The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-29
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ly interested in this movement and
combined effort will be made TO make
deep water practical reality. The plan Of
Captain Fobes, like that OF Captain Esds
for'improvibg the mouth of the Mississippi,
is looked upon unfavorably by the United
States Board OF Engineers, who claim it will
be failure. Ii the solid men OF Galveston
nut their shoulders to the wheel, act unitedly
and with determination, deep water will be-
come practical reality, and this city will
move forward with grand strides and soon
become the leading metropolis OF the South
west. Galveston realizes that now is the
time for action, that valuable years have been
lost in indifferent action and too great reli-
ance upon ''natural resources" This city
would now be one of the most prosperous in
the South, all distractions to her harbor re-
moved, if her citizens would have
struck hands heartily OF the
live, energetic people of the "New West
in lS74-75, who were then knocking at her
door for an outlet and market for the vast
and constantly increasing products OF that
immense reach of territory. They showed
their sincerity through their boards trade,
chambers of commerce, aud Legislatures in
petitions and concurrent resolutions to their
members in Congress, instructlng them to
aid the Texas delegation in Congress to Sc
cure ample appropriations for the rapid COM
pletion of the improvement OF Galveston
harbor. In these petitions they showed that
by having An outlet through Galveston for
the products of that section of country it
would remove tax of 26 IL cents on every
bushel of grain grown by reducing the cost
of transportation, and that this in 1875 would
be gain TO the producing ele-
ment Of $2S,OOOOOO. Since then
the "New West" has doubled in
population and productive capacity, and II is
safe to say, that If that section had an eutlet
through this port now II would result in a
gain 10 that section of country of $56, O0OO0.
But regardless of these efforts. Galveston was
stolidly Indifferent, and when an appeal was
made to her leading citizens to touch elbows
and act unitedly with these people their
reply was, "Enough has been done already;
this is the natural outlet for those people, and
they must come here Did they Gomez No!
They turned away chsgrined and disap-
pointed at the apathy Of people whom they
had labored to benefit, and city whose trade
in grain and -four through their efforts
would have exceeded that of any other city
In the south, and this vast trade is flowing
in other channels, much Of the grain and
-four finding an outlet through New Orleans.
The same want Of energy has thrown the
bulk of the trade Of North and
Middle Texas into st. Louis, and it will be a
ditficultm tier to regain it. To do 1t the citi'
zens of Galveston must display more COM
prehensive enterprise, and not to say to
North Texas, as was done some two years age
in Dallas by one Of her merchant princes,
ave don't want your wheat" They must
want it, and not only 1t, but everything else
in Texas that can be made q understandable
commodity, and if they have no market fol
it here, find one abroad for it. This narrow,
illiberal spirit has engendered the feeling tina,
exists in large portions of the State, that il
now inimical to this city and can be removed
by a more progressive enterprise and
broader comprehension of the demands Of
the interior, which are cheaper freight rates
more rapid facilities for its shipment, anc
quicker returns. With deep water acros!
the outer bar, all demands can be compiled
with These facts are now realized, and the
citizens are moving for their accomplishment
Hence the Fobes movement. The Texa
Star Touring mills are in receipt of samples
of the new wheat crop. They came from
Waco, Fort Worth and Bastrop, and are &C
companied by reports, which give favorable
account of the yield to the acre and the excel
lent crop prospects in those sections of tn,
State. These samples were taken by Mr.
Gus Rymershoffer to the International Miller
exposition, which convenes in Chicago in
short time, Mr.. Rymershotfer leaving
for that city yesterday, accompanied b.
Henry Greenwall and j. Fl. Hutching..-
Mr.. Greenwall goes North to engage tnsatri
cal attractions for the next seasons amuse
ments at the Opera.house, Of which he is tn,
lessee.-Wright Quincy, delegate to tn
National Republican convention, took hi
departure yesterday morning for Chicago
In an attempted interview he was noucom
initial as to the course he would pursue o
who he would support for President II
the onvention.-Hogan, the mai
charged with the murder of Haynes, tn
colored shoemaker is out under 81 900 bond
-Donohue, Mstteny and Cenci, charges
with robbing Magale & o., whisky house
got a continuance until the next term Of tn
court yesterday.--Leon Brooks, the raide
of street cars, was acquitted by the jury, il
five minutes af er his case had been submitte'
to them.-The Board of Health held
called meeting Mt late hour yesterday even
ing, to take action upon the admission of tn
Schooner Flake, with an assorted cargo, from
Tampico. She had clean bill of health, n
sickness aboard. 1t WAS decided to ADM
her after thorough fumigation Of carg
and bedding below decks Communication
were received from the agents of the Mallor
and Morgan lines. In reply 10 the latter
askinp to be notified As hours in advance o