Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-26

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| compelled to land for their business.
That the largest ocean vessels viii en-
| ter at Arkansas Harbor many years before
any other port on the Texas coast. Ii
absolutely beyond any question.
The Western railroad companies have
recognized this fact, and several of the
leading trunk lines of the country are al
ready extending their roads to Arkansas
Harbor, or making preparations to do
SO.
All the prominent railroad companies
in the West have received favorable re-
ports concerning the capacity, etc., OF
Arkansas Harbor from their own engin-
GERS, sent there for the purpose OF inves-
tigating.
The San Antonio s. Arkansas Pass Rail-
road, one of the most extensive and inn
portant in Texas, having about eight
hundred miles completed, extending in
all directions and cooperating with the
entire railroad system of the Southwest,
Is now built and in operation to ARKANSAS
HARBoR.
1t is proposed to carry the business 10
that point as soon as facilities for hand
ling the same can be provided.
The resources tributary to ARKANSAS
HARBoR at present, in Texas alone, are
sufficient to MAINTAIN large city, and
when we consider that nearly all of the
products of the States and Territories
lying west of the Mississippi. aud the
most turtle portion of the Republic of
Mexico, find their nearest and most
natural outlet at Arkansas Harbor, some
idea can be formed of the future pro-
liabilities of the new CITY.
The largest cities on the globe are all
st..
industries, whether mineral, manufac-
turing or agriculture, have invariably
experienced their dark days. Inability
to meet competition. over production OF
failure of crops, has extinguished the
furnace fires, closed the factory doors,
and caused business depression that re-
quired years to recover from.
For obvious reasons seapork situated
like Arkansas harbor, that practically has
the whole world to draw all the different
articles of commerce from, is not subject
to any such calamity.
While It may sound extravagsnt, it Is
no exaggeration TO state that no spot IN
America presents more favorable cir
cumstanoes and conditions requisite to
the building OF great city than Arkansas
Harbor. Located in q country having
the highest and dryest land along the
whole range OF the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico, where malaria is unknown and
the thermometer seldom reaches the
ninety mark or the freezing point, il is
destined to become a most popular sum-
mer and winter resort. The enterprise
is backed by three powerful corporations,
with an organized capital of nine million
dollars SO 200 ,000.1 1t has the CO.
operation influence, and prestige of the
forces that alone determine the location
of the city at Arkansas Pass.
No city on the American continent is
the gateway to the sea'' for a larger
volume of business than is tributary to
Arkansas harbor. Being the nearest har-
Dor to Mexico. the Central and South |
American states, and Its proximity TO |
Cuba and the West Indlas, it has a |
national Importance not possessed by any |
other seaport in the United States on the |
coast of the gulf of Mexico.
The interest taken by the people of the |
West and Northwest in tobtaining deep
water and building a powerful city on
he Texas coast is without parallel in
history.
Never before was there such gather
ng of leading business men and promi-
lent officials to consider a question of |
imilar character as that which assem-
'led at the Denver and Topeka deep
water conventions, when nearly every
State and Territory west of the Mlssis-
ippi River was represented by one thou
and delegates.
The gentlemen comprising this COM
'any have the capital, influence and ex-
and il is their purpose to make
ARANsAs HARBoR not only the largest
ity on the gulf coast. but the metropolis
Il the entire Southwest. They are not
ity boomers, but city builders, and it is
he intention of the company to expend
asst sum of money In the building of the
ity and Improvement of the bay.
Arkansas harbor ID the result of COM
ination of all the forces and interests
ssential to the location and building Of
he great city on the Texas coast.
The company will place their lots on
he market, and limited number will
% sold at auction September l2 and l3.
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