The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-03
FIRST SHIP HAS SAILED
II is Due TO Reach Galveston Early
Next Friday.
SHE IS TO BE GENEROUSLY DECORATED
Four Bands VIII BE at the Wharf to
Meet the Southern Paoifle's Initial
Steamer.

Galveston, Texas. August 2.-The Ell
Vale, the FIRST ship OF the New York, Gal
weston service OF the Southern Pacific |
sailed from New York for Galveston today |
and will reach Galveston az o o'clock next |
Friday morning. II has been arranged that |
she shall come up to the new pier at that |
hour. She viii be beautifully decorated |
with bunting and flags and there win be |
| great reception given her ON her arrival. |
Four bands Of music VIII be at the pier TO
| furnish music for the occasion and several |
thousand people will doubtless be present.
This is an event that Galveston has long
looked forward to. Often the report has
been circulated that the ships were coming,
but until this time each time the citizens
were disappointed. Now II seems the great
desire is at last to be realized, Just what
It win mean to Galveston no one at present
can estimate. 1t willtof course furnish en-.
! ployment for about foco men ana az the
service increases 1t may cause the employ
ment OF about 1000. But in addition TO this
! there are many who think that this will be
the means OF developing Galveston as
port faster than Il has ever developed be-
fore 1t Is argued that the Santa Re viii
|
the East End In order to be able to com
! pete with the Southern Pacific when II
| owns Its own pier here and that other great
railroad systems of the country may be IN
| duced to make improvements mere also. 1t
will take time to determine these matters,
but the immediate effects OF the Inaugural
ton OF the service Will be considerable 10
| Galveston and tho assistance comes when
IL is most needed
The celebration will be characterized by
the enthusiastic spirit prevailing in the
a ~ "a H.
lance will he well repaid 0y the entertain
ment they Will receive.
Very little definite Information can be OBJ.
tanned about the arrangements being made
at the southern Pacific pier Mir. l.. Meg
gett. who viii I've agent Of the ships here,
has not been In Galveston for the past two
days. 1t IL presumed that his plans have
all been made, however and that the men
who are TO be brought here from Algiers
will arrive here In n few days NO one In
Galveston seems to know how many VIII
be brought here. II has been stated, how.
ever, that some of the checkers will be
brought here In the next few days Tho
first freight will begin arriving at the pitr
on Wednesday next ana therefore the men
now have but few days 70 get here aud
be ready for business.
As mentioned in The Post this morning,
there will be no trouble with the iahorers
at the pier and there will be an abundant
force Of men on hand TO unload the nrst
ship on Its arrival.
The County Primaries.
/. Galveston, Texas, August AS predicted
the vote cast at tho primary election here
, today was comparatively small aud ala not
: represent anything like the strength Of
the democratic party In the county. There
) were two reasons why only light vote
was poled One was that The ticket Gn-
nounced by the Jefferson club, the only
organized democratic club in the city, was
very strong and with the backing OF the
cruz IL WnS utN hn'et"' ti"' ~ N'''p '
announced thereon would De no tli, ,,i
didates who attempted TO secure q nom NON
nation WHOM tne suppot IN, % nominetio,s
$ no Incentive for men to 20 to polls and
n vote. - A ur,. ,,o,, ,..,
poii ed I Is that the stritt fost was sppnei
G and only those who coulp com1ly thgE-
VIII We're PSy5niitt,3 20 psnno3 u yo ,1
II strengthened the ticket IN another way,
as not only those who voted Ia the M
e Ticket, but those who expect 20 vote. at tho
v primaries next time VIII also nave 20 Sup
tPf kba sE me- Rs SSmas Of
d county. have mo- been able heretofore, ~, TO
y they developed considerable STRENGTH, sln,e
n sISarop Nv ana me lenders here believe thai
the full ticket nor mated this time VIII
"V rhn ,o,,,inaos ore siI the candidates
brought out by the Jefferson club and arg
l. as follows
al heprese y ana lam linn. Ind 70
Of Iifty.slxth judicial district. Robert G
y Street county Judge John W Camppen,
,e alstTiet S SieTE lax assessor r. Me-
Nichols; tax collector Hoskins Foster
county treasurer. Thomas II. Nolan; sher
81 ii. d. Boyd; county attorney John 7
Wheeler: county surveyor r. w. Luttrcli
s. county superintendent public lnstructioni J.
is NJ Fendley county commissioner IRIS
=, nreolnct ] NJ. O. Menard; county comm
20 sioner Second brecncII ,l ID n9sc nen'frS
D. county eommssoner Fnnrtb pre
~ cinct Thomas j ilcK Jnnsti.e Oh tRe p'"TT'
W FIRST preelnGs, ~ I5irst presipet' Edward
Eontainei c29sIans n Isal,t}yn ,t,,,n,nittee
Sedgwlck. Mehlpefs n Rtntasn. secnn,
p1sf pefl A n. smith; third precinct
b MINOR S{eWaIIHis, nractnct charles Nc
c1bhlnss NFiftb ana haIf precinct, James W
Ne ontiyvt skin preelnct. John Donlon; SIKH
q ptliNN Sl'-N' ~ =, 70 IT.n,,t,op. Seven IS