Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. [4], No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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las Pass Progress
THE W. C. POTTS LAND 00.
is prepared to quote you the very
lowest prices on CITY AND
ACREAGE PROPERTY.
Aransas Pass, Texas, Friday, September 6, 1912.
Will Pro-
to Go to
at Aransas
'Pass.
San Antonio Express.
The big event at the deep wa-
ter celebration at Aransas Pass
next week will be San Antonio
Day and the Chamber of Com-
merce proposes to see that a
large delegation goes from here
to attend these exercises, to be
held Thursday, September 12th.
To that end a special meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce Di-
rectors was held yesterday after-
noon and President Chas. Grab-
ner authorized to appoint commit
1 tees which will have charge of
■if arrangements.
| It is proposed to arrange for
‘ a special Pullman train, which
; will leave here Wednesday night
and reach Aransas Pass for
Thursday, returning that night,
and reach San Antonio early
Triday morning. Thus- the busi-
ness men who attend the celebra-
tion will be absent from the city
but one day. Moreover, J. H.
tgp, chairman of the railroad
uttee of the Chamber of
merce was authorized to
obtain from the San Antonio &
Lransas Pass Railroad the lowest
Number 22
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND
POWER PLANT HERE
C. J. Stanzel, Proprietor of the
Aransas Foundry, Will Install
Plant.—Temporary Outfit For
Celebration.
C. J. Stanzel, proprietor of the
Aransas Foundry, Machine and
Boiler Works, commenced this
week making preparations to in-
stall an electric light plant at
the foundry for the purpose of
furnishing the city with both elec
trie lights and power.
In order that the city may have
electric lights during the celebra-
tion, Mr. Stanzel will first in-
stall a temporary plant with a
200 light capacity. In about six
ty days he expects to install the
permanent plant, an 80 horse pow
er Fairbanks-Morse engine and
a dynamo with a capacity of one
thousand lights have been order-
ed. All the lights used Avill be
of the incandescent type, ranging
in brilliantcy from 16 to 100 can-
dlepower. The larger lamps, of
cource, will be used for street
lights, and the smaller ones for
residences and business houses.
When the permanent plant is.
installed Mr. Stanzel says he
will furnish a day current for
power for the benefit of those de-
siring electric fans and for other
motor power. He expects to run
ossible rate for this excursion. | an all day current, and up until
Fight for the New Port. 12:00 o’clock at night. The foun
BRINKBURN TO
. ARRIVE SUNDAY
ARANSAS PASS HAS BEEN ! DAVID M. PICTON & CO.
ON MAP FOR 22 YEARS.
Many Attempts Have Been Made
To Secure Deep Water at this
Port, and at Last The Hope is
Realized.
Big Ocean Liner With Capacity of Fifteen Thousand Bales
the First to Land at the New Wharf of the
Aransas Pass Channel 8 Dock Co.
The big ocean liner, Brinkburn, sailed from
New Orleans for Aransas Pass harbor, Thursday
September 5th, and is expected to arrive next Sun-
day. It being the first sea-going vessel to land at
the new wharf ®of the Aransas Pass Channel & Dock
Co., this event will mark the formal opening or
Uncle Sam’s new seaport. This vessel has a capac-
ity of fifteen thousand bales of cotton. She will
load and sail for Liverpool, September 1 2th. The
Swanley is scheduled to arrive September 1 2th, to
sail for Havre, France, Sept. 25th, and the Findley
will arrive September 26th, to sail when loaded for
Liverpool. Over five thousand bales of cotton have
arrived here in the past two weeks, and fully half cf
this is now at the wharf ready to be loaded when
the big steamer arrives, ■
This celebration of San Anton-
io Day bad been scheduled to be
held on September 10 and was so
announced in the literature- sent
out from Aransas Pass. Since
-Ifn!K\ however, it has been
earned that the.. State Railroad
-ommission will on that date con-
sider 'the application of the
Brownsville line for a new rate
on cotton which,if granted,would
Jail hut eliminate £orpus Chris-
dry will use electric motors for
driving power altogether after
the permanent plant is put in.
Mr.Stanel says he will increase
the capacity of plant according
to the demands of our fast grow-
ing city.
A force of men was put to wo A
the first of this week stringing
wires through the business por
tion of the city, and by the time
the wiring is completed the machi
ti and Aransas Pass and throw, all nery will be in running order,and
H. H. DeJOURNETTE OF SALT
LAKE CITY, UTAH, TALKS
Predicts a Great Future for Aran
sas pass.—Coaling Stations,
Ship Yards and Factories are
on the Way.
COMPRESS NOW RUNNING
DAY AND NIGHT
Cotton Continues to Pour in and
Is Being Handled With Dis-
patch.—No Danger of Congest-
ed Condition.
the business to Galveston. In an
/fort to defeat this the San An-
Uonio Chamber of Commerce has
^decided to send a delegation to
Kristin, and aid the representa-
tives of both Corpus Christi and
JAransas Pass, who are expected
[ to oppose this new rate.
S| At-the same time notice o*f the
fact was sent to men in charge
of the celebration at Araansas
Pass with the request that San
Antonio Day be set later in the
eek that* a full representation
might be obtained from here.
Yesterday a letter Avas received
notifying the Chamber of Com-
merce that in accordance with
this request the date selected
;<vouId be September 12.
gcy4$yhration at Aransas Pass
is is honor of a he virtual. open-
ing of the big h.jarbor at Aransas
irbor. This blarbor being the
riosest to San Amtonio of any on
the gylf coast, itl is expected to
ateriajly redued freight rates
this city and Thus be of vast,
enefit to local merchants /and
onsumers, not only in San An-
odic, but in the eiptire Southwest
n Antonio, morel than any other.,
arge city will beinefit by this,,
ew harbor, and l|>cal importers
re already making? preparations.
6. do so in the laAerest meas^j
several! San Anton-,
acquired land, eith-
■ Island or some of
owns where they ex-,
'direct warehouses in which
re fort* and handle their ship-
ents. '
in a very short while thereafter
the lights will he turned on.
John Hutto, proprietor of the
telephone exchange, has kindly
consented to alloAv the use of his
telephone poles for the temporary
use. For permanent use poles
willjbe put up on the opposite
side of the street from those of
the telephone.
Mr. Stanzel says the rates for
business houses and residences
will be as low as in other towns
of a like size.
An addition to the foundry 20x
60 feet is now being built to ac-
commodate the rapidly increasing
business of this ^onceni.
The following letter from H. H.
DeJournette, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, who is a close reader of
theProgress,and keeps well poast-
ed on the dsvelopmnts at Aransas
Pass and Harbor, tells of what,in
his ox>inion, Aransas Pass will be
in a few years. The articles is
timely and ivell worth reading:
“I have just read a fine arti-
cle on your new seaport in Tex-
as Magazine for September. A
bright day is dawning for Aran-
sas Pass. It is in the air, and in
the press, and everywhere. Com-
presses,coaling stations, and ship-
yards and factories are on the
way. All future railroads to the
Up to and including Thursday
of ths week, something over four
thousand bales of cotton have
been received at this place since
cotton shipments began about a
week ago. All side tracks of the
Sap and Terminal yards were idl-
ed with cars loaded with cotton
until yesterday, when practically
all were switched to the concen-
trating warehouse and compress,
and are.now being unloaded. Mr.
J. M. Felder, an extensive cotton
buyer, and who is in charge of
the concentrating warehouse at
this place, says that the calcula-
tions of the cotton exchange at
this place, is to handle a thousan
karbor wrill have to go east of the hales per day through this port.
Mrs Peoples Entertains.
rogram Complete.—{Notice page
dvertisement of Celejbration.
oward & Hay wild do your
'Jo Jigg* wiring a|nd guaran-
ame. to pass undjerwriters ’
etion.
On the afternoon of August 21,
MrW. D. A. Peoples entertained in
honor of her mother, Mrs\M. E.
IJoxsey, of Dallas. Mrs. Hoxsey
made many warm friends during
her stay in. Aransas Pass, arid all
•regretted to learn that she ’ was
to leave for her home in Dallas
the following day: '
• Misses "lone Patterson and Haz-
•ISiriith each s'arig Several num-
bers. Mrs. People's added: to the
-pleasure of her guests' by playing
•Several numbers, while all enjoy-
ed in cheerful conversation.
■ Th * serving of cherry ice'cream
brought to a close this enjoya-
ble function. ‘ '
Those present were Mesdames,
Yrnohi, Black. Foster, Hoxsey,
’n1 bard. O. 0. Johnson, McCuis-
on. McAlister; Peoples, Riggs.
Schrimshire,Sheppard, 0. F.Smith,
T A. West; Misses Smith, Pal
terson, Riggs and little Marie Mc-
\lister and Earl McCuiston.
Airdome Book Exchange may
have the book you want. Call
and look them over s6-2
turning basin as they cannon cro»
the, canal.’ The new law is that
each railroad coming to Aransas
Pass can have 2,000 feet water
front as long as it lasts. Before
the Panama Canal is open you
may know there will be at least
half a dozen railroads headed for
the big free seaport to secure
these valuable shipping facilities.
A few railroads with the aid of
County and State could' easily
build a great eiiusway. The most
direct route is over Hog Island,
and iroin there to the city is
shorter than from Galveston to
the mainland; ami the same caus-
way can be built" for one-tliird
less. The water at Galveston is
2 to 6 feet, deep and only 1 to 3
feet here. In one year the inter-
eoastal canal will be in operation,
and small vessels coming and go-
ing. In two years the American
navy can anchor in this harbor.
In three years the Panama Canal
will be sending ships to this port,
and Aransas Pass will open the
yes of all Texas.”
H. IT. DeJOURNETTl
, Cotton epnxnues to arrive daily,
and is being taken to the ware-
house and compress, where there
is plenty of floor space,and where
there is no danger of a congest-
ed condition arising on account
of a lack of room in which to
sotre the staple In order to bet-
ter faciliate matters the compress
people have installed an electric
light plant and will run night
and day during the busy season.
The Sap officials have several
crews of men at work putting in
additional side tracks so as to
have plenty of trackage when the
anticipated rush of cotton comes
this way.
J. K. Cain, who is superintend-
ing the erection of the compress
at the harbor informs us that it
will be in running order within
ten days.
Lester Foster is the proud pos-
sessor of an E. M. F. 30 automo-
bile. It, was brought in Thurs-
day from San Antonio by Arthur
Howland.
Dredge No. 4 Gone.
Dredge No. 4, of the Bower’s
Southern Dredging Company
which has been at work in the
harbor for the past two years,
was taken to Galveston Wednes-
day by the tug John Sealy.
Every day is bargain day at
our store.
GREER BROWN & CO.
The city of Aransas Pass has
been on the map for 22 years,but
was started as a deep Avater town
without the deep Avater, and sev-
eral individuals have from time
to time attempted to secure deep
water but for lack of sufficient
backing, and the antagonistic me-
thods of certain interests, failed.
It was knoATrn to those promoters
and also to the United States por
ernment, that There was a great
possibility of making one of the
best land-locked harbors on the
gulf coast at this point,and a city
on the mainland Avhicli Avould be
in no danger of inundation, and
could be reached by railroads
from any direction. Because of
this the spark of life had been
kept alive by people Avho were
interested in the property, until
1909, Avhen Burton & Danforth, o
San Antonio, took up the proposi-
tion and sold the lots to 5,000 peO'
pie scattered over the United
States, and about the same time
Congress took up the matter of
improving the harbor on Which
they have since spent $2,500,000,
and secured 25 feet of Avater 0AreP
the bar, and are noAA' dredging
the harbor so as to have nqt less
than 20 feet in any part of it.
Qin April 1st, 1909, there Avere
only a--few old buildings in'town,
and not OArer 50 bona fide resi-
dents, Avhile today it has nearly
twenty-five hundred inhabinants,
every house occupied and people
clamoring for more houses. While
the growth has' been somewhat
spasmotic, there was a cause for
it, but now the city has settled
doAvn to get ready for a growth
Avhich Ave believe Avill be phenom-
enal.
Within the last year there haw
been a great many improvements
of a substantial nature. On the
main street there has been built
•fully a mile of 14 foot concrete
sidewalk and on the residence
streets a great many miles of 5
foot concrete walks,and miles mor
are being constructed and under
contract. One of the best school
buildings in this part of the state
has been built, containing 8 class
rooms and a large audntorium.
The building throughout is en-
tirely fireproof. A great many
good and substantial brick and
concrete buildings have been erect
ed: The Todd block, a two-story
brick 75x80; The Brooke block, a
two-story brick 25x80; Young,Em
ery & Warren building 75x85;
Henry & Fuson, Concrete block,
50x85 ; Leach, tAvo story, 25x60.
There are several more brick
buildings under contract to be
erected Avithin the next sixty, day
The old Bayview hotel, a struc-
ture of 70 rooms is being razed
preparatory to the erection of a
modern fire, proof hotel on the
site, of 100 rooms;
GET CHECK FOR $140,270
Government Liquidates Debt For
Aransas Pass Work.—The Big
Dyke on St. Joseph’s Island
Finished March 15.
Galveston NeAvs.—
A transaction of more than pass
ing interest occured in the offiee
of Colonel C. S. Riche, United
States engineer for the Galves-
ton district, Wednesday afternoon
when five checks aggregating
$140,270 were turned over to
Daxdd M.Picton & Company, con-
tractors of Galveston and .Aran-
sas Pass. The checks, four for
$25,000 and one for $40,270,were
in payment for dyke construc-
tion wrork on St. Joseph’s Island,
being part of the project for the
deep Avater at Aransas Pass.
The total cost of the Avork was
$200,000. The work Avas let under
the continuing contract plan, the
government obligating itself to
pay as soon as appropriation was
made. The contractors received
in cash payment for the work a
little less than $60,000, and Avere
obligated to aAvait an appropria-
tion by the congress just adjourn-
ed to get the remainder. Author-
ity to issue the cheeks to liqui-
date the indebtedness Avas receiv-
ed by Colonel Riche shortly after
5 p. m. Wednesday, and he at
once took'action.
The Avorl^ done by David M.
Picton & Company Avas the con-
struction of a rock dyke from the
end of the north jetty in an east-
erly direction on St. Joseph’s Is-
land, a distance of 10,000 feet.
The Avork involved the placing
- s.
of 54,000 tons of rock. Work Was
commenced in October, 1911.; and
finished March 15 of the present
year. The dyke is designed as
a breakAvater to protect the deep
Avater harbor created in front of
Harbor Island in times of high
Avater.
Mr. Picton holds the distinction
of having been-the recipient, of
the largest single payment ever
made out of the local government
engineer’s office. ~ On July 7,
1910, folloAving the completion of
the south jetty at Aransas Pass,
a total of $350,000 was paid over
by the district engineer, the pay-
ment being made in seven $50,000
checks. The south jetty work
was' also done under continuing
contract,, and the contractor did
not receive payment until the moi
ey had been appropriated.
UNLOADING COTTON AT V
A. P. C. & D. CO’S. WHARF
First Shipments of Cotton Over
Terminal Railway Wednesday.
Getting Ready to Load Big
Ocean Liner.
The first shipment of compress-
ed cotton.over the Terminal Rail-
road was,unloaded Wednesday • at
the Avharf of the, Aransas Pass '
Channel and Dock. Company, a
train of twenty-six cars going to
The Methodist the harbor., , Compressed and
Church is working on a $10,000 uncompressed cotton continue*?7
00 brick building. There are a to armm on every trajiu,and up td ;
great many residences being built the present time. 3,000 . balee have '
but these things seem small as been delivered, at the big wharf ' -
compared to the larger enterprise! ready to be loaded on. the big
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The Business Men’s Club has
purchased 9 acres of ground and
given it as a bonus for the estab-
lishment. of a large cotton Avhiv-
house and two compresses, which
are noAv completed and in opera-
tion. The Aransas Harbor Ter-
minal Railway Company has built
terminal raihvay connecting the
city av ' e harbor, and the Ar-
ansas Pass Channel and f) .. .
Company has erected on the har-
bor a dock 900 feet long arid a
(Cntinued on page 7)
c«< an liner, Brink Biirn which is
expected to arrive next Sunday.
The arrival an<J sailing of this
big ocean liner will mark the
formal opening of Aransas Pass
Harbor to the commerce qf the-
world.
Program Complete. Notice Page
advertisement of Celebration;
The high cost of living is re-
duced Avhen you trade Avith
GREER, BROWN & CO.
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Price, E. L. Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. [4], No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1912, newspaper, September 6, 1912; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth975473/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.