Show V V DEEP WATER SECURED WITHOUT ONE CENT OF UNCLE SAMS SAM'S MONEY V Four Month Old anelI and anel I I JIa 2000 I Hotel Lights i Bu luc f I Tex Tc For twenty years deep water on the Gulf coast has hasteen desideratum of the teen been the great whole le West The people have met it In great conventions to deliberate upon and discuss this problem They have have- petitioned begged and demanded of appropriations to bused b be Congress largo large different harbor entrances en- en used in deepening trances All Government work failed to accomplish any perceptible im mi provement Two years ago upon plans made by Mr E. E L. L Corthell who was chief to Capt Ends Eads on the work at the mouth of the Mississippi a company of well well- known successful business lag Senator C. C Congressman Abner Taylor who built the Cent State House at Mr W. W M M- MD D D' Lee ICe G. G W W. Augee anti and others commenced the work of building building- jetties at the the- month of the Brazes Brazos men mec Mr C ier ei t mat when time the work was completed completed- they would havo 23 feet of water S The jetties have havo been built not quite finished One five hundred thousand dollars have been expended but not one cent o of it was was- Government money When time the work was commenced the water was only 4 1 3 feet deep On n July loth just past a ship drawing 10 16 2 1 feet of water over the bar through the jetties up to the wharves at Many Many- others since drawing more water than any that ever entered Galveston have bava unloaded cargoes at A elasco Velasco The water is deepening all the time and day to-day a vessel drawing 13 18 feet can an come over time the bar Tie announced that they would never offer or sell a loot foot of I ground until they had bad deep water Cn Cu July 1st they they- laid out the City of Velasco The ibe fume fame of deep water had gone abroad and on July to satisfy sat sat- the tre clamor of the people they commenced selling private sale reserving every other block to be at public auction when they lied had provided pro pro- vided railroad d connections hotels hotes wharves and facilities for business The ThO aggregate of private sales to this date is The company have now built time the i wharves hotel electric light plant etc VELASCO HAF OPENING ENING I day of December there there- will be n a grand i rejoicing at Velasco All railroads are arranging to sell tickets at ono one fare faie for the round trip good for 30 days Everyone who comes will have an opportunity to satisfy himself just how deep the water is for the company pro propose pose to take them all through the jer ties tics and over the bar The Tho most gigantic Oyster Roast ever attempted on the coast will be provided pro pro- vided by the tho joyous people of Velasco the first and only d deep ep water port on the Gulf Cull coast will see SunSide Sun Surl Side the tha most beautiful beach in the world and the river which the ancients called DE the arm of God On tire the two days following the Harbor liar Har her bor Open Opening ng the and of Be- Be cember the tho public auction will ba be held Every other block of has been reserved to sell at this time Each visitor will be able to buy the buy the theman man who only wants to pay fora lot and the capitalist will each have an opportunity The Velasco Commercial Corn Com mercial Club will promptly answer all inquiries most salubrious climate climate air air pure as the breath of the mountain fertile soil soil every every foot of it a mine ol 01 vegetable wealth location location location-it it will bethe bo be botho the tho depot transit for all commerce of the trans The future traffic of the great West will besent to export via this port Veas Velasco o is on an average miles milea nearer to the tho surplus producing harvest han har vest fields of America than are Atlantic Allan Allan- tic ports It costs 12 cents per bushel to haul grain that miles The Tho farmer now actually loses this i cents a bushel bushelon on all the gram grain he sells The great advantage of shorter dis dis' distance tance insures the tho future of Velasco O. O W. W |