Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-05 | Page 4 | Galveston

GALVESTON From f fhe e ew ew York York Tribune The engineers employed by the city government government government gov gov- ot of Galveston say sy that nearly S must be expended If the people of that city are to be safeguarded against future storms a and nd floods Perhaps It was wes not the wisest policy In the first place to choose choos so lowly a site for tor an Important community but the founders and builders bunders build bund ers era of ot Galveston may may have had In mind the ho history of ot the Venetian republic Venice rose from the sea Iea Her palaces were reared lared from lying low islands But never in the days of ot Doges or afterward was the Adriatic so eo rude t to the Italian city eHy a OB the Mexican gulf wa was to Galve ton on St. St Marks Mark's was never In per peril from su such uch h a a. tempest tempe t as that which wrought havoc on the Texan coast