The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-20
THE lnEs nE SEPTEMBER.

Between Commodore Morgan and
the autumnal equinox Galveston has
an exceedingly hard time Of it, So
much 80, indeed as to ontitle her to the
lively sympathy Of the whole state II
was originally u great mistake, we
think, TO build the commercial metrop'
oils of Texas on low, unpro.
tocted, and from the seward, un-
approachable inland, The early found.
crs of the city, as well as the men
who, Mt later day have made
her name illustrous in the annals Of
commerce, encountered natural obsta'
olos sufficient TO appall tho stoutest
hearts, The progress made by the city
notwithstanding the epidemics, the
storms and the power OF the old com
modores active millions, the wharf
monopoly, the fire. the low water on
the bar, and the high water in the bay
has been most wonderful, and at one
time gave promise of riyaling New Or'
leans, and Of surprising any other
of our Gulf or Atlantic coast
cities. In only few things have the
merchants of Galveston been weak, and
they consist in our judgment in not
providing against railroad combinations
by making them herself and putting
capital enough in the Central and lnN
ternationol lines to give her potent
voice in their management; in not pro-
yiding ample capital for handling the
entire mixed crop Of the state and in
failing to reach out with long arm and
powerful grasp for the trade of the
northwest thus superceding New OrS
leans so far as the trade of Texas and
the great west is concerned A sea
wall sufficient to turn back the angry
waves of the gulf il also a vital necessi.
ty and a ten foot elevation scarcely
less.
The great storm of 1878 took oil a
good five hundred yards of the east
ern end. What the last storm
has done for her, yet remains to
be seen, but if she can stand up
under all these very serious and threat,
ening circumstances she will challenge
the admiration and win the confidence
Of not only Texas, but the entire west
and northwest.
This last storm only demonstrates a
little more clearly the absolute necessity
for the early adoption of extensive and
costly precautions against the further
ravages of future cyclones storms and
high waters. 1t only demonstrates
that, unaided and alone, Galveston is
not equal to providing these adequate
deienses. She must be saved. Neither
the state nor the nation can afford to
see the waves engulph our brave little
metropolis, and the only place where q
naval station can be located on oul
entire coast. Congress and our state
legislature must come to the rescue
not lamely and haltingly but il
strength and power, Five millions
from Congress to be expended
in making sufficient channel over tn,
bar, and in wall, and state guaran.
tee for bonds to n similar figure, ant
Galveston could be put above any future
contingency arising out of combina'
ton of winds and waves. As mere
matter of Investment on the part of the
general government as well AS that o.
the state, leaving out of sight the con-
siderations and claims of simple human
ity, the question of speedy and ample
provision Commends itself TO both. III
this light we urge the matter upon om
representatives,who will 80 up to Wash
ington in October and trust their best
energies and strongest influences will
be brought to bear on congress in such
n way as to produce the best results
The citizens of Galveston should move
heaven and earth to push their claims
for relief now, taking time by the fore
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