Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-07
DEEP WATER.
ARKANSAS PASS WILL GET TT
FOR A CERTAINTY.
a binding Contract Has Been Closed
and the Work WIN Begin on or
About January iso4...conditions
for the People.

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was held at Fort Worth number of people
OF this city and of Northern Texas became
Interested in the project and invested
heavily along tho coast. Among those OF
this city who are Interested in the Aransas
Pass country are W. W. Dunn, Jake Zurn
and many others. The following clipped
from the Arkansas Harbor Herald will be
read with interest by many people of Fort
Worth and North Texas:
a binding contract for the securing OF
deep water at AransHs Pass has been
closed. Messrs. L. II. Manning ana Brew
sler Cameron, Of Tucson, Arizona. repre-.
senting u syndicate Of Eastern capitalists.
met the people Of this section last week and
submitted fair and business-like PROPOSE.
tion, which, after deliberation, was nc.
cepted and contract entered into.
Mcssrs. fManuing and Cameron were
recommended 10 the people BY Hon John
Ireland, in addition TO which they pre-
scented numerous references as TO their re.
nnDlllty. Ihnt all parties might be salts.
ned Geographic enquiry was made of the
references given and the answers received
were unanimous in asserting the reliability
OF the gentlemen in question and their re-
sponsibility for ANY contract they might
| mike.
After several days consumed in arranging
the preliminarics for this great deal the
contract was drawn up by the lawyer for
the contracting syndicate. Judge j. Il. Dih-
rel, aud signed by Messrs. Manning and
Cameron aud the Aransas Pass harbor
company and approved by the directors Of
said company on Friday Of last week
For the carrying out Of this great work
securing deep water ut Aransas Pass
this syndicate is to receive a land bonus OF
s600,QO0 and other considerations, among
winch Is 4 certain amount OF water front
on llarhOr island.
-Four hundred thousand dollars II this
land bonus has been subscribed by the PEG.
| pie Of tue coast counties, but there remains
! 100000 In land AZ 81 and $40 per acre to be
subscribed, The raising OF this bonus IL
one OF the contingencies on which this
great work dcvolves
Another important condition in this com
tract is the satisfactory arrangement of
the HarbOr island interests These mat
tiers can be easily adjusted if the people
who are so directly interested in the carry.
ing out of this great project will do their
part.
There are no intricacies to be uuravcled
i is simply Il plain case Of do These con
ditions can be easily arranged and we feel
perfectly confident that the people will act
promptly, That is all that Is necessary.
1t can be truthfully stated that the pros
poet for securing deep water at Arkansas
4 100 AAds hNNtl btNlA 81 uIlklNt anu lIt AI-
rangement OF these contingent conditions
will make the contract us binding as writ
ings can make it.
The reliability of the contracting syndi.
cate has been thoroughly established, and
they have given sufficient guarantee Of
their earnestness in this matter. Let our
people exhibit as much interest in this en-
terprise as comparative strangers have done
let them enter into this deal with the same
business determination and sincerity AS Is
manifested by the contracting syndicate,
and all interests can be harmonized, condi-
tions compiled with and deep water and its
blessings secured.
Within ten days after the conditions upon
which this contract is contingent have been
complied with Messrs. Manning and Cam
eron, members and representatives Of this
contracting syndicate, will deposit $4,000
MS II guaranteed Of thelrgood faith said fund
to DO forfeited II work Is not begun
within sixty days after said compliance
with said conditions.
Feeling assured that the people OF this
section will recognize the importance OF
instantaneous action, these gentlemen and
their associates in this deal have author
ized the statement that, II these necessary
conditions are arranged, active work will
be IN operation on the jetty at the Pass
by the first day Of January, 1884.
II Is unnecessary TO enumerate the great
blessings, the wonderful prosperity that
will at 'ue to our people as result OF Sc
curing deep water at Arkansas Pass. Suf-
flee to say that the welfare aud oimprove-
ment of southwest Texas is almost entirely
dependent upon this great work. Our peo-
pie fully appreciate this fact, and now that
| Ii Is for them TO say, we feel assured that
deep water at Arkansas Pass is among the
many gifts of the immediate future. TO
delay this work is to delay your own pros
| perity.
Give this matter your immediate atten-
| ton, and AS YOU expect to be benefited by
| this improvement do your part toward Sc
curing IT, Remember, you ars not giving
anything, but simply making speculation
that will pay you an enormous profit Feel
ing confident that you people who are SO di-
rcctly interested will ut once eliminate
| every possibility o. failure The Herald an
nounces to thousands Of eager reuders In
all parts OF the United States that deep wa
ter has been contracted for and that pass
and harbor improvement will begin at
once