The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-05
The leading artel. in ADple,on's Popular
STATEMENT FROM MIR. BALL.
Criticises Galveston Citizens for thu
Observation-Disclosures Spirit.
Enprial n Gnlvagtop Ma,v.

Spscihl 10 GHlVehtOn news.
Washington. D. c.. February 3.-Repre-
sentative Ball today handed me the fol-
lowing signed statement with the request
that It be wired: ITO The Galveston News:
In your issue OF February / appears this
Washington dispatch:
Mr.. Burton's bill TO amend the last
rivers and harbors act so as to correct
the $2,0O0,oOO error was passed today in
the house with Mr.. Balls amendment
providing that the available amount of
S361,OU0 should be devoted to developing
twenty-ilve-toot channel. Mr.. Ball is
greatly pleased over the matter and 10
hopeful Of the bill passing the senate.
The success OF the bill by no means in
Bures the success OF the famous Buffalo
bayou ship canal involved in the 81 900, 900
appropriation which was stricken out but
gives him reason to hope that he may yet
succeed in getting the project through
From reading the above one would
naturally suppose that the government had
not yet adopted the identical project for
twenty tive- foot ship canal from the
Galveston ietties to Houston, Texas, which
was contemplated by the $4,000 600 appro
prlatou enrolled by error during the last
congress and now stricken out. As
matter OF fact It does and the famous
Buffalo bayou ship canal mentioned by
your correspondent is the same famous
canal upon which work will be b gun
should the present house bill pass the SEN
ate, as 1t doubtless viii. True, the OK
penditure OF 1857 900 will not complete
work 10 cost S4000.000 neither would the
two million item stricken out have done
go However the point Is this, the pas
sage of the hill viii not give nue. hope
TO getting the project through But the
bill does recognize and adopt the project
reported upon by the hoard Of engineers
November 8, 1897. Just as did the $4,000 900
senate provision sought TO he incorpor-
ated in the last rivers and harhors bill,
and so earnestly insisted upon by Senator
Mills
The dog in the manger spirit shown by
the address OF the Galveston cotton sx-
change committee during the last session
OF congress, when this matter was pend
ing, supplemented by letters sent here by
mossback citizens of Galveston. discour-
aging the bayou Improvement tsome OF
which were published in your columns)
and tho general tone OF your paper would
lead ono to think that your community
and paper arc In sympathy with such a
spirit
In view Of tho fact that all Texas nut
aside local interests to concentrate appro-
pration at Galveston, and that our Hous-
ton member Of the rivers and harbors COM
mittee, Colonel Charles Stewart, Joined in
this sacrifice to secure deep water az
Galveston, Houston and Texas had a right
70 suppose different spirit would now be
shown by the benenciaries OF lIberality
without parallel elsewhere In the United
States.
II know many citizens Of Galveston who
are not hidebound who do not approve the
course Of those who act with such ques-
tionable taste.
III the commercial interests Of Calves
ton are not willing TO act fairly with a
sister city as the immediate representa-
tive OF the Houston district, am glad 10
say we will he able TO worry along with.
out Galveston's help. Thos. H. BALI"