San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-23
col. ROPES, IDEA.

| SOl' EI' II. IbopOSi piOoiu0ub vi VI
Port Arkansas company, has been in
terviewed on the engineers report oil
deep water, and this is the view h
takes of matters as reported in tn,
Corpus Christi Caller:
To the question what he thought o
the report, the gentleman replied
"The synopsis published in the Gal
weston News indicates that Aransa:
| il conceded two points of superiority
| out of the three. The commission
was required to ascertain where deep
water could be obtained in the great.
est amount, in the least time and fol
| the least money. The report declares
| that the greatest amount can be had al
Galveston, while OH both of the other
points Arkansas is superior. They
could not we'll have reported anything
less for Arkansas; we need only IL
miles of jetty to give us 80 feet of wat
or while Galveston needs ten miles of
jetty to give her thirty feet of water.
1t will, of course, take several years
longer to build ten miles of jetty than
it would to build IL miles, and cost
seven or eight times as much money.
That is the case in nutshell. We
certainly can get deep water here at
least two or three years earlier than
it can be had at Galveston-and We
certainly shall get it,"
"Will congress be likely to give
Galveston six million dollars in one
lump"
II hope so, most sincerely. 1 shall
do all in my power to influence such
q course, and so Will all the friends of
this company. We want deep water
at Galveston as well as Arkansas; we
don't want a monopoly for Arkansas,
and the whole state OF Texas, and the
whole northwest will he benefited
by having several deep water ports.
A bove all the friends of Arkansas
should not stoop to play dog-in-the-
manger game"
"But has not Galveston always
played such game?"
"Perhaps so, but she lost more
friends than she ever made by the
Galveston or nothing idea being so
Extensively pressed. The American
people love fair play. We should all
work for Galveston whether congress
gives us our million and a half or
not"
"Do you expect congress TO make
an appropriation for million and
half for Arkansas this winter"
II certainly do. A strong move
nent will he made to include Aran-
sas in the same bill with Galveston.
1t will be about as easy to carry a
seyen.and-a-half million dollar bill as
to carry q six million dollar one. Es-
pecially is this the case when the
added 25 per cent. will give the North
west an outlet several years earlier
than 1t could be expected from the
ST, OOO, 900 outlay. The Topeka con-
vention showed that the Northwest is
losing $3.50, 600, 900 annually tor lack of
a good Texas barber. Now, show
that rich, prosperous active ID mil
lions of people that they can enrich
themselves at the rate of 40 million
dollars q year for two or three years,
and probably longer, by adding 20
per cent. to the Texas appropriations,
and they will 60 for it to man. 1t
will cost them nothing; it is all gain
and no loss to them"
"Shall your Company take any
steps in the matter"
eS. we snail OIIer Dill autnOr-
izlng us to obtain deep water and be
reimbursed when we get it.Our charter
authorizes us to do this so far as the
State of Texas has power; but we
shall offer to do the work, no pay if
no water. We take all the risks.
The whole Northwest will stand be-
hind us and vote for our bills because
we can show them that it will en-
rich them to the amount of 240 mil
lions to $50 millions by saving two to
three years in time. If Arkansas does
not come in under the other bill she
surely will under this"
"Then you regard the situation as
full of hope for Arkansas Pass"
"Not only full of hope, my dear
fellow, but full of certainty. Good
morning"