The Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1893 Page: 2 of 4
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THE VELASCO TIMES.
By W. A. LEONARD.
Politics,
Relltflon,
The Gulf Coast.
Volasco.
Kutered hi the p<*tolflce it) Veluxco, llru/orlit 1
Couuty, Texas, us second cIhsk mail luatU r.
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THE Hill in: OF THE SEA.
A changing of location and es-
tablishing a now home and a new
business is a pretty serious mat-
ter, especially with u man of fami-
ly,.at least this is the view of the
editor of this paper. One cannot
aliord to jump into a new coun-
try and :i new Held of labor with
the reckless dash of a boy. There
are many problems to solve before
a man who ban always regarded
himself located for life can se-
riously consider the question of
moving to a new town and a new
country. The lirst and most im-
portant <|UcsUohn to present them-
selves to the writer are the health
and climate of this section. We
studied these questions very care-
fully before deciding to 'locate
here. We consulted the statistics
of the country and talked with
many of the old timers who have
lived here for three score years.
The statistics show beyond ques-
tion that Hrazoria comity and
neighborhood is by fur the health-
iest part of Texas. The death
rate lias been as low, or perhaps
even lower, than that of any other
like, population in the lTnit£d
States. Tlie id i mate, is the most
equitable (wifti the exception of
San Diego) of any section on the
American continent. The ther-
mometer rarely registers above {)()
degrees, and is always tempered
by a refreshing breeze from the
gulf. The highest point reached
in .1801 was 02 degrees. It is the
exception when the freezing point
is reached during the winter
months. The cold waves are-of
only two and three days duration,
and occur only two or three times
during the winter. They are the
result of the storms that have
spent their fury on the plains of
Colorado and Kansas and left
death and destruction in their
wake before reaching the northern
boundary of Texa .
Unlike the coast country of the
Atlantic or the Pacific oceans, the
gulf country, of Texas is compara-
tively free from logs, which have
carried so many people with weak
lungs to an early grave.
After studying the subject care-
fully we were convinced that this
is a healthy country, and with
a climate unsurpassed on the
(«•iitiuent during the entire year.
The next most important matter
was to determine whether Velasen
would make a city, and when?
Even when acountry is so boun-
tifully Dlcssed with all natural re-
sources as that surrounding Vo-
lasco, the fact remains that a great
city can only be built by cheap
transportation, both by water and
.rail. Its facilities for handling
business on a large scale must be
equal to, or surpassing those of its
rivals, then its future must bjo
shaped by shrewd business men,
who have the llnancial ability to
carry out broad and liberal plans
of development.
Yelasco is only an infant, scarce-
ly a year and a h df old, but per-
liaps its future can best be judged ¡
by its short but brilliunt past.
Only a little over three years ago
the water on the bar a I the mouth
of the Brazos measured four and 1
one-half feet in depth. To-day'
soundings ut the most shallovv
places on the bar reveal the fact'
that we have almost eighteen feet,
fully three lcet more than at'any
other port on the Teas coast
claiming to be a port of entry.
This marvel of engineering tri-
umph has been brought about by;
private capital,judiciously and hon
estly expended by men who know!
not such a word as "fail." While '
deep water conventions were be-
ing held thioughout Texas and
the great west, and its many ad-
vantages of deep water set forth i
in resolutions to congress, these
men, with true American foresight!
and enterprise, quietly worked
away and in a marvelously short!
time actually secured what hud I
generally been conceded it would i
take years to accomplish, and
what the government had signally
failed to secur.c ¡it any other port
on the Texas gulf coast al-
though it had spent and still is
spending millions in the futile
attempt.
Take the map of Texas and look
at it carefully and you will readily
see the wisdom of the men who
conceived the idea of securing
deep water at the mouth of the
lira/,os. The Brazos is the only
Texas river emptying directly into
the gulf, all others discharge into
long and shallow bays, the force
of the current is therefore lost
long before it reaches the bars,
which with the exception of the
one at the mouth of the lira/os
are several miles across. To
dredge a channel across them will
require ages of time and the wealth
of the, government to keep open
should it ever be secured. Hero
it is dill ere lit. The jetties here
confine the booming Hoods of the
mightiest river of Texas, and
dame nature herself will soon
scour the bar until the lnerchau-
tile lienta of the world can enter or
clear the port of Velnseo without
a tug or a pilot. This i.-j a broad
statement, but it is sure to be ac-
complished ere the remaining
months of the pr-sent year roll
by. Deep water we already have,
audit is being utilized by I he best
business men of the state, and
soon all Texas will be paying
tribule to Volasco, own lo the
local country surrounding (¡alvos-
Ion. In fact (¡ni voslou has already
received a shipment of barbed
wile and several shipinentsol coal
through Port Velasoo.
The noxl important question
hearing on the present and future
of Volasco is that of railroad fa-
cilities, to handle the products of
the trans-Mississippi and to carry
the commerce of foreign countries
from Volasco to the consumers of
of the interior. Wo new have one
railroad to Houston connecting
with all the trunk lines of Texas.
This road during the lew months
since its completion, has done
moro business Ihanany other road
of like mileage in the state. This
road being owned and operated
entirely by Volasco people, works
steadily and energetically for the
upbuilding of the city, and when
extended, as is contemplated, will
be of immense importance. The
officials of several of the trunk
lines of the south have repeatedly
visited this port and some have
arranged to extend their lines
here in time to secure part of the
coming season's business. Almost
any one of the main lines can
reach Volasco from twenty-live
to llfty miles. We would not be
surprised to see three or four rail-
roads enter Volasco In fore the
year expires.
Hut Velasoo does not have to
wart for now railroads. She has
already det'ionstrated her capacity
for doing business, and during the
present soaso.n she has taken from
(iulv«>ston a largo part of the
shipping of native products to
foreign ports. Her landlocked
harbor has bei n accessible
to th\> largest of yC\°'n
ors every day during the sea-
sou, while at Galveston even light-
laden schooners were compelled
to lie out in the open sea for two
and three weeks at a time, and in
one instance forced to come to
Volasco to discharge a cargo Con-
signed to Galveston. This liitle
incident proves that Velasco is
the only deep water port on the
Texas coast, and explains the bit-
ter and deadly hatred ol (¡alvos-
ton. We have the water, audit
is only a question of time, and a
very short time, when it will be
utilized by ¡ill the people of the
trans-Mississippi.
Velasco cannot be placed in the
same category with other new
towns. She does not have to
wait for the local country back of
her with millions of busy people
all ready and anxious to dump the
wealth of their lands and the
treasures of their mines in the
lap of the í'a i • young "llrideol the
Sea." Volasco is proud of her
Vesterdav was the anniversarylJ* M
of Texas Independence. The grave j
President.
li. SHAPAItl),
V'he-Presldent
It. T. 1CHVIN,
Bushier,
of Sam Houston is yet unmarked,
and the battle Held of San Jacinto
is still a pasture.
itufKilo Bayou will some duy bo the
; i.iost valuable thirty miles of water in .
! the whole southern country—Houston !
' Pout Of course the Post means second |
to Brazos river.—Volasco Times.
Comparing brazos river to Búllalo,
iiayou in a commercial sonso Ih uhout
like comparing Ouster creek to tho
Mississippi river. Buffalo bayou is
I ho most valuable river—thirty miles
long—111 the I'nlted States, and the
statistics ol' the commercial business;
, done it proves it.--l.a l'orfoChrotiicle.
General, you liavo certainly
made > mistake. A little over a
a year ago we heard you speak!
i quite learnedly on the deep water
question. We don't want to drawj
your record on you. You must!
¡certainly know that there is no
i current tn speak of in a bayou,
and then where is your outlet, the.
(¡Alvoston bar?. Yes, a bayou is!
good water for barges, but where
are your ships?
The Velasoo National Bank,
Successors to the BANK OF VELASCO.
Cash Capital, - - $50,000*
Opened for Buslnesc Decc.rr.bor 1st, 1891,
Ajnplc Capital, Strong Connections uu<l Long !' lieioeia the liuiikh:^' lltisi-
iness Warrant us in Promising I'-il! ; .! Attention to ali
Interests Committed t«•,-i• i
Exrliangc on jjII Partu of United State s and Kurope.
DIRECTO I I r-.i t
UEO. W. ANUI.K,
J. II. Sll \l'Altl),
it t. ratvin*.
li. L. IMiltliV.
l.KWIS I!. huyan.
J. M MOOUK,
I,. A. A it I to XT,
J. R. MED LIN,
-dealer in
conquests, and
with happy confidence.
The wharfage, tug and
charges arc just one-half at Volas-
co of those of Galveston or
Orleans. A conservative
awaits the iutinc : vki.akco '1'imks, of the 17th
inst., lias two stories in its paper, The
i<ili I "rBt statement is that "vessels sail up
1 to the wharf without a tug, loud to
sixteen feet, unci go out und finish."
v iy\ ->Sow where is that nineteen feet of
• 1 water that so much blowing lias been
esti- done abQut?
. ,. ,, ■ ... Tho second statement is made from
mate ol the saving on it caigo ¡ interview vvith President bee, as
from Velasco over Galveston is follows: '-In a few days will have a
at *10(10, but if it I „ large j Ci'lu or (
vessel the difference will be even pu t of Velasco." Which?—La Porte
greater. There is no sentiment in ( '"u"" lu-
7 . . .... , . ^ ca, steamers come into port
business. It is a cold-blooded \ , ..
. .. without the assistance oí a tug, it
transaction, and whore a shipper . L . , . ,
. ... . . , is a iact General, come over and
can best protect Ins own interests
. .. V. . .... ... , , . see for yourself. 1 be water is
is the port at winch he will do his , ' , .
... . deeper than when you made the
business. I Ins has been demon- 1
.... .. . , soundings, and lound, as you stat-
stratod during tho past season as! .
,. .. .. , . I od in an interview, nearly 18 feet,
the inaior portion oí tho shipping < , , , ,, t ,
*' . . . , i W e have better water now than
from \ elasco has been done by , , „
,, , : then. The tug is used ior towing
Galveston firms. , ,
, . , . . i barcos loaded with stone, etc,, lor
Contracts have already bt
made by one firm for shipment'11" 1 " '
from this port next season of don-
Staple and Fan
Of Groceries.
Has Opened up u Now Store on tho Corner Avenue -V. and Third
Hast Street. Cheapest Store in Velasco. Family Groceries
All styles of Shelf Goods, Sportmon's Supplies. Cigars
and Tobacco in Plug and Sacks.
COUNTRY US A mil.
Jiyus and Sells Poul try, Call and f^ave Money. Tho old Postoffice
c"n r J. R. MEDLIN.
THE INTERNATIONAL R<5uTE.
(i. & a. n. li. it.)
SHORTEST, QUICKEST 9 BEST ROUTE
the jetties, and in taking the
boats thai have tiuished loading at
the wharf out. Tugs are necessary
in ail rivers, no matter what the
depth of water. Come again.
How the South («row in 1 sil'2.
The progress of the south in
.180:.!,is tersely expressed in an Ar-
ma I
or
I lie
.Manufacturers' Koeord Maga-
, by I'. 15. Spei'ry, who puts
situation thus: "¡ suppose
nobody will ascribe abnor-
prosperity in any see lion
in
any line of
•rjust passed.
f ra-
ter
Certainly
ble the total amount of the cotton
shipment from this port during
tho present season.
An oil mill will be erected here
during the present summer.
Arrangements are being made
for the erection of a cotton com-
press. The site has been secured,
and the plant will probably be
ready for business before full.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the jetties and they will be com-
pleted by .June.
Preliminary arrangements have
been made for the shipment
through this port of five hundred
carloads per month of iron ore
from Llano eouuiy. Tho ore will
go to Haltimorc and Philadelphia,
and the shipments will probably
commence in two or three'
months.
Volasco has the only steam ele-
vator on the coast, which ships to
interior points fro... twelve to li 1- j ■ oo/u,(), her railway mileage in-
teen carloads per day. Coal has i (()M miI<?p> „,p tllxahlc
been shipped from here to Galve¡ v,l!(U> ()j. h(ip prop(M.(v ilK.voa8cd
ton, as already stated, and as far ¡ ^;v tho cotton consumed
into the interioras Eddy, Xewb._ ,.( „ ,;ii|!ft in(.miW(i 70,104
Mexico. In a very short time aml th( r, V,!H a(1(1(i(, t() her
Texas will draw her principal coal j (i„pihl, - o (iSo,()()(). If tho
supply through Velasco, which is n¡,¡m.iu ((f her railwavs are
TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
©sr Only One Change of Cars to the Principal Cities, "©a
Tlio Direct Kouto to MEXICO via Laredo.
80UKIU:i,K SEI'T. I, 1892.
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CIr'huhuci .1 miction
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M110 p. in. X: 10 I), in.
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11:30 II. .ii.
7: -1Ó a. m.
1:45 p. in. i ::: a. in. K: l"i >i. m..
.'1:85 p. in 10: a. 111. 10:lf> p. in.
i iv20 a. in.
.arrive lifiiiKvlow.
Memphis
St. i.'inU . l«.|,v< i 8:10 p. m.i U:"0 p.m.
i he Ouiek Lint' between UoiisUni aint tiiilvi;,a.m- -Time 1 hour and 40 minutes. Train No. 6
leavinir (.alvesloii at 7:1" p. m. ami ir.nistoii nt 10:10 p. m. carries a l'ullmau llnfrot Slcopinc t:¡ir
throtüíli in St l.uiiis. I). J. OBICE.
c. li. wool), As t Cien Mbs Agent, Piilcitmu, Toxim.
Travelinif I'ncs. AbciiI. Pali'stlno. Texas.
.1 K (ji.\I.l!HAlTll.
Oen. Krciglit anil Cass. Agent, Oiileattlic, 'IVxnv.
licit* in the February number of i city fttoighi «mi Ticket .No. 31 Main stive
i the
THE LIVE OAK SALOON
JOHN WINCHES, Proprietor.
THE FINEST ANJ) BEST SALMON IN THE CITY
! Oil:1 cal! ¡:ay, for Ibis period at! just Opened two doors smith of tlit- Times. Not! mg lut the best grades or line wines ni,d
t. I' . ( flic Soul ii has been ¡
i:-".!, ;, of flic fstatislic.s of her :
",1'osk n the faco of adverso i
. ' 'ni - a re Minifican I. llor
¡mi t•• f pi{>; iron inerca.",cd 2lo,-
toi) , of coal i)S() li,1',.") tons,'of,
a Ñor ' l.oT.t feof. of plios-
pliates 7!!,(iiS Ions: her export
fr.iile ouf-:i(!e. ol cotton increased
liipiois kept in stork. Ire cold heei' -jn tap. Klnest lirands of cigars.
0
deep
ni;.,|ord.\
in receivers' l.nudt-,
1(I out < 1' file hands
lllators, and are foil:,'
ron on business
hey arc at
oftho spec-
, sliapi t! to
principles
and ia tlie inienaf
curily hold:;:-. These
8] 1 lo(j",o!it'y í'ir the
progress and hfatilify
of sc-
fijjii res
rnoryy,
r f the
another evidence of what
water is doing for Texas.
The above are a few of the rea-
sons why we have concluded to
cast our lot with the "Bride of the
Sea."
Wo have confidence in Yelasco
and are not afraid to ask our
friends to come and see the town | j-;nuth, and uliouid commend them-
and invest their money in new
business enterprises and itml es-
tate. Hut they niuut not come ex-
pecting to find a city already built
for Volasco is a new town in a
new country. We need men of
means, also people with tho oner-.
fry to work and build homos for
themselves and families There
is room here tor all classes and
¿hey will all find a welcome and
something to do.
Q
11 red!
Whisky Habit.
MORPHINE USES!
One who has been I'lired of lliese hntuts will
send villi liy mail prepaid (sealed! a sure cure
for either of the nl'ove. Money r-fnnded in the
event of failure toenre. Oree i'>. Address.
G. WILSON, Commandite, Texas.
As tho members of the legisla-
ture were unable, owing to the
urgency of public business to go
to Washington and attend the in-
augural ceremonies, they have 0011-
¡ eluded to excurt to the only deep
water port in Texas, Velasco.
Just keep your eye on Tiik
i Timks. We will keep you posted.
soiv.Mto the consideration of i ti-
tead i ug investors."
Triumph tomato a¡, is a
triumph ind-cd; li'.c be.it made,
f(.r sale I)
f'ombs Co.
«EST OK Vl.b
Tn (•tenis • 1h > s"stcni in 11 pontic
truly liciioi'e ial man nor, w hoa
Mprhifftinie com v., u-o tin* I mo
|i -rioot roni"ily, Syriiji of Fi^a.
and
the
:iil(J
<)i:e
ho,lie will :uh vfor all iho l'iiniíiy
and post only ">);rn •>: t!i« I:r.r • "i/.o
$ I, Try ¡I ¡mil be plorsoil, Miiaafiii'tiiivil
by the C.ili orai'i !'i: < . 11 (.' . on y.
THE MOST I'liE.VNANT WAY.
—Of proventlnp the prippo, colds,
heinlachcs, and fovors is to uso the
liijuid laxative remedy Syrup of Figs,
whenever the system needs a jfontle,
.>•«>1 ofreutiv) eleaning. To lie benefit-i
ed oi.ti niiislgvt the true remedy manu-
factn ed l y the «'alifortila l-'l^ Syrup (
Co. only. For sale l>y all druggists in j
50c ami $1 bott les.
For Scrofula'
"After suffering for about twenty fl>«
years from scrofulous sores on tho tegs
and arras, trying various medical course*
without benefit, I began to use Ayer'a
Barsaparilla, and a wonderful cure was
the result. Flvo bottles sufficed to re-
store me to liealtli."—Bonifacla Lopez,
837 E. commerce st., San Autonlo, Texas.
Catarrh
" My daughter was afflicted for neatly
& year with catarrfi. The physicians be-
ing unable to help her, my pastor recom-
mended Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I followed
his advice. Tlree months of regular
treatment wlUi Ayer's Sarsaparllla and
Ayer's rills completely restored my
daughter's health."—Mrs. Louise Rlelle,
Little Canada, Ware, Mass.¡
Rheumatism
"For several years, I was troubled
with Inflammatory rheumatism, being so
bad at tiraos as to bo entirely helpless.
For the last two years, whenever I fell
the effects of tho disease, I began to tako
Ayer's Sarsaparllla, and have not had a
spell for a long tlme."-E. T. Hansbrough,
Elk Run, Va.
/For all blood diseases,tho
' best iv medy is
AyCR'S
Sarsaparilla
Preptred by Dr. .T. O. Ayer is Co., Lowell. Mm .
Sold by nil brnggUli. Price $1; six bottles, $>•
Cures others.'will cure vou
"The Chicago World Fair Com-
mittee" has pased a resolution that
every person attending the "Fair"
¿'hall take with lliem a Bottle of
"Hepatieure, as a preventive from
contracting iflood, Liver and Kidney
Diseases.
That restless, nervous, dull and
heavy feeling which prevents sle§p
and causes us to feel like something
terrible Is going to happen is all cor-
rected by "Hepatieure" which cures
Dyspepsia, consumption.
A safe investment, wo guarantee
you will never lie sielt if a course of
"Hepatieure" is taken Spring and
Full.
Says an old physician who lias been
practicing medicino for 40 years : "1
guarantee thero is*not a caso of Blood,
Liver or Kidney disease In the world
but what "Hepatieure" will positively
cure.
V.'liy have ('hills, Ague and Fever
suffer dtr.th and take y.ill nsof'nunse-
ou-; (In to euro them. If you keep
U"- itieuro'' in your home and lake
it > regulate "'"'I purify Hie srreat
or^aii-í i'f I¡'e, Wood, J.iv.-r inul Kid-
UO.V'i, ;> t.:i Wi.'l i:ever he ik-l:. TlllS W6
will ^ i. .i i ran fee.
Hiilo;!. ¡Ione s and Dutjdinnrks are
r: !'y • :ng awav, i;\\ l:i;r to falal
.(l lii(ícr i;¡senses,
ce re and prevent
'llcputi-
all such
k:
f cure" v. ;
' (I i '''apes'.
1 For sale fiy Trimble V: (,'o., I'claoe
! Dru-r Store
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; hpki'.d, r.a*e ur opiiiUTioN, weiii'K longer with-
out con of repairs than any other umohlnc.
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atliip'o'l to ii!l kinds of typo writing I. ke a
praiiliiK pre^s. It produce* tlimii, rlpiei ic^tlile
tun. c.scripts. Two or ten copies ran be made at
¡ one vrltliiK Any Intelligent pcrsn.i can lie
co.in* an operator I", tivi •1-ivs, We off-r
$ I ,000 to any operator « lio can equal the
j work of the Double Case OdeU.
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Leonard, W. A. The Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1893, newspaper, March 3, 1893; Velasco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185362/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .