Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-12
Deep WATER.
What the Texas Newspapers Say v
the Great and Pressing Nsed
of the State.
II Is Eot "RsIyeston or Nothing" With
the People, b1! Deep Wafer
Port for Texas.
Texas Should NJ. &. in q TrxRs City TO Make
en- Effort frt 'h- Harm oniz alton
Of IevsA ID n TenCsE.

Pilct P ~ Pos Mirror: For msny
yesrs the ST c. 81 deep water port on
the gulf has rcriOti"a ~ sgitated the
minds Ct the C!tiz rs OF the state, know
ing as they die the : 'TiI g CT time when
such q h5r5or ~cG,d teGCma necessity
grow cUt Ct tie demands OF the rapid
increase il the commerce CT the state and
the great southwest. Now thct f1reseen
time has come End the present cond,-
ton Ct the commerce of the eta.e
of Texas alone demands action at once
looking to the eGrlY removal OF that great
est obstacle TO the material prog
ress of this section Of the Uniou-
the lsck o! deep water on the Gulf. Fort
Worth hse taken the initial Iy step TO-
wards tbs desired END. II has called for
convention 10 be held in that city on
July 10 to consider the deep water ques-
ton. We favor the holding Of such Il
convention within Tire borders CT the
state, as /: is most directly interested,
srG we favor Fort Worth cs the Ilsce OF
holding the Couvertiop, being easy Of
eccegs, the FIRST to sugges: the matter,
aid altogether E suitable place.
Lawndsle Ladger: Texas needs and
must have deep water. Galveston is the
most svRilsble point. A deep water hsr-
Dor Csn be constructed there with hat
the expense Of any other porE.
3slhDger Leader: deep water cen
vention viii re he'd al Fort Worth, JuIy
10. The onject OF the convention is to
decide which is the most available point
20 secure e deep water port On the Texas
coast. Several states will be represented
-KGnsSs, Colorado, NV Mexico and
other parts Ct the country. II the people
Of Texas &C. in harmony, greet god Can
BE- accomplished by the convention, IS tie
question i5 one & grave Importance 10 ell
the stStss S6ove mentioned.
Caldwell News: The deep water vsg:-
ries CT the GAlv5stC n Dallss News sre
sufficient TO make the entire population Of
the stste-0utside Of those living on the
Galveston isl6nd-smiIe. Texas needs
deep water &. some pace on its coast and
would as soon have ii Ct G ilveston Is any
other point; buE if deep water or Caves
ton is 20 be sacrificed Galveston will haze
to go-or move its business-2s the News
has dOne-to where there are better op-
portunitles combined With greater pubic
liberslity ard business enterprise.
M.ngum S,a1: There will be : deep
water convention held at Fort Worth or
the 10Th Of July. II the usual iaalousies
that pervSde the COST towns cxn be held
in the background and tie convention
settle upon some one place great coed
may be accomplished, but with each and
every gulf village hauling for its harbor,
and declaring tn6t unless they get It none
shall have it will leave the matter where
1t now Stands and the empire Of Texas
good picking for the railroads.
Galveston Tribune: THE FORT WORTH
GAZETTE closes Galveston or
nothing" deep water editorial es Icllcws:
"The people Of Texas ws1t deep water
ct Galveston, II deep wster caa be had
there; but, If not at Galveston, at sny
point where it can be obtained. When
Galveston corceCes that ii IS not Texas,
but Is the only one point on the coast Of
the largest and soCn TO be most
populOus state Ia the Union, it will
be well for Galveston and for deep water
81 Galveston. Galveston is suppliart
not s ruler, and Galveston must be con-
vince, not demand" Galveston will
be perfectly able to convince, and in fact
has convinced the maj 2rity OF d.sinter-
ested parties that 1t Is the most available
point en- the coast for deep water port.
It is the only point Of the coast of Texas
where large sized vessels have ever been
able to enter.
Taylor Texan; Since the cSll for deep
water convention at Fort Worth counter
action for locating the meeting at Denver
has been taken by other parties Why
this conflict in movement fraught with
go much of vital interest and importance
to Texas, as well as other states and ter
ritories lying northward, does not sppesr.
Such mGtters should engage the
utmost harmony and unob.
structed concert Of actlop, or else
there ID little hope OF desired
results to follow. Though Colorado is
admittedly concerned very deeply in the
Obi ct IN view, IL must be confessed that
Texas is more SO, and it certainly sppesrs
to be eminently proper and consistent TO
hold the consultation upon her own soil
and under the auspices CT her own wide
awake, enterprising business men and
capitalists.
PHO. Point Post Mirror: Arkansas
Pass is rapidly growing into favor for
deep water port, bu5 IL is not reasonable
to suppose thai it will, by msgic, eclipse
all other ports on the coast. Galveston
is already established as port Of i'm
portauce and cannot be ignored in future
appropriations for hsrbor purposes; but
a wise plan would be TO give Arsnsss
Pass, her principal rival, equal showing,
and the superior harbor of the two Will
develope in the near future by actual test,
after which larger appropriations can be
made accordingly. Besides the COAST OF
Texas is extensive enough and the future
may demand two t1cst-class harbors.
Dsllas Times Herald: The Fort Worth
GAZETTE of-this morning reproduces an
article from the Austin Dispatch c1arg-
ing the Times Herald with beipg an sux-
Hilary or branch of the Galveston Dallas |
News, it is supposed because this paper |
favored DaIlss' proposition for Denver
as the place for deep water convention. |
The Dispatch is very badly off its base,
and in its further declaration thst tn
TIL. opposes Arkansas Pass and fsvors
Galveston as the point to concentrate deep |
water forts, shows clearly it hiss not been
reading this psper. Two Times Herald
editorials pu olished in this mornings
GAZETTE alongside of the Dispatch arti
Gle referred to shows the error of that