The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-13


Tertiary board could have purchased &C
cording to the testimony secured by the
committee, ct a very low price two years
ago, but which has since been absorbed by
mill men. These mill men. however, are
willing TO give the state ali the wood It
needs for charcoal making for about ten
years 70 come II Il Will extend the pspl-
Tertiary railroad across their lands or al
low them 70 run over 1t II they build the
extension themselves. But this is not the
only source, the committee was told, from
which wood can be obtained There are
large bodied Of II 70 be reached aud OBJ
talaed nc reasonable prices. according to
the testimony. ivy building spurs from the
main line OF the road belonging to the pcnl-
tenuary.
With regard 10 the penitentlarv railroad
II may also be stated that al tue instance
Of committee Of citizens OF Rusk the In
teruatlonRl and Great Northern Railroad
company has made the penitcntlary board
an effer for II with 4 View to extending IL
10 Palestine, which offer has net yet bceu
acted upon. II may also be stated that the
same owner Of timber on the Neches who
stands ready 70 give the hoard an the wood
IL needs for long time TO come n the
road is extended 20 the river Is ready 10
buy n u the board concludes to sell
However it would seem that the best
thing for the board to do X to keep the
roHd and complete ~ TO the river thus
assuring itself q supply ~ wood, and
means Of moving 1t as wei as getting in
shape to DO some business for the saw
mills about TO be erected In that section.
But this is merely an Incidental question.
What the committee was trying 10 md ont
' -. ~, ~ "
9 supp u N'ou a, reas ,,,,
the testimony so far gathered Is HfTlrma-
tive. Still Il must be remembered that
wv oHt 10y Hl lhe 'dsC naS uten hVa5u-
.hc sue Whirn insists t9"t me IRON mus.
wy ahyulN ue halHt"IItV' ut lFHilenlia,S
poaFG mas NOT presented us case YET ~
WIZ INV w uPP"Ll 'uIlN, ~ uo 50 lu,tr on
a. u>,ln e. hl'' u ~ 80 Ieslres
WI snow wa, II y, cau' in' nun Iactu'lhg
Of IRON Sh"nid ne olscohllnued III HuSk'
~
The peonIe n, Pust and Cberokee county
49,,
have good reason for desiring that the
penitcntiary furnace and pipe works he con
tinucd with thousands of acres OF iron
-
ore ana timber thar can be converted into
coal # is but natural that they should feel
Interested ip tho rnoIn'crpnce OF n nlant
demonstrating tb,t iro, AZ spno-ior o,al.
MISUNDERSTANDING ''al iron OF superior Pu"'
fly can Ne made n East Texas And "
tbelr e.pr.e ard cI,i,us sre ,crre.t tho
st,,tDr, docvn ~ tho r,,i,.,tf.-r y-o-,,,
SH"'''"s Gown OF lhe p'h'''"'''IF WORKS
would be lneHcuSlhlc, Tor % would give
most lmpnrtgut ludu.ti., III setback from
which n ,,oIid NOT ro..,,.r Tor gcars N
those works are .u.Dcn1r1 fhn tnnression
Vim 800 .uf that tls oruaf3hIr ,r,IInfortt,r-
iug II mon I'm I.sCt 1i.yI. H. nm iu,nnssi,il.
ire. even Win convict labor whereas The
iri,,.,. .iU i'1 t,,. ', ,,. ti r;, IN
po.sIhiliic. Ina tne IRON making line
',nok"n ra,ntv bas sIIn"dy noon bandi.
.l 'I.'"'l uu' az t"uG ",vn u'',H, ,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS us yittdt 6a,ir,
NM u, '.'' a. ."1 vi, EMF
ana 10 10 Us demonstrated IN me end as as
'ru, "'. ait po,,,,' ,"' me m"S
We, P"" snbN , Iega''SS IT nae b u"I oeg hn
ill'u,'n in Wy ~. ""3 .. 7mv ,' "a wv
ritluh q tn'"Ce SUI" ",nt u. y'u no
'Spr"nuE OF l4' N'W hlrmlnAnaam inE.
ndcrs inc general puhuc mas an ldea ina
lhel Wrrr smut down betauSe tney ptoA'H
rs ldllNIf lltli u revenue plpIutlNk NNlHN-