243:, he was disqualified from service due to a lung condition. He paid for a substitute to take his place. In 1866, he was elected as mayor of Houston and served a single one-year term. His priority was the condition of the streets, which suffered from lack of care during the war. He proposed to clean them and resurface them with a fresh layer of oyster shells. City council approved this measure without dissent and supported an innovation to Houston: the city installed street signs for the first time. The Taylor administration also oversaw the improvement of drainage on lower Caroline Street, where they installed a culvert to replace the gully that was older than Houston itself.
227:. Horace had been renting the warehouse at Travis and Commerce, and purchased the building in 1853. Since location was just a short walk from the steamboat landing, it was convenient to newcomers, many of whom stored their personal property in the warehouse as they scouted Texas for opportunities. His dealings with these immigrants provided connections to potential customers for his cotton factoring business. He also provided an amenity to people visiting from the hinterlands. His large homestead on
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when he was ten years old. By 1835, fourteen-year-old Horace was residing in the home of Mr. Delano, the postmaster and magistrate for
Sunderland. Three of the other youngest Taylor children lived in the Delano household.
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