Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-05
DEEP WATER.
Msas The Texas Newspapers are
Saying o. the Long-Pen
Want.
some Want Galveston, some Want sabine
PAS, bun Bach aud an wan,
Deer water.

'o' NN1telh lcNAs. We should therefore.
stand by Sabine Pass. faris News.
Lot every man give Sabine Pass
helping hand II asks only that Won
lndorse w. efforts 20 secure dcep water
Tor Itself aud for me state dallas
Times
The Sabine people are making great
cNcr,lons TO have Sabine Pass deepened.
Galveston wants the money spent there.
when u comes. one 40 q time, gcntlo.
mon. II one city h not willing 10 con.
ccdn to The other, Il viii only DELAY the
enterprise IN both cases, ConcodD. anil
both VIII get what they want In few
years TcNarkaua Workman,
Tie people OF Texas would feel mora
kindly towards Galveston on the doep
water question v her deyil.Ash.whai.
company was known Ike LaFntd, only in
story and sopg, Decatur Post
There arc now three applicants Tor deem
water IN Texas, ylzi Galveston, Sabine
Fass and Arkansas Pass Galveston should
conc ilrsl II deep water can nc had there
u not Then select the place where il Gan
he had the cheapest, and where il would
hc most convenient 20 the state Ben
nett New Era
~ )ne l'asa seems 20 behttractlng moro
attention Just now as probable decp.
water outlet than any other point un the
Texas coast. The Tribune would be Glad
To see deep wator at q hafdosen PLACES
pn the Texas coast, and n Is certainly
opposed TO having Galveston monopollgc
the appropriations II Alexander Tribune.
Galveston vs., Sabine Pass. Fort Worth
decides Tor tie latter and so do we.
Texas Mesquiter.
Sabine Pass IL the coming outlet Tor
Texas products. Texas ~ an empire aud
needs more than one outlet 10 Tic water.
ways Of the world Marshall Meeson.
ger
Deep water Is tho slogan Of North
Texas. They care not whether II be az
one port or another but ia View OF past
experiments, and the unbiased Judgment
OF eminent and competent engineers, tho
people Of this section believe Il can be
most eXpcditiously and oheaply secured
at Sabine Pass Ergo, they favor Sabine
Pass. - Denlson News
Deep water, twenty-five feet OF water
ut Sabine Pass can be procured ~ Dallas
| Herald
Houston and Galveston are about TO
harmoniac ON deep watcr Tor both This
scheme IL plausible, and oOmmends Itself
TO all who are Interested In the develop.
moDt of Texas with all It's natural re.
sources, Marshall Messenger
Deep water anywhere. on the Texas
const, II II cannot be obtained 40 Gal
weston, let this appropriations be concGn.
trated At sabine Pass, Aransaa Pass, or
Pass Cuballa. Do not waste the money
| by dividing II between several diiieront
points, and thus accomplish nothing. Lot
! the Texas delegation make n hearty effort
| for large appropriation for some one
| point, and continue the work there until
The necessary depth OF water Ii secured.
Then other places could be worked upon.
| There Is no time Tor local ioalOuslcs IN
this muttcr..- San Saba News.
| We hope that Galveston viii secure an
appropriation, but not To- tho exclusion
OF Sabine Pass The latter has claims
and offers natural advantages that Ger
tGlnly should not be overlooked Rock
wall Success,
The Sabine Pass people say they can,
| by expanding Sl,000,000, secure twonty-
| i've feet OF water before the close Of 1897.
| II they can do this they ought 90 have
the money placed within their reach
Austin Sunday Tldlngs,
The general government owes an obi.
CATION 10 The people OF Texas, as well MS
TO those Of other states, to AFFORD them
facilities for the conduct Of their com
mcroo. We would suggest az practical
measure that our representatives and
people unite as one man 20 secure the bo.
ginning Of the work ne Galveston harbor
nj the earliest momont, and 80 soon ns
TINT IL accomplished then give The same
advantage of united effort In behalf Of
another. In union there Is strength I'll
paso Tribune,
Sabine lake IN nearest 20 North Texas,
n Il In nearest the timber regions, and IL Is
J the chcHpoft place nt which we can secure
deep water. Tho hnrbOr offered is "a land
locked bay into which cmptics two VI
largest rivers OF which Texas can honst,
The waters OF these rivers Offer power
which, aided by jetiles, VIII soon give a
permanent depth Of water such ns no port
J on the Texas const can secure even with
millions OF money The imperfect ietties
4 have already secured more depth oiwatcr
than Galveston can boast. Then, agnl0,
sabine lake, stead OF the drifting sand,
has mud bottom which can hp easily
managed Lastly, the United States en-
! gineers have declared that deep water
could be secured NJ Sabine Pass at ycry
!, little moro expenditure. Congress caD4
I not refuse to recognize SHbtao Pass with
those advantages Congress viii make
! the appropriation aud Texas viii have n
port equal 20 any the South can boast.
Had Galveston strnngled her wharf mo-
nopoly cornorant, II might have BEEN OF.
icfcnt Cleburne Telegram,
We hope that Mr.. MIL IL aiding
Charley Stewart IA his Tors TO get deep
water NJ sabine PaHe-- iieltOn journal
IfTexaa IL 10 have half dozen little
seaport deep water towns, we may not
expect much Of d change 10 tie present
condition II the state would unite on
one point, the government might be In
duced 70 lend suliccnt aid 20 accomplish
B something In the way Of deep water al
that point Bat the government VIII be
tardy Ia frittoring away the peoplet
money on half dozen little towns which
hayo never attracted any or but little
attention Of the shipping Interest, Gal.
weston has aud always viii command the
trade II she has anything like an equal
showing. II Will be admitted that the
b1slnees methods Of Galveston aud her
wharf monopoly are provoking AZ this
time, some bitter feeling and we mlisi
| .1..tt that "a a. With anml ahuNiu0 al