Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-08
DEEP WATER.
Soma G0sd Suggestions About the
Holding Of the Dztp Water Cons
Tentisn at Fort Worth.
A D'fiuI,e Expression of the People on the
naestIon of stare Aid Wanted In the
November Election.
Galveston News,

| CORsIcANA, TEX, June S.-Tne call 10
8 deep water convention by cit/ ems Q
Fort Worth is timely and move In tn
right direction. It need not, nor csnno
to my mind, antagonize o. interfere witt
holding one st Denver. In fact, | thin
it advisable to hold one in Texas frs
that we may harmonic il we can on
place, or formulate plan for procuring
deep water az one or more ports in Te
as. 1t may be that it is not advisable tc
| hold the Denver convention at the time
suggested July IL, but later,
] say about September !. There are
! several considerations connected with
| the subject that interests Texas and
about which the great west is Indifferent,
to some extent ST least, one of which is
the selection Of a port. Colorado and the
west favor one somewhere on the coast
OF Texas, but wants Texas TO decide that
question. We ought there fore to excuse
the Denver convention from 6 decision
Of that question. But how is that quea-
ton TO be decided How will this plan
do? Let Galveston and Arkansas and all
other places contesting for It sppear be-
fore the Fort Worth convention with all
the information they csn procure IN re-
gard to their bsye, bars, capacity and
protection 10 shipping and the
probable cost OF obtaining deep
water; in fact, all iDforma-
ton that would enable fair minded
men to make proper choice. It would
DE slso in order for them to present some
de1uite and binding proposition from
these places Es to pors charges and fscil;-
ties and privileges they will grant to
commerce and to railroads desiring to
build to their ports. We do not want
any monopoly in the way Of exorbitant
Wha1fsge or sny other privileges. They
csn also make off5ra Of pecunisry aid,
either in money or highways or land for
Custom-hOuses sud warehouses and the
like. But think aR important work OF
that convention will be, or ought to be
Csnd which the Denver convention could
not consider , to take such action and
make such suggestions to the rep
resentatives OF the grest Democratic
people Of Texas in convention, to IS.
semble in Dsll:s, SIS will prOcnre posi-
tive and definite expression of TIE people
81 the election in y vembsr on the qles-
tiou Of estate aid" for deep water porE,
or ports. I have not the estimates before
me, but if mistake not It will require
the expenditure Of between $4,000
sud $40, o00 eco to secure deep water ST
any one OF our ses ports. Now, if by
united Texas voice, aided by sll the thur
der of "the Reckless" supplemented by
the genial z,phyrs Of the golden shore,
Congress could be induced to "concen-
trste appropriations On one port 1t is
hardly to be expected thst annual sppro-
prlatlons would exceed 81 900, 0O0 This
being the csse,it would take probably six
or eight years to get a first clsss deep
water port. We do not want to wait tDat
long for one-not longer than that for
two; therefore state aid becomes almost
a necessity. Then let every county, every
city and town send up it's representative
men to the Fort Worth convention 30 con-
slider these questions which are so vital
to the interests Of every part Of this great
state, and decide on one port or two
ports, then meet the great west 81 Den
yer snd go before Congress or aid. II
state sid is advisable, get the question be
fore the people for their decision.
The Fort Worth convention is neces-
ssry, therefore 1t is quite proper to hold
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