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Show GREATER GALVESTON. The Galveston News of Sept. 1 contains con-tains a synopsis of the commerce of the port of Galveston for the trade ,year just closed, which shows the breaking of many records. Galveston's total cotton receipts for 1902-03 were 2,093,070 bales, compared with 2,090,710 bales for 1901-02. Galveston's bank clearings for the year just closed were 5413,185,000, an increase'of $40,946,200 over the preceding year. During the past year the port of Galveston advanced from fourth to third place in ; its rank among exporting export-ing ports of the United States. The.to-tal The.to-tal value of Galveston's foreign imports im-ports and exports during the 'past year was $105,632,087, compared with a total business of $97,691,312 for 1901-02. The total value of goods handled over' the Galveston wharves during the year just closed was $447,910,707, compared with a valuation of $246,o67,246 for 1901-02, showing an increase of $201,343,461. j Cash receipts at the custom house from all sources for the year amounted to $448,519. compared with receipts of $220,-321 $220,-321 for 1901-02. During the past year the amount collected in duties was $388,504, compared with $179,084 collected collect-ed during 1901-02. Galveston's total elevator capacity bas been increased to 4,000,000 bushels. The total value of Galveston's foreign exports for the past year was $104,121,087, compared with a valuation of $96,1S1,423 for 1901-02. The total value of Galvestons foreign imports im-ports for the past year was $1,511,334, compared w ith a valuation of $1,192,758 for 1901-02, showing an Increase of $318,-587. $318,-587. The total value of foreign goods imported over the Galveston wharves during the past year was $3,233,039. A statement of the total tonnage entered or cleared at the port of Galveston the past year shows 1,340 vessels, with a tonnage of 3,094,903, compared with a total of 1,042 vessels,, with a .tonnage of 2,222.928 for 1901-02.". This shows an increase in-crease of 29S vessels and an increase in tonnage of 817,975. The -coastwise trade of Galveston during the past year more than doubled that of the previous year. Galveston has fifty-three lines of steamships to foreign ports. There are two regular lines of coastwise vessels to New York and nine lines of coastwise coast-wise vessels to points in tne gulf. During Dur-ing the past year 90,391 loaded cars were handled in the yards of the Galveston Gal-veston Wharf company by the various railroads, compared with a total of 77.139 loaded cars handled during the previous year. The federal govern-meit govern-meit spent during the past year $848,-020 $848,-020 at Galveston. Work Is well under way on the Galveston channel, which is to be made thirty feet deep and 1,200 feet wide. Galveston now has a depth of twenty-seven feet of -water in its cnannei. including the government and seawall expenditures there was a total of $2,019,420 expended at Galveston during dur-ing the past year, while there is available avail-able for government, seawall and private pri-vate improvements a total of $5,158,920 for the year beginning Sept. 1. A leading lead-ing feature of the News- trade edition is an illustrated writeup of the various stages of work on the seawall.- This work was begun in October, 1902. About half the work on the entire structure is completed. The wall is to be 17,593 feet long, sixteen feet wide at the base and seventeen feet high. Bonds to th amount of $1,500,000 have been issued for erecting the wall and lor filling immediately im-mediately behind the wall'.- Plans are now under preparation for raising the grade of the city with funds- made) available by a remission of a portion ! of the state tax for a period of seven-teen seven-teen years. |
