Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-18
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Dallas VIde-Awake to the Benefits to
Accrue-Largely Attended Meeting.
Special to the Gazette.

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 1.-THE mass-meet-
ing of citizens at the city hall at 3 D. m.
to-day, called to hear the report of the COM
mittee appointed to explore the Trinity
river down as far as Trinidad, was attended
by large and very enthusiastic gathering
composed almost wholly of Dallas best
representative citizens. Col. Henry EXaQ
was called to the chair and Leo WolfsOn
made secretary of the meeting The make
up of the committee embodied so much of
solid business sense and conservatism as to
inspire general confidence in their report
Mr.. James Moroney read the report of the
committee, which while making no preteu-
sions to beins a scientific report was
the best Judgment of chosen
committee of solid business men
who were accompanied by Col. Crawford,
an old steamboat man on Western rivers.
The report was surprise TO the meeting,
inasmuch as it showed the work to be far
less to prepare the river for navigation six
months IN the year at least without locks
than had ever been hoped for The report
was often greeted with applause, evidenc-
ing much enthusiasm in the matter. The
report states that they found the banks of
the river uniformly good hard banks, rang
ing from fifteen to thirty feet and of such
character that there was no change in the
channel The worst place they found in
their trip was the drift at or near the head
of Bots d Arc island, and even that was no
where near so bad as they had expected to
find. They explored the river below where
the East Fork, the Red Oak and Chambers
creek empties into the Trinity, beyond
which point it IS large deep stream with
always plenty of water They estimated
that 500, 900 would clear the river of all
distractions and make it navigable six
months IN the year.
After the reading of the report rousing
speeches were made by Col. w. G. Holland,
a member of the exploring committee; Mr.
A. c. Audrey, Frank Irvine, Col. Henry
Exau and Col Henderson Pinck Thomas,
w. G.. Wolff and Hon. John H. Cochran,
president of the Trinity navigation and
improvement company Col. Exall urged
action and said that the great tide of immi-
grafton which had increased the population
of the United States from 30, 600, 600 in 1860
to 10000 600 in 1890, having filled up the
less desirable sections of the West and
Northwest, was now turning Southwark,
and he believed that within the next four |
or five years Texas would be the field of
the greatest influx of immigration ever
known in any country and she must have
great distributing points and Dallas, stu |
ated at the head of navigation, would be- |
come such point. He would do as much |
as any man of his means in Dallas. Col. |
Henderson responded in like manner.
A committee composed of James Moro |
ney, W. C. Holland, John H. Cochran, A. |
c. Audrey, Col Henderson, Alex Sanger !
j. S. Armstrong and Henry Exall, was ap- |
pointed to devise the most feasible plan for |
operations, examine into the charter of the |
Trinity riveronavigation and improvement |
company and report back to a citizens |
meeting, to be held at the city hall, Satur- |
S p. m. Committee was instructed to meet |
at COchran's Office tomorrow at 10 a. m. A |
very large meeting is anticipated Saturday !
night