Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-17
nEEp WATER FOR TEXAS.
psvIew ef the Work Performed and
r.. succsss mp TO the Present
Tims-rhe Money Expended.
denominations for Any One Point
nav. Never Been Som Giant to Prose-
outs the york TO Completion.
FORT WORTH, TEX, May IA, lsss.

HORI OhAhJ AbA's may 1000
n. Editor of the Gazette.
'9 r,s determination Of the press and
10 NJ Texas to obtain and maintain
p some means sufficient water at the
..,b ot one or more of the different
Nv or iulets that indent the coast Of
~.,,s fer the purpose Of accom-
Eating the needs OF COM
IU- and es harbors OF refuge,
ps sr suggest review OF the work per-
in.Ur,sd. and its success up to the present
w is-,a nroportioped to the amount Of
nmss expended, thus enabling us to
m.1ic,te with s reasonable degree the
p pits that will be produced by
.so expenditure OF the sums OF
w estimated as necessary to COM
uiste existing projects.
W,ior Ernst, In his report to the Chief
=, Engineers, U. S. A, states that 3d.
S:n ma can be probably expended on
G.,,veston harbor during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1889, and further say
mo very extended explanation OF this
,ecommendation seems to be required.
= nresgut annual trade Of S73, 200. 600,
nd n irrespective trade of vastly greater
n-onortions, is hampered by an oostruc-
tion which it is in the power of tine gov
srnmeut TO remove. The necessity of the
;nn-nyement is notorious. The evil re-
snits of attempting its removal with made
1n,te means are equally notorious"
There has been expended on Galveston
b,r and hsrbor some two millions of dol
i,rs the result Of which has been to push
tbs bar seaWsrd, ard the work in
.be channel has been "obliterated
bv natural causes" The
,noput required to complete the project
ia Sc zoe, 900, at leas. 81, GOO, 900 OF which
oupnt 10 be expended within the next
wear. No such amount OF money Is at the
command of the engineer in charge OF
me- work; on the contrary, the sums doled
ont By the national government is in
sucl small quantities that the
work is almost "obllterated
nv natural Causes" before another pit
tsrce is Wrung from their penurious
paws.
AIsnsas Pass is s reproduction Of the
Galveston method On small scsle. Fit
teen hundred thousand dollars are needed
to complete the present project to OBTAIN
twenty feet OF water on that bar; exam-
iustion OF the work at that
psss shows that scarcely trace
Of the land work remains, and
the channel across the bar runs over
portion of the atty that was Quilt to con-
fine 1t, or in Olner words the channel has
"s.s doW0lo n"G jetty ;ithis is the result
Of the expenditure of $500, 600, eight and
one hslt feet Of water mas been obtained
on the bar, and the natural depth was
from seven 20 nine feet. The
work has been partially successful
in checking the movement OF the coast,
IS previous to the Inauguration of the
work, the shore line was moving south
westward at the rate Of 260 feet per an
nun and now, the m Ovement has been de-
crossed to about seventy feet per annum.
= amount OF money expended on the
Improvement Of the diff trent passes on
the coast OF Texas, has not
been sufficient at any time to prosecute
the work to completion, or even to sta
bic condition, where it would not suffer
deterioration. The apparent remedy for
this condition Of affairs would be to ap-
propriste the full amount necessary to
finish existing prolscts, and then prose-
cute them to completion as rapidly as
possible, or else give private
corporation some inducement to under
take the work. In either case money
would be furnished as rapidly IS the pro-
gress OF the work demanded 1t, il in the't
latter named manner the benefits result |
Ing 10 large extent OF country would
more than counter-balance such
concessions as might be |
made. In some ably written |
sriicles recently published, and In his re-
marks before lbe committee on rivers and |
hsFoors, L. M. H.upt, A. M G. E, pro.
lessor OF civil engineering, University of |
tenpsJiVanls, states that south of S.
pine the streams Of Texas flowing into
possess & sufficient volume Of water or
iofce enough to scour outl
sae bars, and in consequence the
coo tlde must be looked to as the agent
perform that work, and to increase
ue volume OF the ebb tide every fscllitft
must be Afforded for the entrance of th6f
Aooa TIDE. To do this dykes or embsnk-
nlenss must be placed ct such points and
~ such manner as will not diminish
as hood tide, and at suchI
ysasf points IS will concentrated
,as coo tide and give 1t force enough to
sSGut channel over the bar. The suit
soe PAGES to erect these works would
causes. ~
Ffoi. Haupt thus criticises the meth
W Jus IN vogue for obtaining deep water;
s.s lsI'es being tied onto the coast and
~ convergipg lines, they obstruct
~. @1 hood tide and reduce its
s sc,une and, conse quently the
~ securing force of the ebb
" nus, and being built on the south instead
", y. 'Se north side OF the Pass, they push
ducing 1t.
,n ras amount OF money expended on the
~ loVement OF the rivers and harbors of ,
nv nv vosst OF Texas has been up to the
present time:
: sin,trance to Gslve,,on b.,bor g, "a, II, "a
TrtpItv s nel In Gayesson BAY. 2sl, 92S is
BuSsi11 river. ..................... $4,000 90
NorfS :. oayou. Observation-Disclosures. l00.673 %
Pass VI brazos river. 140, s33 "a
Arsos.ssV inlet to Msiagorda bay. go, ss5 l6
snS Cot rass ana bay up to Rociport
Rs-hoe orp1s Christi ............... Sss $50 e5
PtOtecto,.b raIos Santiago. ls5,20i II
Brow OF liver bank at Fort La
y Total. 80 o,s zoo o. ,
b, ~ ~ his amount 500, 900 was subscribse