Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-29
LDEEP-WArEg TEXAS PORT.
Hov such H.lb or Osn He Butt as Corpus
CHRISTI or Other Points.
Denver Republican.
nHSvER CaIn Nav o1 1875


DENVER, COLO, May 2l. 1855.
TUthe Republican.
In an editorial 10 Sundays Republican,
entitled "a Deep-Water Texas PORT"
YOU quote from what may be considered
bIsh authority, q government engineer,
showing the comparative areas Of the
Texas hsrboTs. These figures are mis-
s,din2 In Indicating superior advantages
ior Galveston which that city does not
possess. l. is @ novel as we'll SIS mis-
LEAD ng m9thod OF presenting The harbor
question, entirely worthy of Galves,on's
Eell-kn0wn unfsirness In treating that
question. Suppose we Apply the same
method OF f.uring to Nsw Olleans-that
g. compute the area Of the Mississippi,
river in acres from the Esds jstties TO the
docks in front of the city, following the
mesnierings Of this great stream, some
eighty miles, and we can present to the
n.utsI vision OF the reader hsrbor OF
magnificent proportions On scres) second
10 none IN tne world. The stranger, ig
nursat Of the gsogrxply of the New Or
leans haro7r, would imagine grand body
Of water miles in length, miles in width,
With Galimited wharf room on its shores
So Ghsn Giiv5sso1 nsroor is talked OF as
having an ares Of 1904 acres, the -esder
!nlgines that the whole of this Is avail
ABLE for shipping.
The said Galveston authority forgot to
mention how msDy channels were includ-
cd in this hsrbor area calculatioo,
whether BuFsio bayou, the Galveston
ship channel or Bolivar point were fig
uled IN, or how much OF these channels
are available for DOCK room or shipping.
llthsre is such q grand hsfbor as hiB
figures indicate, why have dredge boats
been kept constantly at work for years In
tront Of the limlUed wharf room a. Gal
weston, dredging the channel there so
ships may lie alongside the wharves and
have room to turn eroundf Why lie 1t
necessary for Congress TO make yearly
appropriations for dredging these chan
nels II there is as much deep wsser as
indicstedf
There is no hsrbor on the American
tosst 80 exposed TO storms IS this, and
tae only protection that tnree-fourths of
the Galveston harbor will have from the
res will be The proposed jstties or arts
nclsi banks fhst E sds offered to build ST
icost Of s7,750.OOo.
There mus be some mistake In thai hg-
urea OF toe acreage of the deep watst in
Assnsss Pass typographical error hgf-
naps-ior surely sn engineer of reputa-
nea would not mske such an hsserttpnf1
hH neare. 500 acres than sixty, Withs61
Depth OF twenty-five to thirty feet. This
htoo' Is completely land locked, corve-
1ens to the deep water OF the gulf, and
MS st least six miles Of available dock
tSom, sIthcisnt to accommodate sill OF
'ae shipping Of the northwest.
There has been expended to date at
galveston 81, s73. 706 without perceptibls
inprovenent Of the oar At Arkansas Pass
ssSs0 5Ss has been expended, resulting in
ncftasiDg the depth ovsr the bar Ave and
one-hAli feet,
me physical features OF the Galveston
aafoor are such Az TO Question the Sue
.ess Oh the jetty Dyslem. II is expected
ai the proposed jetties at Galveston, BY
cumming the wafer in = channel, will
etesie a current OF sufficient force to
seoaf out the bar. There 1t no powerful
suiient there like that which carried the
aNsWa3irom the Missiseiupfs mouth. At
asnsss such force does exist.
Gslyeston's seifshnees and IbfSirness
fave Kept the people of Texas from unit
Mg on Galveston or any other harbor
mo the Texas delegation in Congress
SNided and consequently crippled. Gal
VISION refuses to submit the question to
sOoifd OF engineers that shall be en-
wsered by Congress to select hsrbor
~. slSef careful survey OF all, on the ques.
aon OF availability and economy and
spted OF Improvement. With Galveston
Il IS Galveston or nothing" IL the
question OF Q selection should be left to
" decided between Galveston and Arsn- |
.as On The merits Ct cost, as between jet
yes Tour and half miles long and the
SAME three .iourths OF mile long, there
. sOulo be 70 doubt Of the result; and
.usis can ha no doubt OF the govern
mslPs decision il left to decide on the
satufai merits Of the two hsrbors, unin-
susncad By local interests or political
eorsiderstions.
Claim that The selection Of deep
,ns'ef port on the Texas coast is no
tt.sgei question for Texas to solve alone,
~. one In which Denver end the north
, my are vitallY interested. l clsim
nile. .saef that st Arkansas 1. is possible to
@s she deep-water hsrbor free TO COM
s Islce and to accomplish the result
ispsssolly; in both Of which this country is
s'esled. claim that it Is not possible