Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-30
100 Doses One Dollar

/ tween said river and the Gulf of Mexico +,
and so far into the mainland and between
! the banks of the said BraZos river as may
be necessary to reach a place that will
afford security from storms, swells, cy-
clones and tidal waves, for the purposes
of furnishing the vessels and boats adapt
ed 70 the purpose facilities for navigation
! i'll and along the entire length of said
channel, charging and collecting such
| toll therefor as may be prescribed by the
regulations that may be made by the sec
rotary of the treasury of the United
States in conformity with the laws of the
Cnited States, and for that purpose
they may construct IN the river &,
and likewise in the Gulf of Mexico, such
walls, jetties, dykes. levees, and other
structures, and employ such boats, RATS
and appliances as they may, in the pros
ecution of said work, deem necessary.
Provided, that no such structures or
means employed shall hinder, delay, or
materially interfere with the free navi-
CATION in said river or between said river
and the Gulf of Mexico, and, to protect
their said works they may build and
maintain such leVees or embellishments as
may be necessary to secure their perma-
nency along the banks of said BraZOs
river: and said Brazos river channel
and dock company shall hold the United
States harmless from any damages that
may accrue to any person or persons by
overflow or otherwise caused by the con-
struction Of said walls, jetties, bikes,
levees and other work constructed by
said company: Provided further, that
unless the construction of the proposed
work shall be substantially commenced
within one year from date of the
approval of this act, and prosecu-
ted with due diligence, the provisions
contained herein in relation to the
said improvement shall be nun and void;
and unless the said BraZos river channel
and dock company shall secure a navi-
gable depth of twelve feet of water from
a point in the river so far as may be
necessary to reach place that will afford
security from storms swells, cyclones,
and tidal waves, above its mouth and ex-
tending from said point to depth of
twelve feet in the Gulf of Mexico, out
side of the present bar, within three
years after the date of the approval of
this act, congress may revoke the privi-
leges herein granted in relation to said
improvement. And congress may revoke
the provisions herein granted in relation
to said improvement, unless the said
BraZOs river channel and dock company
shall, after securing twelve feet of water,
secure an additional depth of not less
than two feet during each succeeding
year thereafter, until eighteen feet shall
have been secured; and in case said
Brazos river channel and dock
company shall fail to COM
ply with the foregoing conditions
as to depth of water and time, for any
period of twelve months in excess of the
time fixed as aforesaid, then the privi-
leges herein granted, in relation to said
improvement shall absolutely become
null and void without action by congress.
Sec. 3. That the works of improvement
in the said BraZos river, from the mouth
of said river to the point described in
section l of this act, shall consist of the
construction of dikes, wing-dams ,levees,
embellishments and dredging or other
means which may be considered by said
BrazOs river channel and dock company
necessary for obtaining a depth of eigh-
teen feet of water between the mouth
of said river and said point described in
section l of this act; and that the said
BraZos river channel and dock company
may, if they shall decide it best for the
interests of navigation, change the course
of said river at the sharp bend in said
river between the mouth of said river
and the said point described IN section l
Of this act, but in making such change
the channel shall be made of sufficient
depth and width to receive the volume of
said river without disturbance of its
regimen.
Sec. 3. That if at any time during the
construction OF said jetties and auxiliary
works, or after said jetties and auxiliary
works shall have been completed and
said channel of eighteen feet in depth has
been obtained, the United States shall
have the right to pay the said Brazos
river channel and dock con, pany the
value of their jetties and otherworks con-
structed under and by the authority
granted to said company by the state of
Texas as well as by the authority of this
act, and on such payment being made by
the United States all right to said fran
chises and works on the part Of said
BraZos river channel and dock company
shall cease.
Sec. 4. That congress may at any time
alter, amend or repeal this act.
Received by the president Ausust 8,
1888.
Note by the Department of State-The
foregoing act having been presented to
the president of the United States for his
approval, and not having been returned
by him TO the house of congress in
which it originated within the time pre-
scribed by the constitution of the United
States, has become a law without his
The company proposes to have 1000
men at work by May /, and win have
thirty feet of water in the channel in one
year. Mr.. Lee and associates proposed
to congress to obtain twenty three feet of |
water for 81 500 900 and to maintain
that depth for ten years at a cost of $50 >
600 per year, but the government declined |
and passed the above bill. Mr.. Lee SAYS
the railroads win have close connection
with the docks of the company.