block
sprlnkled block OF North street with oil
sSmc time since ana as th6re was no rain
for weeks IL was regarded az q success ia
allaying the dust ArrSngGutents We're then
uiaeie for the street sprinkler TO use oil In
acad of water in the business portion OF
the city. but as tkere we're some who did
not want 10 be taxed extra foF this pur
pose tho sprinklng was not cXtended ON
all the streets as FAR as II had been plth
Nater, and as o result IN some parts of tlSr
business portion of the city there Is no
sprhkllng now either with oil or water, aud
the dust is almost lnsaflerable.
Where the streets were sprmklcd with
oil the heavy ,Taffic Of this season OF the
year hab cut up the streets until they ars
regular sand bed. TOO oily f5r the dust
to ny very high but dry enough for 1t 70
be constantly stirred w.
,rhe dishgreeable feature OF the oil sprink'
ling is the amount Of sand that 1t seems
IS accumulate on the streets. Heretofore
Main AID Norh streets, as well as Alamo
ana 6nI sN I'm in 't good i'm cBndti6n Tor :
while a least, but since OIL has been ised d
fer sprlnfliag tls sSSa,sder hps beea keR, on
the streets ia the business petition OF the
city are "a regular sand bad now, aud Oily
sant that makes i heavy fiT vehicles ana
AMIDST precludes the Use 81 btyclbt,
IL the use Of oil is 10 be continued the
streets should be clayed and ,Prayelcd.
the match game OF baseball between me
played at Fireman's park Sunday after
noon,
Brephdm heam took the lead and main
tniued It throughout the game, hut sunday
the tables were reversed aud Silkvlle took
the lead and maintained II Until The last
half OF tho ninth lnnlng, and " looked IKE
a clneh that the Silkyllle boys would be the
vlrtors. the score standing 10 TO In fAYt
men s'i on base and md SaTd sriSs q center
field brought all the men, On bases home,
evening Up the se9re, Win 9n a man ii e! On
and Brought in the fourth aian, Winning
the gaiih by score OF 10 to II. owing
4. The fd'S hat the game 6as nH very Vel
advertised there was not az nlUhy RetAnt
tas thepe wdaild have been.
1hls was perhaps the last gsIne OF TOE
seaeen. r
All s4eStlp ~ tinS at rrfaitiI Hiii snnday
was Well attended, Messfs. August plpplc'
Henry 6rote. Paul frlctbi Emil Widener,
Henry Schultz ana Rev Heltner OF TINS
Tkere Was prize shooting for q big buck,
which vas won by Mt; Henry hnna,eulahn,
tie iong-range target The festivities. closed
With h Grand ball az night which was at
tended by the yoahg folks u THE Prahis
hill nslghborho9d.. "a yell az anmber
from the vicinity Of MdeDcnaetice ana VIE
iam lsiin,
Mr. Briktoa Garter. formerly Of this
cdlinty, but ndw engaged in mining In the
Burnett piouptains IL here looking after
his Washington county farming interests
and brought with him specimens OF gold.
bearing ddaEtz taken from the three shafts
thnt ARE being worked there at present.
The specimens taken fe0p the Wilson
Bfus. shaft. at a depth Of forty feet. run
$500 to the TIN. Other specimens run
amy ~ that taken from his shaft which is
seyenIy-twe, feet deep. assayed 4 looks
almost ~ rich
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