Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-02
81 pAsO, THE GATE CITY.
III MAY BE 500 MILES IRON NO
wuEnE, Bur IRIS GROWING.
A Great Line rrojected-A revival
rhat Brings Converts to the bnp-
tist Church-Give Her Dnms and
She wan Bless the world.



funny people are prone to remark VINO
drop in here and then drop out again.
But, all the same. we have a good desl
OF activity in many Of the phases OF
life. and If work on the big interna-
tional dam begins, El Paso will expert
enco a boom that may double Its popu-
latlon in a shorter time than the casual
observer would readily believe.
This city 10 distinguished for several
thinFs. II has thoroughly cosmopoli-
tan population, for people from all
quarters Of the earth may be found
hero. not excluding ye festive Turk.
II has as many northerners as south
erners. and the negro element Is not
over $50 strong. This latter Is remark
ably small for Texas town of ms
size. one occasion OF the variety IN
population IL the fact that Texas, New
Mexico and OLD Mexico meet here. also
that Ave railroads center here, WEI
The Southern Pacific from the west,
the Galveston, Harrisburg ana san An
tonic and the Texas and Pucihe from
the east the Mexican Central from inc
south. and the Santa Fe from the
north And now sixth road Is ptoJeVt-
ed-the White Oaks railroud-whlun "
to run from III Paso to White oaks, N,
NJ. 100 miles. and thence northeast 10
Liberal. Kan, cutting the Denver Guy
and Gulf ~ Amarillo station, IN IeN4b'
and elasplng hands will the Rock Is
land al Liberal The corporate tlNq
OF the projected line Is the Chicago. III
phao and Mexican railway lncorpofat-
ed in Texas, New Mexico ana KANSAS
]. l.. Bell OF this city 10 the prime
mover. and he claims to have ample
If not
ing whether It is Rock Island or not.
There N yet another corporation repre-
scented uy Morris u, Locke, which mas
Intentions" OF building practically over
the same route This latter concern
did actually build ten miles Of track
out Of III Pnso Nv 1853, according 10
contract with III pRso people, VINO were
to hand over $4,000 ON the completion
OF this piece OF track the whole amount
TO be eventually paid out by the people
uf III pasu being 100000 Ihr party OF
the second part "fell down" at the crit
icnl movement, aud Mr.. Locke WAS un-
able To- proceed. Il Ia claimed thal
many lll PaED Subscribers argued tnat
us long As Locke had built ten miles
he would have to go ahead, anyhow
With the rost. whether they paid or mot.
This hc could not do, for want of iundH'
which were not forthcoming However,
he 90 stil ON dock, and hopes, by iho
assistance of ST. LuuiH capitalists, no IL
Us uhNtiHINnNf to- NlANf o. hN lAh FN"'A
when his opponents are least expect
ing any move from him, aud got his
own long-delayed line through nrst,
Public meetings have been hold here
by MIR Rel and "thc greatest enthuuI-
assn prevailed" This enthusiasm ought
10 crystuuizc into dollars and cents, for
with the Rock iSlnnd IN here, ana the
great coal beds aud nine other mlu-
aral resources within local reach. an
immense Impetus would be added 10 the
growth of HI PARo, our people realize
this Then We must have the Rio
Grundc dam. This entire valley coun-
try Ii going dryer and dryer every
year. rs the water sources up In
Colorado are being gradually corallod
and the water used In the southern
valleys VI Colorado 10th New MeN-
co. Texas aud the State Of chihuahua
have Kicked vigorously but. bless
your henrt Colorado grangprs nay no
to the treaty uf Guadalupe HidulEn,
but tell IA kclSera n we want water 20
go ahead and build storage dams To
catch the winter and spring waters,
THE is good common SENSE and even
Grover Cleveland thinks n the emil
nently proper caper There IS u COM
mittee at Washington from Western
Texas and chihuahua wrestling with
the gigantic minds In congress with a
view To building an International dam
above El Paso but indications point
TO red tape and delay
The United States government Is
asked to pay for half the construction.
and the Mexican government the other,
unless different arrangements are made
than now contemplated,
BY way Of amendment II " proposed
to build three smaller dams between
this city and Albuhuerque to secure n
more equal distribution along tho
upper Rio Graude valley The entire
scheme has received a set hael, because
OF Major buttons little roar about tho
ALT OF the Rio Grande nllng up the
dam In Twenty-Five years. Col. Arson
Mills OF the Third Cavalry, however.
who Is thoroughly acquainted with the
matter. oontradlcts the grouty major.
and is likely to carry his point with the
administration, with this means OF
Irrigation the entire Rio Grando valley
IRON Albuquerque to Eagle Pass may
be made TO bloom az the roses and
quickly build up the country all along
the stream FOR some miles on either
side. Anyhow, something has got To
he done, or the whole country n done
up, and done up brown. too. We
must have water that's an there IA to
H. 50 now or dry up and be blown
away, But let water run on our soil
and We can grow anything from a
radlsh up TO Jack and his bean stalk
our section OF the world Is also
stirred up over the morihund con-
dillon OF the zonn llbre Il was intend.
cd In 1884 10 develop the northern part
Of the republic By facilitating bualness
ana encouraging commercial inter.
Hrse between the two countries. But
the idea proved "a deiusion and d
suarc" True, bualness was great,
facilitated, but II was smuggllne
business, and deception has ruled N,
rooat from Brownsville 20 the Gulf o
California and the Pacific. The Amcrl
can river towns have wthered and goni
TO seed, while the nclghborlng towns OF
the south sido OF the river have flour
iahed like the green bay tree,
Americans became very tired OF thl,
sort OF thing. and the Mexican gov,
ernment has Its grievance, because OF
the enormous smuggling transactions
carried on with the interior OF the re
public. SO the promised action OF tn,
United states government ia prohibit
ing the passage Of goods in bond, frou
Europe through the United states Il
points In the free zone threatens e
practically throttle the free zono bust
ness, and sympathetic action Is OK.
pscted from the Mexican government
which Will end the whole free son,
system. This viii be followed by "a,
rehabilitation OF the towns on IN,
Il A nfI - a.