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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860-
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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pool, 1,927,607bales, or a little less than 19 per cent of the entirecrop of the United States, constituting the vol-ume of its transactions in the staple for theyear 1903, said transactions involving an ap-proximate outlay of $86,742,315. Houston isalso the principal lumber market of the South-west. In sugar Houston is second to NewOrleans only, while in rice, a comparativelynew industry in Texas, it ranks as one of thefour principal markets west of the Mississippi. More produce, fruit and feed stuff is con-sumed and distributed in Houston than in anyother city in the Southwest. Transportation.— Houstons pre-eminence asa commercial centre is due to its supply oftransportation facilities. In 1856 these con-sisted, aside from a navigable outlet to the sea,of 56 miles of railroad. In 1861 its rail linesextended a distance of 357 miles, there being but462 miles of railroad in the entire State at thattime. And this ratio has been pretty wellpreserved until 1903 when 6,500 miles of rail-
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SAMUEL HOUSTON. II HOVEY —HOWARD road, or more than one half the Slates mileagewere operated by 14 lines for which Houston isan initial point and which during that yearmoved 16,000,000 tons of freight, or about three fifths of the tonnage which went toward makingUO the total Of the States railroad business.These 14 lines with their immediate system con-nections give Houston 30,000 miles of directrail facilities. In addition to this Houston en-joys direct rail and barge connection with asecond steamship line to New York which hastri-weekly sailings from Galveston. By reason ofits location at the head of ocean navigationon Buffalo Bayou, Houston enjoys water rateson freight from defined territories as well asfrom the Atlantic seaboard and finds itself in amost advantageous position for the distributionof merchandise of all classes. Freight to thevalue of $25,000,000 is annually exported andimported on barges and other craft navigatingBuffalo Bayou and plying between Houston andGalvest

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