The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-08
WICHITA AND GALVESTON.
GaIves,On's Prospects for the Gulf Naval lard


F. /. Dana, formerly of Denver, now OF
Galveston, visited our city yesterday en-
route from Washington to Galveston. Mr..
! Pierce, of the Board of Trade, took charge
of Mr. Dana and escorted him about the
city. Mr.. Dana expressed himself as be-
ing much surprised at the great improve
ments in Wichita in the past two years,
and predicts that in connection with Gal
WESTON, Wichita will shortly forge to the
front and become all that our
! fondest hopes had pictured it.
| He also said he intended to
| organize a transportation company to
| operate it's own lines of cars on the various
| lines Of the west, but especially to inagu-
rate a fast freight line between Galveston
and Wichita, which would bring us their
groceries, fruits and goods, and manufac-
ture and in return take our corn, pork
etc.
Mr.. Dana has been on to Washington in
| the interests of the Pan American Trans
portation company. there being a bill in
troduced in congress Incorporating such a
company, which is to put on a line of
steamers to run between Galveston
and South American ports. The
company will be incorporated with
100000 capital stock with authority to
increase it to 800. OOO,OO0 While in Wash
ington Mr.. Dana secured the white
squadron to visit Galveston, Secretary
Tracy having in compliance with his re-
quest, ordered the Chicago Atlanta,
Dolphin and Yorktown to proceed to Gal
weston and maneuver in the roadstead there
Feb. 2, 6 and Z, at the time of the grand
trades display and Mardi Gras
Jubilee over the success of deep
water at that port. He went
on to Galveston last night TO meet the
United States commissioners who are to
be in Galveston on the 10th instant TO in
vestigate Galveston's advantages for the
location of the Gulf navy yard which the
government is about to locate somewhere
on the Gulf of Mexico Mr. Dana says
Galveston's chances for obtaining favor
able report are very good, and he believes
the yard will be located there. He says of
Wichita that here is the place for the farm
products of Kansas to be concentrated be-
fore shipment to Europe and South Amer
lea via Galveston that here is the place
for large elevators, and that he
to invest in grain elevators if rightly APP
preached.
Mr.. Dana is Thoroughly convinced that
the interests of Galveston and Wichita are
mutual in many important respects. Grain
and flour and meats from us, and groc-
cries, fruits, sugars. etc, in job lots, from
them. Unquestionably the Pan-American
trade under the reciprocity policy, and
with line of steamers from Galveston,
would open up strong and enduring
market for the hog products of our pack
ing houses. The trains that pulled in our
imports from the Gulf, would simply pull
back our -four and grain and hog meat.
Wichita is the center of the richest and
the greatest grain producing section prob
ably in the United States, and substantial
and large capacity elevators and mills are
only question of time, which time will
be very soon with Galveston as an export
port. Grain also means live stock as Mr..
Dana felt fully convinced after visiting
the Union Stock yards and packing houses
yesterday afternoon. During his call yes
terday afternoon he said that he found the
spirit of Wichita thoroughly and sOlidly
for cooperation with Galveston. There is
no question as TO that Mr.. Dana left for
Galveston by last nights through express,