Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
EXCURSIONISTS EN- ROUTE.

extended to Port Arthur. 1t can be done.
according to engineers, with 100000, and it
certainly would be cheap at $2.0D0 900. The
government is doing some work: the rail
road will do the rest. Messrs Moffctt,
Edwards and others in charge of this ex-
cursion have been indefatigable in their
efforts to please everybody. and they have
succeeded wonderfully well.''
Ex-AttOrney General F. II. Dawes, of
Kansas:
This is a mighty good chance TO build up
a good town. simply from the fact that
twenty-siX feet of water in Sabine pass will
float the largest ocean vessels. The pres
ent site of Port Arthur is on the best
ground anywhere on Sabine lake The
whole thing depends on channel six miles
In length. The bottom of the lake is clay
and when channel is one deepened it will
stay there. The future of the Pittsburg &:
Gulf depends upon a seaport there. Five
hundred thousand dollars will complete the
channel. A company that can raise in hard
times $SO,000.000 to build road through an
undeyeloped country would not allow it's
ticnal expenditure will make it a success.
expect to see Port Arthur the port of en-
try on the Gulf of Mexico
Ex-United States Marshal r. l.. Walk
er, of Topeka:
TITS n delightful place. l believe II has
the brightest future of any point on the
Gulf of Mexico. and destined to have n
big city there. There is no doubt about
the success of deep water 1t is still water
which Is a necessary thing to shipping
The PittSburg &, Gulf road will. do more
for the country tributary to Kansas CITY
than any three roads that have been built.
In their enterprise they have made no
mistake: There are millions in 1t, and l
believe they will get it out"
Colonel Peter Smith of North Topekn.
Cashier of the Citizens Bank:
at is great country. As near as I can
see, they have the location for a great
city. Its location is especially good on ac-
count of being higher than any rival civ
we saw. In addition to its promises for a
commercial point. 1t Is an ideal winter re-
sort We all join in praise of our treat
ment on this trip
Judge Reed. of Kansas City:
"The, future of Port Arthur all depends
upon deep water. Port Arthur will be a
city If 1t obtains deep water. Fine location,
delightful climate and country. partially
developed. Cotton; lumber and corn make
lumber at Sabine pass. but six seven
miles from Port Arthur. At one time l
GGmeiuded e d t that h city would b be bull built at Sa-
was visionary. l knew. of course. that men
OF large business experience had selected
Port Arthur as the place to build n great
city. but still I was preiudiced until / had
visited Sabine pass. Then l saw at a
glance that Sabine was not the place to
build n city. Tide waves swept it away ten
years ago, and there is nothing to prevent
a similar misfortune. When l returned to
Port Arthur 1 saw beautiful location. far
renewed from tidal wave dangers. and /
concluded that Port Arthur would be n city
of Importance provided deep water could be
secured. In the absence of deep water it
would be railroad town of 5000 inhabit-
ants. Whether or not deep water is practi-
cable is a matter for expert engineers. One
of these. who boasts of vast experience.
says that the scheme for deep water at
Port Arthur is practicable. and that it can
be secured for 100000 or S75O,OOO. Sabine