. City of Houston . oingvessels can then come up and dischargetheir cargoes at Houstons water front. The Port Houston Land Improve-ment Company is incorporated under thelaws of Texas. It has an authorizedcapital of $600,000; T. D. Cobbs is itspresident, and Seth B. Strong, lands owned by it at Port Houstonembrace 1,374 acres, elevated above tidelevel more than fifty feet, and of naturalgrades affording excellent drainage. As prising Magnolia Park, by sinking arte-sian wells and making Lake Estelle,and by building a grand concert halland pavilion in the park projecting overthe ban
. City of Houston . oingvessels can then come up and dischargetheir cargoes at Houstons water front. The Port Houston Land Improve-ment Company is incorporated under thelaws of Texas. It has an authorizedcapital of $600,000; T. D. Cobbs is itspresident, and Seth B. Strong, lands owned by it at Port Houstonembrace 1,374 acres, elevated above tidelevel more than fifty feet, and of naturalgrades affording excellent drainage. As prising Magnolia Park, by sinking arte-sian wells and making Lake Estelle,and by building a grand concert halland pavilion in the park projecting overthe bank of the river. It is proposedalso to build a fine hotel there and makethe place a summer and winter resort, forwhich purpose it has exceptional advan-tages in its climate, rendered especiallyagreeable by its proximity to sea, andin its accessibility by the Belt Line roadthe company has built to the large andflourishing city of Houston; so that it ispractically an example of the true rus inurbe, the country in MAIN AVENUE, GLENWOOD CEMETERY. laid out by the company, Port Houstonhas four and a half miles of water front,and with twenty feet depth of water inthe river, first class facilities for the build-ing of docks to accommodate Port Houston suburb is now beinglaid out for residence purposes also on astrictly topographical plan, so as to pre-serve as much as possible the naturaladvantages of a landscape especially favor-able for building effects. The company for its part, has improvedthe tract by reserving the 300 acres com- The Big Thicket or great pineries ofSoutheast Texas protect Port Houstonfrom the Northers, that are the only mani-festations Jack Frost makes of his pres-ence, this near the Gulf. Fishing andhunting grounds are common along theTexas coast, and the water affords theother incidental attractions of rowing,sailing, boating etc. Magnolia Park is a lovely place. Itneeds but little improvement. Its surfaceis diversified with hill and dale, la
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