The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-15
DEEP WA ER AND MUDDY
THE TuRslo DEPTHS or DISGRACE
Dallas vs.. DsiIss-PssdeIInE % Psned
Up prids-A Hattie Lo.t-rriumph
81 msnopoIy-Oniy u bss-
bic However. Etc.

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Notwithstanding the fact that II was
advertised In the city press aud talked
extensively by . few that there
would be meeting Of tho members OF
the Merchants Exchange yesterday 4
p. m. for the purpose OF passing upon
Mr.. J. 4. Daugherty's Galveston deep
water resolution, only ~ out Of men,
bership of 200 were present, 80 little in
tarest was there felt In the matter out
sldo OF the few deep water
glance that II was u deep water meet
ing. Mr.. Daugherty introduced his
veteran resolution, which the readers OF
the HERALD have no ooubt memoriEed
from frequent reading, as IL has been
published 30 often In these columns, but
for the sake Of form Is 10 given again.
IL reads ~ follows;
WHEREAS, The absence OF harbor on
the Texas coast, adequate to the wants
OF foreig n commerce, denies TINS s,aiiIes'
imperial in area, illimitable In possiDili-
ties, equal opportunities. with the states
east OF the Mississippi river In the race
for Developments; and,
WuEpEAs, With the removal OF the
natural barrier Of isolation presented
everywhere on our Texas coast, the
direct route from Europe 10 tho settle
ment and development OF the territory
west of tho Mississippi river would lie
through and confer upon Texas III
Vulnerable advantages To which the
geographical position makes II the
righttul heir; and,
WuEnEAs, The demand for deep wa
ter on our Texas coast exlsts as ma
tional necessity, because, First, The ter
ritory naturally tributary TO that coast
Tor AIN outlet to Europe comprises nearly
two.t thirds Of the entire area OF the
United States; and, Second, In TINS ter
ritory outside OF Texas the maui 10 the
Texas coast is shorter by an average or
800 miles than the present rontes OF dis
tribution To the eastern sea board, rep
resenting saving to the producers In
Rocky Mountain valley, alone on the
grain crop of 1888, of 500, COO, as APP
pears from estimates based on present
rates of transportation eastward per
hundred miles; and, .,
WHEREAS, The refusal to supply TINS
great want would prove Oh 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. ..c,uw
quest and urge our senators ana repre-
sentatives in congress to use their BEST
efforts at the present session towards So
curing the passage of the measure 10 be
brought before tn IN LOOKING IN gh 10 Inc I'M
Capt. w. While, leading cotton
buyer, offered the following substitute,
which evidently, though lost, had
telling effect upon the meeting. Inc
vote stood II to is. The substitute reads
as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense OF this
exchange that our senators ana repre-
sentatives in congress should use thelf
best endeavors 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 ciVi
engineers in the government service
have time and again affirmed that deer
water could be secured on Galveston
bar if the appropriations of the govern
ment were more liberal, so the worn
could he continuously prosecuted, ant
have also given it as their deliberate
indictment, after a careful and exhaust
live eXaminalive Of the bar, that twenty
live to thirty feet of water can be OBJ
tanned for probably less than one-hal
the sum demanded by Capt. Eads; then
ia view of the foregoing, this exchange
recomme DIS to our representatives Una
if s., $50, 900 can be obtained through con
gress, that one half of said sum ne ap
piled to the improvement OF SaDin'
Pass and the balance to Galveston mar
Dor. $780,,
Speeches were made by Messrs
Daugherty, Arbuckle, Dargan ant
Treaevant in favor of Galveston as TIT
only point for deep water. MIR. Treze
want made n speech full OF brotherl.
love and scattered the seeds of kindness
in the meeting. He thought there wa
too much spite about the matter. Whei
he concluded the old familiar song
glove One Anotner," occurred to man.
minds. -
Messrs. White, Moroney and Pfout
advocated Mr.. Whites substitute,
Mr.. Daugherty's resolution was thei
brought up.
Mr.. Maroney then moved to amend
the resolution by the following qualliy
ing clause: 90, A.,
"Provided that the bill granting tn
appropration shall contain clause re
ouiring the city Of Galveston 30 BUY on
| Inc What company and guarantee ire.
wharfage for all time to come Tor al
freight received or shipped from tina
port before the appropriation snail U
available" A.
The amendment was lost, and tn
original resolution prevailed. the meet
ing then adjourned.