The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-28
STATE PRESS REVIEW

in IFS conclusions in the following suggestion
which we take from its columns. The
newspapers Of state are the opponents Of
its worth and It's merits. They do more for
tho development and progress Of their re.
spective communities than any other factors
known, and all immigration projects and
concerns should bring them TO their aid, if
they desire to DO easily successful. The
Dluner ssys:
Animpression exists in the northern states
even among well informed people, that
Texas is Gemi hsrbarous country, where
cattle and horses grow wild on the prairies
and where every man wears stupendou.
revolver in one side of his belt and an over.
grown bowie-knife in the other; that, being
frontier state, all its people are of the
typical frontier character do
scribed in tho ten.cent novels.
They are not aware that Texas is as civilized
MS the old states; that she has churches free
schools, railroads and newspapers. If the
southwestern immigration society would
show Texas in her trua light they would
distribute literally II number Of the leading
papers of the state, as well Ms some of the
minor ones; tho newspaper is the best index
Of the condition and standing Of tho COM
NUDITY in which it Is published. Tne high
character of the newspapers of Texas shows
better than anything else that it requires q
| high standard OF Intelligence and refinement
to support them. The newspaper, properly
used, can be msdo powerful aid to immi.
grafton.
Tho Waco Telephone learns that the ba.
at the mouth of the Brsz,s river is to be
removed or rather opened 10 dopth of
twenty-five or thirty feet and seap ,rt bull!
up at Velasco. We doa't know whether
this can be done or not. Years ago Mr..
Upton Walker, engineer in chief of the
Galveston, Houston & Henderson rsilrosa
and afterwards up to bis death the receiver for
that road, made a thorough and exhaustive
survey Of this bsfand expressed the opinlen
that tho idea of opening II was not possible.
1t could be done, of course, but only at great
cost and furthermore after 1t was once opened
The expense OF keeping it SO would DO 60
enormous that II would not pay. lie was a
scientific and learned gentleman, oplinently
skilled in his profession and of sound ma,ure
judgment. He reported that the sand bar
u! the mouth Of the Brazo, river
WIS formed principally of sand
thu, came from tho mouth of
tho Orinoco and Andes rivers and found no
whore else in tho world, 1t was deposited
there according to his theory by under ocean
currents setting from those rivers. II this
be true, no system Of cities or other known
engineering processes would scour ont n
cbapuel through the bar, or keep one opened
II dredged tor If currents bearing sand par>
ticles come from the outside into the river.
they would form another bar in the river.
But tho Telephone says:
With this obstruction out Of the WAY Il ia
alledged with positive confidence by those
who claim TO know, that fine channel. with
from twenty TO twenty-five feet of water can
DO obtained, enabling ocean steamers of
heavy draft to ascend the Brazos some s,rtv
miles, penetrating one of tho finest spr,cui.
tural districts In all Texss-a region whose
productive capacity IL not surpassed bv the
famous valley of the Nile-thus nflording nm
outlet from the ricn sugar and cotton lands
OF that section. The lands adjacent 10 Inc
river will furnish as ane ship timber as The
world affords, end IL tho problem of deem
water can DO solved there IL no reason WIN
vast ship yards may not DO built up slo,
the river, rivAling my In Maine or nny other
portion OF America. Granted this condi-
tion-permanent deep water-and railroads
will do tho rest Important linee. most
probably those Of the Gould system, will
tend to the mouth Of the Brazos and there
IN time may riso seaport city that will rival
Galveston. Texas 10 large enough-her
products are vast enough 70 encourage and
support such rivalry, and the state Il large.
while disclaiming any specific an'agoniSm
70 Galveston, will view with prstiaed aalis.
faction the efforts Of capital 70 develop tho
capacities that are said 10 exist d the mouth
Of the Brazos. There should be q least four
iirst-class ports on the Texas coast. Sabine
City, Galveston and Velasco can make up
three Of the number. ~r
Whitesboro, GrAyson county, hss n nor
NAL school, and the students OF that school
publish paper, and very handsome eight
page twensy'four column sheet, too, called
"Ths Normal Student" In IL ,eco, a
number we flnd The following suggestion, q,
70 schooling vocAtoas"
There b nothing like . steady elm a, .