The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-07
FACTS ABOUT HOUSTON
THAT RIVERS AND HARBoRs COM
MITTEE SHOULD KNOW.
Showing the Importance OF the Work OF
Opening Up Buffalo Bayou to Meet
the Pressing Demands.


The terrible storm Of September g. 1000.
which nearly sdrs,royed Galveston. cmpha-
nizcd rs no similar Incident could The t.c.
nnsslty for lnndiockeA harhor rhc gov.
sinment Is now constructing one up this
arm Of the sen Eunalo bayou witch VII
give nine miles ~ safe wharfage and also
meet The terminals OF Houstou's fourteen
railroads
United States Senator Luclen Baker OF
Kansas saia reccntly. ''The Northwest
has only commenced 10 shin South. yet
when the great tide ~ commerce Is fun,
turned that way. MS IL surely viii he. II
VIII tax the ability Of both Houston and
Galveston combined to do the business we
are now ready 10 offer
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To move the corn crop Of tho s-yen
Stntes or Missouri Kansas. Nebraska. Ar.
kansas, Texas. North and snuth Dakota
for 1897. l.S3o,452 cars were required. car.
rylng . 600 pounds 10 each car For tho
Whft CROP Of those statcs 3t3O13 ears, Tor
l Ts oats l39.3'@ cars total of 2,302.ofS
cars each or ii,S53 miles of snid rsrs
loaded with only thu three gains 81 ss,an
states HonNon's fourteen railtoads
brought to her wharvps nearlv 3,0O1U'D
bales ~ cotton. most II which went down
nunaio bnycr More than one fourtb ~
ne cotton crop Of the United States comes
20 Bcuston.
me aggregate tonnage Of tho railroad
entering Houston r. greater than auy other
city Of the Southwest and is steadnr "a.
cteaIng, This immense business Is shown
~ honstpn's bank clearances, thnf com
rMe IN amount with titles OF i2Op1n 10
l4oOW Inhabitants.
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puing and after September. 1895 Hout
ton received more bales OF cotton than
any othcr city In tho world. averaging
''"in "'"" to 8o.~n bales day.
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One third Of the cotton raised In the
United states and onc.dfth Of the cotton
81 Of nc world Is raised withir 45u miles
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The real estate sales for May. MS recorded
N lhe Post last sunday, compare favor
?bly With cities Of twice the Size Of Hons
tIh' Ih' average Of May, IL kept an foi
,,tits N$ y, ;oz0n5d. aggregate nearly If not
Houston IS always proud to show to
ftrHngars her ward aad nigh school build
lingo. Thci are no better I'm tba smith
ot m'rC Interest taken In elucliion Than
w ih'NNNoN tlllHtlls
Houston hoasts Of the finest church unc
lirst P0oshytcilam and the most anelv
finished bank ,thc South Texas Nationlh
O. any civ tn the South. 81. Louis aud
Kansas city l"t excepted.
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Tho Carnegie library building 10 be built
adjoining thr First Presbyterian church
win he monument TO thar part of tho
a ava The Rice institute, 10 cost nearly
SSumHN, VIII he the Ene4t architectural
design Of any In the South
The immense advertising TINT Texas Is
NOW receiving throughout the Union and
the thousands Of capitalists that are here
tc invest win he the means of discussing
the minds ~ yetV MANY visitors that Texus
Is composed largely of long horn COWBOYS
ana revolvers. That uso.t To he ia the
North the nrst thought when tho name of
Texas Was mentioned
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In more than forty counties H. Texas are
prospecting wells now going down for oil
Many Will iud busters, hut the fact SCENE
likely to come to light that oil In quaint
ties never before dreamed of is fouud ~
other parts of the state than Beaumont
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The coal barons are not passing com
Portable nights now. You meet then n
the club rooms or ON The street ana the,
IRE looking down their nose and In
troubled thought WHY Texas gushers
have already shown that the price Of coal
must be reduced ~ least ouc-half In price
10 compete with Texas fuel oil The rail.
tu8ds and manufacturing establishments
are, changing rapidly. aud the proht on