Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-01
THE GAZETTE: IT. WORTH, TEXAS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4:
of notice from the Texas press, ana all no
tees outside of Galveston are as compii-
mentary as they are impartial.-[San An

of notice from the Texas press, ana all mo-
tees outside of Galveston are as compii-
mentary as they are impartial.-[San An
tonic Light.
Velasco, a town that has sprung into ex-
istence in Brazoria county rs if by magic,
seems to be the coming deep-water port of
entry for ocean vessels landing on the coast
OF Texas.-[ Jefferson Jimplecute.
/ The railroad from Hampstead to velasco
is to be finished in few weeks. 1t has
been built by parties interested in the deep
water port, is all steel rails and has not
dollar of Indebtedness on it-[CIeburne
Enterprise.
Velasco still holds the deep water port,
and the boom is on to build up sure enough
city. There seems to be no doubt of the
deep water, and that is what every body has
been trying to get for many years. There
is no need OF jealousy between this and
other coast towns. Let them all get deep
water if'they can.-[Cleburne Tribune.
The village of velasco is the best adver-
tised place in Texas. and if advertising
could build cities and give good seaports, q
great commercial city would soon spring up
at the mouth of the Brazos. And really the
indications are now very promising for such
to be true of Velasco. All Texas would re-
ioice to see it Bonham News.
With what poor grace does the beggar,
Galveston, attempt to poke fun at Velasco
concerning deep water. If Galveston had
had one-tenth the energy and enterprise
that have been manifested at Velasco she
could have had all, the deep water she
wanted twenty years ago, without spend
ing the twenty years in begging congress
for money to secure it with at last. Beg
gars should be at least reasonably modest.
-lTyler Democrat and Reporter.
Velasco is in the throes of her boom, and
she is entitled to it. Her founders and pro-
meters have honestly earned all they can
get. These enterprising men, full Of faith,
pluck and energy, have earned the gratitude
and lasting favor of the people of Texas and
the Southwest
They have demonstrated the superiority
of individual effort over the delay and red
tape OF government officials.
Ignoring all the so-called facts as reported
by the surveys of United States engineers
in regard to securing deep water at the
mouth of the BraZos, they sent common
sense civil engineer there, acted on his
report, and went to work with push and
money, and in less time than it would take
a government official to make survey and
report, they have done their work faithfully
and well, and that much talked of, much
hoped for goal, deep water on the Texas
coast, has been reached,
While Galveston, Arkansas and other
points have been figuring out the cost, and
winning and dining incompetent engineers,
Abner Taylor and his associates have been
hard at work pushing their jetties seaward
until now the turbid waters of the river,
responsive TO their energy, has come to
their relief and secured out channel
broad and deep to the open sea. Velasco is
great; she may be in the midst of the MAS
matte district, the chills may occasionally
rattle the teeth of her enterprising builders,
and the long-billed gallinipper may suck
their thin blood, but she has come to stay
and grow, and thrive until she approaches
the measure of a stately city by the sea-
[Stockdale Citizen