[Galveston Tribune Supplement for The Brenham Banner] (Galveston, Tex.) Friday, October 29, 1897: Searching Inside

Sequence: 3 (standard view) | zoom view

... had a fine, well equipped refinery at some central, competitive point, from which the railroads... that the parties most at interest— the farmers and the railroads—can be brought to give their earnest attention.... It is suggested that if the railroads and lhe sugar factory men offer proper inducements the farmers of the coast...) at either Sugarland, Sartartia or Arcola refineries, to which point the railroads would no doubt give low... seasons a central refinery could be built at some convenient location on the mainland. Sugar being

Sequence: 8 (standard view) | zoom view

... enough to supply all its demands. In transportation matters the company hias found the railroads... ^homemade product, has secured equitable rates from the railroads which enable it to extend its legitimate... of not only the cotton growers, but^the ginners,- the buyers, the railroads and the* compress men is necessary... as the railroads offered, only one or two of the ports—Brazos de Santiago and Brownsville—getting the benefits... service between that place and Galveston all the year around. They received satisfactoay assurances

Sequence: 5 (standard view) | zoom view

... for many years held on the lines of latitude more than on the lines of longitude. The railroads of the west.... It is true, it must be acknowledged, in justification of the east and west railroads, that they can handle... freight much cheaper than can the railroads leading to the gulf. The volume of business to the east... wheat and corn markets and all the power of the east and west railroads was brought into requisition... the north and south railroads from engaging in the business and yet the grain came to Galveston. Not only

Sequence: 1 (standard view) | zoom view

... THE DOCKS AND WITH THE RAILROADS PUSHED TO THEIR UTMOST CAPACITY TO AC- COMMODATE THE IMMENSE TRAF- FIC... or four deep along the water front, of railroads pushed to their utmost capacity to handle the volume... was removed. Previously the farmers of the west were at the mercy of the east and west railroads... of the east and west railroads when the wild Guiteras scare was launched and quarantine was established... against this city. The railroads leading from St. Louis and Chicago immediately advanced the rates

Sequence: 2 (standard view) | zoom view

... in place and prevent heavy seas from washing away the loose stones from the top of the jetty which... the place of flimsy wooden structures. Hundreds of acres of waste flats were converted into docks and yards... for Handling Grain for Export, The prestige of Galveston as a favorable place for the making of flour has been... supply the Galveston, Houston and, in fact, all the coast and southeastern and part of central Texas... at the Washington vast improvement has taken place and everything is now in tip top shape for the reeeption

Sequence: 4 (standard view) | zoom view

... are for south Texas, east, central or the western portion of the state, and you may rest assured that if your

Sequence: 7 (standard view) | zoom view

..., 14 in number, with a span of mules and a wagon to haul their supplies came to the place where... the limits of the last decade there has taken place here upon the bald stretch. of land between Galveston... blind or unmindful to what has taken place will awaken and marvel how it happened. * * * Those persons