Mensing Bros., wholesale grocers; four-story brick.
Western Union Telegraph Company and Mexican Cable Company; four-story brick building.
Galveston Dry Goods Company; four-story brick.
Hullman, Owen & Co., wholesale grocers; four-story brick building.
Wallace, Landis & Co., wholesale grocers; five-story brick.
L. W. Levy & Co., wholesale liquor dealers; four-story brick.
Schneider Bros., wholesale liquor dealers; four-story brick.
Beers, Kennison & Co., general insurance agents in Texas for several large companies; four-story brick.
Concisely put and with no waste of words, the following facts comprise the history of the unfortunate city:
1. It is the richest city of its size in the United States.