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Show nrri'si v ii uti mi hiiavc A, (I. MincKU, nillonal conimLa-aloncr conimLa-aloncr from Wyomlnr to theColumblan 1 xpoilllon, attended the recent live (lock convention at Fort Worth, tt hlle In that region, at the rniuret of the Cheyenne Hoard of Trade, he vl.ltcd the deep watit lmrbo' at i la ico, Texta. Veltnco townalte la Ihrre mlli a from the luouth of the river llrttot. Ii't July II conalated of one aha nty, now It baa a po ulatlon of 0. Mr. Merceraayi that llrjroa la (MO feet wide " feet deep. To a Denver Aout reporter 1 e aaldi 'I went to eU4 tl the rcpieat of the Clieyi nue Imaiii ot Ira la to at'idy, moie pfinirulnrly, what the r lallon of deep wtler on Ibe gulf would bo to the North-weal-to tt yoiulng anj oil thla nortbwrat fviunlry. DurboaM of n ilo fell that If deep water hit. 1 n illy be n obtained It would upon up eonirKllllvolnatkcta In other worda that a alt it haul of I 30 mllea lo the gulf from Cheyenne, na agnlnat .(JOO inllea to Niw ork, ato woull hale an n!van!a,(t In wulng a n-tlnclloii of ratea 1 ten tf wen.vtr tl l a.l anv goo la lu tl n gulf, tt Weill 1 bo A baltcrlngramto kuoik plceadown on the long extern haul No, lu my In-veatlgatlon, In-veatlgatlon, I looked artfully Into tbe wholo .juration. I haw the Ihrce-niaatvtl achooner'lltnry 1. Maa.ui' aalt right up tho river through the lottlea ant Into tbo doclii, drawing I fl 9 Indira of water, which tallica th qiieatlon of deep harbor. Making an eaainlnatlon of the bar, I foun I that II ha 1 11 feet." |
