The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-06-04

except at yue pint ga.re
was six5eer 55 one inch, but
seventy five b'y}pd th's
po.nt it was wenty Jne feet ana rap
idly depeened. outward. the Jeotles
are parallel and extend from the mouth
of the river out $500 feet to the crest o.
the bar. These are now being protecteaS
and capped with stone, which VII Z
bring them on level with the crest
the waves aud enable them to Will
stand the force OF the most vlolehs
gales. The Brazos River Dock anu
Channel company now have force u
from seventy-fiv to one hundred ineu
emplo Ied on their work and tneii
weekly expenditures for stone anu
labor is $4,000, and that they expect
to have the work completed and per-
manent depth across the bar OF elgn1'
cen fee t bv July1. Three miles above
the mouth of the river on the east
bank, on beautiful high rolling
grounds. the company has laid out the
town of New Velasco where ware
houses will be constructed py ehe
company for the transaction OF the
business of this new seaport. Inc
average depth Of the river from we
mouth to a considerable distance ABOVE
the town is 30 feet and 900 1eet vice,
making a land locked haroor ana
therefore the safest on the Texas COAST;
The company has ali eady arranged
for the construction OF wnarVes aC
New Velasco, and have 5OO,OOO 1eet OF
lumber on the ground for the constr9c-
ton of the first wharf, which Will De
800 feet in length.
The company has contaminated ar
rangement for line of sailing vessels
to ply between New York and New
Velasco. and the pioneer vessel OF TINS
line is expected to arrive inside OF the
next three weeks with cargo OF steel
rails for a railway now being graded
TO Arcola, where it will form a juno
tion with the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe and the International and Great
Northern railways, thus tapping the
entire railway system of the southwest
and making it tributary to New We
lasco. The company expect to have
this road completed and ready for
traffic by September l.. The distance
from New Velasco to Houston by this
line is fifty-five miles. The Brazos river
and Dock company are also arranging
for the establishment OF steamship
line between New York and the mouth
of the Brazos and expect to have 1t
perfected by september l.
Twenty two story frame buildings
are under contract to be erected In
New Velasco on or before the lst OF
August, and the company have had
the plans and specifications drawn
and are now advertising for bids for
the erection there of hotel costing
from $50, 900 to SIS, 900. Mr.. Lerch says
it is unquestionably the determination
of the Brazos River Dock and Channel
company to make New Velasco one
of the principal seaports OF the coast
of Texas. They have already ex-
pended $1,SO0,0O0 on the enterprise
and contemplate a still larger expend-
iture to accomplish their purpose and
will offer such liberal inducements
that will result in defect
ing a large volume Of trade
through the mouth of the
Brazos. Already he says there is a
large influx of people into the new
town of Velasco and he predicts as
soon as it becomes generally known
that vessels drawing seventeen feet
can safely cross the bar at the mouth
of the Brazos there will be a rush tt
that point OF not only people, but cap
ital and New Velasco will quickl.
spring into prominence as an export
ing aud importing point which will
attract other railway lines to tina
point