. City of Houston . mber credited it by the Federal census of 1890. The shortcomings of that enumeration are, however, apparent upon itface. Houston has, its suburbs included, nearer 50,000 people than 27,000, an<its commerce is greater than that of many cities that have 100,000 and more. Houston has the promise of enlargement, enrichment and aggrandizement vthe favor shown it as a place of investment by capitalists of the older States, whoare now embarking largely in property and industrial enterprises of the city an<its field. In the rapid settlement and development, also, of the count
. City of Houston . mber credited it by the Federal census of 1890. The shortcomings of that enumeration are, however, apparent upon itface. Houston has, its suburbs included, nearer 50,000 people than 27,000, an<its commerce is greater than that of many cities that have 100,000 and more. Houston has the promise of enlargement, enrichment and aggrandizement vthe favor shown it as a place of investment by capitalists of the older States, whoare now embarking largely in property and industrial enterprises of the city an<its field. In the rapid settlement and development, also, of the country at itback. But most of all in the certainty of the completion of a channel from thoentrance to Galveston Bay to its lower city line, admitting vessels ot heavy draftand making it, practically, a Gulf Port for all the Great West. Its advantages and attractions, indeed, are so many and various that iiresidents fondly cherish the hope of its ultimate ascendancy as the very firsicity of the Southwest. R01L2M3515b txr.
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