Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-06
KANSAS IS IN 1T.
What Deep Water at Velasco Means for
the Sunfiower State.

Capt. p. A. Huffman of Winfield, Kan,
is in the city, en- route home from visit to
Velasco He is enthusiastic about the pros
poets of the new port, and says Kansas Is
deeply interested in its success. Capt.
Huffman, who is 4 well-known ''rustler''' in
Southern Kansas, is stopping slt the Hotel
Pickwicll, where he was seen by 4 GAZETTE
reporter.
When asked what he thought of Velasco,
he said that he was surprised; that while
he had heard great deal about NelaSco he
believed the half had not been told. He
was not inclined to believe it possible there
were eighteen feet of water on the bar, but
when they took him out and he saw the ac
tual measurements showing that depth in
the shallowest place that could be found
he was forced to admit that there was no
longer question as to NelaSco'S future
greatness. He has passed the greater por-
ton of his life in the real estate business
and is consequently familiar with the
tricks of the trade. vet he is emphatic in the
assertion that the Vclasco enterprise is no
land blooming. town-lot speculation, but is
an actual, living reality. The town is
already city and yet it is hardly known
Capt. Huffman will 90 direct to the Sioux
City, Ia, corn palace, and wherever he
goes he will be living, walking advertise
ment for Velasco, the new Texas seaport.
he said:
More business like, suave and fair talk
ing men than the managers OF this great
work l never have met. They seem to
fully comprehend the great future of
deep water port on the Texas coast, but
will tell you one thing they don't appre-
ciate From my talk with them | am salts
fed they will be surprised at the way the
people of my state 0Nansas) will rejoice
over deep water. NelaScO, inside of four
months. will be a household word all over
the Sunfiower state. Thirty counties in
the southeastern part OF Kansas will raise
this wear 49,. 600. 600 bushels of wheat corn
kinds of grain. What we sell is shipped to
Chicago and Atlantic ports. Velasco is 600
III lies nearer than the Atlantic. 1t costs
IL cents bushel to haul our wheat these
go miles Jay Gould says he will ship
wheat TO New Orleans cheaper than to
Chicago, but our wheat should go to We
lasco Our farmers would get Is cents Il
bushel more, and that on farmers crop IS
like an inch on a mans nose.
'sYes sir, l will return to Nelasco. ! will
be there in thirty days and shall bring a lot
OF my friends with NE. The Santa F'e rail-
way is building an immense elevator at
Winfield, where live. and we will put an
elevator at Eelasco. Fifty million bushels
of wheat will next year go from the Win
lleIu ere dlpt " NClsloNO ItNuIpA. buSS
remember that.
There is not one good business reason
why South Kansas wheat should be eX-
ported via New Orleans, and trade deos
not continue long without good business
causes.
Understand me- we have nothing against
Galveston. If they had eighteen feet of
water and Velasco had fourteen, l would
not to-day feel the least interest in Velasco.
Grain cannot be successfully lightered.
The people of Kansas ship grain. Our
farmers cannot afford to pay for hghtering.
If Velasco can handle our grain cheaper
than Galveston, Velasco gets the grain. We
can't wait the slow motions of congress.
GalveSton's rich men should have done as
the Velasco syndicate have done. 1t will
pay them to do it yet. There is no GER
tainty that congress will continue the ap-
preparations for that port. The 100000
which have been appropriated will soon be
gone, and unless congress gives them more
what has been already spent will do no
good. The great Northwest cannot wait.
We have paid tribute 10 the East too long.
Kansas looks to deep water on the Texas
coast for commercial safety and pros