Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-06
What tbs Texas Newspapers Say Of
the Great and Pressing kaed
OF the State.
It is No. "Gsiv 'stop or Nsihine" with
ths Psepi', hui n Deep Wstsr
Per; for Te3Es.
Texas should Meet IL a TeIaI City to Max
an Effort for this Barn aniIstioA
Of Texss %; nereucss.

1000 1NlS ~ ry lupOI anS mctllDSp
and Texas should Jake aold Of 1t. Fort
Worth csu be depended on to do her part
Can as much be ssid OF the state at larger
Gainesville Hesserisn: Deep wster
must be had for Texas at any cost-Gal
weston, Sabine Pass, Arkansas Pass, Cor
pus Christi or any other place. What we
want is deep water; what we need IL deep
water; what We are going to hsve LIS deep
water.
QusnAh Advance: The will be deep
water convention held at Fort Worth on
the 10Th of Juue. Any dehaite steps that
may be taken 10 secure deep water on the
T.xis coast will be greatly beneficial to
ali the towns and country along the Fort
Worth and Denver Rad.
Tyler Democra. and Reporter: Gal-
Veston's eternal cry for "desp water"
disgasted he people Of Texas ten years
ago, ard now sae is hindering the chances
CT getting deep water anywhere on the
Texas COST by her persistent demand
that it snail be Galveston or nothlrg.
Corpus Christi Caller: The Galveston
N.~s mas its correspondents still inter-
vie9ing the people on deep water, but
tee psper takes great care not to publish
AUorbur thing we notice, the interviewer
never gets west Of the Colorado river.
Austin Dispatch: There will be no
deep water convention held az Denver.
Parties: snd communities interested in
securing deep water at some point on the
Texss coast, can make arrangements for
transportation to Fort Worth and as
semole in that enterprising city on the
Josh Of July.
Jacksboro Gazette: In smother column
will be found call for deep water con-
Venton. Every citizen OF Texas is or
should be interested in every enterprise
tina. is for the good Of the state. At
present, one OF great importance is deep
water. This will be an interstate con.
vention, and is to meet in Fort Worth
July 10. State prosperity means local
prosperity, 80 one should not wait fer
smother.
Colorado Clipper: The act Of courtesy
on the part of Denver's chamber of COM
merce Is certainly appreciated by Texas.
The only essential thing for the success
Of a deep water port on the coast OF
Texss is united effort on the part Of her
citizens, for the professors in making up
the Texas edition Of the dictionary omit
ted the word "failure" 30 far as it is ap-
plicsble to Texas interests and enter
prises.
Wsco Plsindesler: Early In July, ct g
dste not yet fixed, deep water conven-
lion will be held In Fort Worth to devise
means to secure good hsrbor on the
TtXAs coast. The people of New Mexico,
Colorado and Texas are interested in the
scheme, and representatives from al the
south west Interested in their outlet to
OCEAN commerce will be present to dis
cuss the best plsns snd the most available
point for the purpose desired.
Dsllss Farm and Rs ch: The deep water
Vsgaries Of the Galveston alias News
are sufficient to make the entire popula-
ton of the stste Of Texss-outside Of
taoEe living on Galveston Island
smile. Texas neeGs deep
water st some place en- It's
coast, and would as soon have it at GAL
weston SIS any other point; but IL deep
water or Galveston Is 20 be sacrificed,
Galveston viii have TO go-ur move its
business-as the News has done-so
where there are better opportunities COM
bined with greater public iberslity and
business enterprise.
Honey Grove Citizen: 4 deep water
convention has been called to meet ST
Fcrt Worth July 10. The object Of 1t Is
to secure, with the aid of the Federal
government, deep harbor for shipping
at SOM favorable point on the gulf coast
Of Texas and the Improvement OF Red
River navigation between Jefferson snd
the meu,h. z Colorado and New
Mexico hsvs been invited to serd
delegates, 6nd we observe thst their citi-
zens are taking lively interest In the en-
terprise. There are good reasons why
they should. Tie increasing population
OF Texas, Colorado and New Mexico
make a ssfe, deep sad cspEcious chipping
hsrbor On the gulf coast necessary. With
such port provided, and safe and easy
navigation between New Orleans and JEFF
terson, the vast and growing southwest
would pegin 10 tereshadow the import
ance 1t is destined to attain In the future.
TAYLOR Texan: The Fort Worth and
Denver Railroad has added so enor-
mously 20 the territory demanding 8 guilt
outlet that The necessity h.s taken on sn
increment OF force which no longer
brooks dslay. No one has the hardwood
to deny that all conquerlng science 10
equal to the tssk great as are the difficult
ties thst everywhere confront the en-
gIneer, and go often has the daring Of
genius surnounted what appeared to be
insuperable obstacles that we are
fast being educated into the belief
that there is nothing impos-
sible, provided only the necessary
funds are at hand. The following csll for
convention St Fort Worth is evidently
conceived in that spirit, and indeed there
Is nothing in whst has yet trsnspired un-
der the Investigations and Typographical
examinations all along our coast OF 8
character to wesken our isitb in the ON.
impotence of the crest combination of
science and money. Let the moneyed
and business men Of the vast territory
embraced in the call come together, unite
their resources and invoke the aid OF the
best representatives Of engineering skill,
and Texas will soon have deep water
port somewhere on her gulf coast.
Orange Tribune: The writer Of let
ter in the Fort Worth GAZETTE Of the
2sth ult., in speaking OF the government
plans for obtaining deep water, intimates