The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-05
VISITS THE SEA WALL
IRaOCenCe Is Seeing The Sights in Texas
Chief Sea Port Town.

The month of April, as every farm
| eT in Ellis county knows to his sor-
row was an unusually wet, cold
month. and il served to bring a cold
| back on me that put me in bed sew
eral days | decided to take a run
down here for few days, sniff this
salt air and take dip in the gulf,
which never falls TO relieve me. The
tremendous rains all the way from
Waxahachie 10 Galveston last Satur-
day night slowed up my flight to
| this place. delaying all trains This
| is Wednesday evening and the Brazos
river is covering all the low land
down near It's mouth
Galveston is really a prettier city
| than IL was before the storm The
streets have been wonderfully im-
proved and most all the houses re-
painted The most wonderful thing
here to look upon is the sea wall
and grade raising which is already
three miles of solid concrete seven
teen feet high aud tapering from
ten 10 twelve feet in thickness at
the bottom TO a thickness Of more
than four feet at the top The United
States government Is extending the
waii nearly Two miles further. Fort
Crockett stands in the extreme south
western portion Of Galveston Island
and during the storm several soldiers
were drowned The government is
extending this wall so as to protect
several forts and the post down there,
making In all about five miles Of sea
wall with which To protect the city
against all future storms. | walked
down the sea wall yesterday q mile
and n half 10 where the government
is nos constructing iis part Of the
uaU and sax mss how the work is
performed. Moulds seventeen fee1
long ARE made ln au oval shape and
r narrow sec 5aa@ SD thar they capl
h. easily ham8lea These are set
u.8 a4er size foundation which has
bosom made ht driving long a5uc la2
Faasu as#th ollie drivers Bato Ihc earth
s.suar 10 gH#uty feet. rha tops af
s1saae hHns being dz&eea faaE s.
.- eesaN aNa A4rE#H OF sNe .aa&
ef. aa large e#H uUe o@
s f4ar aa ena au
tor as sEg these Ha#3z a sE @
saf r.etH# ma la tasu
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tneg m@a taken n
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alH uH G@ .alna
h.s Tasa H@- a AE
..a .Ha8 aGH w4>e4 lbs tse ges4tpt
4eaE t@2as ot ro.& man
s. aa@H E@ piled pH ihH 1"ts
uE ~a}l fo E5H-@r. a~tAH
sals ts.e #i ros& @
rse3 easeUjHE tha aGa thrown Hg
a fAe HaVas t# if is becoming
SOLID eH rsaEHeul aud viii aftoEa
ea.fa protection fear The 4ra W@a faS
att &~&et tsau@ tr eas29 ln aa4t-
ttca to fhis SEGA %atl fheN are no"
ra iug he grade OF Fhe clfy FROM JHe
gulf up as far as broaaWaF street
Nhjrh street runs east and @est
south oi The business section. lheF
have dug q canal fg0W the &VU rum
about hail WAY between the Eu4 ana
that street entirely through the 'ltE
This cauoi is used Tor dreoge hoa}s
loaded with sand aud water TO run
up and discharge their load b1 I'M
meuse machinery thfough pipes INTO
tbe streets One 0i these boats gets
IT'S load from the bottom and sides
OF The canal and the other goes out
side the canal 20 ihe gUH after IFS
load ut sand aud gravel 10 tAeh
runs back 60 where its pipe IS laid
and begins to shoot les sand and
water out jB q siuiCe through pipes
almost half as large as our stand
I pipe Nuw this ls the residence por-
{ lion of the cify that ls being raised
consequently EVERY house. chicken
coon. barn and stable must he raised
before they begin pouring this saud
in on ton uf ihnfF lots This morn