San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-03

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hour work will be as near an approach
for those who cant do work by the piece,
to the piece work system, as it is posi-
bic to get, and should be satisfactory to
all hands.
The Cincinnati Times-Star speaks Of
Texas gulf ports as follows: The Con-
gressmen from Texas are having hot
time about securing appropriations for
hsrbOr improvements on the Texas coast.
Galveston, seconded by Houston, wants
to gobble all the appropriations for
Texas and put it into the Galveston sand
bar. She wants between four and six
millions Of dollars. Congressman Stew
art, whose constituents are clamOring
for improvements at Sabine Pass, which
is within his district, is not willing to
yield all the appropriation to Galveston
but wants it eQuitaDly divided between
the various passes along the coast. Con-
gresham Grains district extends
from Galveston several hundred miles
along the coast to Corpus Chris
ii. and has several passes ready
for Improvement, the most i'm
portant Of which is Aransas Pas.-the
entrance to Corpus Christi harbor. The
Government work at Arkansas Pass has
been the most successful on the Texas
coast. With = limited appropriation,
about 100000, the channel over the bar
has been deepened from five to twelve
feet at low tide. With 100000 more
this channel could be made twenty feet
deep. \ railroad is now building from
San Antonio to Arkansas Pass direct, q
distance of $50 miles, and will be COM
pletcd about September !. This Pass
will be the outlet for the immense trade
of Southern Texas, and should be COM
pletcd at once in accordance with the
specifications of the Government en-
gincers"
The Northern Texas papers are all
bidding Tor the terminus of the AtChi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad for
their respective localities. Their efforts
in that direction are cOmmendable, but
it is feared quite useless, Said corpora
tiOn never plays second fiddle TO any
other il untold millions Of dollars can
prevent it. When the AtchisOn, Topeka
and Santa Fc Railroad reaches Texas,
which IL is almost sure TO do within
twelfth month. it will either continue on
to the gulf, or will secure the control of
a road that VIII give it y coast outlet.
There are strong grounds forsaying that
the said road will either connect, or
make fair running contract with either
the Gull, Colorado and Santa Fe, or the
Arkansas Pass Railroad. There are
good reasons why it should be
the latter, because the AtchisOn,
Topeka & Santa Fe Is. and always has
been. stOckman's road, and to secure
the immense stock trade of Texas is
their main object in coming to this State.
In order 10 attain their object fully, ii
will be necessary to come to the west
ern portion of the State. 1t will then be
the great highway over which the young
cattle OF the breeding grounds OF South
west Texas will travel to their fatten
ing grounds of the Northwest, and after
they become ready for the beef markets
they will come back over the road to the
nearest tide water to seek the butcher
stalls Of the world. With this road re-
frigerator establishments will be practi-
cal on the great fattening plain. Of Cole
RADIO, Kansas, Wyoming and Montana.
The AtchisOD, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad Managers are among the most
far-seeing in the world, and they already
understand that the question OF rail-
road haul Is a very important one to such
an industry as that of stock raising, and
that the saving Of 1000 miles in haul OF
5000, or one-third, to reach the high sea
is no email item to the stock business in
which many millions of dollars and acres
Ofland are interested. Hence the heading
of the AtChlson, Topeka and Santa Fe
towards the Gulf Of Mexico. and its GER
tainty OF re aching it.