Show A DEEP SEA HARBOR IN TEXAS A G MERCER national commas stoner loner from wyoming to the columbian colu m blan attended the recent live i convention at fort worth while in that region at the tale request of the cheyenne board of trade he visited the deep water harbor at velasco Ve lesco texas velasco townsite is three miles milea from the mouth of the river brazos last july it consisted of one shanty now it has a population of mr mercer says that brazos la Is feet wide 80 feet deep to a denver adwa reporter he said 1141 1 I went to velasco at the request of the cheyenne board ot of trade to study more particularly what the relation of deep K water on the gulf would be to the north to wyoming and all this northwest country outboard our board of trade felt that if deep water I 1 had really been obtained it would open up competitive markets in other words that a short abort haul of 1200 milea to the gulf from cheyenne as an against 2000 miles to new york we would have an advantage in causing a reduction of rates exen if denever we never shipped any goods to the gulf it would be a battering ram to knock prices down d own antho on the long eastern haul so in ayin my investigation vesti gation I 1 looked carefully into tho the whole q question u estion I 1 saw the three masted schooner henry P mason sail right up the river through the jetties betties and into the docks drawing 16 feet 9 inches of water which settles the question of deep harbor making an examination of the bar I 1 found that it had 18 feet |