Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-10
FALSE
ARE THE STATEMENTS SENT
OUT FROM HOUSTON


Vclasco, Tex, Dec S.-(Snecial)-
The Cotton Screwmeu's association of
Nelasco and the Longshoremen, organic
atoms chartered by the state of Texas
to handle cargoes, load and unload,
pump and wreck, tow, moor and un-
moor ships at the port of Velasco, Tex,
number 200 men, many Of them skilled
pilots, marine engineers aud A ! sea-
men and shipbuildcrB, all residing In
Nelasco. These met In their hall last
night and passed the following resolu-
ton, a copy Of which was sent by
committee 10 the Fort Worth Gnzette's
correspondent here with the request
that IL be forwarded 10 that paper for
publication:
Whereas, the Screwmens association
Of Nelasco chartered by the state Of
rexas) has reliable information that
CERTAIN real estate dealers and others
In Houston, Tex, have recently induced
newspaper reporters and correspondents
there to send out kilograms 10 the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, the New iorl,
Sun and the Chicago papers, stating that
the BraZOs River Channel and Dock
company had failed to accomplish what
il had pledged to do towards obtaining
deep water port Mt Neasco and said
dispatches furthermore contained other
utterly false and malicious statements
uEllhhl NtiusCO uLiu some OF us Desl
citizens, for the sole purpose Of iniuring
real estate values for speculative pur'
poses
Therefore II ie unanimously resolved
/ by this association that the aforesaid
newspapers be duly notified that said
| dispatches were fRlsehoods, and that ",
certify that the work done at the por
Of Nclasco, Tex, by the Brazos Rive
Channel and Dock company, has givei
said port q depth of water greater thar
snid company's charter or the act o.
congress authorizing said work, required
up to the present date.
Foreign steamships loaded by our rs
| ISOLATION have for more than three
| months been crossing the Brnzos river
bar and discharging cnrgoes, and taking
ON cotton and cotton seed products toI
export to Europe, said vessels drawing
| over sixteen aud onc-half tl6 In feet
Of water and also that other vessels
| coming 10 Nclusco from New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
| Pensacola, with cargoos Of railroad
steel, granite, cement. coal, etc, have
crossed the Brazo8 bar and sailed W
to VelascO's whUryes. drawing over sew
/ onteen 40 feet Of water.
The act Of congress authorizing the
| Bruzos River and Dock company 5
work at Nelasco, only requires said com
/ puNg ~ stNhlff w " AAiH EAg.NHk W "
| d depth Of twelve and one-half ~ III
feet of water on this bar; thus IL Is
proven concusively that said company
| Is now actually two years ahead OF
what they agreed or were required ia
| do at this port.
Therefore, This association denounccs
as false and malicious the dispatches
sent abroad bv the INSCRIPTIONS con
| spirators at Houston, and hereby re-
quests all newspapers both IN and out
| Of Texas, wherein sud dispatches were
| published, to publish these resolutions,
and TINT n copy Of these proceedings be
forwarded to the Fort Worth Daily
and Weekly Gazette
! (Signed) j. i. SToEAiIL,
President s. B. A. OF Nelasco.
| A. ID. DuVal.
Secretary 8 h. A. Of Velasco;
Velasco, Tex, December Z, 1892.
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