The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-19
Mississippi Jettics.

Mississippi Jettics.
Mr.. Woodward Of New Orleans offered
the following;
Whereas The dangerous and unsatisfac-
tory conditions In the present only pass
from the Mississippi river to the gulf are
known; and,
Whereas. An appeal to congress has
been made asking immediate aid in the
maintenance of the present channel and
the deepening OF the Southwest pass; and,
Whereas, The Transmlssissippi coun-
| try, quite as much as any other section,
is Immediately interested in the improve
mont of the conditions; be 1t
Resolved by the Transmisslssippi Con-
gross. That the bills providing for the
government taking immediate charge Of
the jetties and for the deepening of the
Southwest pass are not only indorsed, but
favorable action by this Congress at this
session Is recommended and urged. Re-
| ferred.
Deep Water at Houston.
Captain j. c. Hutchinson of Houston Of
fered the following:
| Whereas, The congress OF the United
States has recognized the project for con-
{ structing a channel twenty-five feet deer
and $50 feet wide from the city of Houston
| to the Gulf of Mexico. as recognized by
the board of engineers and appropriated
the sum of 100000 for the Inauguration OF
/ the work; and,
Whereas, This body is convinced of the
pressing necessity for an early completion
of said enterprise in securing land
locked harbor Atty miles nearer to tho
producers of the great Northwest, con-
sisting of thirty miles of frontage on each
side and wharfage, so constructed by ma
ture as to be inexpensive in It's utilization
with free and limitless approach. making
commerce as free OF tax as the platform
which railroads erect to their traffic and
terminating at Houston, where fifteen rail
roads concentrate their freights and from
which they extend to all sections OF this
country west of the Mississippi river. thus
lessening the expenses. increasing tho ia
cilities and adding to the security of COM
merce. now, therefore be 1t
! Resolved by the Transmisslssippi Con-
gress in convention assembled. That this
convention heartily indorses the Inaugural
tion Of this work and earnestly petitions
the congress OF the United States to make
an appropriation commensurate with tho
great value and insuring the speedy COM
pletion thereof and to that end that the
same be placed under continuing con-
tract SO that the advantages conspicuously
manifest may be at once realized and tha
fruits thereof reaped by the producers OF
export commodities from the States and
Territories west Of the Mississippi river
in cheap handling and ready facilities now
needed and much known to be needed bS
a commerce which is expanding with inn
mense strides.
Resolved 2. That this resolution bs
transmitted by the president and secre.
tary of this convention to the congress
now in session assembled, and that a copy
thereof be laid upon the desk of each Of
the members of the house of representa-
tives and OF the senate of the United
States, and that the president of this con-
vention be Instructed to appoint com.
mittee to present the claims of this great
enterprise before the committee of the two
hcuses having in charge the subject of ap-
preparations for the improvement of the
rivers and harbors OF the United States.
Captain Hutchinson. in presenting the
resolution. which went with the others
to the committee on resolutions, said
briefly that 1t was an enterprise that had
passed all stages OF experiment and was
now recognized by congress as feasible
and Indispensable to the demands and re-
qulrements of commerce. We ask, said
he, for no exclusive privilege, but we
simply want to share in the handling OF
the immense commerce that Is knocking
at our door and which no five harbors In
Texas can accommodate. We are simply
asking for fair distribution of favors,
The doors of other nations are open to us
and we want to Hood them with our prod
ucts.
~
William Bates OF Denver real very
interesting paper on the Policy and
Measures for Shipping Restoration, .
which will be found elsewhere in this is
sue of The Post.
The Missouri delegation announced the
substitution OF Governor Stanard for Mr..
Whitmore as their committeeman on res
olutions.
The forenoon proceedings were brought
to close by the reading Of very able
paper by Prof Waterhouse OF ST. Louis
on "a Factor OF Public Prosperity,
. printed in full elsewhere in this morning
Post