The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-30
SABINE! PASS.
I ltflsloR now UNLOADING Al IHF WHARF


Beaurnonk. Teras, October 2o.---The Elk
ceIsior. ancthr one Of the Morgan line
steam<rs. arrived 1t Sabine Pass yesterday
ma will ,disuharge and tako on cargo at
ths so,ithaasts Texas port This will be the
~ OF the Morgan liners at Sabine Pass for
sevesei weeks. the Chalmette having been
ordered to New Orleans, but the Southern
Racino has not, as has been reported, aban-
doned Sabine Pass as Its deep water ter
minRl. To the contrary, there is every
Indication that the Southern Pacific con-
templates making Sabine Pass its perman-
emf port and tie probabilities now are that
thh great railroad system end It's connect
Ing steamships will do AL their business
through this port before another six. months
have passed by.
This was implied by tins declaration OF
General Manager Van Week yesterday
morning that tina Southern Pacific hal no
irtontion of abandoning its terminals and
Z wharyes at Sabine Pass. and is strength
cned by tine fact that Improvement OF tine
mIarves and terminals are to be prosecuted
with renewed vigor.
In speaking OF the mUtter to a Post cor
respondent this morning George O. De
Young, superintendent of the Sabine and
East Texas, said that 80 far as he could
SEQ the Southern Pacific was making prep
aratl0ns to more substantially establish it.
SELF at Sabine Pass. "The work OF rebuild
ing the road from Beaumont TO Sabine
Pass said Superintendent De Young, sis
just fairly under way and there Will be no
let up until 1t Is completed South OF lay
Tors bayou we are raising the roadbed about
two feet and ballasting 1t. and the entire
do "A
60-pound steel rails, tho same as Is now
laid on the Southern Pacific maiu line. It
was Impossible to do this work satigfactor-
lily With fifteen on twenty freight trsiss
passing over the track daily, but II can be
rapidly completed after tide shipping at Sa-
blno Pass ceases.
The terminal tracks at Sabine Pass are
also in had shape. NECESSITY compelled
their rapid construction aud NJ they have
been covered with cars from tne laY r1t
Ties and rails were spiked together 1t has
becigimpossbla to Improve thein and theIi
condition grew worse. With hundreds oil
men handling freight on the wAarvcs sat.
isfsctory construction of sheds and ware
houses could not be prosecuted, Is fact
from the arrival OF tho fret Morgai
steamer work on tho Southern Parlfl,
terminals at Sabine Pass was virtually sus
pertcd in order TO give room to the long
Ehorefnon, etevedores and switch crews
These conditions could not always prevail
anil In order that they may be improve,
suspension OF the Morgan steamers 4
necessary. This Inns been done. and l hay,
reason to believe that Within six month
the Southern Pacific terminals at Sabinl
Pass Will be equal TO any other port In tn.
South and superior to many"
We're tho Morgan ships handled satis
factorily al Sabine Ppss?" was asked,
Should think So" None OF the vessel
were unnecessarily delayed, which Is say
ing a great deal when 1t Is taken into con
sideration that preparations to take care Q
them were begun only-two or three week
before tho arrival OF the first vessel. Las
year, IL will be remembered, one Of til
Southern Pacific ships went to t;aivestor
and IT was seventeen days before she &c
out Of thnt port. Three or four days Is th
longest a steamer remained In Sabine Pas
You can draw your own conclusions fror
this comparison. Labor made cxorhltar
demands, tho necessity of hauling fires
water for the ships as we'll as the workne
waa an expense, but such disadvantage
win not have to be contended with In tn
future, or rather WHEN the Southern ia
cine improvements at Sabine Pass are com
pleted."