. City of Houston . years of conflict; it THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 13 was conducted upon too precarious a ten-ure to be of permanent advantage to thecity. The residents of Galveston, alarmedby the blockade theri enforced against theircity, took refuge at Houston, and enteredheartily into the work of advancing theinterests of their asylum ; still little realprogress was made while the war lasted. With peace at length restored, Houstonbegan again to advance rapidly towardthe goal, which the war had pushed fiveyears further into the future. Its popu- lation in 1870 was 9,382; in 1880 it was16,513. It
. City of Houston . years of conflict; it THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 13 was conducted upon too precarious a ten-ure to be of permanent advantage to thecity. The residents of Galveston, alarmedby the blockade theri enforced against theircity, took refuge at Houston, and enteredheartily into the work of advancing theinterests of their asylum ; still little realprogress was made while the war lasted. With peace at length restored, Houstonbegan again to advance rapidly towardthe goal, which the war had pushed fiveyears further into the future. Its popu- lation in 1870 was 9,382; in 1880 it was16,513. Its tax valuations in the latteryear were $5,352,314. By the Federalcensus of 1890 it had 27,411 inhabitants,and its assessment then was $12,886, suburbs included, it is one of the mostpopulous cities of the State, and its tradeis certainly equal to that of any of theTexas centers. It is modern and pro-gressive in its business and social institu-tions and government; city-like in itsarchitecture and CITY GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS.
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