Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-18
DEEP WATER.
Newspaper D scussIon CT the Crest
Need OF .hs Stage-"rhe Mouth
of>the Brszes."
"Gsivseton or Enthiug''-A Dallas Paper
Opposes "the Commercial Destruction"
or That City-InIeresrIng Diseussion.
THE DEEP WATER PORT FOR TEXAS.
Dallas News,

Dallas News.
Mr.. George Sealy, Of the bankin
firm Of Ball, Hutchings & Co. Of Calves
ton, while on recent visit to Fort Worth
was asked a number OF questions as t,
the most available port for deep waite
tpurposes on the Texas coast. Upon al
#points Mr.. Sealey was not fully informed
iand upon his return to Galveston he I'd
dressed note to Msjor Ernst, United
States engineer in Charge of harbor i'm.
provements there, for Information on tht
SUBJ CT The note and answer thereto are
here with given:
OFFICE or BALL, HUTCHINs & Co., Gal.
weston, Texas, MsY 10-Msjor o. H.
Ernst, United States Engineers Depart
ment-Dear Sir: have been asked IS to
srea OF tarbor capacity of the depth Of the
twenty-fou feet or more, in Galveston
narbcr, as compared with other ports on
tie Texas coast.
1wouId be under obligations If gou can
furnish ethe required information, with
the privilege of making it known to the
public Very respectfully,
GEORGE SKALY.
UNITED STATFs ENGINEER OFFICE,
Galveston, Texas, May u, 1888 -Gsor
Seely, h q Galveston, TsXas -Sir: Ia
reply 10 your letter of the 10Th inetant,
asking information as to the harbor c.
pacity OF Galveston aud b rpoints upon
the Texas coast, I have the bolor
to stsle that the ares inside the bar ia
which depth Of twenty four feet or more
g found is at Galveston 1904 sores; So
bine, leo acres; Pas CsvalIo, 433 acres;
Arkansas Pass, 60 acres; Rrszos Santiago,
q ceres.
The srea in which depth of thirty feet
or more Is fll1d is st Galveston, 463
acres; Pass Cavsllo, 139 acres; Arkansas
Pass, IS acres; BrSzJs Santiago, l 8
acres.
The area Of thirty feet water ct Sabine
has not been Measured by me, but is
probably one-third that of the twenty four
feet water, or say SO acres.
At Galveston there is an area OF So
acres in which the depth is fifty feet or
more, a depth which is not found at any
other locality upon the coast. Very re-
spectfully, your obedient servant,
o. b. ERNST, Major OF Engineers.
The above is conclusive. 1t is 8 state
ment made by an engineer Of experience
and capacity, who speaks by scientific
investigation. It Is not the statement of
the News, which might be regarded ss
an interested authority on the question,
nor is it the statement Of any one per-
sonallY interested in the question. Ia
the series OF Interviews now being pub
lished by the News with citizens of
Texas touching the question OF q deep
water seaport for the state, great num-
Der have expressed themselves directly
IS favoring Galveston, while number
have expressed themselves as being in
different on this point, only desiring that
the most available and commodious
naroor be selected. This WAS the tenn
per and meaning of the resolutions
passed upon this subject st the Dallas i'm
migration convention. Availability WAS
sought, and nothing but availability. |
And why should there be any dispute |
sbout thie2 Galveston is the only sesport |
hat Texas now has or has ever had. All |
he other SO called sesports are more ex- |
oeriments, and in the light of information |
1ow shed upon the subject by sjor
Ernst can never be anything else than tx
oeriments. 1t is ridiculous to waste
money upon such halbors when it is
'nown that all put together, with all the
!Itrance necessary, they could not accom-
nodate The shipping of an ordinary sea-
,ort. Analyze the fgur.s printed above.
Galveston has 1904 acres of har-
,or room where depth of twenty
our feet or more may be
ound; Galveston has 463 acres of harbor
DOM where depth of thirty feet or more
8 found; and Galveston has fitty-eight
cres of harbor room where 8 depth of
fty feet or more is found. This is all
inside the bar. This is nearly three times
nore haroor room inside the bar than
Ii the other so-cslled hsroors put to-
e her have, with depth Of water that
one Of them can approach. This is
nough, and 1t explains the reason why
be available point theory wss kicked
gainst by Interested parties at other
oints. The people Of Texas will not be
1nger humbugged over this question d.
'.nd boomers and interested obbers may
s well make note Of this. There is /,
My one point upon the Texas coast that !,
capable of being made q deep watlf /,
srbor, and that point is GA-
eston. The United States engineer In !
barge of harbor improvements says 81
EFFECT under his Signature, the fguISxj
re given shove, and the statement msde B.
not susceptible of contradiction. Il isif
me to explode all the humbuggery 5hst
Is been going on Of late, and it issnowl4
lploded. The Texas delegation n Cdns$f
TESS will please cut this article out and3l q
reserve it. 1t illustrates better thar
lything else The News Can give themt
e doctrine OF concentration, to which{
ey must come at last. Meantime, 3fFa
g people of Texas desire a deep wateR4F
yport on the coast, and they do desire '
le, they now know exactly WI ere that
!ep water seaport must be. l. is Gal
ston or A6fhing for Texas, and this
4tems4Sas neither more nor less than A
REMARKABLE PRODUCTION.