Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-25
DEEP WATER.
What the Texas Press Has 10 Say Of
the Importance OF the
Subject.
The Fort worth Convention Grsdusl1E Con.
ceded 20 be thu L CHS ZhinS at
the Right rfmc.
DERP WATER IMPORTANT


Bandera Bugle: Il IS a melancholy
spectacle The divergence ofopinion which
prevails on tie deep water question. We
fear the proposed convention will result
N intensified likes ara disIzes OF locsl-
i!y. sid Will bring tse deep 7stcr gues-
ton no nearer practical solution One
thing ought nov to be apparent, that 20
one plsce will be capable Of undertaking
the entire shipments Of Tex.s ard its
connections, snd therefore il is
the height Of foo,ishrcss to de-
prec!ate Galveston f,r The par
pose Of enaanclTg the supposed msrite
Of ArsKsas Pas, AID vice vera. Is will
always be in Gslveston's fsYor that 5he
World-reRowne6 and successful engineer,
mr. EAds, ssid that s Acst- class hsr5er
could be made AZ that point. Such az
option coming from such an eminent
authority should nos be lightly consi5
cred. Then let deep wGtec b. nads
there. But this mead 20. sep work 81
Arkansas Psss or any other point. No one
thing VII! boom Texas eeual TO TIE pro
curenent # deep water ~ sny point, end
th2t at the carries. possible dag.
POOR, PooH NEWS.
Texas Panhandle: The Gaiveston-nr-
nothing News neEils iCug editorial
thus: "Deep wa:er on the Texas coast
has become D6ti0DaI necessity, and &c
discuss plans to secure il convention
will be held at Denver, or some other
central point, during he present sum
ner." Poor, poor News. S0nfb body tell
il the other central point IS Fer. Worth.
and th.t all vsgVcness &c 20 time
is removed by the letters ana
sgures, July 10. l. is SAD
the alleged NsRs should be sbsentIy lost
il TeVerie and SO sDsorbsd u reninIgcent
contemplation of the past glories Of he
wharf monopoly, CT dreaming OF the fu-
turc strength OF new Galveston octopus
And all the cosntry ringing VITA Fort
Worth, July 49," The Nsws should be
treer to "ex" with its jja-crow, patent
slider contem Rorarie9 down in the piney
woots Egypt CT the state.
SHOULD SEND DELEGATES.
Marshall H9tsld: Tn people OF Texas
want Sesp wafer p0'Rt somewhere on
Inc Texas coast. They do ROT care
where. The Texas delegation cannot
haIm3nize and unite iOt Guy one point.
As long as the members Of the delegation
40 mail either at cross purposes OF il q |
state Of bsEeful inactivity small apprc- |
priati2ng VIII be made for various
ports and frl,tered sway, with |
ou6 giving the state deep
Water hgc0or. Tie mater is CT .Co vita |
Interest 20 Texas to be TRIED g7ltd. Il is !
% be hoped that the convention 70 DE |
he'd 81 Fort Worth on JAY 10 viii result |
IN SO uniting public sentiment that the
delegation will be sble to concentrate on !
some one point-the point suggested By !
he convention, for instance. Tls would |
be & good initial move. Let 81 TIE gGs |
Corgressnien work first for & first |
class tsrbor a. the pJia5 specified |
Then they can turn their attention |
to another barber Oh the coast sLd then
another, until Texas hcs three or four
harbors capable Of accommodating the |
larges. ships. For the sake of harmony,
might be the plsCe selected for
the Ar-t concentrated c fort, Arkansas Pass
ss the Rext, then Ssb.He Pass, aud then
other pOinss. Every town and county in
Texas skculd s&Ld delegates to :ha Fer,
Worth dat p WAter convention.
WANTS IT sETTLKD.
MjoeTel Nslis Herald: See she csil si
the Fors Worth Bosrd Of Trade 70 deep
water convention 70 Sc held az Fort worth
=
wGtcr port On the coast Of Texas las been
agtiated ezd before the people for some
time, GEd it seems that it IS hard to
come TO any conclusion II the matter.
We hope tie coming convention
vii take sCme fcti0n in The matter that
will bEing about speedy settlement on
some Que or two points On our coast,
where deep water c&Q be obtained CT
ma AIT roN EnNh 20
largest vessels, sid th2t Will be perma
1ent and lasting. We sre tired of this
question, and want 10 see it settled.
vE1ED QUESTION.
F0Fney Register: We publish this
week the circular sent cut by the Board
CT Trade OF Fort Worth c the trade or
ganiz.ticGs, municipalities, and TIE oeo-
pie generally who sre Interested IN hsy-
irg deep water port somewhere on tire
Texas coast. There Is no question bu.
that il Is high time Texas should have
ssch Eort, and tbSt the business Ok the
country demands it. Heretofore hundreds
Of Thousands 81 dollars have been spent
BY the government on the different har-
rs OF Texas and still we are rs far
from deep water Gs We ever were. L: is
10 be hoped TEGt the convent on called 20
meet st Fort Worth will devise some
means CT settling the Vexed question, azd
I: is sls0 70 be hoped that the attendance
ailI be large sHd that there viii be
from every towR IL the
state.
AN INP0kTA, T MATTER.
Cater Champion: The Fort Worth
Beard Of Trade, by suthority of mass
meeting Of the citizens Of Fort Worth,
sEye called convention OF delegates
from trsse Organizations, municipalities
spd people Interested IL the establish
nent CT 3 deep wster port On tie coast Of
Fexss, 10 NEE: in Fort Worth, Tex2a,
July 10, 1883, fer the purpose of memo Il
,isl zjng Congress and dev;sing means
or the accomplishment OF this object.
The ection OF Congress heretofore
n making limited sppropriasicns for
he different b.rbors On the Tsxls
,osst has not resulted in practical bepe-
1t to the people of the couatry, and som.
paint must Be selected upon which to |
theEe appropriations. The
appearance OF this movement cannot be !