The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-10-13


I'ld5 pfrSe7is.
lnllir.iss.si iapds II fa,is eosfsl.
~ sFsil al from s. to S25 per
acre, uniHprov-d al 81 10
The average n xable saIue OF
Iaad Is 81. There are 80 24o
acres OF school fasid In th-
rounly Iloa-srpkrr- are grad
nally finding rsian way 10 ii.is
land, where farmers rse3s wnrk
ia TIE open ar nearly $50 days
in e4.e s.rar
-.8il fllal Is needed ia develop
the rich resources Of ibis fertile
valley is the construction of a
railroad 10 connect il with the
norlilessa aaarl<4is. Office the
great Iroi, horse finds It's way
-hiihrr, the ssfaH with the HOE
will lsrofaptly follow 10 claim.
these natural rfclres for LiBssslf.
In fact. mafay have already
found HER way into fhe conn-
Ity. and small coloules of active
farmers have berff settled at
various points within tie past
few years while the nitD-r"as
letters ihduirirg ahoat th+
country which are reeeivrdcon
stautly by zhE HERALD show
that many others are looking
this way with a view of locating
in the far famed lower Rio
(srana4 VALLEY. There are also
excellent prosppcts Of the early
constructions of railroad coa-
f.tctiug Brownsville with San
Antonio, and it will probably
act be aeng ere that magic de-
Srloper win turn a mighty tide
of immigration this way.
BROWNSVILLE.
There is probably no other
town I'm The United States as
large as Brownsville ana pos
s@ssing sach numerous natural
advantages which is as yet
without rail communication
with the outer world. With 4
population of nearly 1000, sur
rounded By lands fnily EQUAL of
fertility to the famed valley in
the Nile and blessed with a
most salubrious climate, this
place lacks only a railroad
outlet TO make Il one of the
most important cities in Texas.
Aud there is every reason why
& railroad should be constrtvt-
ed to this point. Hesides the
city of Brownsville itself, there
is located here the important
army post of Fort Brown,
which, with the constant chang
ing of troops and transporta
ton of baggage and supplies
would pay a large sum annually
to the support OF a railroad.
The towns of Point Isabel, SAM
Ia Maria, Hidaigo. Rio Grande
City and Roma would also re-
ceive all of their freight over
such a line, while several i'm
portant up river towns and get
Elements on the Mexican eide
of the river would likewise be-
come its supporters, as nearly
all freight FOR these points now
comes via Steamer to Brazos
Santiago and through Browns
vile whence it goes to it's d-s-
linalion either by river or by
cafls. And, better than these,
fust opp6sifs Brownsville les
the impoFlan: Mrxiriin city os
Matamoros, with a population OF
over W,GO0, which also Receives
all of It's freight via Browns
Vile. Here ~e have then a pop
uIation of upwards of twenty
thousand isolated through lack
Of rail facilities, and ready to
pour fsch contributions To-
wards tbs support or the
railroad, which there is every
reason 10 believe will soon
reach i,erA Nor is Tits all, for
il Should BE- remembered thai
Brownsviile lies directly in The
line OF tn. shortest route. con
Meeting the North with Mexico
lily. II is lac natural gateway
leading 10 tiiat' great eapfial.
and wiiilf,l at once become the
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