Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-19

they expressed great satisfaction at having
escaped the terrible storms which have been
sweeping over the North during the past
ten days. by spending the time in the con-
genial climate of Port Arthur, inspecting
the canal wharves and terminals of the
Pittsburg G. Gulf railway-as they express
ed it, "the greatest proposition OF modern
engineering" No one can have more than
an idea of what the deep water at Fort
Arthur means until he has inspected II
personally. The canal will give entrance
for the largest seagoing vessels to land
| locked harbor whose safety in storm or
war is recognized by every business man.
| The whole South and West are standing
shoulder to shoulder working, talking and
planning: to see this great enterprise COM
| pleted-it means more than can now be est-
mated to the producing North and west.
| 1t will give not only rates to foreign coun-,
| tries but will also mean an outlet through
| a closer port to Europe by about fV9 mics
| Atlantic ports. 1t gives the farmer and
merchant a chance to do business with Eu-
rope direct, thereby saving to them ,Snonge tne
Boston and New York brokers, The Pits. is
burg & Gulf railway in itself taps the
greatest producing sections t, sd9s Tst ali II the
time more arteries of commerce: FORT At
| thur, by its location and with The adVan.
| tage Of the shortest line of railway from
! the cattle grain cotton and lumber sections
| to seaport, will in time become the great
est Southern outlet. Its harbor, its canal;
| the vast products that this section can
| produce The Nicaraguan cana! hiii now pc
fore congress. when passed. VIII aoa sreas-
direct route to Oriental trade and viii give
| an advantage to Port Arthur over New
York and Boston by many thouSana ni,,es: ,,ff
~ the territory through which this rail-
way passes directly into the hands OF the
consumer Of the Eastern empire eatIY imnressed
with the proposition and expressed himself
freely on the situation by saying; Ga 1T III, Is :
has heen done here and what brains and
enterprise are doing for the gram, catt,e,
lumber and cotton produendg sea1es 9r tns
| what civilizing influence such an undeI-
taking has on the country through which
passes xast @ forests rObep Ob Pinf to are bouse the
MANY settlers who are fiocking here to es-
tablish homesteads and lay the 1ounda.
fruit fruit districts and enables the settlers to
turn these Southern tracts of land into rich
rice fields and vegetable farms. | nave ', TO-
crops of vegetables have been raised in one
year-a marvellous thing when one consid-
what labor is EXPENDED, each oS year cron IN
which does not pay per acre neaIy as we. weil
| as any one crop on these lands l nave
.bat Ieaf rice lands. properly cultivated, pay OF
an average of from $50 to $40 per acre. Now
| what in the world would man want pet
| tar than that when we consider that the
| bor of producing rice rs no greater thar
that required to produce wheat, and thai
the demand for the product Is incTeasine IN a IN
nm vast forests of the most beautiful hare
pine timber / ever looked upon, which alone
! means immense fortunes to whoever con
| yerts it into lumber, and Port Arthur Is the
seaport that will give it outlet to the grea
| European countries who are making heaV!
| demands upon us for lumber. Then there
are the great apple and fruit farms that are
being developed along this line in the Ter
ritory. Texas. Missouri, and Arkansas
This in itself is great business and. on
| that We of the North, recognize as yer!
profitable one. I have to-day talked will
Fort Smith and Van Buren, men who sa!
that the outlet that this line OF ratlwa.
provides has Increased the price of thel
Cotton from Ac to 1ac per pound over thu
market quotations from Boston and no
only that. but they are enabled to sell di
sions to the Eastern agents, to whom the!
were formerly forced to sell; In tact
seems already to have completely diverge'
!. TO Port Arthur. I find that the town o
Port Arthur itself IS a much more attrac
tive place to live in than had antiri
The finest have seen. The townste lie
high and the drainage seems perfect.
, II cannot think of anything more ENJOY
! | able than being here during the bathing
. ! and fishing seasons, and game-wsn ac
| tually, part Of our party were shooting
and pospSiss from 10Th the top OF trin IN
enterprise the building Of the Pittsbur'
auf terminals tsa and ship canal IS
: $50 feet highland took a sort of birdsey
. | view Of the situation; permit me t
saw more Who
: this proposition should come here. go O
top Of that elevator, take In the whole pan