Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
SABINE PASS.

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words concerning. Port A,Mu>. tile extxston
of tile z. G G. road to Sabine, es.
SABINE is located in Jefferson county
PASS and is in the extreme southeast
corner of Texas upon Sabine
Pass and harbor, from which it takes its name.
The "Old Town, as it is now called, was
laid out many years ago, and was a trading
and shipping point for light draught coasting
vessels engaged in lumber trade; for farm
ers in the vicinity. o%ystermen, shippers of
game, etc for a long time prior to the build
ing of the j%etties and the deepening of the
channel over the bar.
The town has a population of several hun
dred people. 1t has wharves for lumber and
general shipping; general merchandise stores
groceries. butcher shops. office of deputy
United States collector, British vice ~consurs
office. churches. hotels, United States marine
life-saving station, railroad depot etc.
An extension of the town has been laid
out a little further down the harbor. 1t is not
proposed to establish a new" town, but, by
connecting the new with the old, to build up
a solid and substantial city, extending along
the water front between the limits of the two
sites-about two miles-and extending back
as far as may be desired.
The town, at its nearest point, is two and
a half miles from the Gulf coast line; about
four miles from a fine sand and shell beach,
which will soon be a splendid resort, and
four and a half miles from the outer end of
the %jetties. 1t lies directly in front of the
finest harbor on the Gulf coast, where the wa
tiers are deep enough to float the largest
ocean vessels and extensive enough to ac-
commodate the of a great city.
REAIIM0NT the county seat, is thirty
miles north, connected
by water through the lake and the Neches
river, and by rail with the Sabine Pass and
East Texas railway, of the Southern Pacific
system. Beaumont has a population of about
8, 900 people, and WINS some of the largest
lumber mills in the South.
HnIsT0N the principal commercial
and railroad city of Texas,
is eighty-hve miles in a little north of west.
erly direction. By rail it is one hundred and
fifteen miles via Southern Pacific. A direct
line between these two important points Civ
ing to the one a new and better harbor and to
the other direct rail connections with a great
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a VEsT0N is sixty miles by the
Gulf shore and los by
rail via Houston and Beaumont from Sabine
Pass. There is no regular line of passenger
boats plying between the two points, though
a great deal of business is done by tugboats
and barges; also by sailing crafts that carry
on quite a trade along the Gulf coast
ORANGE is about As miles by river (Sa-
bine) and lake, almost directly
north of Sabine Pass. 1t is also the site of
several large mills which do an export busi-
ness through Sabine Pass.
LAKE CHARLES is about fifty miles
northeast in a direct
line. 1t also exports lumber quite largely
through the port of Sabine Pass. A railroad,
an extension of the Watkins road from Lake
Charles, is being arranged for. This will
give a direct line to St Louis. placing Sabine
Pass nearer that great city by rail than Kan
sas City.
PORT ARTHUR from the head of the
Sabine Pass deep
water channel. to Port Arthur, in an
air line, is eight miles-by the lake shore
more than a mile farther. Sabine Pass (old
town. is one and a half miles below the head
of Deep Water-Mesquite Portland the
New" town a couple of miles farther down
the bay. AS a matter of advertisement. pic
torial and word illustration and gorgeous pre-
tense, Port Arthur is by far the largest place
in the South. AS a matter of fact, it has less
than 1000 souls. 1t is located on a shallow
lake, or settling basin. a half score miles from
the real port, Sabine Pass-is founded upon
lands of a lower altitude than Sabine Pass.
and upon the promises of its promoters. If
there is any good reason for building a town