Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
of tbe railway lines of the state. as the fol-

of the railway lines of the state, as the fol-
lowing facts will show: Nelasco, as yet
without any railway communication with
the outside world, though it will not be in
sixty days from date, is only twenty miles
from the International and Great Northern
ut Alvin. A construction of thirty-two
miles would bring the Santa Ee road to the
mouth of the BrazoS. The Southern Pacific
lines are only fOrtytwo miles away at
Pierce Junction. The Arkansas Pass lines
are only about seventy-fve miles distant
and survey of route is being made. The
Missouri, Kansas and Texas is only 100
miles of at Doggy, and at Houston, only fifty
five miles distant, connection is made with
thirteen different roads, Offering choice of
routes as far west as Seattle, and into all
the great grain region of the country. The
country from its natural conformation
within distance Of one or two hundred
miles from Velasco, is admirably adapted to
railway construction at minimum cost, and
connection with the Union Pacific and Rock
Island systems up the wales of the Brazos
would be very readily made. East, north
east, north, northwest, west and southwest
lines of communication could by naturally
established without any lengthy construc-
tons 1t is true some of these lines would
be indirect, but they would answer all pur
poses of present commerce, and as that
commerce increased would naturally give
way to more direct and shorter mail routes.
No port on the gulf coast could be opened
presenting as great facilities for rapid con-
nection with the existing railway lines OF
the Southwest as Velasco presents.
TRIBUTARY COUNTRY.
The richest cotton and sugar lands in the
world lie within easy reach Of Velasco. The
whole BrazoS valley, unsurpassed any
where for the richness of its soil, naturally
pours its treasure into the lap of the port
opened at its mouth. This stream could be
made navigable for over 200 miles from the
gulf and all along its way an immense COM
merce would be opened. The great grain
fields Of Northwestern Texas, capable in
themselves of supplying the nation with
bread, wi ! ind their natural outlet through
this port. The 100000 cotton bales annu-
ally exported from Texas would reach New
York and Europe through the seaport of
this state. instead of some other state,
were the facilities presented, and the IA
cilities are here at Velasco. Texas alone
in her cotton, wheat, wool, meat and corn
shipments viii astonish the world within
another decade, and these shipments are
to find their natural outlet at the most CEN
trally located, safest and cheapest seaport
on the gulf coast. That seaport is GER
tainly the one now opened at the
mouth of the Brazos. With the ad-
vantage of water freights secured, millions
of acres now lying idle on account of re-
moteness from market, yet within one or
brought under speedy cultivation and the
products of this region marvelously multi
piled. No richer field is open to the agri-
culturist anywhere throughout this whole
region, up to the very gates of this seaport
itself, and these lands are to-day as cheap
as they are fertile. A few years more and
their value will be increased ten-fold.