The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-18

improved lands IN THIS fosln-
Inv sell at from So 10 SEQ pei
acre. unimprov~d al 50 10 So
rhe average raxahie value 81
land is 81. There ara 81 .240
acres of school land IN b,
coaaly Homsseekprs are grad
ually finding their way To shir
land, where farmers can work
in TIE open air nearly $50 days
IN the year.
al that is needed to develop
the ri5h resources of this fertile
valley is The construction Of. a
railroad 10 connect it with the
northern markets. Once the
great iron horse finds Its way
hither, the man with the hoe
viii promptly follow TO claim
these natural riches for himself.
In fact, many have already
fonnd their way into the couu-
~. aud small colonies OF active
| farmers hare been settled at
various points within the past
| few years, while the numerous
letters inquiring about the
country which are received con
stan,ly by The HERALD show
that many others are looking
this way with view oil locating
lin the far famed lover Rio
Grande valley. There are also
excellent prospects of the early
constructions of a railroad con
meeting Brownsville with San
Antonio, and it will probably
not be long -sfe that magic de-
veloper will turn a mighty tide
of immigration this way.
| BROWNSVILLE.
| There is probably no other
town in the United States -
large as Brownsville and n bs-
sessing such numerous natt al
advantages which is as ye'
without rafi communication
with the outer world. With a
population of nearly 1000, sur
rounded by lands fully equal oI
fertility TO The famed valley In
the Nile and blessed with q
most salubrious climate, this
place lacks only a railroad
outlet to make it one OF the
most important cities in Texas
And there is every reason Why
a railroad should be construct
ed to this point. PesIdes thf
city OF Brownsville itself, there
lis located here the impornI
army post OF Fort Brown
which, with the constant chang
ling of troops and IranspoF'a
ton of baggage and supplies
wonld pay a large sum annually
TO tue support of a railroad
The towns OF Point Isabel, San
ia Maria, HidaIgo. fsio Grande
CITY and Roma would also re-
ceiye all of their freight ovel
Iench a line, while several im
portant up river towns and set
| dement's on the Mexican side
tof the river would likewise he
come it's supporters as nearly
all freight for these points now
| comes via steamer To Bra5ot
Santiago and through Browns
Vile whence il goes TO it's des
ltination either by river or by
carts. And, better than these
just opposite Brownsville lies
the importan: Mexican city o
Matamoros, with d population o.
over 10000, which also receives
all of it's freight via Browns
Vile. Here We have then pop
ulatiou of upwards of twenty
thousand isolated through lack
Of rail facilities, and ready tc
pour rich contributors 10
wards the support Of the
railroad, which there is every
reason 10 believe will soor
I reach here. Nor is this oil, fel
lit should be remembered lhai
| Brownsville lies directly in tbs
i line of the shortest route COZ
meeting the North with Mexie.
] City. 1t is the nat7ral gat-wa,
leading TO that great capital
/ aud would nj once become tn,
greatest thorough fare for th'
transportation of freight anC
4 passpng traffic. which Away