. The geography of Texas, physical and political. nio and the Texas andNew Orleans, are links in a transcontinental system, theSouthern Pacific. Of the other railways, the Houston, Eastand West Texas and the International and Great Northernafford communication with the northeast and north ; theHouston and Texas Central and the Missouri, Kansas andTexas with the west, northwest, and north; the Gulf,Colorado and Santa Fe with the northwest, north, andsouth; and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass with thewest and southwest. Besides these there are several linesextending to Galveston and the coast c
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. nio and the Texas andNew Orleans, are links in a transcontinental system, theSouthern Pacific. Of the other railways, the Houston, Eastand West Texas and the International and Great Northernafford communication with the northeast and north ; theHouston and Texas Central and the Missouri, Kansas andTexas with the west, northwest, and north; the Gulf,Colorado and Santa Fe with the northwest, north, andsouth; and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass with thewest and southwest. Besides these there are several linesextending to Galveston and the coast country. Houston has many modern buildings, and its businessblocks and stores, especially its wholesale houses, areindicative of its commercial importance. Thirty-five milesof the principal streets have recently been paved with vit-rified brick or asphalt, not to mention the miles of streetsand roadways that have been macadamized. There havealso been constructed thirty-five miles of sewers, which addmuch to the comfort and health of the Fig, 112. Map showing Houston as a Railroad Center (Diameter of the circle, 100 miles) Velasoo, Brazos and Northern. 2. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe; Galves-ton, Houston and Henderson; and Galveston, Houston and Gulf and Interstate. 4. Texas and New Orleans (Southern Pacitic).5. Gulf, Colorado aud Santa Fe. 6. Houston, East and West International and Great Northern. S. Gulf, Colorado and Santa International and Great Northern. 10. Houston and Texas Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. 12. Missouri, Kansas and Cane Belt. 14. San Antonio and Aransas Pass. 15. (ialveston, Har-rishurjj: and San Antonio (Southern Pacific). 10. New York, Texas andMexican. 17. International and Great Northern 171 172 THE GEOGRAPHY OV TEXAS Viewed from an educational standpoint, Houston isfavored. It has seventeen public school buildings with aforce of one hundred and seventy-three teachers, a CarnegieLibrary, and many
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