The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-27

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insf reved lands in Ibis cnsIsn
y sell n from s. 10 S25 rel
IRE, uuisnpfosesi AT 1910 IS
fhe average Ia sab!e value al
san,i II 81 9il-s- AZ 82.24C
.crFs pf EeispoI land IN lac
Iss.uniy IIonsrspeksf~ are grad.
uniiy linling their way 10 dis
land, where farmers can week
IN iist open air nearly $50 days
IN the year
5ii that Is needed IL develop
The ficii Resources OF Ills FIRTH
vallsy Is the CONSTRUCTION Of a
railroad TO eonn+ri il with TIE
! northern maI kefs: Jnc- The.
great iron horse finds lis way
hiIher, the man with the hoe
will promptly follow 10 claim
s.hese natural riches fer himself.
In fact. many hav5 already
found their way into he CUM
lIy. aud SIN Ill colonies Of active
! FARMERS have been settled at
various points Within the past
few years, while the numerous
letters iLquirii:g about the
country which are received con
EstAntly by THE Herald sl...y
that many others are rocking
this way with a se,ss of leeaiing
in the f..f ::aatned lower Rio
Ora, valley. There are also
fezcrl!ent prospects of the eally
construction of a railroad cpit-
usciiug Brownsville with San
Antonio, and it we'll probably
not be long ere that magic de-
veloper will Rrn mighty tide
of Immigrant n This way.
BnoR NsVILLE.
There is probably no other
town in the United States as
large as Brownsville and pos
sessiDg such numerous natural
advantages which is as yet
without rail communication
with the outer world. sTith a
population of nearly 1000, sur
rounded by lands fully equal of
fertility 20 he famed valley In
the Nile and blessed with a
most saIubrious climate, this
place lacks only railroad
outlet to make il Que of the
most important cities in Texas.
Aud there \ every reason wlT
a railroad shN&ld be construct
I'd TO this poinfA Pesides the
;iiy of Brownsville itself, there
is located here the Aportanf
army post of Fort Brown,
which, with tue constant chang
ing of troops and trsnsporta
ron of baggage and supplies
would pay large sum annually
o the support of railroad.
rhe towns of Point Isabel, San
a Maria, Hidalgo. Rio Grande
City and Roma would also re-
;eive all of their freight over
iech a line, while several i'm
)ortant up river towns ah6 get
lements on the Me xican side
# the river would likewise he
'ofae its supporters, as nearly
I'll freight for these points now
omes via steamer TO BRACES
santiago ana through Browns
lille whence il goes 10 It's des-
inatioE' either by river or By
arts. And, better than these,.
uet opposite Brownsville lies
he iusporian: Mexican city Of
fa;ahioroH, with a population OF
yer 10000, which also receives
II Of Ilg freight via Browns
He. Here W. have then a pop-1
iaIion of upwards OF twenty
Iiousand isolated Trough lack
{ rail faeililirs, and ready 10
our rich contributions lo- -
,ar'ls The support Of the :
abroad, which there is every ;
aason to- believe will soon 8
zach here Nor is this oil, for
should be remembered that
lies directly IN the
ne of the shortest route con
ceiling Ihe North with Mexiaol
'iiy. Il isll.e natural gateway
.a'iing 10 that great capital.
nd would al once bseocee lbs
reairst thorough fare for the
-ansporlaiion Of freight aud
,SssIt,y,ar iraf1ic i,ir.is aiways