Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-16
DEEP WATER.
"hat The Texas Newspapers are
Saying Of the LOng.Fea
Want.
some wans Galveston. some want sah,n.
Pass but Each and All want
Deep wAter.


Mr.. Lott, president of the Arkansas Pass
road, promises that the road will be com.
plete to Beeyille blythe 2lst Of APRIL
Brady Sentinel,
According TO the logic OF events every
EFFORT 10 secure deep water at Galveston
must be 10 the nature OF an experiment
giving littleprcmlsc Of success. - Alyara.
do Bulletin.
The board Of engineers estimate thai /,
Will cost S7,000,000 TO secure deem water
at Galveston, and that the ietties wonld
nave TO be ten miles In length. Atm
geiher not q favorable outlook -fCorsi-
cana Courier,
Deep water at Galveston and deem
water al Sabine Pass are questions on
whicn the Texas press are divided. we
ihinh the best solution OF the matter
would be 70 give to each place an appro.
priation from It's national treasury an
amount corresponding with their com.
mcreial Importance Bolton Reporter.
We do not favor deep water at Sabine
Pass TO the detrlment Of Galveston Not
by any means. We would ike 10 SEQ
deep water at Galveston, Sabine Pass.
Arkansas Pass and every other har6or on
the coast. Texas needs and would de.
yelop much faster II she had Il hall dozen
good harbols. ~ Henderson News.
The Light has received "a letter from
Mr.. w. J.. Caruthers OF Corpus Christi,
who was sent 70 Washington ip the inter.
est OF deep water at Arkansas Pass, and
he says that no feels confident the situa.
ton will be better understood, and tat
the Texas delegation will do everything
possible TO get liberal appropriation for
Arkansas All Western Texas viii earn-
estly hope that his labors will be success
tul to that end. San Antonio Light
The nearest outlet TO Europe Tor Co
manche county is Galveston This makes
It TO the interest OF her people to use
their influence for deep water at that
point. This end, however, win not be
snbseNed by asking that all other ports
ON the Texas coast be sacrificed I'm the in-
terest of one. Whatever is obtained for
Galveston must be by the united efforts
Of our congressman, and we cannot ex-
pect other portions Of the state to unite
on any selfish propositlons.-T Comanche
Town and Country
Let us have deep water az Galyestonby
all means. Never mind the cost The
question Is Can it be had at allg fall
places on our coast Galveston should be
the first deep-water city, since she is al
ready fine city, aud only lacks this one
essential 10 her future greatness. Every
Texan should feel pride ia the upbulld-
Ing OF the Island city wins Point
Chronicle.
|. II 1t requires s 500, coo to gain
inches of water at Galveston, how much
money will 1t require to gain 10 feet, the.
desired depthl
Ans. SCI, 545,Oao
.. II it requires 3 years 80 dig a chan
mel inches deep, how long will IL take 10
dig one 10 feet deep:
/ Ans. $50 years
| From the above simple mathematical
/ operation, (and figures don't lie) 1t is
shown that 1t will require the eNpendi-
ture of he enormous sum OF sG7, 54j, 600
to obtain deep water at Galveston. The
consolation IS that II only takes $50 years
to accomplish the desired end. ~ Rock
port Transcript
Galveston can wait for deep water as
long as the rest Of the state can. This Is
Official Galveston Tribune.
tits not the state but nature 10 which
the Galyestonians must appeal Ia their
vain hope. Until nature reverses her
handiwork, and transforms the shifting
beds of quicksands into deposits and for
nations that science can master and
overcome, all future efforts TO secure
deep water over the bar must inevitably
result as have all previous eforts-in
failure; leaving nothing to evidence the
wasteful extravaganza and folly hut ga
lot OF broken-Gown, dilapidated sea-
walls. Denison Journal.
Deep water at Galveston, and Gulf
Colorado & Santa Fe TO Seymour rs the
way to talk it, Seymour Cresset.
Deep water at Sabine Pass is Just now
having an airing throughout Texas, Put
Tyler down in favor OF the Pass. - Tyler
Courier.
We favor Galveston above ali other
places on the coast for deep water appro-
priation. II is folly TO feed six or seven
men on one cherry Rnsk Standard.
Galveston Is now on the right track fol
deep-water, aud unless she oyerdoes the
thing and becomes TOO greedy fair
measure OF success may crown her
efforts That is our WISH Orange
/ Tribune.
The papers of the state make a great
J, mistake In calling for deep water at Gal
J weston or Sabine Pass. Our cry should
be deep water at Galveston, Sabine Pass
and at every other place In Texas where
1t can be had Bolton News
Just now petitions for deep water are
In order; Galyestoni AraDsss and SABINE
ali come in for share IN consideration
! in the division of appropriations. We
think deep water at all these places OF
great Importance to Texas, brt IN oul
zeal caunot lose sight of the fact that tht
harbor at Galveston is the Oldest and
most Important ~ present OF any 81
tine points spoken Of. -Brownwood Bulle
tin.
, The memorials TO congress asking Ioi
adeouate appropriation to secure deer
water al Galveston, which have gone from
l ali narts OF Texas, give expression e
, the trne attitude OF the people toward;
this measure. They were gotten up y
/ the people and not by a personally-int9r
ested party In his own interests and ths
interests OF firms and corporations Will
which he Is Connected Coleman voice
The committee sent out by Galveston
r 10 circulate for signature petitions asking
! Tho Texas delegation to make a united eff
; fort TO secure deep water at Galveston
s have met with natterng success, and II y
! nrobable that the pressure brought 4
Z hear upon Texas members OF congress
will Be such that they will decide TO ash
: for such an appropriation for Galveston
I. that deep water will be an assured taci a
/, one port at least Paris North Texan.
The refusal Of Hon Charles Stewart
mr. reprosentatire Ia congress, 10 ignor'
/, he claims OF Sabine Pass 10 receive ~
: annropriatlon from congress for harbo
improvements, IN favor Of Galveston,
: I'VE the man and Democrat. The PEG
!, ne east Of Trinity riNeT now feel secure
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