Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-21
co'pas Christi rrsas Sunday Morning Jan a. 1919
OUR STEAMSHIP PROSPECTS.

since The dIscpniinuBlee If steamship services b.
tween col.is CHRIST end Galveston, there Is ron
siderable fnr upnn hc part ci 81 Gus buHiucss
men that The twelve FOOT chpunel nearing con.
pIeion under government contract will be weighed
80 Tho balance md found minus tonnage.
This apprehension arising through the fact thar
The lfol DO, has made It's last official call ,mdf ne
agreement existing b,iwccn Capt Af l'rsdc aud The
city, ~ Without reasonable foundation Corpus
Christi already has yolum IT ccmmcrr' unhrf
propcr ehppng conditions which viii appeal 10 The
steamship linp wishing 10 rroaie connections wiih The
remarkably fertile and productive country To The
son,hwaro,
II ~ true TIE city : tonnage ~ The present iimr
"a not enough Of Itself H. support steamship plying
regularly IN the trade. bat the vast cotton aercng,
bciuR created dfcci, 10 the west ~ 80 around lls
town, Imlup, kngnsillr aud ose imyofiant towns.
win ia The eese 81 the neat few years be- moro than
sufficient 10 support traffic during The ootlou s,enon
not taking into consideration The trade that will even
iually grsvaic toward the nearest port from The
iir"wnaslle country. recognized nv being amona The
most icfnle per cultivated acrc, ~ the United Stairs
- the norihwnrd at rur,lnu, The TAFT ninr>i.
are euuagrd ~ carrying forward schcmc 1T rtnrrai
Improvement which viii also materially assn, Cor
pms il obtaining and holding regular sicamship acr
sice Il h said 40 cas shan fa,0Oo IA hiring expended
on picr AZ Portland, la order ~ conncci the mniu
land with water twelve feet Ia depth For several
years 90 COME the volume Of trade cx,stmg in ihc
Portland loriior, viii not bc enough Of ITSELF 60 sup
port continuoun steamship connections with Calves
ion iu The business norlhward taken u couluuu
iion with the business existing hrrr viii n,oro than
repay the establishment Of ilNcd connections
Ia order however 20 develop nur water trad, lo
ihe ereateai possible eAteni, Il Will hc necessary for
rs 10 take lmmedsic steps lowarl the securing 1T
nlannlariurics railroads aud cotton compress
The manufactures arc a. much a matter of cun
Germ % our INTERNAL prosperity, as eiy, a. 30 thc
further development 1T trade relations with either
porls
Tho railroads are imperative M port eAlcsr
without feeders and trunk lines are tbs arms that
bring Ia the goods 10 be- hauled We need north and
south connections, lmcs thai will tap settled dis
tf'cis now existing without dircr tranSporiationai
facilities
Iul tho comprcss il the establishment which will
hrnrit the eougss eG week az six months
h VIII enable ns 10 handle eot,ee ever large arra ia
AuceesasuI competition with other parts Roecn,
1uAnR> ~ tho Railroa' Commission give the com.
press point az ep,rilns advantage over ether
places The .n + loo we'll known tc require
specific tAanalien. We have talked compress an.
~ most II as are weary The mkt stcp Is 10 h,rn,
q company and build compress without giving Il
undue lhiiciis for even Rcror'ous proposition
may b. talked into I'm unsimcly grave
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