Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-17
n KANSAS H4RBOR,
1t Is Destined TO Become City sof
Great Import ance


ARKANSAS HARBoR, Tex, Sept. 16-TSpecial
Telegram to THE BEE. The great question
which has agitated the people of the south
west for years is at last about to be solved,
and it is now an absolute certainty that deem
water on the Texas coast will be secured at
this point within the next eight or
ten months Fifty of the leading
men of the country, with Russell
B. Harrison as president, have organized
themselves into company to carry out the
grand project and an army of workmen is
about to engage in the glorious enterprise,
Governor Ireland and Lieutenant Governor
Wheeler of Texas are active la borers in the
great undertaking, and seven congressman as
well as other distinguished citizens from
various parts of the country nave
joined in giving this section the greatest
commercial boom that could possibly
advance the interests or pros perty of the
Lone Star state. The city of Aransas Har-
bor which was only dedicated few days
ago, has already made tremen dOus strides
and property within its boundary is on the
widest boom. At the sale of town lots lust
closed the greatest excitement and
rivalry prevailed, and in the eager
ness of the great gathering to purchase
a slice in the future metropolis they fell over
ent buying as many as fifteen to twenty high.
priced lots before they left. They had VIII hat.
ever they wanted OF the most spirited bid
derS were anu mber of ladies, including Mrs
j. A. Jones Of Corpus Christi, who bought a
magnificent lot, on which she will imme-
dlately erect an office and engage in the real
cstateand insurance business. Judge IL. Sutton
of ST Louis conducted the sale and says that
in his experience as an auctioneer he never
saw so much enthusiasm manifested to Sc
a n N IN fA1,a
great city than "ATmsaS Harbor. Buyers
from eleven states, as well as from the re-
public of Mexico, were IN attendance, and
Senior j. l.. Veristige of San Luis Potosi
had an agent on the ground who purchased
several lots Many buyers were present
from Rockport and all the neighboring towns
and the people Of Corpus Christi chartered a
special train, came oyer TO the sale in a body
and We're among the most liberal investors in
the entire gathering Everything passed off
in a most satisfactory manner, and
the sale closed with buyers clam
oring for more lots. The number
OF purchases made cannot be given, but be-
yond all doubt the transactions were the
most extensive Of any sale that ever took
place in the southwest Notwithstanding
the stir and commotion that existed through
out, the crowd was at all times jolly and
good natured, and at the close of the
proceedings elected Judge Joseph Smith
of Cincinnati, who was one of the
largest purchasers, the first mayor of the
new city by acclammation. Every body left
imbued with the idea that Aransas Harbor
would soon be one Of tho greatest CONNER
cial cities in the south, and from the extra
ordinary Improvements contemplated, its
beautiful and healthful location, its close
proximity to deep water, and the rich and
magnificent country that surrounds
it, there Is no reason to think
otherwise A new postonice building
has just been established, fine hotel is in
course of erection, and another mammoth
one will at once be built, a newspaper will
be started ina few days, a telegraph Office,
railroad depot and several stores and private
residences are being contracted for, and ere
long what was only a short time ago house
less prairie will blossom into great metrop-
oils, where the largest ships will find a safe
harbor and the products OF land and sea will
reach the whole southwest