Excerpt from Annual Message of H. B. Rice, Mayor of the City of Houston, and Annual Reports of City Officials: For the Year Ending February 28, 1910 In this connection I desire to state that the actual value of real and personal property in the corporate limits Of Houston is about and yet we only assess same for the simple reason that we do not need more revenue for current expenses. From what I can learn and see, there is not over twenty per cent of our population that has ever been down the Houston Ship channel, not from lack Of desire, but from lack Of transportation and Opportunity. It has been suggested, and I think the suggestion a good one, that the Launch Club Of Houston inaugurate a series of trips down the channel and convey those who have never had an opportunity to see our waterway. By this method we can educate the people and Show them their Own nat ural advantages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.