Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-19
TWO HARBORSFoRTExAS
Tho Cheaper FOR the State snd the
People. the Other for the Calves
ton Wharf Company.
TIE Views u a Former Texan Now Liv
ing il Missouri- The Facilities Of
Galveston " Velasco,
- -. ~. 49, y. -.

To the Edi'cr Of me Garetis-
Congressional legislation, affecting q /,
state, OF, as IN tie case be orr Us, many /
states sud territories, shtul not he
shaped by little town Of 80 OOOiuhsl-
i.ants, sDd this town and It's commerce
the property Of thirty or forty midwife
uAs. Galveston is an island. The
islsnd Is ring" The ring is
the wharf company. Thi. wharf
Company is in Washington
seskiug to gain absolute
control not only OF the commerce Of
Texas, but Of the whole country west
II he Mississippi The few men en-
gsged IN hi business are very rich
Therefore, the scheme IL very respecta
tie, and therefore d. congTessmen
bend reverently whsn the wharf com
paDy s-ks that 81, $40 900 be devoted to
the purpose Of c1uc-ntfA ing on the
'-And-bio 3 ,'on which Galveston, bet
ter known as the wharf comiany
stands, the whole commercial ". Alth Of
thei'tTsus- Mississippi states and. ter
/ Il ories.
LiEe Texss Statesman, v no loved
Tex - be gwen proper harb0r with
/ the wharf company Oa top II it, Il We
must; but without the wharf com pADy
/ IL 80 pity US" rne wharf company
/ h, possibly, a less evil han 1850 miles
] OF needless HilWas trAnsp orJallon Bus
/ why may We not have the ties ing
| without the rurse2 What strange III
/ accountable blindness i that If Law
I gIvers who tell US that "Galvestnn
must be spared "Galv ston must he
| -uriched," Galveston Is the cnm.
mtTcial emporium Of r-xss, and Gal
weston must be aRRrandiz Why OF
| cpucede greater blessings TO greater
| number % Tex ans sud TO The whole
pnpu ations 81 We-teTn state and
terri ories by opening the mou h uf
the szo-2 IL viii cust the treasury
two-thirds less snd when the task j.
done by the dredging companies Il
kAnsAs City and 3 fillmore aud
third OF New Odeans, these bavinr
com hined for the puTpt sc, when the
bar l. removed and the sea wall built,
the BTazos river btc mts, con fessedly,
the beat harbOr possible. Its
depth, for forty miles from the ses, is
from forty 10 fifty feet and these
dredging companies will agree and
give bond % give this VIII IL hai bnr,
from its entrance in the gulf TO Colun-
bia the depth Of forty tttt and guar
antee the maintenance ~ this depth
for ten years for sllO 900 per Annum
aud this. After peif-ciing the harbOr
for million and half.
II IA OBJECTED thst Jay Gould owns
20 900 acres Of land aDUu, the mpui IA
of the BRACES, and hat we would make
Jay Gould enormously rich True
L a 4 -. a -.
esttd In Maintaining the present sys-
TENS and couTs ~ jrsde He Is prot
2 tied from S. o. 8 extracted from every
bale ~ cnLton produced In Texas II
the BrazIa &, came the hAtbor OF
I Texas, while Jay & uld 0ould ga n
= -everRl millions IN Town Lore, he would
4 Lore tWo or three millions an
c nnsliy in freights Even the cattle
= Of Texas would escape the monopoly
2, which he wields. But Gould'- land II
{ subject TO that higher law, known al
J. the right ~ eminent dumaiu aud ANY
i railway that chooses can have access q
q the wAter's edge NJ VtlascO q ulI
owns no perpetual WHAT company
charter to shut cut other railway own
ers OF the D. ople from the hArbOr thel
may create. AMI while Rurabags John
ron and his followers live there vii
l. never be- another wharf company,
N Gould had q whSTf company cheI
!, ter he would open ia
- mouth OF the Brszod and have tn
n Great Eastern, within six months, on
=, cbored NJ Columbia Having no MT
uopoly, and knowing that he can 90
Qnire the rights ana pOw-rOi none, b
l. content To have mUnOply OF tn
ih eXpOrtation, through keS Y rk, Of th
- rrntnnIa and tupalth ri Toy
" IL resolves itselfinto this N cDngret
80 and the represent stive- ~ Texas
"l congress insist that " $1,000 Of IN
ne peoples money be eXpe ded 4
the Galveston Wharf company
surely congress will not tail To expeu
lis 81 500, GO for the perfect AfboT ~ Oh
~ mouth al the BIZ Us. II 81 500 u
ne must be expended in behalf OF n
ten or twelve good and great Oil
gilded men owning the wharf con
sts psuy and the Santa FL road aud GS
ny weston, surely our congressman wi
re not hesitate 10 eXpend 100000 =
We the 20 GO 700 Of people est OF Il
70. Mississippi. Nea-co will bs an abs
nR lutely free port, aud free port
en- worth tenfold more than this mono
IDS oly's port az Galveston. The poop
rot ak less aid th8n the wharf compsu
make harhor, while this GalvesiC
scheme l. experimental and may "a
~, AT Galveston quicKsauds I'LL The r.
- aus the outer wall Of this artificial h
ON ven Of security for ships may discov
- no foundation for its stonts
,ch Let US then have ~ o harbois on I
- coast ~ Texas--One for the people
~ the West; the other Tor the wharf cnl
al pany aud It's railway Cumpetiti
M, between the two obyiaies the nece-Bi
ne for the surrender OF the charter OF [
wharf company. LONE STAR
Sentenced 10 sixt, YEARS In ths p
mo itenilary.
M special 70 the GAHstts.
JEFPERsos, Tex Jan. is -Abe 4
len, who is charged with murder, v
' u sentenced II sixiV years IN the pc