San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-06
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To those who imagine that the
Arkansas Pass advocates received a
black eye in the Denver convention,
the following extracts are respectfully
submitted. The first are transcript
from the action of the Fort Worth
convention; the second from the Den
yer convent
| FORT WORTH SAID:
"Third - That the senators and
representatives in congress from the
states of Texas, Colorado, Kansas aud
other states interested in securing a
! first class port on the Gulf of Mexico
! be request ted by memorial from this
conven ton to urge at once the APP
pOintment of competent Board OF
| Engineers by the United States for
| the purpose of selecting u location on
the coast of Texas for first class port,
| to be secured in the shortest time,
capable of admitting the largest mer-
chant and naval ships, and at which
the best and most accessible harbOr
car be secured and maintained. Pro-
vided, that not one dollar of any APP
preparation shall be expended on any
point until proper safeguards have
been provided to procure the State
Government the right to regulate
wharfage.
Fifth-We endorse any effort of pri-
vate enterprise to secure deep water
on the Texas coast, and pledge our
selves to use our influence to induce
the general government to reimburse
the outlay when twenty feet of water
shall have been procured"
DENVER SAID.
Resolved, That the senators and
represen tatives in congress from the
states herein before referred to,and the
delegates from the territories herein
set forth, be and they are hereby most
earnestly requested to procure at once
a permanent available appropriation
of the amount necessary to secure
| deep-water port on the northwest
coast of the Gulf of Mexico, west of
the ninety-third and One-half de-
grees west longitude, capable of ad-
hitting the largest vessels, and at
which the best and most accessible
| harbor can he secured and maintain
ed IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TINE
| AND AT THE LEAST COST.
Resolved, That the states and ter
ritories and commercial bodies repre-
scented in this convention approve the
idea of securing deep water on the
gulf coast of Texas, by private capt.
tai, and they do hereby respectfully
request and urge their senators, rep
resen atives and delegates in con-
gress to lend their united support to
such bills as may be introduced for
such purpose, with proper safeguards
for the protection of the government,
provided that the port or point sug-
gested be one desirable for the loca-
ton of deep-wa ter harbor.
Both, in the matter of securing a
deep water harbor by government APP
preparation, and in the matter of en-
dorsing private capital for the open
ing of deep water harbor, in both
these the Denver resolutions are more
direct, forcible and explicit. In the
matter of securing deep water har-
Dor at the least cost and maintaining
the same, the proposition is so man
ifestly in favor of Arkansas Pass as
against Galveston, that it fairly shuts
the Island city out of the competition
The more that work of the Denver
convention is studied the more pow.
erfully will the conviction creep
through the hair of the student that
the friends of Arkansas Pass took a
long step ahead from Fort Worth tc
Denver. Verify, the day of deep wa
ter on the coast of Texas draws nigh
and the commerce of vast empire
will not, for long, be barred from EN-
terino orr pulf ports