The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

,.hfoh is second oHty III
- the exchange at Liverpool ana Ne"
~ AZ the exchange and elsewhere
49,. vas talk about. the vef'i anu
bjs Judgment in Louisiana ana il wa
remarked by planters and experts .ha.
ia no part of the country "oulo -
rive more trouble to thi<
nes. than in the sub-troplcA seclIon
of Georgia, Louisiana, MISSISSIPPI any
Al ham where there is SO mGcb
S,anish moss on the trees and where
the climate is SO very moist. II was
stated that a house not far. from
New Orleans was torn down during Inc
winter and no end Of weeEiis found
in It.
A. Shreveport. La. which is not q
large .lace. there was found the most
complies system of street and
paving sen anywhere In "a city oi
snything lar the size. and the street
GRADES are correct, this not being the
case in some other places visited,
notably Houston, where the street IT.
regularities will have to be corrected
at very heavy cost, being now. a great
drawback. Houston is a place Whicb
vies with Atlanta as to the pride OF It's
people in the prosperity and develop
.nent. and there is a certain snap.
a I~iveness, in the very air. h city
also divides this fine spirit with Dal-
las, which is really one OF the most
remarkable places in the country and
which only needs a complete water
supply to make it double its growth
in two decades. AT Houston, the city
has built what every city ought to
have. that is a spacious and ~hre-proof
auditorium, and it has on the
floor of this made admirable provision
tor an economic museum, which Will
be arranged by the Chamber Of Com
merce n maintained by the latter.
The writer. was very glad to be able
to have a look at the building, in
company with Secretary BOldt, OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, and to make
some suggestions in regard to the in
stallation of the exhibits, giving the
benefit of information acquired in
years Of knowledge OF the North Caro-
lima State Museum. A run TO Gal
weston was taken to have a look at
the completed sea-wall. one Of the
most daring undertakings on record
Of it's kind, and also at the causeWay.
over two miles in length, which will
permanently connect the island Of Cal
weston and the mainland; q structure
very much like the concrete roadbed
of Henry NJ. Flagler'S wonderful rail
way along the Florida keys, over which
the writer recently raveied. The CAL
weston people express their entire sat
~isfaction with all this work and their
lack Of fear Of trouble from other
storms and floods. At Houston the
aviators, who are touring the South.
and it was seen that most people ex-
rress the belief hat the aerOplane
will before long become something to
be reckOned with as q mode Of trans
portation. The people Of Houston have
every right to be proud of what they
have done in voting almost unanimous
ly a million and a quarter dollars to
lrot dozen water TO their very door.
that is to a point three miles from the
cen r of the city. The writer feIicitat-
ed them upon the way they had
matched dollars" with "Encle Sam
who had offered that much money if
they would put up an equal amount.
1t is only a question Of time when
their deep-water channel will come
up into the city. They will not be
satisfied until they get it. This is why
Houston is calling itself the Man
chester Of the South and the writer
heard one Of the leading preachers
of that city use this very phrase in
his pulpit.
At Austin. Texas, the people have
some hope of an early rebuilding of
the great dam on the Colorado river,
which was swept away by a flood some
years ago. Two or three attempts at
rebuilding ave failed, but as q mat
ter Of fact the city, in order to ENJOY
real prosperity, must have hydro-elec-
trio power. Had tne dam been proper
ly built it would have stood the flood
and the people would not have suf-
| fered the flat loss Of a million and
a half dollars. Austin has QUILT some
excellent streets and a bridge which
is the finest the writer has seen so far
on his tour OF the South.
San Antonio is the show town Of
Texas and always will be. Its Alamo,
various missions, sub-tropical appear
ance, large Mexican population. he
old cathedral. the plaZas, and a very
quaint setting make it to the South
west what st. Augustine is to he
| Southeast. San Antonio has ce~rta;nlv
made a great progress and it is in
point of the elaborate electric illumi-
nation of tne streets ahead of ANYTHING
in the South. The additional hotel
| facilities add greatly to the nlaasn-.