The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07

some method OF sewage aisposai witch
VIII not be injurious TO the channel.
-,rr, At n meeting Of tina
SohNiEkNiAL beard held al Houston
IMPORTANCE. Jnly &c. i commIttee
OF citizens rcpresent-
J ing the local Interests most concerned adj
dressed the board. ard presented !, written
statement setting forth The commercial Inn
portance OF the city OF Houston ana the
proposed shin emanuel throush Buffalo
bayou and Galveston bay, this statement
is hercto appended.
The rapid DEVELOPMENT OF Tho resources
of Texas oklahoma. Kansas Colorado and
New Mexico has Tor nanN years made the
J establishment OF a trstclass narhor ON the
gull coast west Of New 0rleaus manifest
necessity,
II This necessity has been recocnized hy
congress. and hbcral aunroprlations have
II been made for 4 number OF wears, which
have finally resulted IN the successful omen.
ing Of n channel or magnificent proportions
across the bar ri Galveston. giving access
TO an excellent hartor In Galveston hay.
This result has cost the country many
millions of dollars ard has introduced Il
new factor In the problem OF It's prosperity.
the fun value OF which can only be Feai'Eed
by turning tn account, most actively aud
in the most COMPREHENSIVE manner the new
resources which IL oiieis TO commerce..
Buffalo bayou is an important factor in
the utilization OF this improved entrance
10 Galveston bay. The city Of Houston at
the head ~ navigation, is an important
railroad center, whtre hfleSa roads con-
| Verge and through II passes annually u
vast commerce see&ing the seaboard 10
reach the markets oi the world, Much OF
! this lrade coming from points in the inf
] teiior passes through Houston to some
more distant port 81 shipnient. but much
| Of Il leaves the railroad a. this point and
[, is shipped hy barge through Buffalo bayou
| To Galveston hay, where Il Is transferred 10
ocean going vessels in the oesn BAY. More
/ than 100000 bales oi cotton have recently
been shipped BY this route in single
year
A conservative estimate would place at
I 100000 per anuum the direct saving in
freight on produce Skinned via The Calves
ton entrance which would result from such
| an Improvement OF this waterway us is con-
, teInplate,: in the act under which thls
board is convened.
I This saving OF 100000 in freight would
alone Justify an Improvement OF this mag
nitude, as II amounts TO more than the
| probable cost of maintenance and the in
terest on the estimated first cost OF the
| work
The board is. however. of the opinion
| that the saving on the freight actually
! using the Galveston entrance is but a
small measure OF the value Of such an
| Improvement 10 the farming communities
| OF the neighhorlng States. as all rates to
| the seaboard would necessarily be- aiiected
Respectfully submitted.
Henry NJ. Robert
Colonel Corps % Engineers.
A. NJ Miller
Major, Corps OF Engineers.
Geo. Nice. Derby.
Captain. Corps of Engineers.
| BrgRiier General John NJ. Wilson
| Chief OF Engineers. United States Army |
Houston. Texas.
Stateniehi July &c. Gentlemen:
from the rlayor The project submit
ard cert,;, Tod through the act
OF congress for your
Citizens consideration M
OF Houston, braces the extension
OF the chip channel |
improvement inaugurated by The enter |
prise of Houston in 1863 carried 10 It's |
first stage OF success by the opening OF |
the ship canal through Morgan's Point.
and the passage OF steamships of ten |
feet draft to Clinton Station on Buff
falo bayou, Within about eight miles o, |
Houston, the ship channel through Rod I
Fish Bar having been constructed by tho |
United states government, aud the sub |
sequeni assumption OF the work by the |
governments oil the United States, resulting I
in the completion OF channel for vessels /
Of tweiye-too draft from the Gulf OF Mex I
leo into San Japinto river.
The act OF congress Is as follows:
An Hct 10 prrglde for an examination
and survey Of a water route from the
mouth OF the Jetties az the city OF
Galveston. Texas through the ship
channel and up Buffalo bayou To the
ciiy OF Houston, Texas
BE IL enacted by he senate and
housa OF representatives OF the United
~ Asua In
bei, That the secretary Of war be.
aud he hereby IL, authorized and d.
recred 10 make an examination aud
survey. with an estimate OF the nsces-
sary cost, for waier channel not less
than Twenty-Five feft deep ald one
hunfr feet wide extending from tho
mouth Of the jettles at the city OF Gal
weston. Texas. through the existing
ship channel and up Buffalo bayou TO
the city OF Houston. Texas. and for
harbor at or near Houston Of d depth OF
not iess than twenty-five feet and OF
a width Of 500 feet, and to make a re-
port OF such examination, survey and
estimate, with It's commercial import
ance. TO congress-
Sec 2. That the cost OF said exami-
nation. survey and estimate be paid
Nut Of funds already appfoximaied for
work on the Improvement OF the ship
Channel and Buffalo bayou.
Approved February ], 1885,"
The line OF operations. II IL understood
embraces the dredging Of the natural earth
bottom OF Galveston hay and the dredging
OF such portion OF the earth deposits fthere Il
beins no rock distractions along the line
OF pperations) 10 the Sap Jscinto rlysr and
Buffalo bayou channel as may be aeces-
sary.
Rcstirg upon thsxe tidal waters al Hous-
ton Is D railway system embracing thirteen
lines, with a mileage OF aSIffs miles anl II
Az estimated tonnage Of sszHeee tons
the ssa has. through the TRANSPORTATION
Inca navigating its waters from January J.