The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-11
TO MAKE A GREATER HOUSTON.
A DEEP WATER DISCUSSION.
BY q. w. KIDD

A wreched cold, contracted while act
ing as a Judge of awards at the Fruit,
Flower and Vegetable Festival prevented
response to your courteous note. and
even new / scarce know what to write
after the ground has been so fully COW
cred by the admirable articles In your
paper as 20 what Houston needs to Insure
and continue her prosperity.
Deep water from the gulf to Houston,
with which have been Identified for
nearly a quarter of a century, naturally
first Of all impresses me. From recent
delIverances in congress grave difficulties
confront Houston's aspirations AMI the
work she has done that must be met in
no eingerly way, but with a strong and
thrown aside and the issue met
Poutrance.
TIE Southern Industrial convention re-
Gently convened in New Orleans. a body
composed of hundreds Of delegates from
twenty-five Statesmen of mark and dis
tri,ticn--the largest and ablest body ever
assembled in the South. In this ION
Vi.tion mas appointed il delegate by
the Houston Cotton Exchange, as chair
man Of the ship channel committee. AMI
was the Arst delegate to arrive from any
State. O.her delegates from Houston did
mel come till after the deep water issue
was settled. Single handed and alone
| was outvoted when two delegates were
chosen 10 represent Texas. one from Gal
weston and another from Beaumont BY
courtesy being present with this deep
water committee, when & memorial and
resolution was presented By liti.le burg
tt,.. NJ ia I, Ia
OF life-that iuseniorsly claimed that all
me United States appropriations had
been made for the benefit of this place,
situated on bayside morass. by priv
ilge ! spoke to the paper and aided by
a friend. 1t, with all its pretentiousness
and glaring miss atements. was killed
and laid on the table. A resolution in
favor of deep water to Houston, twenty
five feet deep and one hundred and nifty
feeb wide was unanimously adopted,
asking hat appropriations be continued
AMI the work prosecuted speedily as
possible. This, with other similar reso-
luticns from different ports, were adopt
ed by the convention and the secretary
instructed TO send copies to our congress-
men and senator's
Tho mississippi congress. that
convened in Houston, which represented
the great Northwest. with It's teeming
products. seeking cheap freight rates to
the ocean Endorsed Houston's memorials
for deep water. The Texas legislature in
1897 resolved
THAT we do indorse and approve the
contemplated work of the Improvement of
Buffalo bayou by means of appropriations
by the general government as a measure
of great and general interest not only
to the people of Texas but to all the
people In that vas. and productive terri
tory lying west of the Mississippi river
who will find through said waterway to
the gulf a natural and normal outlet
to the markets of the world whereby will
be avoided the great expense, delay and
| loss resulting from Ihe haul across the
continent TO other ports.
'Be it further resolved. That our rep
resentatives and senators in congress be
and are hereby instructed 10 give their
aid toward securing the appropriations
necessary lto carry to successful compile
ton the work eff Improvement of Buffalo
| bayou till it is opened as navigable
waterway for the Largest seagolng vessels
10 lle city of Houston, etc"
While Houston for the time being has
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men in the senate on both sides of the
chamber Many prominent republicans
have said 10 me that they are very fond
of him and admire him very much This
/
and that the people OF Texas made no
mistake in sending him here y man
who lis personally popular on the repnSi-
can side Of the senate chamber is the
man who gets things for his State and
his people so long as the senate IS or
ganized as II is today, When the DEMO
Gratis get in again 1t means that he will
take high rank and be at the head Of ole
OF the best committees in TN senate.
/ y ~
There is much interest here manifested
| over the senatorial election in Texas end
| Texans are every day asked dozen
! times whether Hon. Joe Bailey will have
any trouble in getting here. The poo
pie here don't exactly understand It, hut
! they nevertheless applaud the sense of
the people of Texas for sending two such
brilliant representatives to The senate as
! Messrs. Culberson and Bailey, They IRE
| referred to every day as the most brill
! liant team In the senate. and that Te:ts
| will be the ablest represented State IN
| the Union when they are both here.