Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-06
GALVESTON FAST
 REDEEMING ITS
 DISASTER LOSSES
City Shows Great Strides in Last Year.. Work Underway

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 5.-The News
 contains a synopsis of the commerce of the port of Galveston for the trade year just closed, which shows the
 making of new records. Galveston holds fourteenth place among the ports of the world in the rank of its foreign trade and first place in the world in the
 exportation of cotton and cotton seed products. Galveston holds third place in foreign exports among all United States ports. The total value of the commerce handled over the Galveston
 wharves during the past year was $52l .S5S,S47. The total cotton re- ceipts at Galveston were 2S14,S36
 bales, compared with 2,406.OSl for
 the preceding year. Galveston han
 dled more than the entire crop of
 Texas.
 During the past year the total re- ceipts of the Galveston custom house were S3S4.S99 The total value of eX- ports through the port of Galveston
 was $126,122, ,537, while 2,239 ,950 bales
 of cotton were exported through Gal
 weston, compared with 1.SS1,714 bales
 exported during the previous year.
 The total value of foreign goods handled over the Galveston wharves | during the Last fiscal year was S5,- 5G6 .262. compared with a valuation of
 S2S70,71S for the preceding year. Gal | vestCr's bank clearings for the past
 year were S543, ,50000O, compared with ! S4555SS, eco for the preceding year.
 The world is well apprised of the
 two gigantic undertakings at Calves
 ton, the sea-wall and grade raising, at
 a cost of S3,5OO 900. The county sea
 wal, over 17.OOO feet long encircles
 the Gulf side of the city to Thirty Ninth street, and was completed in
 July 1904. 1t was dedicated by Gov | ernOr Lapham in August of that year. | The wal is built oD pIling reaching to
 9 depth of 40 feet. The concrete wall
 is 1G feet thick at the base. is r feet high and feet across the top. Con. gress appropriated S591 GOO for a con- tinuation of the seawau from Thirty Ninth street westward to Fifty-Third. | which is the western terminus of the Governments military reservation. The length Of the Government extension is 4.SS3 feet The appropriation also provides for the raising of thu grade
 of the military reservation. The Gov
 ernment's portion of the wall is ex- pcoted to be completed this month The completed county and Govern
 mert wall VIII be about 22.0GO feet in length, extending from the bay across the east end of the island and west along the Gulf shore to Fifty Third street, passing directly through Fort Crockett
 The work of filling the city has now been carried on for about fifteen months. During that time 1850 900 cubic yards of the total of nearly 12.- .c00C00 cubic yards have been placed upon the city. Of this amount 1,- G50,09O yards have been dredged from the grade raising canal and must be replaced by an equal amount from the outside. The method of filling makes use of a canal recently completed. twenty feet deep, along the Gulf side of the island, just inside the seawall ThCCUsh this steam going hopper dredges ccme in from the channel be- tween the jetties loaded with sand which Is pumped out through pipe lines extending over the area in pro- cess of filling. Two of these dredges are now is use. which place approxi- mately 10000 cubic yards of filling each 24-hour day. The material is pumped and distributed by hydraulic pressure.
 The city is to be filled from the top of the seawall on a gradual slope to Broadway, which practically bisects the city. The highest fill is seven teen feet, on the county right of way, 100 feet wide. extending to Thirty Ninth street, and is about completed. The city fill is slightly lower, ranging from twelve feet to two feet and less. The area 10 be filled extends to For teth street in the western part of inc city. The work is now practical
 ly completed to Twenty-Ftrst street, except the area through which the canal runs. The canal extends to Thirty-Third street. The total con- tract price for the grade raising, both city aud county, was s2,OS0,745. The city's portion is to be paid one-third cash and two thirds in per cent grade raising bonds.
 In the course of the work of rais- ing the city a total of 2.15G houses must be raised. A large number have already been raised.
 Blood Poisoning-The k. P. & s. ". is making heavy rOck fU a1ouor fts