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?)7iV/ ; San Luis Improvements.Andrews Hammeken Lave completed the driv n» ' of piles and iheUrame-work of their excellent wharf.' If readies 12 feet water, which is 90 feet distant fiomhi*h tide; the cap of the T is 80 feet long by 40 broad. - - ° The same enterprising individuals have for some iirr.e had in successful operation a powerful and well coi structed cotton press* capable of fompressing Tohalescot-ton ip twelve hours. In fheir cotton whrehouses they can store 2500 bales cotton, entirely protected from wet. A large, new, well manned and safe ferry flat is inoperation-between this and the west end of GalvestonIsland.; and in a few*days a smaller one wilbbe in read-iness to convey passengers from San Luis to the Peninsula which leads to Velasco. This channel is so narrow that a cable will be stretched across and used.to’facilitate the passage. Come, neighbors of Galveston aid us in our eudeavors to advance the interests of ourcommon country, by recommendingstrangerstopursuc^this proper route to the heart of our beautiful and productive valleys; that they may return home like Sterne’s cheerful traveller, who reported ail he had seen as green and smiling:—But continue to point out.the broad and! beaten track, andj like the jaundiced wayfarer, the weary and disappointed explorers will swear that all is yctiois ' in Texas.-* . ' , **The indefatigable Winney continues to run his stave ‘ from.Galveston to Velasco, via San Luis; (42iniles). We challenge the world to produce a road, of the same length, with such uninterrupted firmness and evenness of surface. And 1 hen the view of the botindlees ocean ‘ —the glad breeze from its heaving bosom, and the perpetual music of the rageing surf, laving the feet of vour torses with its spray, charms three of your senses during he whole trip,—the sheeps-hcad and red fish at San* Luis gratifies a fourth-, and the fifth may revel in the ' sweets of some gardens*^ wot of in the Brazos valley.The bridge now being cons!meted.from San Luis tothe main land spans a space of 500 yrfrds: a‘sufficient number of strong cedar'pile.s have already bcen-driven Jt/i’e entire distance; caps or sills have been morticed to (he same, to tbe distaucq. of 3*25; yards. Thisbridge will afford us the means of convenient access to lands on Bastrop Bayou, distant five miles—Chocolate 12 miles —oyster creek 16 miles, and Brazos 25 miles. The soil tin the different routes is said to be sap^dy. and therefore’ capable of aflording capital.roads, during all seasons', by proper ditching. If the planters’ (who are to be principally benefited) would only act in concert and devote the llabor of their forces during spare intervals, to these improvements, how soon couldthe’y complete them! over Ground unobstructed by trees or' roots ! what a bustle ' ftvould we have in our embryo city next fall! and how fcheap could they get their cotton to market! Will some Ipublic spirited planter set this ball in motion 1This article was commenced under the head of i.v provtments; let us notiumt to place among the number the neat picket fences which already define so many boundaries, and aie such proper appendages to topic kyn-ses.• • „ fA bfick and cement cistern, capable of holding 8000 gallons of water will receive contributions for the benefit of the thirsty*, at tire first-meeting of the clouds.
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San Luis Advocate
San Luis, Texas, US
Tue, Apr 13, 1841
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Rosenberg L.
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