^v^.ox:'^ COQL SPOT A MATCHLESS SUMMER AND WINTER RESORT P*!^^ ^n Q^t--^ Information Bureau The Galveston Business League was organized to attract to Galveston people from all parts of the world and to exploit in particular the charms of this city as a summer and winter resort. A suite of offices is maintained in Tremont Hotel Building, where may be found full information concerning the city, its pleasure spots, points of in- terest, railroad and steamboat schedules, amusements — in fact, everything relat- ive to the city that visitors may desire for personal information. All inquiries for information relating to the city will be gladly and promptly answered. Address GAIVESTON BUSINESS IEA6IIE Tremont Hotel BIdg. Galveston, Texas. ^^ For places of interest see inside page of tack cover. %mnmmfmmnnnfmnnfmnmwfmhfmmmmmwmffmfM^^ PREFACE. In presenting "Galveston in a Nutshell" to the public, we believe that clean, high-class advertising will keep interest alive and active, and will add strength to the efforts now being put forth to restore Galveston to her former standing among the cities of our country. Never ha^ this community been equaled in its herculean efforts in rebuilding its ruined homes, devastated city and shattered fortunes. In fact, it has astonished the world as it looked on to behold the result of unsurpassed efforts. In the short space of three years mountains of debris have been cleared away, the construction of the great seawall undertaken and at the present time it is ahout two- thirds completed, and the contract for the raising of the grade of the city has been let and actual work will be commenced within sixty days. Other equally difficult work has been accomplished, until scarce a remnant remains of the greatest calamity that ever befell any people. Now, only its sad but sacred memories are ours, and these render the city by the sea doubly dear to every survivor of that fateful night. These efforts and clinging affections certainly prove the true worth and stability of her citizenship. Too much credit can not be accorded to the gentlemen whose names are attached to the able articles herein contained and to the business houses whose advertisements appear herein. They will all be found reliable in every respect, and any business entrusted to them will receive prompt attention and thanks are extended them for helping to defray the expense incuiTed in getting out this publication. We are also indebted to the Galveston New^s for the statistics taken from the September issue, the Galveston Tribune, Paul H. Naschke for photographs and Stockfleth for coloring the four color scenes, and to Mr. J. H. Johnston, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, for interest taken and assistance rendered in the work of compiling this publication. • We feel moved to add our little mite to the unparalleled efforts now being made to place our fair city above and beyond the fearful ravages of the storm king by sending out this little booklet. Not only will the result of these efforts enhance local interest, but it will fill the need of a vast outlying territory. The present we believe to be the favorable opportunity that should enlist the aid of every man whose home is here, as Avell as those who would reap the harvest of a successful business enterprise. This is the city of our adoption; here we passed our boyhood days; here we engaged in our first business enterprise, and here, like hundreds of others, we are prepared to reap the reward of the years spent in the work of building up the city. Believing firmly that Galveston will yet fulfill our high hopes in becoming one of the first commercial centers in the country, we shall continue to the best of our ability lo work for her interest and advancement. The illustrations used in this publication were made direct from photographs and present the different scenes as they existed when the photographs were taken. A. A. FINCK & CO.^ Prinfers* j.^i. ' i^ubltsh«^r3. ' * Galveston, Tex., 1904. [ • , j' ] ', : ' \ '. \ * JOHN SEALY, SEALY HUTCHINGS, t H. 0. STEIN, GEORGE SEALY, Hutchings, Sealy & Co. ^,j^^^j^^^j^^,^^j^^^^^4^J^4^,^ij^k^*^^^^ BANKERS Galveston, = = = Texas. CORRESPOl^PENTS! National City Bank New York Fourth National Bank N liw york First National Bank Chicago Commercial National Bank Chicago Mechanics National Bank St. Louis Merchants Laclede National Bank . St. Louis Third National Bank •.••.. St. Louis National Hank of Commerce ..... Kansas City Brown, Shipley & Co London, Eng. ^j -V'ilr 7' 7.V^--\JC. T,. A. MAAS. JTTLItJS XTTSStTP. Maas-Tussup Grocery Co. Whol esale and Retail Grocers Headquarters For Fancy Groceries. Phones 12 and 422. Cor. Tremont and Winnie Sts. Galveston, Texas. THE ORIGNIAL Java Blend and Palm Brand COFFEES are tlie best on the market for the money. Put ut» only in 1, 2 and 4 lb. air-ti^ht tins, either rost or ground. For Sale Everywhere at 25 cents per pound. Guaranteed to give Satisfaction. Try a package and be convinced, beware of iminitations. See that the labels bear thn name of International Coffee Go. WE ALSO PUT UP THE FAMOUS ROYAL BLEND COFFEE IN 1-2 AND 1 LB CANS Ask your Grocer for any of the above Brands, prepared ^ by ^ Galveston Oofffe c£ Spice Co* Importers and Roasters / GALVESTON, TEXAS. GALVESTON'S GREAT SEAWALL. BY D. B. HENDERSON, COUNTY COMMISSIONER. The construction of the great seawall for the protection of the City of Galveston is perhans one of the greatest undertakings ever at- temi)ted under similar circumstances. There was not a sinp^e individual of the entire population who had escaped loss to a greater or less extent by reason of the great hurri- cane that had swept the town. And not only was this true, but confi- dence in the ability of the town to meet its promises to pay, after such tremendous losses, was severely shaken u,nd public credit was practically gone. But if the storm had destroyed thousands of human lives, and had wiped out millions of dollars worth of property, it had at the same time developed a quality of strength, fortitude and self-reliance in those wiio were left of which the world has had few examples, and View of Seawall, Looking East. when the great wall has been completed, it will not only stand as a protection to the lives and nomes and property of future generations, should the necessity ever arise again b^-- reason of such a storm, but it will also stanu as a monument of what Americans can accomplish under the most adverse circumtances when they become united. The engineers selected to decide upon some safeguard recom- mended a wall extending from a connection with the Government jetties at Avenue A and Sixth street, running south and south- west around the city to ihritv-ninth street, and their plans are being carried out. The wall, when completed under the present con- tract, will be a little over three miles in length, sixteen feet wide at the base, five feet wide on the top and seventeen feet high above mean low tide. The foundation of the w^all rests upon tour rows of round piling twelve inches in diameter and driven four feet apart into the ground forty-four feet down into the clay. There is also a row of ESTABLISHED 1878. CABLE ADDRESS REVMERSHOF. TEXAS STAR FLOUR MILLS GALVESTON. TEXAS, U S. A. TEXAS STAR RICE MILLS TEXAS STAR GRAIN ELEVATOR GALVESTON, WEST INDIES AND PAN AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY TEXAS STAR RICE MILLS MANUFACTURE ALL GRADES OF RICE DOMESTIC AND EXPORTING MILLERS : OF HIGH GRADES OF : Hard and Soft Winter Wheat Flours Cfipacity, lOOO Banrels Per Day Use A B. C. (fourth eHition) Baltimore Ex- port. Watklns' River- side. Robinson's Kauff- man's A-i Lieber's. W. U. Telejjrapiiic. Atlan- tic Cable. Leviathan and Private Codes. . DEPARTMENT.S Miller's and Importers of Rice Domestic Rice a Specialty Direct Imi)orters of Japan and Mexican Seed and Table Rices OrdersSolicited for Fancy Head Rice, Screenings Brewers, Rice Bran and Polish. Agents in all parts of the United States, Cuba and Porto Rico Public Export Grain Elevator TEXAS STAR ELEVATOR Capacity, 600,000 Bushels Unloading:- Capacity 100 cars day. Loading- into ship, 20,000 bushels per hour. ----- We Solicit Business Our Elevator made the first Successful Grain Ship- ment to European Market from Galveston. J. REYMERSHOFFER, Pres't. and Gen'l. Mgr. C. REYMERSHOFFER, Vice-Preildent F. J. BPCKER, Superintendent. M. REYMERSHOFFER' Sec'y- and Treas. Manufacturers oF the Celebrated "TIDAL WAVE" i HARRY HAWLEY 5 > < I CUSTOMS BROKER I > < i General Forwarder. Drawbacks Collected. 5 i» * » < » IMPORTS RECEIVED, PASSED THROUGH < I CUSTOM HOUSE AND FORWARDED TO J > MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE BROKER, FOREIGN EXPRESS TO ALL PARTS OF THE <« t WORLD, CARTAGE, WEIGHING AND STORAGE ATTENDED TO J > < I CUSTOMS NOTARY j » < J 2120 STRAND PHONE 1550 GALVESTON. J will very likely be completed within four months from this time. There is a sentiment behind this great work, and the public credit which was evoked to carry it into effect, that stands without a parallel. The law under which the bonds were issued to carry out this work provides for a levy of 50 cents on the One Hundred Dollars of prop- erty. This first levy was made at the time of issue of the bonds, and in less than eig-ht months from date of issue practically every cent of this tax was paid and four per cent of the entire issue of bonds were retired. People paid their seawall assessments whether they could pay any other tax or not. The fact that Galveston County has undertaken and is now actively eng-ag-ed in the construction of a great seawall or breakwater along the Gulf front and around the city, and that the State of Texas has by unanimous vote of the Legislature donated the county taxes for a period of eisrhteen years to raise the grade of the city should not be taken to mean that this city was not before the great work was undertaken and is not at this time, as safe a place for human habi- tation as anv other place in tne world. The great storm of September 8th, 1900, resulted in such a loss of life and property that confidence was severely shaken in the minds of many of the town's own people, while a large majority of the outside world, who had looked at results only, were apparently dis- posed to believe that this was not a safe place of residence. These fears were based upon the sround that what had happened once was liable to happen again, and among the misinformed it was easy enough for demoralization and fear to get the better of judgment and common sense. There are thousands of good people, who .go through life and live and die, who act from beginning to end on im- pulse rather than judgment. A calamity overtakes a community, where there is great loss of life and property, or maybe both. The impulsive man looks only at the result and is stampeded, while the LET US BUILD YOU A HOME The Texas Loan and Investment Co. 1890 OF GALVESTON, TEXAS 1903 SA!^£ DEPOSIT BOXES FOR fXESl WE SAVE A. J. COM PTON, DIRECTORS YOUR MONEY President 1. H. KEMPNER, A. J. Com pton AND PAY Vice-Prest. 1 . H. Kempner YOU INTEREST WHIUE MARION DOUGLAS, Sec retary W. T. ARMSTRONG, J . H . LAN GBEHN W. C. Skinner W. T. Armstron© Jno. Hanna SAVING IT Counsel E. A. TOEBeCMAN ^»»»»»»»»M,»»»i man of judgment and cool head proceeds to investigate and will not allow himself to be carried away until there exists good and suflicient reason for him to act. Generally speaking, the great storm of September, 1900, that visited. Galveston, was perhaps the most misunderstood phenomenon that has ever occurred, and it is astonishing that so few peopie who passed through it, anu had occasion to observe its progress and effects, can give any satisfactory explanation of it. Anyone who has given the matter any thought worth while is surprised that a large majority of the people outside as well as inside the town, continue to speak of the occurrence as a "tiaal wave," or "tornauo." when in truth u was nothing more nor less than a regular West India hurricane, that originated in the vicinity of Martinique, about five or six days before it struck Galveston, and a record of its progress was kept and given out to the world every few hours, from the moment of its discovery, by the Weather Department at Washington and there was no trouble to trace its progress until it was lost sight of by entering the Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of Key West. As long as it was possible for the weather poeple to keep track of it, during the first few days of its progress, it was not different from the usual September hurricanes, which are generally of yearly occurrence, and which always cause more or less damage along the Atlantic Coast, as they pass out to the northeast into the Arctic Ocean, which is their destination, unless they die out before reaching there. They do at times get into the Gulf of Mexico ana damage has been done by them at points along the coast in the past. By reason of some meteorological influence or disturbance about the time this storm entered the Gulf of Mexico, it was apparently increased to much greater energy than when first discovered, and when it appeared before Galveston the wind was blowing at an estimated velocity of one hundred and twenty miles an hour, and this tremendous force simply picked up the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and hurled them against the island and over the town, causing- the great amount of destruction. A "wind estimated to be of one hundred and twenty miles velocity is a phenomenon with which tne weather aepartments of the world have had little to do until the Galveston storm, and they had little opportunity to observe its effects then, from the fact that the instru- ments provided to withstand the highest velocity of any known wind were torn to pieces by tne time they had registered a velocity of one hundred miles per hour. Such a wind blowing for two hours over New York. Chica°ro, London or any other city, would have done as much and likely more aamage than was done at Galveston. But the chances are that there will never be any such wind again. Such a wind has been proven at^ possible, by reason of its occurience at Gal- veston, still it is so remote a possibility that the weather department at Wasnington has designateu tne storm of September s^ 1900, as a freak, and it is well known that there is no known protection against View Looking Easi Showing Seawall, Riprap and the Gulf. freaks of any kind. That Galveston is as safe <^ place as any other under ordinary circumstances for human habitation, has been demon- st.-ated by reason of the fact that many buildings, located along the Gulf front, and within a short distance of the water's eage, and only a few teet above sea, level, stood for over thirty-five years in perfect safetv and there is no place in the world wnere buildings constructed under the same circumstances and as near the water's edge and as near t.ie sea level, as were hundreds of houses in Galveston, tliat would have stood as long as they did. Constructed under the same conoitions and no higher above sea levels, there is not a place on the Atlantic Coast of the United States where they would have been likely to remain standing for six months. So it is a fact that the necessity for b-iiiding a seawall and raising the grade of the city is based entirely on a sentiment, broup^ht irito existence by rtason of its having fallen a victim to the work of a freak. Fowler & McVitie steamship Agents and Brokers COAL MERCHANTS Grain ShiDments a Specialty Wholesale Dealers in Coal. Steamers Bunkered with Despatch. Cotton Exchange Building GALYESTON, TEXAS LARGE EXPORTS. The Report of the Clearances Foot Up Nearly 100,000 Bales. The exDorts for the twenty-four hours enaing this morning (October 1, 1903) as reported by the Cotton jiixchange, were very heavy. The total of the different steamers is as follows: Liverpool, steam*-- Wanderer 9,598 Manchester, steamer U. Larrinaga 6,351 Liverpool, steamer Iraaa 10,5S0 Havre, steamer Mohawk 14,250 Havre, steamer Yola 6,807 Havre, steamer Swanley 11,372 Havre, steamer Iran 7,307 Genoa, steamer Monviso 10,600 Np'-'ies, steamer Monviso 1,200 -.ew York, steamer Concho 5,047 Total 83,102 TWENTY YEARS OF PROGRESS. Pcll,o.iVing is a statement snowing the progress of Galveston as a cotton market for a period of twenty years. The figures are taken from the last column of tl^j "Galveston Daily Statement," as kept by the Galveston Cotton Exchange, on the last day of the season each year, and shows the receipts and disposition of cotton for the entre season: Receipts— 1902-03. 1901-02. 1892-93 18S2-83. Net 2,093,070 2,090,710 1,047,910 863,104 Other ports 17.345 Gross 2,093,070 2,090,710 1,047,910 880,345 Exports— To Great Britain 685,498 880,390 455,831 315,814 To France 328,997 352,739 133.7-18 39,328 To Continent 610.290 533,815 172,712 137,743 To Channel Il,8o0 6,100 22,859 Total foreip-n 1,636,635 1,733,044 762,291 524,376 New York 450,086 839,837 2v9,386 213,416 Morgan City 9,157 84,5'J7 Other ports 34,896 628 51,988 Nn-tv. bv rail 1.771 1,560 166 194 Total coastwise 486,753 341,397 289,697 349,805 Local consumption 4.2o6 Total exports 2,138,388 2,114,441 1,056,244 871,181 DISTANCE IN MILES. Tne increased business at the nort of Galveston is explained partly by the improvea harbor and lacilities tor handling freight and partly by the fact that ship^^ers are beginning to take into consideration the fact that Galveston is nearer to the large business centers by maiiy miles tnan New York City: To Gal- To New Miles From— veston. Yot k. nearer. San Francisco, Cal 1,620 2,5G0 940 Los Angeles, Cal ; 1,350 2,443 1,093 Salt Lake, Utah i,240 1,990 750 Denver, Col 930 1,670 740 Cheyenne, Wyo 990 1,648 658 Santa Fe, N. M 790 1,805 1,015 El Paso, Tex 694 1,948 1,254 Lincoln, Neb 815 1,254 439 Topeka, Kan 680 1,226 546 Yankton, S. D 936 1,282 Si5 Omaha, Neb 8^9 1,214 375 St. Louis, Mo 705 946 241 Little Rock, Ark 408 1,153 745 GOVERNOR LANHAM CONVINCED. Governor S. W. T. Lanham, after making a careful inspection of the Seawall, renjarked to a representative of the Galveston News: "This is work," said the Governor, as he surveyed the immovable m^.ss of concrete, "uhat will be pomtea to in ages to come as one of the. greatest engineerinp- specimens of man's skill. On my desk at Austin I have photographs of this great breakwater and from them and the descrintions and reports of the progress of the work that have been nublisned from time to time. I have tried to comprehend T. J. GROCE, President. H. A. LANDES, Vice-President. GUY M. BRYAN, 2d Vice-President. C. J. WOLSTON, Casliier. THE GALVESTON NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL ■ $125,000.00 SURPLUS PROFITS $70,000,00 Cor. Strand and Tremont GALVESTON, - - - - TEXAS. tion, the Twenty-eighth Legislature increased this donation by grranting- the same taxes for fifteen years additional, and extended same so as to cover taxes collected irom property and persons in the entire county, instead of confining- same to city alone. The Legislature further authorized tne city to issue for grade raising- purposes bonds to the amount of two million dollars at a rate not to exceed five per cent per annum, and also declared the money donated by the State to be a trust fund for the purpose of aiding- the City of Galveston in payins- the interest and sinking- runci on said bond issue. At the present tax rate and assessed valuation the amount to be received from the State is estimated at between $70,000 and $75,0U0 per annum, or, approximately, $1,000,000 for the encire fifteen years. As the city improves and taxable values increase, the State donation multiplies. The cit-"' utilizing the sinking fund of us different bond issues, also the first two years taxes received from the State, will purchase from time to time one-third of the entire issue of $2,000,000 grade raising bonds, the remainder oi said issue to be either sold for cash or else deuvereu in part payment to the contractor. The Legislature, throug-n a charter amendment, also provided for tne appointment by the Governor of me State of three resident citizens of Galveston to constitute a board for the manag-ement, control and direction of said g-rade raising, said board to be styled the "Grade Raising Board of the City of Galveston." On May 19, 1903, thp Governor appointed Captain J. P. Alvey, John Sealy and E. R. Cheeseborough. This board eleciea as consulting engineer Captain C. S. Riche, LTnited States Army, who for six years past has been in chara-e of the Government Engineer's office at Galveston. This selec- tion gave universal satisfaction, as Captain Riche is generally recog- nized as an engineer of splendid ability and of unquestioned integrity. Mr. H. T. Wilson, a local engineer of wide experience, acting under the direction of Captain Riche, has made a very careful survey of the city, and his report shows that the amount of filling that will be required for the territory south of the north line of Broadway, HENRY J. RUNGE, President. JOHN C. WALKER, Vice-President. CEORGE S. EWALT, Sec't. and Treas. JOHN R. CCX, Superintendant. Brush Electric Light and Power Company. OFFICES AND WORKS: 26th AND POSTOFFICE STREETS. GALVESTON, ----- TEXAS. extending to the Gulf, and also east of the west line of Thirteenth street will be 11,243,900 cubi<- yards. The Board of Engineers in their report call for the raising of the city grade to eignt teet above mean low tide at Avenue A, fronting on Galveston Bay; ten feet at Avenue J, or Broadway; twelve feet at Avenue P, and continuing tnis slope to top of seawall at the Gulf of Mexico, seventeen feet, thvis forming a rise of one foot in fifteen hundred feet from the Bay to the Gulf. On December 11th 1903, the Grade Raising Board awarded the con- tract for raising the grade of the city to P. C. Goedhart and Lindon W. ±5att ; of 74 Broadvray, New YorK, upon a basis of ISh cents per cubic yard for filling in place, the total price being $1,938,175, and the County of Galveston, which is buiiaing the seawall, contracted for the filling on the 100-fcot strip back of the wall, upon a basis of 20 cents, cr a total of $142,570, or a grana total of $2,080,745. The method of securing the filling and the plan of distribution to be emploved by Messrs. Goedhart anu Bates has met with general favor at Galveston. Tne plan, while novel, has been declared by all the engineers interested as feasible, and one that solves a number of perplexixng problems. The material is to be taken from the bay and between the Government .ietties by self-loading and discharging and self-propelling dredges, which will steam from the excavating ground through a distributing canal to pipe line stations, and then discnarge their loads througn pipes running down the streets and avenues. This canal will parallel the seawall right of way and the city proper. The eartn taken from the canal will be placed on the seawall right of way, and when the contract has been complied with the canal will be filled to graae. The contractors are to move the houses from the canal route to sites provided, rent free, by the city, and later return them to their origmal locations. Tne city leases tne lots from property owners, paying as rental all taxes for the period covered by the lease. The territory to be Liled embraces private property, as well as streets, siuewalKS and alleys, and there is no sr^ecial tax or cnarge made against the private property for the filling placed thereon. Under the terms of the contract the entire filling is to be completed withm tnree years The canal will solve both the distributing and dramage problems and the source of supply for filling will deepen the navigable waters and channel close to the city, an improvement which will be of great value. The total cost of the seawall complete and the grade raising will be $3,500,000. ^ ^ ALVEY JOHN SEALY. E. R. CHEESEBOROUGH, A wide, wild stretch of water, Over which glide mammoth ships, Yet disdains to quench the thirst Of one that puts it to his lips. :% Wf{ Ka Mudical College BiiiMing. GALVESTON AS A DEEP WATER PORT AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE. BY R. WAVERLEY SMITH, PRESIDENT DEEP WATER COMMITTEE. Galveston is tne principal seaport of the Southwest, doing more foreign business than anv port south of New York. It has recently moved forward to tne third place in the rank of exporting ports in the United States, being exceeded in this respect only by New York and New Orleans. Galveston and New Orleans alternate as first and second cotton ports of the world, while the former ranks first in cotton seed nroduce exports. This port has forty-two steamship lines in active operation, including regular service to all important ports in Europe, and nine trunk lines of railroad centering here to carry .MANurACTURERSO^HE _ ^|^ FCddef TRIUMPH VENTILATOR, 8,. FLUE 4 CAP. WOKRER IN GALVANIZED IRON, TIN COP- PER. BRASS AND ZINC, ETC. DEAr.ER IN Stoves, Tinware, and Granite Ware. I^HOIS-E TOO 2703-2705 Market St Galveston, Texas. Otto Letzerich. Geo. Amburn. LETZERICH 6 CO., (Suecessoi's to Tuller & Foth) CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO DRAWBACKS 200 CENTER STREEX, Telephone ]Vo. 120(J GrALVESi ON, Texas. C. NICOLINI & CO., Commission Merchants and Steamship Agfents PASSENGER AGENTS FOR ALL 5HIPS PLYING BE- TWEEN U. 5. AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. 2001=2003 Strand Street. Galveston, Tevas. the surplu.j product; of the Southwest to, ana the manufactured products of the Atlantic seaboard and Europe from, this great gate- way of commerce. The present available wharf front, being about six miles in length, will furnish accommodation for ninety-one large ocean-going vessels, this being second only to the port of New York, while in respect of the area oi wharf shed room available for the handling of freight at this port, Galveston ranks ahead even of New York. This splendid wharf front is owned by the United States Government, State of Texas, Galveston Wharf Company, Southern Pacific Companv, Santa Fe system. Rock Island system and the Galveston Citv Comoanv. Scottish Rite Cathedral. Galveston is only one hour from thfe deep sea for a laden steamer, having now a minimum depth of 27 feet of water in the channel, which will soon be increased to thirty feet, witn a width of li'OO feet, under a Government contract now being carried out. According to the Government report for the fiscal year of 1902-03, Galveston foreign exports were valued at $104,121,087. The great fieet of Southern Pacific freighters put into active service between Galveston and New York about a year ago, has fulfilled the promise of an enormous increase of traffic through this port. All tne freight to and from all parts of Texas, Color.ido, Utah, **iji^^^***^*^*^*^-**^5^-t-i&^*¥^^^^:-^-^5it;^-"K**«-**^^3;i^-^ J. H. Langbp:hn F. A. Langbehn ^ LANGBEHN BROS. :SUCCESSOR TO J. MOLLER & CO.,== STEAMSHIP AGENTS, QyVUVESl ON, = = TEXAS. i TEXAS-EUROPEAN STEAMSHIP LINE ••J. Regular Steamship Scrvicn to * Liverpool, Havre, Bremen, Hamburg, ^ Antwerp, Rotterdam, Copenhagen ^ Aarhuus and other European ^ Ports CUBAN STEAMSHIP LINE TO LONDON Monthly Sailings to London SERRA LINE TO LIVERPOOL 1. The total length of improved wharf front is 21,641 lineal feet, or 4.1 miles. 2 The total area of propertv is 252.36 acres. 3. The warehouses ana sheds cover an area of 1,594,289 square feet. 4. ihe storag-e capacity of tne sheds is 309,858 bales of cotton placed on end, but if the cotton was tiered the entire crop of Texas could be put under cover. 5. The wharf comnany terminals consist of thirty-six miles of tracK laid with 70-Dound standard steel rails, which together with all the latest improved switches, afford ample capacitv for the storage of cars and a handling capacity of over a thousand loaded cars per day. 6. Marine wavs, with a capacity for hauling out vessels of over 700 tons. 7. Two s-rain elevators of an aggregate capacity of 2,500,000 bushels, which, top-ether with the Texas Star Flour Mills elevator of 750,000 bushels capacity and the Southern Pacific elevator of a million bushels, give the port an aggregate elevator capacity of over 4,000,000 bushels. Elevator "A" has a capacity of delivering into vessels 70,000 bushels of grain per hour and unloading 200 cars of gra.n per day, being one of the most rapia handlers of grain m this country. From the time it became apparent that it would be necessary to meet improved conditions on the bar and provide for vessels of deeper drait. that is, from 1890 to 1903 inclusive, the Wharf Company has expended over $700,000 for the purchase, maintenance and operation of its dredsring plant, which is only used for the purpose of dredging and decDening in front of and around its wharves. In April, 1869, by decree of compromise the city waived all claim to the streets from avenue A to the harbor line, running through the Wharf Company's property, receiving 6222 shares of stock, being one- third of the stock. On this the city has collected over $900,000 in dividends. Taxes— The Wharf Company pays between $40,000 and $45,000 annuallv. The Wharf Company expended ;s-iOO,000 in restoring its property after the storm of September 8. 1900. It went to work immediately repair- ing- the damage, giving employment to a small army of laborers, not hesitating at expensj, but using every means at its command to place its property in shape to handle the business of the port as soon as the railroads could bring it in. This they accomplishea, and when the bridge was repaired, enabling the trains to enter our city, the Wharf Comnany was prepared to furnish facilities to handle all the business tendered them, so there was not one day's detention to shipping through anv fault of the company. Their elevators were ^-aily damaged, Elevator "B" being almost a total wreck, yet they delivered grain to a vessel on September 22, only fourteen days after the storm, thus showing the prompt manner in which the repairs to their property were made. From 1890 to date the Wharf Lompany has expended over $2,000,009 in improving its propertv. building elevators, sheds, wharves, railroad tracks,, etc., thus increasing the value of its property to $5,000,000, and enabled it to Keep r>ace with the demanas of commerce; in fact, it has kept ahead, so that they have been able at all times, to properly care ror all business seeking an outlet through our port. No stronger refutation of the charge of monopoly could be found than in the enormous increase of the business of the port while in the "clutches" of the alleged "octopus. ' Moreover, the advent of the Southern ir'acific Companv and the construction of its unexcelled terminal facilities, are conclusive evidence that Galveston is in the full enjoyment of all the ad^-antages to be derived from vigorous and healthv comoe^ition. The benefits tnat will accrue from her latest acquisition will be almost incalculable. It would not be inappropriate to quote from a recent interesting publication on the subject of the Southern Pacific Terminals: 'When the Southern Pacific beg^.n its extensive improvements at Galveston a year or two smce it was with a view of accommodating its facilities to the growing demands of trade and commerce gen- erally. The constantly augmenting business of exports of all classes of American products to the consumers of the globe severely taxed the trade institutions, crowaing the wharves and docks of the various seaports at periods when traffic congestion seriously crippled all denartments of the great transportation lines of the country. "The permanent deep water at Galveston, the magnificence of the harbor and tne converging of rail lines to the city in question, made the proposition extremely attractive, and the fact that the great crops of the West sought egress through Gulf ports precluded all possibility of failure or any lack of trade. Thus the determination of the South- ern Pacific to erect the vast system of sheds, docks, elevators, con- vevors and other loading and unloading appliances, was based upon results of observation and upon the necessities of the situation which the promoters of the imnr^vement realized and appreciatea. "To date the Southern Pacific has expended over $/;,000,000 in its Galveston terminals, and this sum will be constantly increased in the near future b^' the addition of other improvements demanded by the trade. "A million bushel grain elevator is being erected on Pier A, and will soon be completed. A laree power house is being built to accom- modate the machinery for operating the elevator, and other projects are contemplated in the interest of the great railroad and steamship company, which means so much for this port and the whole South- west. The dock and terminal improvements completed to date and agreed upon lor immediate construction, represenr an outlay of S2. 500. 000 in round figures." Another evidence of Galveston's freedom from the thrall of monopoly lies in the fact that the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail- way Company has a large area of property east of Tenth street and a valuable frontage on the channel, as has also the Rock Island system west of the Southern Pacific docks, which will be developed as soon as the need of more facilities than the Wharf Company can furnish will warrant. If there is a scintilla of doubt as to the strength and importance of Galveston's position as a port, or of ner future greatness as a municipality it must be dispelled by the recent action of the ±< if tv- seventh congress in undertaking in accordance with plans of the United States Engineers, the restoration of the jetties at a cost of SI, 500, 000, the repair and rebuildine- of the fortifications at a cost of .Si'oooono. and the improve- ent of the inner harbor channel to a width of 1200 feet and a depth of thirty feet, at a cost of over $1,500,000, which will make Galveston the peer of any port in the world. o SHIPPING. "Greater Galveston, where rail and water lines meer." The statement that Galveston is destined to be one of the leading ports of the United States is no longer a prediction. That prophecy has been fulfilled and Galveston is one of the leading ports of the courtry. Situated as she is, oniv one hour's run from the deep sea, and at the very door of a larere and rich territory, nothing has been able to stop her progress. With the development of industries ana t.ie increase of population and production in her territory, the port of Galveston has kept paco in added facilities for handling outgomg and incoming cargoes. To-day there is not a country of importance in the world that hao not direct connection with Galveston. Regular line service is becoming popular, and as tne country develops new lines are established, until Galveston now offers a foreign steamship service barely surpassed by any port in the United States. The coastwise trade is well looked after, the New York business bemg handled by two prominent lines, which together nave five vessels in and out of the port each week. The lines are the New York and Texas steamship line (Mallory line) and the Southern Pacific-Morgan r^eamship line. In coraection with the coastwise trade there are three tank lines to Sabine Pass, a steamship line to Brownsville, two schooner lines to Brownsville, three schooner lines to Corpus Christi, and numerous small vessels plying between Galveston and nearby ports. The foreign trade is cared for by fifty-three lines of steam- ships, besides numerous tramp steamers. All these lines do not have regular sailings the year round, but through the busy season, which lasts from September until April, sailings on all lines are frequent. Referring to the depth of the water in the harbor and on the bar, the following record of deeply lauen vessels passing out ever the bar during the last year is conclusive proof that Galveston is a deep water port, even without the improvements now in progress: l^02r- Feet. Inches. April 18— Ss Irada (Br) 25 6 July 29— Ss St. George (Br.) ^o ^ Aug. 21— Ss Monomv -"Br) ^2 i Aug. 24— Ss Ikbal (Br) 2b Sent. 12— Ss Inchmaree (Br) ^5 ^ Sept. 17-Ss Breslau (Ger) 25 Oct. 25— Ss Chemnitz (Ger) ^a " Nov. 2rf— Ss Mmeola (Br) ) '^^ * 190^— „^ T Jan. 13— Ss Frankfort 'Ger) fa ^ Feb. 2— Ss Cassel (Ger) 26 6 Feb. 10-Ss Irak (Ger) 25 10 Mar. 9— Ss Rio Jano CSpan) f9 ^" Mar. 24— Ss Ramore Head (Br) ^^ o Anril 10— Ss Atlantian (Br) ^» ° Mav 6— Ss Alexandria (Br) f^ ^ Ma- i5— Ss Irada (Br) ^^ '" Mav 27— Ss Inchmaree Br) ^^ ^ June 25— Ss Inchulva (Br) ^o ^ June 30— Ss Acilia (Ger) ^^ ^^ Aug. 8— Ss Dictator (Br) ^| ° Aug. 13— Ss Alexandria (Ger) '^^ ' o Men must have faith in any great achievement, and must put that faith to practical use and helping forces will respond to their needs. Galveston has manifested her faith in the present project of building a seawall to protect her from the inflowing water. And now that the greater abstacles have been overcome, she has the contidence to go on with the raising of the grade of the city. ' Recently Refitted and Refurnished Throu^h- ^ out, SO Rooms en Suite with Bath. ]^ Tremont Hotel *!« ^^ «?!« ^^ ^^ 4^ ^^ ^]j0 ^^^ ^^ <;|# ^^ Galveston^ Tex^s. Rates $2.50 to $4.00 Per Day AMERICAN PLAN Frops. Manager. . W. L. MOODY. W. L. MOODY, Jr. F. B. MOODY ESTABLISHED 1868. W.LMoody&Co. GALVESTON, TEXAS. BAN K ERS AND COTTON FACTORS CORRESPONDENTS Bank of America New York National Bank of Commerce St. Louis Germania National Bank New Orleans Continental National Bank Chicago Trades National Bank Kansas City Dennistoun Cross & Co London. Eny. Credit Lyonais..., Paris, France Deutsche Bank Berlin ULLNANNp LEWIS fi; CO.p WHOLESALE GROCERS Importers AND Liquor Dealers Cor. strand and 24th Sts. GALVESTON, TEXAS. D. E. CROSLAND, President. D. E. LANDES, Vice President. L. B. BURCK, Secy, and Treas. W. R. WHITE, Manager. SOUTHERN COFFEE COMPANY ===== INCORPORATED ". ' ■ . ■ ' ■ " ' ■'' ■■ GOLD SEAL BRAIND r • — — AUADIIV MOCHA AND JAVA COFFEE, TEAS, SPICES, BAKING POWDER, EXTRACTS, : : : : VINEGAR AND GROCERS' SUNDRIES : : : ! GALVESTON. TEXAS. Jno. D. Rogers. Jno, D, Rogers Q Go. COTTON FACTORS and COMMISSION MERCHANTS COTTON Liberaladvances made on cotton stiipments. Correspondence Solicited. GALVESTON, - - - - - TEXAS. GALVESTON'S RANK AS A COTTON PORT. As a further evidence of the progress of Galveston as a cotton port, the net receipts of coiton at all United States ports for the same years are given below, the smaller ports being combined as "other ports." So far this year, 1903-04, Galveston is about 600,000 bales ahead of New Orleans, thus making her the first cotton port in the world. Ports- 1902-03. 1892-93. 1882-83. Lialveston 2,093,070 1,047,910 863,104 New Orleans 2,316,617 1,620.079 1,674,524 Mobile 216,557 182,884 311,977 Savannah 1,297,453 791,211 817,670 Charleston 200,489 287,496 570,0^7 Wilmington 328,272 159.394 129,146 St. ]\iary's Hospital and Annex. Norfolk 509,437 Baltimore 49,046 New York 57,577 Boston 99,040 Philadelphia 27,449 Other ports - 525,202 297,301 66,893 107,068 123,751 73,212 330,132 798,676 89.347 152,184 192,101 99,141 284,156 Totals 7,720,209 5,081,394 5,892,483 From a Galveston standpoint PUSH is the watchword. PUSH the present enterprise to success. The world looks on with applause at the herculean efforts which are being made for a storm-proof city. And lOcal pride and justice is sure to reserve the front seats for the men who push. On every door to success is boldly written PUSH. And no other people in the wide world have more, if as much, push as is to be foand in Galveston. JESSE ASTALL, Pres't. and Treas, JAS. J, ASTALL. VIce-Pres't. and Sec'y ASTALL IRON WORKS GO., MAJORITY OP STOCK FOR SALE BY JESSE ASTALL Engineers, Brass and Iron Founders, Manufacturers Engines, Boilers, Steam Pumps, Agents Machinery and Supplies 2615 STRAND PtlONE 332 FOR HEALTH and STRENGTH DRINK Magnolia Ke$ Beer, Southern Select and SDllts Bottle Beer HOUSTON ICE & BEWERING CO. D. ROSSt, Agent. Phones 631 and 454. Galveston, Texas. T. P. JOUGHIN & CO., GROCERS j^ jft jf> jf> j^ j^ jf* f^* j^ jr> jr* j^ j^ j^ fjf> fj^ f^ jH ^j^ AND IMPORTERS OF CEYLON AND ASSAM TEAS. 2601-2505 MARKET ST. PHONE 282. GALVESTON. TEXAS. THE WORLD'S FAIR AT St. LOUIS IK ISM. Will cover twelve hundred acres of land having,' three hundred icres of exhibit space, and will cost over forty millions of dollars. St. Louis is reached directly from Texas by the I. & G. N . Iron Mountian lines. "THE TEXAS ROAD" "Look at the Figures" Wiles, Minutes, Money, Saved between Texas and St. Louis, via the L &. G. N, The "True St. Louis World's Fair Line" rSI Miles Shortest, 5 Hours 57 min. Quicl(est, HOUSTON to St. LOUIS. 109 iViiles Shortest, 4 Heurs 7 min. Quickest, SAN ANTONIO to St. LOUIS. 189 Miles Shortest, 6 Hours 57 min. Quicl(est, 109 Miles Shortest, 5 Hours 12 min. Quickest, GALVESTON to St. LOUIS. AUSTIN to St. LOUIS. Equally as quick to all Eastero Cities throush St. Louis. Pigureai L>o INot Misrepresent- 6 Hours 39 Minutes Quickest, St. Louis to Houston. 5 Hours 54 Minutes Quickest, St. Louis to Galveston. 4 Hours 28 Minutes Quickest, St. Louis to San Antonio, 6 Hours 47 Minutes Quickest, St. Louis to Austin. Higiares Do Not IVf isrepresent. Excellent Diningr Car Service all the way all the time. THE GREATEST EXPOSITION OF THE AGE. Will open ^t St. Louis in May, 1904 t* commemorate the centennial of the great Louisiana Territory Purchase by the United States from France. St. Louis is reached directly from Texas by the I. & G. N. Iron Mountian Lines. "THE TEXAS ROAD" International & Great Northern Ivailroad. L. TRICE, 2d Vice-President and Gen'l. Mgr. L2d Vice D. J. PRICE. General Paser.ger and Ticket Agt. GALVESTON'S RANK AMONG PORTS. As a result of the enormous foreign trade that Galveston has enjoyed during the past fiscal year, the port has advanced one number in its rank among exporting ]iorts of the Ignited States and now holds third place from the top of the list. It also holds the proud distinction or being the only port m the United States that passed its old record and set up a new mark for export values. The fiscal IB ^ I. H. KEMPHER, President. BIRD S^COLER, / yjce-Presidents. « J. T. McCarthy, cashier. F. P. EVANS, Asst. Gashler. TEXAS BANK (£ TRUST CO. GALVESTON. TEXAS. I CAPITAL $200,000 SURPLUS $200,000 j INTEREST ALLOWD ON TiiklE AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS. We invite correspondence from out-of-town tanlcs because we fcelieve we can be of service to them. SPECIAL ATTEJSTIOIS GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS WE BUY AND SELL FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND ARE LARGE BUYERS OF COTTON AND GRAIN BILLS. i I year 1900-01 was the banner year for export values for the United States and for every port in the country. Since that time there has been a falling away of export values, in 1901-02 all ports suffering ic a greater or less extent. Galveston was on the list that did not that j'Car equal its banner year, but came nearer doing it than any other port. For the year just closed she passed the high mark and sent out to foreign countries goods valued at $104,121,087. In 1901-02 Galveston passed Baltimore and in 1902-03 Boston-Charlestown (Mass.) was left in the rear, with Baltimore taking fifth place in the list. While Galveston gained $2,243,787 over its banner year, Baltimore fell away $24,534,584, Boston-Charlestown (Mass.), $55,581,788, New Orleans $3,704,080, and New York $112,905,414. Galveston's rank among the Gulf ports in total trade is still second, and second also in rank as an exporting point. As a port of entry her rank among the Gulf ports is fourth, which is also the same position the port occupied in 1901-02 and the year previous. Rosenberg Library (I\earing Completion). Residence of D. B. Henderson to the Left. BUSY WHARF SCENES. From the Galveston Tribune, October 1, 1903. The last da^'s of September were busy ones here, especially in regard to cotton shipments, and there were more vessels clearing and sailing Wednesday— the number footed up nine— than often happens in the busiest of seasons, and they presented a pretty picture as they passed out of the harbor, firing their rockets as a farewell salute. The receipts of cotton for the month amounted to 184,836 bales, and »he movement did not fully start until some ten days since, while the receipts of grain— wheat, corn and rye— reached the number of 3633 cars. Despite the large number of vessels sailing yesterday the harbor is well fille i with ships and they are arriving almost hourly, as there is a large fleet on the way to this port. Some idea of the magnitude of the business transacted at this port WM . SCH ADT (Wholesale and Retail) SASM, DOORS. B L_ I IM D S M A R D \A/ A F? E, F=» A I FSI X I IM G IVl AX E R I A L_S, IVI A N X E L_ S GRAXES, XIL_E A IM D GI-ASS Phone Connection 28th and Mechanic St3. GALVESTON, TEXAS. Murdoch's Bath House GEORGE MURDOCH, Proprietor. GALVESTON'S PRIDE 23d and Esash, Galveston, Texas. ESI'AnT.ISHEr) SAME OILJ? PLACE 1855. 1903. Geo. Schneider & Co. IMPORTERS. tkf; or. pest liquor hotjse ij^ tjhxas. WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS AND ASSURE YOU PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION 2110-2112 Strand GtALVeston, Texas. can be formed by an epitomized statement of the exportations to foreign countries and their appraised value, which is as followi--. Cotton, 91.796 bales, valued at $4^802,398; 982.000 bushels of wheat, valued at $829,114; 34,284 bushels of corn, valued at $16,113; 40,554 barrels of flour, valued at $149,291; 15,875 feet of walnut lumber, valued at $1,111; 204 walnut logs, valued at $6,814; 301,560 feet of pine lumber, valued at $6,372; 164,955 staves, valued at $17,771; 4,353 ba^s of zinc ore, valued at $15,890; 11,084 sacks of cotton seed meal, valued at $120,530; 1,793 sacks of copper matte, valued at $15,814; 290 sacks of mineral wool, valued at $1,530; 500 sacks of meadow fescue grass seed, valued at $6,180; 4353 sacks of zinc ore, valued at $10,890, and 542 barrels of soap stock, valued at $2,056. The total value of the exports during the three last days of September was $5,995,060. The large shipments of flour to foreign ports is particularlv noticeable. In addition to the shipments direct to foreign countries, the regular steamers of the Mallory and Southern Pacific lines took out a large amount of cotton wool, hides, sugar, canned goods, wines, copper Murdochs Bathing i'avilion, un Llie Beach. bullion ana many other commodities which are not enumerated in the summary given above. FIRST COTTON PORT. From the Galveston Tribune, Jan. 12, 1904. "Galveston is this season maintaining her prestige as the leading port of the world as never before. At this time last year New Orleans was ahead of her oy a few thousand bales, but now Galveston leads bv about half a million bales. It is not at all probable that this advantage will be overcome before the end of tne season, and for the first time m her historv the Texas port will have the proud satisfac- tion of Dosing as the greatest of cotton ports. This is as much a matter of pride to Texas generally as to the Pirate Isle." The foregoing verv pleasant editorial expression of the San Antonio Express is appreciated by Galveston, and its prediction that this port will close the cotton season in the lead is sure to be verified. The ii,xpress is in error, though, in the statement that this will be Gal- veston's first year at the head of the hst of cotton ports. The season S LEON BLUM, Prest. E. R. CHEESBOROUGH, Sect, and Tieas- J J M. MARX, Vice-Frest. » 8 the : = * I Leon & H. Blum Land Company | I Authorized Capital - . $2,000,000 | 1 Has for sale a large list of valuable city property, also ^ ^ REAL ESTATE, IMPROVED and UNIMPROVED, ^ 2 IN 150 COUNTIES IN TEXAS. % t Write For List and Particulars. * I OFFICE: 306-311 Trust BIdg. Galveston, Texas. | J. E. V/aIi;s. H. A. Landcs. C. L. Wallis. yfallis. Landes 6 Co. Cotton Factors LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS 2409-241^ Strand St. Gaheston, Texas. of 1898-99 closed with Galveston ahead of New Orleans over 100,000' baies. The following season the inundation of the cotton fields aloni^ the bottoms of the Brazos and tributary streams wiped out an enor- mous amount of cotton that would have come to this port, hence New Orleans again led. During the next season we were visited by the hurricane which set the port back somewhat, but now Galveston is- coming into her own, and from this season forward the Texas port will prove to be the leading cotton snipping port of the world, as- Texas is the first cotton prodvicing State of the Union. RECORDS THAT WERE BROICEN. Galveston has passed Boston-Charlestown (Mass.), and now holds third place in the rank of exporting pomts in the United States. Galveston aavanced from twenty-third place to eighteenth place in her rank as a port of entry among the Ocean and Gulf ports. Foreign export values for the fiscal year amounted to $104,121,087, an increase over the previous banner year of the port by $2,158,295, being increase over the previous banner year of tne port by $2,158,295, being the only port in the United States passing her old high record. All records in custom house receipts were broken, last year's receipts being exceeded 116 per cent. Total value of freight handled in Galveston harbor for the year wa& $447,910,707, an increase of $201,343,461 over the previous year. GALVESTON OF TODAY. New Orleans Editor's Handsome Tribute to the People of This City. Mr. J. M. Leveque, the briliant editor and owner of the Harlequin of New Orleans, after visiting Galveston and naving inspected the Rosenberg Mounment to the Heroes of Texas Independence. work accomplished by her people since the great storm, returned home and Dublished a report, of which the following is an extract: "In the heart of Galveston there stands a magnificent statue com- LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE LAUNDRY IN THE CITY Model Laundry, Corner 34th and Postoffice Sts., Telephone No. 79. Galveston, Texas. F. H. HIE S A UE , UIVERV Board — AND — ■ ing Stable Horses, Mules and Cows at all times. Rubber Tire Hacks 2317 P. 0. St. Phone 346 U. KOESTER, Wholesale LJQUor Dealer^ also, Oidefs, Pr-uit Uuices Etc Satisfaction Guaranteed. OUR BEDFORD PRIVATE STOCK full qts. Excels any liquor in the market for the price. All non-alcoholic beverages accompani- ed by a notarys' certificate. ^ ^ ^ Call For Price List. Telephone 90$. 101-24TH Street. Galveston, Texas. memorating- the heroism of those great Texans who, thr(jugh a toil of hardship, doubt and disaster, founded the splendid Republic. "booking- from opposite sides of the column are two bronzes of heroic size, figures of women, representing respectively 'Courage' and 'Honor.' "I do not know whetner it be the rare excellence of the sculptor's r.rt or the emotions that surged upon me as I looked at them, but it seems to me no one can loo^. upon ana ever afterward forget either of these faces. The towering purpose of the one, the clear-eyed gaze, the sweet, sedate, inexplicabb- unapproachable, yet tender simplicity of the other, each chisel themselves out in the memory and the imagination and set themseives up there— memories for a lifetime. "It seems to me tnat both these expressions might fittingly stand for the modern heroes of Galveston as well as for those illustrious sons of early Texas. Greater courage, higher honor, was never exnibited by a people than that with which Galvestonians have reclaimed their citv from the wreck and ravage of a storm which A^iew of Portion of the City, Showing Central Park. will go down as the greatest single catastrophe in history. "I spent a dav in Gaiveston last week. I had not seen the city in nine years. To such a one tuere is scarcely a scar left by the storm. The stout men of Galveston are rebuilding the former confidence and prestige with a care, cunning, solidify' and thoroughness not second to that they have emplo-^-ed m obliterating the physical traces of the storm. They have reached a stage of success on this gigantic under- takinsr marking them giants of courage and stamping them men of the highest honor, for so genuine a love of home is the highest typr of honor. "It was mv privilege to talk to several of the Galvestonians who were chief . factors in the great reviving confidence at a time w^hen stout-hearted, clear-headed men were needed— young men. too, men commanding great interests centered in Galveston. They exhibit the superlative degree of reviving confidence in Galveston. There is no sham in their attitude of mind. They view with calm vision the central fact that vast calamities may happen to the happiest of cities E. STAVENHAGEN Sr. E. STAVENHAGEN Jr. £. STAVENHAGEN G SONp Commission Merchants :AND DEALERS IN== Prcduce and Grocers' Sundries Celebrated Silver Leaf Elgin Creamery Butter Quick Sales and Prompt Returns on Consignments Entrusted to Us.::::: 2114 Strand. PHONE 679. Galveston, Texas. T. L. Gross S Co., SHIPSTORES and CHANDLERY MANUFACTURERS' AGEINTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ^ ^ Keep a full stock on hand of everything in our line Call and be convinced. 20J4-20I6 and 20J8 Strand Galveston, Texas. R. G. DUN 8c CO. ESTABLISHED 1841 THE MERCANTILE AGENCY On« Hundred and Fifty One Offices Books Arranged With Trada Classification of Names. QAUVBSTOIV- anywhere, at any time; that such an one as befell Galveston has never before happened in history, and that the unimpeachable logic of the la AT of chance in the world is that it will never happen again. In addition to this is the absolute guarantee of a tremendous protection project which, besides its physical utility, is the surest possible evidence of the city's' self-confidence. GALVESTON COTTON EXCHANGE STATEMENT. The following- statement of receipts, exports, local consumption, weight of bales, both round and square, at Galveston, for the season of 1902-03 was furnished by S. O. Young, Secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchan°-e. (Round bales counted as half bales): 1903. 1902. Net receipts 2,093,070 2,090,710 Gross receipts 2,093,070 2,090,710 Exports to Great Britain 685,498 880,390 Exports to France 328,997 352,739 Exports to Continent 610,290 533,815 Exports to Japan None None Exports to Mexico 11,580 6,lUo Exports to coastwise norts 482,982 341,397 Shipped to interior points north of the Potomac None None Shipped to interior points south of the Potomac 1,171 None Local consumption None IS one Average weight of year's receipts (pounds) 519.54 522.28 Stock August 31...." 1,131 31,449 New cotton received to close of August 594 56,363 Average value of bales $51.47 $44.39 Burned None None Total rounu bales received 381,750 230.718 Average weight of round bales (pounds) 253.80 254.19 CUSTOM HOUSE RECEIPTS. Following is a statement of duties collected by months during the fiscal year 1902-03 and a comparative statement of all moneys collected at the port: July $15,399 10 January 72,835 95 August 20,271 70 Februarv 11,238 64 September 35,900 11 March 35,132 93 October 39,928 98 April 36,511 18 November 33,379 64 May 20,808 70 December 42,758 79 June 24,338 94 Total $388,504 57 Following is a statement of duties paid and cash from all sources received at the custom house at this port for the fiscal year 1902-03, compared with the three previous years: Number of Amount Cash from Year — entries. duties. all sources. 1902-03 1,426 .$388,504 5/ $448,519 00 1901-02 1,117 179,084 12 220,32179 1900-1.1 772 152,429 72 196,l37 78 1899-00 799 154,199 26 233,870 22 The increase of duties paid in 1902-03 over the previous year, as indi- cated in the above table, is $209,420.45. ana the increase in all moneys received $228,197.21. The total value of goods handled over the Galveston wharves for the year just closed was $447,910,707, compared witn a valuation of S246,567,246 for 1901-02. showing an increase of $201,343,461. This increase was due largely to our expanded coastwise trade, due to the union of steamship and railroad lines of the Southern Pacific system at the port of Galveston. Following is given the approximate value of the freight handled coastwise at the port of Galveston for each month of the fiscal year 1902-03: Juiy $13,877,856 January 40,205,635 August 23,046.280 Februarv 25.109,213 September 19.673,275 March 27,782,829 October 34,166,069 April 31.635,65? November ....: 38,821,267 May 29,121,100 December 30,495 114 June 29,389,618 Total $342,278,279 The total value of freight nandled coastwise over the Galveston wharves during the past year was $342,278,279. THE CITY AND PORT OF GALVESTON. BY J. H. JOHNSTON, SECRETARY OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Long- before the immortal heroes of the Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto had carved the boundaries of the Lone Star State, an empire in itself, the island upon which the present City of Galveston stands was ^-ell know^n to most people in the United States and to many residents or foreign countries. The question naturally arises: Why was this so? The answer is simple enough. Because this was a natural port and easilv the most accessible on the entire Gulf of Mexico, hence it had become at an early date the rendezvous of the pirate LaFitte and his associates, possibly less historic, but no less acute when the consideration was a good thing to be secured at little cost. Galveston Island had then, as it has today, the most delightful climate to be found anywhere in the broad Southland. "•^A i^. Residence of Charles Fowler. After LaFitte and his followers had either reformed or departed for less desirable quarters, in this world or the next, Galveston Island was settled by an energetic and enterprising- class of people, who promptlv set about building a town, which ror a long time to come was to be the commercial center as well as ine chief pori. of the great Southwest. Difficulties in plenty there were to contend with on account of the undeveloped state of the country and lack of facilities, but the people had in them the stuff of which heroes are made and which they transmitted to their offspring to be later displayed when the eyes of the entire world were centered on this storm-stricken com- munity. Such were the people who built "the Oleander City," as ii is commonly called, and who by their own eftorts and with final assist- ance of the Federal Government established the harbor and port of which the following was written prior to September. 1900: "Galveston harbor is one of the most impressively beautiful in tne world. Stretching- for miles in a great semi-circle, the ship channel sweeps by the greatest system of docks in the South and out to sea Draughon's Practical Business Coliege Co. NO VA€ATI@IN NO CLASSES strongly indorsed by Bankers, Mer- chants, Bookkeep- ers, and Stenog- raphers, as be- ing Thorough Practical Progres- sive and Reliable. Teachers Competent and Experienced. Institution of World-wide Reputation. Owped and conducted by Business Men. 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Columbia, S. C. Montgomery Ala. EXAMINE THE COMMERCIAL VISIBLE TYPEWRITER AT RIRXV DOI_L_>^RS ALL OF THE >^R1T1NG IN SIGHT ALL THE TIME EVERY IMPROVEMENT. OLD TYPEWRITERS TAKEN AS PART PAY AND MONTHLY INSTALL- MENTS IF DESIRED. Catalogue upon request THE VISIBLE TYPEWRITERS CO. 3 J 2-3 J 3 Levy Building, Agents Wanted GALVESTON, TEXAS. M. LASKER, PRESIDENT. B. ADOUE, VICE-PRESIDENT. H. M. LASKER, SEC. AND TREA5. The Laster Real Estate Association Authorized CSapltal ... - - $509,000 Lands improved and unimproved, for sale in various counties throughout Texas. OFFICE: 2IOJ Mechanic St. Phone No. 648 GALVESTON. TEXAS. rO[KE, WILK[IIS & LANCE IVMOLESALE GROCERS IMPORTERS: COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSIONS MERCHANTS State Agent For The Finest Brands of WINES, LIQUORS, TO- BACCO and CIGARS. through the most magnificent system of jetties in the world. Here may be seen elevators, towerinsr nigh above the tallest masts in the harbor, where grain and coal are handled by the millions of bushels and hundreds of thousands of tons; the endless warehouses where the crops of many Stater, mi;rht be stored; also every adjunct of a modern busy, deep water port, from a gas buov to a big ship on a marine railway. "Galveston natural^- commands the commerce of Texas, but in addition to it is th3 gateway to the sea for that wide expanse of Trans-Mississipni country that is termed the supply house of the world. Kansas is tne central State of the United States, and Galveston is the nearest port to that center. "Before the Federal Government instituted the great work of devel- oning a deep water harbor on the Gulf of Mexico, the products of the Trans-Mississippi country were subject to the control of the porta of the Atlantic seaboard. To relieve the producers of the West from Rosenberg School. the excessive cost of long overland hauls and to give them the benefit of proximity to the sea, the Federal Government determined to develoD upon the Gulf of Mexico, at the most favorable location, a deep water port of the first class. Galveston was selected as the most available by reason of geographical and natural advantages, and it was here that the Government expended $8,000,000 on a jetty system that is one of the marvels of marine engineering. "It has been statod by an eminent authority that the Government never made a better investment than in deepening the water of Gal- veston harbor. It is said that in the lessening of the transportation charges on one crop of Kansas grain alone the jetties have paid for themselves. ■However that may be, the making cf a deep water port at Galves- ton has wrous-ht a revolution in the transportation of the worlu. The tide of commerce in tnu West has turned gulfward, and in the four years that Galveston has been accorded recognition a mighty changv* lias leen taking place. ! JOHN ADRIANCE HENRY T. ADRIANCE CORNEIL D. ARIDANCE JOHN ADRIANCE& SONS Successors to H. M. TRUEHEART & CO. ESTABLISHED 1857 General Agents for Texas Lands Special facilities for attention to lands and tax matters tiiroughout tiie state: Galveston City and County. Collections of rents and general attention to property NOTARY IN OFFICE 212 Twentysecond St. GALVESTON, TEXAS. "A Store Worth Goin^ Through" EVERY VISITOR IN GALVESTON SHOULD SEE OUR MAGNIFICIENT JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT. You are always welcome and will see a stock of goods UNEXCELLED IN THE SOUTH NOBBE & ROEMPKE, "s: - ,..s. Galveston Shoe & Hat Co., JOBBERS of BOOTS, SHOES and HATS DIRECTORS: 1. H. KEMPNER. President. T. J. GROCE, Vice-President, CHAS. FRENKEL.Sec't-Treas. AARON BLUM. Gen. Manager. CHARLES FOWLER. OUR STOCK is especially selected for the Texas trade, and we solicit your patronage, guaranteeing satisfaction SEIND US A TRIAU ORDER. B. A. COOK, GROCER WINES AND LIQUORS 2525-2527 MARKET STREET. TELEPHONE 723. E. DULITZ FURNITURE, PIANOS, SEWING MACHINES, all makes; STOVE S and HOUSEFURNISHING Oatslx or Orodit- Oldest and most reliable furniture house in Galveston. Come to us for your wants in our line and we'll save you money. ^^ 2H9'2/2i CHURGH STREET, ^^ "In 1898 Galveston became the first cotton shipning port of the world. In that year this port handled 2.300,000 bales of cotton. This year Galveston will rank third in the list of grain ports. Five years ago Galveston handled no export grain, but so marvelous has been the firrowth of this business tnat within ten years Galveston will not only be the first cotton shipping port, but the first grain port of the world. Galveston is essentially a commercial city. It always will be. Its life is the lire of shi::s and rails. One-eighth of the corporate space— all that fronting on the bay shore— is a maze of tracks, docks and warehouses. Another eighth is given over to stores and offices, while the remaining three-fourths make up the residential section of the city. "In addition to its magnificent harbor and splendid wharf system, Galveston can boast of excellent railroad facilities. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, the Galveston, Houston and Henderson, the Galveston, Houston and Northern, and tne Gulf and Interstate Railroads find entrance here. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe is the Southern leg Residence of W. L. Moody, Jr. of the great Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system, that spreads out from Chicago to the Pacific; the Galveston, Houston and Henderson is the terminal line for the International and Great Northern and Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas lines, and the Galveston, Houston and Northern is the terminal line i;or the Southern Pacific system. The Gulf and Interstate is a short line to Beaumont, tapping the great lumber belt of East Texas and West Louisiana. .These four lines make the hanule or stem from which the railroads of Texas spread out in lan-like form. "There is no citv in the South with so many beautiful homes in proportion to the populaL.on or so many evidences of the benefactions of its wealthy citizens. Chief among the public benefactors were Henry Rosenberg, John Sealy and George Ball. Mr. Rosenberg left to the people such noble ornaments of his life as the Rosenberg School, the Orphans Home, the Letitia Rosenberg Home for Women, the Young ivxen's Christian Association, the monument commemor- R. WAVERLEY SMITH, President. CHAS. FOWLER. Vice-President. W. N. STOWE, Cashier, F. ANDLER, A.s't-Cashier. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Galveston. THE OLDEST INATIOINAL BANK l!N TEXAS Capital - - - - $30i),000 Surplus and Undivided Profits - $118,000 DIJ^EUTORS: R. Waverley Smith, W. N. Stowe, H. A. Landes, Chas. Fowler, J. P. Alvey, J. H. Hill, C. H. Moore. Collections from banks, bankers and merchants receivt; prompt attention. FRED C. PABST, Galveston. ALBERT G. PABSl , Houston. ESTABLISHED 1894. PAB8T BROTHERS, WHOLESALE FRUITS. NUTS, PRODUCE. IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC FANCY GROCERIES, BROKERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. SPECIALTiES— Apples, Lemons, Potatoes, Celery, Oranges, Peaches, Onions, lomatoes, Bananas, Pecans, Cabbage, Melons, Mixed Vegetables, WE SOLICIT CONSIGNMENTS OF ECGS, CHICKENS, PECANS, BUTTER, HIDES, BEESWAX, FRUITS, CABBAGE, POTATOES, ONIONS, AND ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE. 2205-2207 and 2209 Strand St., 210 and 212 Milam Street, GALVESTON. TEX. HOUSTON. TEX. W. B. WALLIS, PRESioeNT. HENRY SCHROEDER, Cashier. The Peoples Bank 22d Street. bet>veen Market and Mechanic. YOUR BUSI NESS SOLfC/TED SAVINGS DEPARTMENT -i Per Gent Interest Per Annum Allowed on Savings Deposits atms- the valorous deeds of the men who fouRht the war for Texas independence, sixteen drinking fountains for man and beast, built at convenient places throughout the city, and the $500,000 Rosenberg library. These benefactions represent about ?l,000,00f). "John Sealy donated the hospital that bears his name, the largest and best eouipped institution or the kind in the State of Texas "George Ball gave to the city the High School, in which so many of the youth of Galveston have completed their education and which is today the crown to the magnificent school system of the city "It is not remarkable that Galveston should be so favored. The city is, per capita, the third richest community in the United States and the money center of the Southwest. The ten banks of Galveston supply or diffuse the monev that moves the crops of the Southwest and they have available assets of approximatelv $15,000,000. Residence of ^\■altel• Gresham. Galveston After the btorm. It is far away from my inclination, even had I the space, to dwell unon the harrowing scenes resulting from one of the most appalling- catastrophes of modern times, wnich overtook Galveston on Septem- ber 8. -1900. Suffice it to say that from a city absolutely ruined, as many out- C. JAINKE & CO Dealers In High Grade Pianos and Organs We Carry a full line of musical instruments, and handle all the latest sheet music. Call in and examine our stock. 2217-2219 Market St. Galveston, Texas. 503 Main St. Houston, Texas. J. J. SGHOTT, DRUGGIST LARGEST RETAIL DRUG STORE. KEEPS EVERYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE. FjLLS all kinds of PRESCRIPTIONS. SELLS PURE ALCOHOL, GINS, WHISKIES BRANDIES p5^ WINES. 2015-2017 Market St. Galveston, Texas. D, M. Wilson, John B. Wilson, Robert W. Wilson, D. n. Wilson g Co., na/moi-esal-e: and reixaii- xjita::BE3R SHINGLES, BROKERS IN WOOD, PILING e ® AND RAILROAD MATERIALS O (d WE FURNISH HOUSE BILLS COMPLETE. lone TSS 3Sth anci Ave. isi G AI_\/E:ST0INJ, TEXAS. siders confidently asserted, with 4131 homes entirely demolished or washed away, and every other dwelling, store, office and factM.-y viy considerablv damagei, with an actual financial loss of not less than $18,000,000, and, worse, a thousand times than any commercial loss, the destruction of approximately 6000 human beings, we have today one nf the most beautiful cities in the South, with a population steadily growing, of not less than 35,000 energetic and enthusiastic people. It is idle to deny the fact that we lost some good citizens after the great storm on account of the ruin wrought to their busi- ness: but it is gratifying to note how promptly and joyfully tliay have returned as soon as the business interests of the city, upon which thev der>ended, were rehabilitated. Tue complete restoration and the resources oi Galveston of today may be briefly summarized as follows: Seanort of Texas and the Southwest, located on the eastern end of Galveston Island and county seat of Galveston County. Alternates Laying Corner Stone for the Sacred Heart Church. Galveston Now. with New Orleans as the first cotton port of the world; first cotton seed products port and, in totals of all commodities, the third largest exnorting point in the Ijnited States. Has fifty-eight lines of steam- eis to foreign countries, carrying both passengers and freight, and reaching all European ports from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, Cuba. Mexico South America, South Africa, China and Japan. Reg- ular steamship service is maintained throughout the entire year with Liverpool, London, Belfast, Bremen, Antwerp. Havre, Cuban and Mexican norts, with sailings varying from weekly to monthlj^ accord- ing to me trade. Has three coastwise steamship lines, namely two to New York, and one to Brownsville, besides the numerous tank steamers, schooners ana barges engaged in the oil, lumber and mer- chanuise traffic to smaller points in the immediate vicinity of Gal- Ed. McCarthy & Co. •Jc «!• 4" 4" 4" 4- 4" 4" 4;' 4* 4" 4* 4" 4* 4" 4«' ^„H^,t„t^'t^ BANKERS ^Ht<''»^*'>?<-^<' •Sit ^k •1? 4' ^^ 4* 4* •^!!• 4* 4» 4* 4» •^^ 4* 4? 4» 4* ^^ We Allow 4 Per Cent Interest Carry Burglar Insurance on on Time and Savings Deposits Safe and Vault GALVESTON, TEXAS. The Reliance Coffee & Spice Co. JAVA BLEND PUT UP IN 1, 2 AND 4 POUND BLUE LABEL CANS; IS THE BEST COFFEE ON THE MARKET. Manufactors of Flavoring Extracts, Spices, Blueing and Butchers Supplies. 2006-2008 Market St. Galveston, Texas. Peter Gengler Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Importers Galveston, - - - Texas. PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANY OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS BOOK FURNISHED IN SIZES 5x7 INCHES, MOUNTED ON CARD, 7x9, 35c EACH, POST- PAID. OR SIX, (One of Eacli,) YOUR OWN SELEC- TIONS FOR $1.50 POSTPAID. ^ ^ ^ ADDRESS A. A. FINOK& CO., PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS 409 CENTER STREET. GALVESTON, TEXAS. T. C. KORN, MERCHANT TAILOR MAKER OF FASHIONABLE CLOTHES OF QUALITY THAT FIT. Tremont Hotel. Galveston, Texas. veston. Has an avera?-e of twentv-seven feet of water in the channel, maintained by rock .ietties twelve miles in lengtn. which will be deep- ened when the jetties are completed. Has six miles of complete wh.irf- age all covered with sneas and reached by tracKs constructed of seventy-pound steel raii and containing about fifty miles of terminal trackage. The wharf front '- beine- constantly extended, for which there is lineal space in Galveston Bay of about forty miles, owned by the State, City, corporations and ixidividuals. Has four export grain elevators with a -otal storap^e capacity of 3.750,000 bushels, and one cleaning and conditioning elevator. Galveston is only one hour from the deep sea for a laden steamer. During lUOl $3,932,500 was spent in Galveston for permanent improve- ments which are now on a more solid basis than ever before. The waterworks, fire department, street lighting and sewerage plants are owned bv the city; in addition to which there are two electric light companies ana one gas company. Galveston has the finest and largest electrical street car system of an-"^ citv of its size in the United States, consisting of thirty-five miles Oi. track, a very modern fuel oil power house and an electric lighting plant. It has thirteen hoteis, besides summer resorts open during the Lathing season, for which we have twenty-eight miles of the finest beacn in the world. An important part of Galveston's trade is wholesale, of which there are a lar^e numoer of establishments carrying all lines, such as ary goods, notions, groceries, wines, liquors, clothing, haberdashery, produce, feed stuffs, hardware, crockery, farm machinery, cement, drugs, fruit and many specialties. It is the largest distributing market for bagging and ties in the United States. Galveston of the Future. Even at this early date we are beginning to appreciate the fact that the great storm of September 8, 1900, was but a biess^ng in disguise, so far as the husines.s interests of the town are concerned; and in ..he years to come the citizens of Galveston will Iook back on their geat flood as do the people of l^ondon and Chicago on their fires, wh ch really mark the first true beginnings of these great municipalities. Prior to that storm chere were some dissenters to almost every move- ment proposed for the welrare of our city. The kinship established by adversity and the need of united action has practicallv made of our ciLizens one vast brotherhood. As an illustration we may cite the following- inciaent: An election of the taxpavine- voters, of which there were 3219, was held on March 19, 1902, for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of bonds to the amount of $1,500,000 for the construction of a seawall which will absolutely prevent the possibiiitv of a recurrence of the aisaster. The result of the poll was 3jiS votes in the affirm inve, twenty-two in tne negative and three blanks. This was remarkable; but still more so was the fact that the people of Galveston County actuallv suoscribed for over $1,000,000 of the seawall bonds. A people with such a unanimity of purpose and acting through the toiiowing commercial bodies in absolute acco-d with one another, namely: L-otton Excnange and Board of Trade, Maritime Association, Chamber of Commerce, Business League, Oil and Stock Exchange and Builders' Exchange, are certain to attain great results. The deveio'^ment oi tn3 Coast Country of Texas, on account of the cheapness of fuei oil for irri°-ation purposes and the adaptability of the soil to the growth of fruit, melons, vegetables, sugar and rice, ah of which is of the most direct advantage to Galveston, will inr-r-.-ase the jobbing business of the town one hundred per cent within the next five years. "With a location as rate basing point and gateway of the grand ter- niory lyinp- west of the Mississippi River, the population and prosper- ity of wnich territory is increasing oy leaps and bounds; with fuel cil in unlimited ouantities only toventy miles distant, thus .giving us the cheapest fuel in mo world for manufacturing, railroad and steamship purposes; with the early construction of an Isthmian Canal assured, thus enabling us to supply the packing house products, flour, rice, etc., tributary to this port, in letuin tor the coffee, sugar, bananas and other products of Central and South American countries; with $10,000,000, the greater portion of which has already been appro- FUEL OIL HiSSins Oil S Fuel Go. Beaumont, Texas. Producers and Shippers of CRUDE PETROLEUM from Sour Lake and Beaumont. Unexcelled facilities for making prompt deliveries by rail or water. We carry oil in storage at Galveston and Sabine, Texas, and Morgan City, La. We also solicits towing on the Gulf for our new tugs "Gilbert" and "Higgins." Correspondence Solicited. Galveston in a Nut=Shell is printed with our Inks American Printing Ink Co. Fine Printing and Lithographic INKS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Galveston in a IVut=Shell is printed with our Inks priated, to be expended in the city and harbor within the next live ^'ears, and with climate unsurpassed, it is certainly no exaggeratiion to state that this place is today one of the most flovirishing. beautiful and healthful garden spots under the blue vault of heaven. It should be the South's second citv before 1925. A multitude of weary hearts, Prom countries far and near, Come to enjoy refreshing baths, Found nowhere else, like here. FOREIGN IMPORTS BY MONTHS. As will be seen by the following table, foreign imports actually consigned to Galveston make up less than one-half of the foreign goods actually entering the port and handled by the Galveston labor- ing man from the ships to the cars. In the table below values oi goods consigned direct to Galveston will be termed "actual, tnose consigned to interior ports without appraisement at this port "in transit" aiiu those consigned to foreign countries through this port "in bond:" Month— Actvial. In Transit. In Bond. July $71,398 $10,692 $60,301 Augusi 108,440 18,849 168,324 S'-'-tember 117,661 10,310 118,254 October 134,529 143,324 89,050 November 109,773 154,203 150,416 December 141,303 18,750 18,984 januar^' 404.970 164,454 72,202 Februar- 36,595 7,236 8,160 March 114,519 21,741 165,653 April 99,881 88,028 12,206 May 88.829 64,555 2,540 June 83,447 116,832 34,351 Total $1,511,345 $819,242 $902,451 Grand totai of foreign goods handled during the fiscal year of 1902-03 on the Gaiveston wharves, $3,233,039. o PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Court House— Twentieth street and Avenue H. Postoflice and Custom House— Twenty-fifth and Cnvirch streets. City Hall— Twentieth and Market streets. Cotton Exchange— Twenty-first and Mechanic streets. State Medical School— Tenth and Strand. Sealy Hospital— Ninth and Strand. Breckenridge Hall— Ninth "and Strand. St. ivxary's Infirmary- Seventh and Market. Y. M. C. A.— Tremont and Winnie. Woman"s Home— Twenty-fifth and Avenue O^. Orphan's Home— Twenty-first street and Avenue M. Ursuline Convent— Avenue N, Twenty-fift.. to Twenty-seventh ^treets. Ball High School— Avenue H and Twenty-first street. Rosenberg School— Twelth street, between Avenues G and H. Masonic Temple— Twenty-first and Postoflfice streets. Scottish Rite Cathedral— Twenty-second and Church. St. Mary's Orphan Asylum— Northeast corner K and Forty-first. Rosenberg Library— Tremont and Avenue I. CITY PARKS. • Sidney Sherman Park— Between Tenth, Eleventh. G and H. Central Park— Between Twentieth, Twenty-first. G and H. "^ West End Park— Between Fortieth. Forty-first, G and H. THE GALVESTON HOUSTON & HENDERSON RAILROAD CO. T H B RIQ HT '■ WAV THE BEST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE IN THE SOLTHWEST. DON'T FORGET US! W. F. McCLURE, J. H. HILL, Gen'u. Freight and Pass. Agt. Manager, Phone 751. GALVESTON, TEXAS. THE BEACH. Extends along- the Gulf of Mexico on the south side of Galveston Island 2S miles. It form3 a delightful drive, and the surf bathing is the finest in the world. Most of the electric car lines reach it at some point. THE SEAWALL. Connects with the Government jetties at Avenue A and Sixth street, extending .^outh and southwest around the city to Thirty-ninth street. See general description in front of book. RAILROAD BRIDGE ACROSS THE BAY. Which accommodates more traffic than any other bridge iu the world. THE JETTIES. Extend to sea about six miles on either side of the ship channel, that is over 27 feet m depth. The South Jetty begins on the easterly end of Galveston Island, the north one on Bolivar Peninsula. THE WHARVES AND SHIPPING. Are on the North, or Bay, side of the city, from Tenth to Fifty- second streets, and can best be visited on foot or In carriages and with bicycles. The Market street cars reach closer to the East and West ends of the wharves than any other -ine. THE FORTIFICATIONS. At the Fort San Jacinto Military Post, on the East end of the Island can best be reached by carriages or bicycles along East Beach. They can also be seen from boats in the ship channel. The City Beach Battery is accessible from the West Broadway electric cars or by carriages and bicycles, westward, along the beach. THE U. S. LIFE SAVING STATION. Is on the channel at me East end of the island in immediate prox- imity to the Tornedo Casemate and the State Quarantine Station. They can all be reachea by the Bolivar Ferry and the small craft. THE U. S. LIGHTHOUSE. Is on Bolivar Point and is open to visitors Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. It can be reached by the ferry or the small craft In the bay THE BATH HOUSES. Are located, prlnclpallv. at the foot or south end of Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth and rwenty-fifth streets, and can be reached by all Beach cars. THE GARTEN VEREIN. Is a family club, or semi-private park, consisting of five acres of beautifully laid out and arranged grounus in the heart of the city, containing dancing pavilion, bowling alley, club house where meals are served, electric fountain, etc. It is made especally attractive every Wednesday night from April to October, when brass band and orchestra music is in attendance. Admittance is confined to members and non-residents introduced b" members. (See illustration.) TEXAS VETERANS' MONUMENT. Is at the intersection of Broadway, or Avenue J, and Rosenberg Avenue, or Twenty-fifth street. It is erected oi New England granite, to the memory of the heroes of the Texas independence war. by funds proviaed in the will of the late Henry Rosenberg, and cost $60,000. THE CITY WATERWORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. Is on the corner of Thirtieth street and Avenue H, or Ball Avenue. The water supply is brought from a large number of artesian wells at Alta Loma, sixteen miles from Galveston, across the Bay, on the mainland. The Citv aiSO operates its own street and public building lighting plant at i-he same station. THE GRAIN AND COAL ELEVATORS. Are on the Wharves. Elevator A, of 1,700,000 bushels capacity, is at the .^ead of Fifteenth street; Elevator B, of 750(^0 bushels capacity, at Twenty-ninth street and the Texas Star Flour mills Elevator, of 650,000 bushels, at their mill, which is the largest flouring mill in Texas, at the head of Twenty-first street. The Southern Pacific elevator on Pier A, Southern Pacific Wharf. The Coal Elevator is at the head of Thirtv-third street. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS III ' ' // LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 432 931 4 f