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ass Progress
Volume I Number 34
Aransas Pass, Texas, Friday, December 3, 1909
By Will H.Vernor
Directors Meeting.
A meeting of the directors of
the Aransas Pass Channel & Dock
Company was held in their office
in the Bay View hotel Monday, at
which time it was decided to
raise the capital stock of the com-
pany from $100,000 to $1,000,000,
which matter is now being attend-
ed to.
The company also decided to
put a large amount of its stock on
the market for sale to the contract
holders and others interested in
Aransas Pass and the deep water
proposition, and it is possible the
books will be opened for stock
subscriptions within the next few
days.
Mr. Hawkins, secretary and
local manager for the company,
states the that stock will be offered
first to the stock holders in the
Aransas Pass townsite, and after-
wards to outside capitalists that
may be interested.
Stock to be Sold.
Chas. W. Hawkins, special rep-
resentative of the Channel & Dock
■company, spent Monday here
looking after important business
matters. He returned Monday
night to San Antonio, where the
advertising matter for the Channel
■& Dock company is being pre-
pared, but will be back some time
this week, and will make arrange-
ments to fit up a permanent office
at this place for his company.
Mr. Hawkins now states without
exception that the stock of the
Channel & Dock company will be
put on the market during the
opening, and will be offered as an
investment strictly to the contract
holders in Aransas Pass townsite
first. If they do not purchase all
of the stock, and he hopes they
do not, as there are many on the
outside who are clamoring for it,
it will be offered to the moneyed
interests of San Antonio and other
sections which will be directly
effected and benefited by deep
water on the entrance to the har-
bor, and channel to the mainland,
where it will meet with the
railroad,
According to Mr. Hawkins, no
time is to be lost in establishing
shipping facilities here, and of
obtaining steamship companies
who will take advantage of the
facilities. The plans are now
about all ready for the wharves,
docks, aprons and other equip-
ment necessary to make shipping
convenient, it is understood the
Sap is to immediately build its
switch to connect with the turning
basin, and a preliminary agree-
ment has been reached with the
Mississippi Valley Transportation
company, a $10,000,000 organiza-
tion of St. L ouis, for a
line of steamers to 'come in here
nd discharge their cargoes, and
in return receive such shipments
as offered for the ports df the
outside.
Mr. Hawkins becomes more
enthusiastic every day over the
plans and prospects of the com-
pany, and the Progress without
hesitation will say that we believe
it is the best proposition that has
happened for Aransas Pass.
New Wholesale Firm.
Frank McAllister, of Elida,
N. M., arrived in the city last week,
and purchased an interest in the
grain and feed business with R. H.
Posey. It was at once decided
by the new firm that they would
branch out and establish a whole-
sale as well as a retail commission
and feed firm. They have ample
capital to carry on a good busi-
ness of this kind, and are receiv-
ing the proper encouragement in
their efforts.
Mr. Posey reports that they are
handling every kind of feed in
A Talk to the Local Business Men
a LITTLE INCIDENT THAT happened
at the Commercial Club meeting Tues-
day night of la$t week caused this arti-
cle to be written. ^ Somebody remark-
ing that The Progress was a sure enough
live wire, and a good newspaper, the
meeting for several minutes was turned into
one of endorsement and congratulation, and it
seemed to be the aim of each one present to
see how many good things he could say for The
Progress and its general policies. ^ This leads
me to say, and as a newspaper man I know it
to be so,, that The Progress is a good newspaper,
better by at least half than the advertising pat-
ronage it is receiving and has received would
justify it in being. But the local business
men
have been very liberal in their orders for job
printing, and realizing that I had a plant suited
to the needs and capable of turning out as high
a quality of printing as they could obtain in the
cities or elsewhere, they have turned their or-
ders to The Progress office, While freely ad-
mitting that there is a very nice profit in the
job printing department, the newspaper part
might show a slight deficit, and the profits
made from the job printing and advertising are
turned right in to make-a better and larger
newspaper, and in other ways to assist ‘in the
advertising and upbuilding of the community.
The principle of patronizing home industries
and putting your money where it will do the
most good for the entire community enters con-
spicuously here.
W. H. VERNOR PUBLISHER.
straight car load lots, and that
they have now something like a
dozen cars of feed arriving or ^>n
the road. It is the intention of the
new firm to supply some of the
communities near here, and they
are laying in ample quantities for
all purposes. /
The Bakeries.
Considerable confusion was
caused by a peculiar incident
among the local bakeries last
week.
Several months ago Mrs.
Spriegel purchased the bakery
which was then known as the
City Bakery, and since that time
has been operating it under the
name of the “Star” bakery.
Mr. E. M. Lee, an experienced
baker from Oklahoma, had pos-
sibly been carefully reading the
Progress, and as he not noticed an
advertisement of any bakery, de-
cided he would locate one in
Aransas Pass himself. So with
that end in view, he arrived some
days ago, immediately rented a
part of the Gandy brick building
which has just been completed
on Commercial street, and opened
up what he pleased to call the
“Star” bakery, he having formerly
conducted a business at some
other place under the same name.
He immediately placed his
order for some printed matter, and
had an ad placed in the Progress
telling that the “Star” bakery was
making good bread, cakes and
pies, and would be glad to have
the patronage of the people.
Some will tell you that the ad-
vertisements in a paper are never
read, but the facts are that the ink
was hardly dry on the paper until
some one had rea|d the ad and in-
formed Mrs. Spreigel that another
bakery had been established
under the same name her business
was using.
Immediately it was seen that
there would be more confusion
in the receiving of shipments, the
presenting of bills, and the de-
mandTor the recognition of each
other’s bread tickets, so early
Monday morning Mrs. Spreigel
called on Mr. Lee, and as he
proved himself to be a very just
and considerate man, he was not
slow in acknowledging her claim
to be just and proceeded to ob-
literate the nice window signs
which had just been finished,
ordered his ‘ printing matter
changed, and will in the future
call his business the “Skylight”
bakerv. “A rose by any other
name would smell as sweet,” and
the bakeries are both going to
have plenty to do, as their pro-
ducts are first class, and there are
going to be hungry people that
will keep all the bakeries busy to
feed. But it pays to advertise,
just the same.
H. T. Smith’s Residence Burns.
Saturday night the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Smith on
Houston street just north of Burton
& Danf orth’s office was destroyed
by fire, the loss including the en-
tire building and fence, windmill
and part of the improvements, and
nearly all of the furniture and
household effects.
Shortly after eight o’clock Satur-
day night the fire alarm was turn-
ed in, and was immediately taken
up and passed all over town, the
dredge boat blew repeatedly on
its large whistle, and a number of
guns were fired, so it was only a
matter of a few minutes after the
first alarm was given that almost
the entire population was out and
fighting the flames, saving such as
could be reached of the furnish-
ings, and making preparations to
protect nearby buildings.
The cause of the fire was an
oil stove which had become de-
fective. Supper had been cooked
and the stove was being used for
heating some water, when without
warning the stove came apart, oil
was quickly spread over the en-
tire room, and before help could j
be obtained, the conflagration had I
attained such headway that it j
could not be stopped.
The Aransas Pass Fire depart- !
me’nt made quick time in getting j
to the fire, Chief Vernor confis-!
eating a horse and buggy in which I
were transported the new buckets, |
ropes, ladders and axes which I
had only been purchased a few I
days before. Mr. Rykert was!
soon on hand with a quantity of j
chemical fire extinguishers, and
being favored with a wind from!
the south, it was a comparatively
easy matter to save the Burton &
Danforth office building, which is
only about one hundred feet away.
\ The residence of Mr. Smith was
insured, but we understand he
carried very little if any insurance
on the contents, much of which
were lost.
to be sure your
here when you
collection items. It will take from
four days to two weeks to get re-
turns on said checks, during which
time the parties will have to wait
until their money comes.
We would suggest either of
three methods for general conven-
ience.
First, have your bank send US
its draft for the amount you de-
sire to use during the opening.
Do this now,
money will be
need it.
Second, bring drafts on some
Texas or eentral point, with a
letter from your cashier containing
your signature for identification.
Third, and best of all, bring the
money itself which we shall be
pleased to keep in a safe place
for you to your satisfaction.
We invite all 'visitors to call
upon us and to use us in any way
that we can be of ligitimate ser-
vice to them.
Union Trust Company,
A. B. Phillips, Gashier
to the arithmetical-problem: "How
much is twice 8£.”
W. B. Rutherford, a survivor of
Terry s Texas Rangers, testified
while a guard in the penitentiary
service, he saw ’VF. G. Pryor, now
sergeant at the Imperial State farm,
brutally pummel a convict on the
head with a stalk of cane. This
was under the last year of the
Sayers administration. When he
remarked upon the brutality of
such treatment another guard told
him that was nothing he had pre-
viously seen Pryor stomp on a
convict’s face with the heel of his
boot. Rutherford earned the ap-
plause of the members of the com-
mittee by saying that on the Clem-
mons farm at the muzzle of a shot-
gun he had prevented an assistant
sergeant from brutally and wan-
tonly punishing an innocent con-
V’Ct.
To Visitors During The Opening.
In reply to inquires the Union
Trust Company desires to state to
all prospective visitors to Aransas
Pass during the great auction that
personal checks on outside banks
will not be acceptable except as
Ring Of The Strap.
Nothing uglier has been brought
out in the penitentiary investiga
tion than the brutality of Thos.') E.
Durham, formerly a sergeant on
one of the convict farms, but now
assistant X superintendent of che
penitentiary at Rusk. One of the
witnesses, R. J. Ritchie, now dep-
uty constable at Hillsboro, testified
as follows:
“While I served with Durham
he drank to the amount of about
one quart of liquor a day; Durham
was frequently under the influence
of liquor and when in such con-
dition was very severe; and that
he customarily employed epithets
and frofanity to the convicts.
“I have seen the skin broken ©n
convicts whipped by Durham and
have seen puddles of blood form-
ed on the floor from the bleeding
of their wounds.
“1 have heard Durham brag of
his ability to move a convict’s
bowels with a strap, and have
seen him accomplish that achieve-
ment.” • v
Ritchie said that Durham’s com-
mon salutation to convicls in the
building at the Burleson-John farm
was “You G—d thieves from
hell,” and that Major Duiham
“Could use this very handy.” He
also heard Durham style himself
“King of the Strap.”
The witness corroborated the
previous testimony of convicts
that Durham had whipped beyond
sixty-one licks because the victim
could not give the correct answer
Miss
Rehoe—Singler.
Mr. Arthur Kehoe and
Martha Singler were quietly mar-
ried Wednesday afternoon at the
home of the bride’s parents, Rev.
Father Goebels performing the
ceremony, and only the intimate
friends and close relatives of the
contracting parties being present.
Both of the young people are
well known and popular in local
social circles, the bride’s father be-
ing a promiment truck farmer a
few miles west of town, while ^ie
groom is well known as an honor-
able young man. Mr. Kehoe
moved to Aransas Pass some few
months ago from Avard, Okla-
homa.
The young people have a host
of friends in and about town who
will join the Progress in wishing
them all the joys and few of the sor-
rows of life.
Arrangements For Shipping.
Arrangements are being made
by the Channel & Dock Co., for
some shipments of coal from New-
port News, also some shipments
of fruit and other products from
different points. As the plans are
not fully matured, it is impossible
to give the facts as they may be,
but it is hinted that the company
is now making arrangements for a
steam lifting derrick, especially
made for loading and unloading
ships. This is to be erected on
St. Joseph Island, and the ships
will dock against the abandoned
government landing, where the
cars were landed with rock for
building the north jetty. The
plan to equip the old landing on
St. Joseph Island is understood to
b,e a tamporary affair, to be used
only until the company can fur-
nish its own facilitie s on the Har-
bor end of the Aransas Pass chan-
nel, where it has already announc-
ed that wharves and docks wonld
be established at once, to be used
as soon as it is possible to com-
plete them.
Now that arrangements are be-
ing made to handle the shipments,
it does not seem such a hard
matter af-er all to get vessels to
come in. In fact, since announce-
ment was made recently that the
Channel & Dock Company would
prepare wharves and docks, they
have received communication
from a large number of owners of
vessels, who desire to come in to
discharge their cargoes.
This will have a very important
bearing on the railroad situation,
too, it is thought. 'One mediui^
sized vessel holding something^
like two hundred car loads, of
cargo would make quite an item
of business for a railroad concern,
and might give the Sap more than
it could do unless the present
equipment of the road was patch-
ed up to some extent.
Then if it can be made possible,
for a starter, to land two of three
ships each week at the company
wharf, the cargoes to be barged to
the mainlend, it would make a
nice list of interesting figures of
commercial statistics to hand to
interested radroad concerns, and
would doubtless cause somewhat
of a stampede among at^least three
roads which have evidenced con-
siderable interest, to see which
could get in first and get the ad-
vantage of terminal and shipping
facilities.
San Antonio merchants are
pledging their support to the
movement, seeing in it for them a
vast reduction in the freight rates
they are now paying on the car-
goes they receive. For instance,
San Antonio is now paying $8.50
for a ton of coal, and it is said
that under the new management,
if coal should be shipped from
Newport News by the Aransas
Pass ro^lte, the cost would be re-
duced to $4.50 per ton, or a sav-
ing of nearly 50 per cent. This is
an item that is not going to be
overlooked by San Antonio and
other interested points. \
Geo. L. Rykert reports that the
sale of fire extinguishers has been
somewhat on the increase since
the fire of Saturday night, and he Baptist services were conducted
expects to see a large number of in the new Baptist church bui!d-
them installed in the residences as | ing Sunday, Rev. J. D. Hall having
well as the business houses within I charge of both services'. His thxt
the near future. The cost of the j at the morning service was “Build-
extinguishers is very small, and by j ing for the Lord,” and at the even-
having them ready when the fire
comes, such sad fires as happened
recently could often be prevented.
Mr. Smith says that if he had been
equipped with one in his resi-
dence he could easily have saved
his residence, and this is nearly
always the case. Mr. Rykert is
preparing
order for
ing service “Nicodemus.” He re-
ports that the doors of the church
were opened, and increase in mem-
erhip amounted to almost one
third. Rev. Hall has requested us
to announce that there will be
services at the new Baptist ihurch
every Sunday morning and even-
to send off another j ing, Sunday School at 10 o’clock
the extinguishers, and am., and Prayer meeting every
advises all who want the protec- ! Thursday night,
tion to place their order with him cordialy invited to
at once. (these services.
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Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1909, newspaper, December 3, 1909; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth973892/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.