Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-25
ARKANSAS PASS.
Lstte= Frcn Barney Glhbs en- The Sub
jet of Deep 1aJer.

jet of Deep waJer.
DALLAS, TEX, June u, 1888.
To the Editor G: the Gazette
i desire to cau Jour attention to IL:
following facts: TIE editorial In to,
Galveston N-Ws Of June %, teiegraDhe,
to tie Dallss News Of the SANE date. Csc
saiHs assertions that should net 60 un
challenged, After chSrScter:zf9c tn;
cCmirg Fort Worth convention Is s "seI
constituted body" snd stating that II i,
folly to s2sume that it could have .uJ
weight or receive the approval Of crl
engineers department At Whehiagtn7
| il proceeds to mska he astounding -clSr
Eti0n that TIE engineers department hes
practically settled the matter SO far IS tse
department is concerned by Zone lit.le
| report" Of MHj0r Ernst. Hcw the New
CaEl be foIgetful Of tHe report Of thst
cele 5Tated engineer, General Nsws1n,
published in its columns March 2, 1885, |
cannot conceive. IL this report General
Newton states inst the bar ct Galveston
nag been sh02Iirg ard ext Dding iato the
cTlf at The rate Of 100 feet per anpum
since 1851, or $500 feet IN thirty. flys
years, Ggd be concludes his report in
theie worde: 4
81 Invite particular attention to the
Conclusions Of lae beard tkat & grett
contraction OF the cdspnel bY ietties
would bus slightly increase the velocity
At the currents and extTeEae d-pth In the
channel, while it would on the ether
h2ld, ruin the hgIbor Of Galveston 50
well sc expCse tbs ttTy to destruction"
Tni5 is the report Of :
ec-s, cGcsfllly inside upon fuu dzts
G0d the m0stthOrCugh exsmins.iOO. How
DOES this report EsQsCe with thc ssser-
,ioa Of the News tnGt the engineers re-
pcrs are more favorable to Galveston
thsa Otber plid's?
Tse News reltes On Hciar E.as;'s
-rswers tn e fsW skillfuIlY fcrmul stcd
q1-G!ious propouDeed to him bY Mr.
81 iliE; questions constructed or the nIsn
IS the old n'gger's coon 1rzn, ITO Fetch
'em gTIne and comil'" Taese
answers s-e &c fairly and fo-ci0ly met by
the Cofpps Christi CslI2r thai l bag 10
quote II;
THE aYEver shows 1904 acres q:
fwenty-toUr f1ot curve inside Galveston
bSr against sixty acres Of the same curve
inside AraUssS bay. This is hut half TIE
truth, YET MsJ5r Ecast should rot be held
accountable for Us issuance in thGt gh,p@.
The waole truth Is tha, Galveston havbor
hNs Kiss Of twenty fUur-fCoi curve
.ban Arsrsgs harbor baa. Nesrl7
ell OF Ar7n5zs anchorage is pelIpd
s.. Joacpa Island, ind is S completely
lsxd-I0ckef, smooth water anchorage,
stchprzGe ct Galveston is il the Opan *.
= =
RJs6s, end therefore es fully exposed 10
the gait storms Sc though y ng eff S.
J5seph's Island. No lEpi los betw~er
the anchorage az Galveston sH1 the GUT
If Mexico. Tne Galveston b5r is five
miles out at ses, sEd fhls ocChoreee is
rssie mp By measuring everytoinz W0icA
les bet seen t5at bar end the COST Inc,
saareSare, il IN oCeaS pier Tsre iun ont
feom Psdrc Ta'abd it might with eQuei
truth re cl1imad that there we're lee, 0ee
0O9 Gcres Ct thirty foot anchorage aVsil- |
sola g Padre Isl.na. But
even this is rot su. Vessels drawing
-weEef!febr feet OF wster car
to-dsy lie along HArbor Island
Re entire length of the |
lsr0or; 10 s.her words ATsnsIs Ca offer |
.hree nies CT dccksge where g twenty
'Gar foot vessel eau lie IL perfectly |
smooth wstar. GS'vestou has MT a spot |
7he:e single ship drawing twenty-iour |
set could lie at . dock even il che could |
get over the bar"
Since July II, 1870, the United S.stes
government has expended in sp2r1pria
ions on Galveston htr6nr S2,279, zoo Of
he peoples money. The statement Il s
!, mnistee OF the most distinguished Gsl-
,estCn cit Zels, who vert 70 Washington |
ast yaaT to present nor c.dse before Con-
,-ass, was that Ihe expenditure q tAis vas.
Um OF money had Lct deepsned the bar
It Galveston one single Ich.
Taere car be no wharf monopoly 81
AThEses Pass, as the present constitution
rsveDts T., and would hsve REQUESTED
ne Galveston Wharf Company except for
he decision a c committee Ct It's sbest
MEMBERS that It could nat he regulated
7hsre csn be no lspS monopoly, as thai.
oEr or Ave hundred people living tssze
wn in diff IcEt amounts more than one
alf the town lots. TIE people interested
1peCt their profit from the lsTge volume
+ Legitimate commerce to the north and
ou!h cf Arsnsas Psss. 3. GIBBS.