The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-24
THE EAST TEXAS SHIPCHANNEL
PROJECT Had Hearing Before the Rivers
and Harbors Committee.
Dehevea that the Committee Is Favorable to Repair
ing the Sabine Jetties, but Is Not Disposed
to Go Further at Present

ION and the majority. arc not savCrahiy
,nVi'ued towards the proposition prcser, ed
~ the IeSans. Mr.. Rurtln pointed cut
the fact that the onuagr down the Saline
and Nechcs rivers and through thu channel
was less In 1901 than IA 1000. which fact
v explained In this MiV. that esprcially
since the Sabine Pass ietEes were damaged
ny the storm of 1900. ships 10 not Put
INTO the port as Frequently ns before. know
ing nc difficulties they VIII have In secur.
ing c6rgocs from Healnont and Orange 6u
account 81 shonl waters ia the channels
II Is stated Ia this connection that two
o. three OF the hig lumber concerns OF
orange have ceased to Sind their prodb CT
down the river because 1T the flct that
| necn compelled to pay laig.e amounts fer
demurrase as 4 result Of Vessels BEARING
tho cargoes becoming grounded IN iuc Shu.il
points IN the channel u was al nitied
| features ~ the proposed improvements was
the repair of the DANCED lctties
The delegates from rcxis are ~ the
opinion that the Watcr in rnc rivcrs is ol
sufficient dcnth 10 got itc rrnd tcts ,; va.
riouS kinds from Beapmont AID OrarcS "a
| deep water " the ietties arc repaired aud
tho channel aud port restored to their for
mer condition
II is said that II me -~pai-s in dres.
| tlon are made the in''Nu'e--J tonnage from
| the two points nam'd wy he sufficient
| to demonstrate the I'D disability OF makir {
other improvements in tho chaunrl II Is
, stated that it viii lost $50 10 To - 'Se
| the channel across .he nar 70 n doth z,
| twenty FIVE feet lthe same depth TINT exist
| cd before the STORM nud to drhdgn the
| channel 10 point which would connect
Il With the Port Arthur canal. rho irpr,s
| sion IS Tint Mr. Burton W. not hc Milling
| tn devote to Sabine Pass m prc m)ntr lbar
| the amount named until . satisfactory In
| crease In tonnage Is shown.
Tho speeches made nv MesSrs GuTrv
Knott and Calhoun. none Of whom by
any stretch of Imagination IAN hc called
| Texans were In entire accord wifi, tho
views Of Mr.. Burton. ~ nthc- words, lhC
| arguments OF the gentlemen mined were
| favorable To the repair 81 the ietties md
| tho restoration OF a channel twenty hvo
! feet in depth from Sabine Pass - the
! Port Arthur canal, hut OF II the DREDGING
| ~ the rivers to Sabine Pass, although
| they declared that such 4 channel wond
| be Of immense benefit 10 commerce In gen
| crll.
some eleven members ~ tho committed
| wern greatly SURPRISED when the assertion
! was maSo +hot oil r""Id he pipAd froG IN
der Spindle TOP TO the seahol"i 90
| ed on vessels on a basis which would h'
equal to a price Of 30 cents per ton to'
! coal
! There was an lntlmatlon during the hear
posed to the Buffalo bayou prolrc' rut u
| is not likely that this. idea viii he glveI
any serious consideration.
| Tho Texas members of mo delegat o,
which attended tho hearing VIII leave 10
homo during the next dag cr two
They held meeting this evcnino ~
which the developments Of hearing GER
discussed Messrs. Drffev, Cam 'dn' Isl gu
and Logan were not present