The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-04
HiRBOR Al tRaN SIS PASS.
Advocacy OF That Port a. the subject of
Fpirrtl I'm rrnytm ~.


To THE EDITOR or TIE StN Sir. Relieving
that YOU would nj in'-n'"rn - Do niniu-'lc'
20 a plaoe or p .ope | wish y al your a''-r-
ton TO he 'oilonin. -tlt meat IL a recent
ed orial In your pap r: .
1T (Gdlvesioni = n.dlly tar Do hundred niles
west " the NJ s-i, ippi, and : tho uuiy nor r--
tween New Orleans aud M" T. v GiaGd'. with
tie pus-lble eN, -ptiou OF SABINE ass. that c4n
ev'r be avalab = Tor the need, OF a great com-
mcrcA and the accounted ION : he largest
mode ve-re,. A the olla. Ia.rIs Ir" very
shallow and uhntted Tor the Use OF lUrse ca
gong ship D."
While our people have not one vord 10 say
against the ava liability of the narbor at Ga vs.
Ton. they fee that tn sstatsmsut docs great In
ju-tice to the harbor ~ AraYsas Pass
This hsrbor = located about IA dwIy bstwesn
Cav ton a d The RIO Crane. and j. he ou,y
Ian locked hsrbor or las IeSa- coast. 1t Is
sbo tol mic wild" an. tnw" mice os -
bound a on the ont ~ Nh tT- Island On
Tia" mort $ Lydia Ann l-il.d, Hu! on 10, 'ast
by ~ J0-- h / lat Nuur. &c d. fIv tp-
twe.n it a.d he Duii o. ,l.A.,s. q u -vs he
eutr' trDOr prut"criop iron d.y danger com-
lnS iroin lht' dlr-c ion ir.In .Henty ."e' OF
C eases IN ceIth rapidly ~ We go south u"ti II
reaches a d .pLh Of Z rty feet nenr Mustang
sin d tSifty t TO- trir n%-r feet' averages
We "tI Low CIV" tie exact words OF ths
United states 'nS l""rs Ton . ca ny O. I've
larhor 4 A'ln Is Pas. 60. Ma,-A"lI. IN hI
report tor -? ~, = yS;-
10 uup,rtaic. II !mprovus hi, har-
bor lAvau~t- ra--) on h western r,.tlon Z
IN" Gun rua-t cannot b. g~4es''ou. q AhaIuor
Of rouge VII e. sup ed 10 Il srse extent Of
lie Bar Of E.g.nesr., consl ting Of co.'s.
Henry Al robert :, l. G ~" mud Ia 81 A.
Smith. who werc appo y I'D under 4 rc1"lu Ion
Wa sr should Ue mt obtane1 N The 1cx-s
c at. IA tn-i,. reLnri 81 ls9 q. after q sous ag
tie insrit. Of gn"rrnr POI or th- Texas
Goa aud discard x al tut lht"s, avs.
'Ih. tirse point Tenhining TO be con~id-
cred, Saui ePass. A~ausi, ras- and nd e-ton
En- rance. are AL WORTHY Of lmIru, ansu'. At
any one o tus-s point an -xc"l"i h rbur Gun
b. msd". Arsnsis Pass - tte @dvanihE, oI
t e ."9r'e. di,Ssh e eros, ,he m,r % dep
Il sand. south " III" / -, q, Il u hsrbDr a, press
81 aoll y ',rcted ron tie waves OF M. Gplf
meroisl port or . ls-ss section q. our own
CounuN. a We A. for Il p"ruon o. Mexico. The
rail- ads alread n,tru' Ted c meet >ranss'
ard Coz ,us christi nnrs Wit. MrS.eo AMI with
the gene o. railroad ,y-'e OF THta. = he cuun-
try tnhutsry TO ~ uee Lort- = ron in re-
sources. and In Beng d"vr OF 20 aptdly Io"-
near at "a d when more han one good barber
viii ia requled upon 'his eIt'ni d coa,,. hs
l., \ d, n ~. for. q mot d .ui-s the subject
Without con msnciug t." harbo = Of Sahin" aud
Ara md az q sins ., %yri !SS q q Son so1r,
OF M row, en- 70 b'sin II result which ara
cIp cei from the oompI tin Of the pcs It
pfol'ctt'
Tn. B,srd 81 I'm ted States En.inecr~. whicl
VS. Al pointed luds' a rc,o uuou " { uc'rs,
In 1885 I examine TIC haroOr o ArHU-a . 9Hd
the work y = 10y the trsn-as Pas iiarhor
tonpsnv, In T. r'port 70 Tie Sc rotary OF War,
In Dec mber OF that y al. say;
Il he board, however. l.. hprcus ly satisfied
that tn importsu"e Of tint. haibor. a. shown
hv the many reports heretofore made. Is 50
great n Al he Gone q Goy-rume I viii 90
tai w undertake s1d carr to com lou n he
work goce~ss or imG-Cvi s Ar mas Pas :
The nit"d State Eng reors. IN er rcport
In JsnIary, .s91. saw, 'ttat AHr,a harp.r
Is worthy OF inin"dia'. Improvement
In the exam u1fi . q. ] the rrporsmt de bv
the uIited Sut"s Eayin "rs ali Ut Kansas
Pass there VII not De found one wDrd. or even
an inii'nation. asa nst the "a iDi ity 81 sscur-
Ing deep water y that place. or the Impotence
OF improving that inayn,hooni Ia blocked
hsrbor. BIT 70 the conirsr". eve ono y the
est term.
We r"spectfull" ask m. rub cation ~ This
g umuuicaliuu In JUST = TO n Crea 'tRuy pc =
n" who are i7'eres'el ~ the ian rove art ~
Ara0sa' Pass and wIo f. that You ave done
them aud I q ar or on whici they dcpend an
injustice IN the editorial rsfenel V above.
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