12. Has steamship lines to Liverpool, New York, New Orleans and the ports of Texas as far as the Mexican boundary.
13. Has harbor area of 24 feet depth and over 1,300 acres; of 30 feet depth and over 463 acres (the next largest harbor on the Texas coast has only 100 acres of 24 feet depth of water).
14. Has the lowest maximum temperature of any city in Texas.
15. Has the finest beach in America and is a famous summer and winter resort.
16. Has public free school system unexcelled in the United States.
17. Has never been visited by any epidemic disease since the yellow fever scourge of 1867.
18. Has forty miles of street railways in operation.
19. Has electric lights throughout the city (plant owned by city).
20. It has millions invested in docks, warehouses, grain elevators, flouring mills, marine ways, manufactories and mercantile houses.