Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-21

ucep water can never be obtained nor
maintained In shifting bed Of sand like
that In Galveston harbor, and that II any
aid Is obtained 1t should be placed where
IL VIII do the most good--at Sabine Pass.
RI Denison News.
Now, | shall leave your readers TO
Imagine the pleasures Of gulf life, and
trouble them little with the narration OF
the prospect OF a railroad from this point
to San Antonio, where 1t connects with
the line to Austin and everywhere else.
tbs certain now that the road viii be
located from San Antonio to Beeville and
Is almost reduced to certainty that IL
will be located from Beeville to Rock
Port, three miles below Fulton, where It
Will touch the bay, at one of the most
beautiful situations on the coast for a
city.
From Rockport TO the Arkansas Pass Is
about eight miles, and the greater part OF
this distance is natural roadbed or shell
ridge which extends into the bay, rescm-
bling very much an artificial work.
The bar at the Pass has at present about
twelve or thirteen feet OF water upon Il,
when a few years ago, before the govern.
ment works were begun, Il had not ox-
ceeding seven feet, and this shallow water,
and only wants little government liber-
atty and judicious labor TO secure thirty
or thirty-flve feet of water on the bar, there
by making an entrance into the bay which
has depth Of water sufficient for any
gulf or ocean steamer TO approach Har-
Dor island, the anticipated terminus of
the road. This will give us port at
which any ordinary ocean steamer may,
at any time, enter with safety and gulf
city entirely free from inundation-and
then another road from Rock Port across
the bay to Lamar and thence to Victoria
and TO Austin would build, or greatly aid
in building, a city which for advantages
In all respects would excel Galveston
with all of the government appropriations
and works that is reasonable TO expect Il
Will ever'obtain.
If these be facts, and for the proof of
the correctness of my predictions and
statements, appeal to those who know,
and to the near future which will verify
them, why Is that section of the state
so Indifferent in regard to the matter? or
are the cities of Fort Worth, Dallas and
Waco satisfied to surrender to Galveston
the monopoly of the entire Texas coast?
Let this be as 1t may, am so confident
that the Gulf city of Texas must and will
be on this bay that | am not at all back
ward in agitating the question OF compe-
tition between this and other ports, and
the reasons for my conclusions may be
given perhaps in tbs near FUTURE Cor
respondence Roanoke Telephone.
The growing prosperity of Texas de-
mands deep water at Galveston. The
cry may become monotonous, but we in
tend to keep it up until a vessel drawing
thirty-two feet of water can land at Gal
veston's wharyes. III Master Workman.
The Galveston wharf monopoly wants
deep water at Galveston. The people of
Texas want il on the coast wherever IL
can be had for the least money. Tyler
Courier.
We would be glad to see deep water at
Sabine and all the other passes along the
gulf coast of Texas, but they should be
left alone until deep water is either Sc
cured or found an impossibility at Gal
yeston.- Nacogdoches Star.
The News is not opposed to deep water
at Galveston, out at the same time il
stands in line with all of East Texas in
| demanding deep water at Sabine Pass.
! The News is also in favor OF deep water
convention Paris News.
In order to secure deep water at either
| Sabine Pass, Galveston or Aranses Pass,
viii involve the expenditure of many
millions of dollars, but the necessity for
these harbors has become apparent TO
every thinking man In the state and not
/ 20 Texas alone, but to all the vast agri-
cultural, mineral and grazing empire to
! the north and northwest which is seek
| ing deep-sea outlet closer at home than
\ the Atlantic seaboard offers. The river
and haIbor committee has decided to re-
port fayorably in favor of an appropria-
! ton of Sill 10000 Galveston wants ST.
| 100000 of this, leaving only SO $780,
600 for the remainder Of the country.
| Sabine Pass and Aransas Pass would be
satisfied with a million each, but so long
as these rival applicants for government
aid have their respective adherents in
congress there is little prosp ct that eth
er will receive any considerable donation
from Uncle Sans plethoric wallet. As
! Stunning this 10 be the fact, and so it looks
from present indications, the proper and
only way in which Texas Is likely TO Sc
cure recognition in the bestowment Of
harbor appropriations Is for her people
and her representatives to act in unity.
The News therefore heartily seconds the
suggestion OF the Houston Post for
deep water. convention. Let the
delegates to this convention be chosen
! with due regard for their fitness for the
] duties devolying upon them, and let our
| representatives IN congress cooperate
with the convention In examining all facts
| that can be adduced in favor of the re-
| spective harbors that are candidates for
governmental aid. Let this be done with
out DELAY and we believe that the plan
will give universal satisfaction.
If necessary, or If 1t is thought best,
| let the Texas delegation set day for the
convention, name the place where 1t shall
be held, fix the basis OF representation.
! And this should be done at once If we ex-
pect TO bring the matter before congress
in time to be acted upon at the present
session.