Show THE DEEP WATER V since the appointment of eliot esq as delegate from utah to the deep water convention held in denver aug 1868 there has been more or loss less query in inthe jibe mands ov ofine jhb aliat was merit met it by this convention cou mr aas as returned and now DOT reports chabe a was the only member of the utah tab delegation present that I 1 he gr atly e enjoyed hiss hia visit isit as also his asso association ia with the gentlemen with whom be met in convention at acu danver or there were mere between GOO an I 1 uel ea agates present antl anil P principally in the slates of arkansas iq ic va kansas nebraska colchado Col Gol crado missouri and texas and the territories of utah etab arizona and new 31 mexico exic tho the object of this ihu convention was to create ft A feeling towards opening somewhere re on the coast of texis texas a ship abir harbor i hat foreign as well as great qua qualities cf domestic traffic could le be carried on through these western cities and eowna more di erectly than at present can bo be done by a close e examination of the map of texas IOD long 0 narrow islands are f found iving off the coast it is cl claim im ed that these are connected hy by a shallow sand tar lar behind thase is islands are fine fina natural harbors barbers aud and it is desired t to obtain from congress an appropriation sufficient to out 0 and maintain a deep water channel across one ane of these there bars the government to select such location as maybe r aay ba deem id ed by them boat this would bring utah at least 1000 miles nearer a shipping port titan than she is today it would quite naturally cause more railroads throughout this N western estern country and reduce redact the rate of transportation between 30 arid and 40 percent per cent the people of kansas and 1 t abraska claim that they would save 20 cents freight on a bubel bu bel of nf corn or about 36 cents centa per hundred if a deep water port were opened for far vessels on the he coast li a it would benefit bese people so BO much A ho live a thousand miles er the tha atlantic coast than we va what should wo we esteem our advantages at space alone forbids our publishing further details at present but a mighty stride lias has been tuk tui m n towards one of the most beneficial sch scheme eme probably ever entered into tor for the is elfare alf ira of tho the we west at as aa a whole aholo |