The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-11
DEEP WATER AND MUDDY
THgTURBiDDEPTH1 DISGRACE
Dallas VS.. Dallas-Pandei. ,, go Pufed
Up Pride-A Battle Lost .nyh
of MonOpOly-Only bob
bic However, Etc.

Notwithstanding the fact that it was
advertised in the city press and talked
extensively by few that there
would be meeting of the members of
the Merchants Exchange yesterday
p. m. for the purpose of passing upon
Mr.. j. S. Daugherty's Galveston deep
water resolution, only 81 out of mem
bership of 200 were present, SO little in.
terest was there felt in the matter out
side OF the few deep water
advocates. 1t was apparent at first
glance that it was deep water meet
ing. Mr.. Daugherty introduced his
veteran resolution, which the readers of
the HERALD have no uoubt memori2ed
from frequent reading, as ii has been
published so often in these columns, but
for the sake OF form 1t is given again.
1t reads as follows:
WHEREAS, The absence of harbor on
the Texas coast, adequate to the wants
of foreign commerce, denies this state,
imperial in area, illimitable in possibili-
ties, equal opportunities with the states
east OF the Mississippi river in the race
for developments; and,
WHEREAS, With the removal of the
natural barrier OF isolation presented
everywhere on our Texas coast, the
direct route from Europe to the settle
ment and development of the territory
west of the Mississippi river would lie
through and confer upon Texas in
Vulnerable advantages to which the
geographical position makes ii the
rightful heir; and,
WHEREAS, The demand for deep wa
ter on our Texas coast exists as ma
al ~ tnp
ritory naturally tributary to that coast
for an outlet to Europe comprises nearly
two-thirds of the entire area of the
| United States; and, Second, In this ter
ritory outside of Texas the haul to the
| Texas coasts shorter by an average of
800 miles than the present routes OF dis
| trlbution to the eastern sea board, rep
resenting q saving to the producers in
Rocky Mountain valley, alone on the
grain crop of 1883, of S200,0 900, as APP
| pears from estimates based on present
| rates of transportation eastward per
hundred miles; and,
| WHEREAS, The refusal to supply this
great want would prove of such rank
| injustice to the larger section of the
Union as to suggest the ACCESSIBILITY OF
substituting tor the sectional line OF lat
itude now happily no more, one OF lon
gitude.
Resolved That we respectfully re.
! quest and urge our senators ana repre-.
| sentatives in congress to use their best
efforts ut the present session towards SO.
curing the passage of the measure to be
brought before them looking to the inn
| proyement of Galveston harbOr.
Capt. w. White, leading cotton
buyer, offered the following substitute
which evidently, though lost, had a
! telling effect upon the meeting. The
vote stood n TO IL. The substitute reads
as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
exchange that our senators and repre-
sentatives in congress should use their
best endeaYors To procure generous
( appropriation from the congress of the
/ United States, not only for the improve
ment of Galveston harbor, but also the
harbor Of Sabine Pass.
Resolved, That, as competent civil
engineers in the government service
have time and again affirmed that deep
water could be secured on Galveston
bar If the appropriations Of the govern
ment were more liberal, so the work
could he continuously prosecuted, and
have also given il as their deliberate
Judgment, after q careful and exhaust
i've eXaminative of the bar, that twenty
! i've TO thirty feet of water can be OBJ.
tanned for probably less than one-hali
the sum demanded by Capt. Eads; then,
in view of the foregoing, this exchange
recommends TO our representatives that
! If SI5O,DO0 can be obtained through con.
| gress, that onehalf Of said sum he ap-
piled to the improvement of Sabine
/ Pass and the balance to Galveston har.
/ Dor.
! Speeches were made by Messrs.
{ Dsugherty, Arbuckle, Dargan and
/ Irrelevant in favor of Galveston as the
onl y point for deep water. Mr.. Treze-
want made speech iull of brotherly
| love and scattered the seeds of kindness
in the meeting. lie thought there was
too much spite about the matter. When
| he concluded the old familiar song,
Love One Another occurred to many
minds.
Messrs. White, Moroney and Pfouts
advocated MIR. Whites substitute.
Mr.. Daugherty'S resolution was then
/ brought up.
Mr.. Maroney then moved to amend
| ing clause:
provided that the bill granting the
, appropriation shall contain a clause re-
| curing the city of Galveston to buy out
/ the Wharf company and guarantee free
| wharfage for all time To come for all
freight received or shipped from that
port before the appropriation shall be
! available"
! The amendment was lost, and the
original resolution prevailed The meet
ing then adjourned.
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