Standard History of Houston, Texas : From a Study of the Original Sources
Standard History of Houston, Texas : From a Study of the Original Sources
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M. Bagby were built in Ohio for Captain Sterrett, the best known steam- boat man in Texas, in 1870, and arrived hero the same year. The Diana was 170 feet long, 32 feet beam and 5 feet hold. She bad three boilers, two flues and a full length cabin. Her cost was $33, 000 and she and the Bagby were as fine boats as any that ran on the Mississippi, which river was said to have the finest in the world.
It is strange, but true, that the first great assistance Hous- ton had in bringing the question o...f bayou improvement before the public came from Galveston, its bitterest commercial rival. Four or five years after the close of the war, when the railroads Transportation and Communication 247 had been reorganized and the commerce of the state had grown to large proportions, the Houston people, naturally, began agitat- ing the question of securing better navigation of Buffalo Bayou so as to add to Houston's facilities for handling the rapidly increasing trade. At first Houston stood alone in making its fight.
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M. Bagby were built in Ohio for Captain Sterrett, the best known steam- boat man in Texas, in 1870, and arrived hero the same year. The Diana was 170 feet long, 32 feet beam and 5 feet hold. She bad three boilers, two flues and a full length cabin. Her cost was $33, 000 and she and the Bagby were as fine boats as any that ran on the Mississippi, which river was said to have the finest in the world.
It is strange, but true, that the first great assistance Hous- ton had in bringing the question o...f bayou improvement before the public came from Galveston, its bitterest commercial rival. Four or five years after the close of the war, when the railroads Transportation and Communication 247 had been reorganized and the commerce of the state had grown to large proportions, the Houston people, naturally, began agitat- ing the question of securing better navigation of Buffalo Bayou so as to add to Houston's facilities for handling the rapidly increasing trade. At first Houston stood alone in making its fight.
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