The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-27

regarding the proposition to have the
station at Mamie, on the branch line
in Hidalgo county, moved to Mission,
was made public Saturday. From the
published reports of the same, it ap-
pears that Mr. Mayfield recommends
that the station now at Mamie be
not moved, and that the matter of
establishing station at Mission be
left to the option of the railway COM
pany.
The report was the result Of Mr..
Mayfield's recent visit to this section,
which was made in consequence of
an application from the ST. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico railway for
permission to move the station from
Mamie to Mission.
Mr.. Mayfeld's report in part is as
follows: about three years ago the
st. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Rail-
way Company built line through the
Rio Grande Valley. starting at Har-
lingen, station on the main line,
and ending at Sam Fordyce, a dis
lance of 532 miles OF course, the
commission will understand that
prior to the construction of this rail-
road the entire territory traversed by
it was an unbroken wilderness, ami
since the building of the road the
country is in process of rapid dew
elopment, although the greater por-
ton of same is at this time uninhabit-
ed.
"a place called Mamie was desig-
mated as a station on this line of
road; the station is about six and
one-half miles west of town called
McAllen and about eleven and one
half miles east of Sam Fordyce, the
western terminus fthis division.
There is a depot building and an
agency maintained at McAllen and
Sam Fordyce, but no agency main
tanned at intermediate points The
railroad parallels the Rio Grande
River and of course is apart from the
river at varying distances. At Mamie
it is about four miles to the nearest
point on the river.
Mission, the point where the rail-
road company now desires to locate a
is about two miles or a little
less east of Mamie. At Mission there
is a short spur track and small pile
of lumber lying on the right of way
and a cheap dwelling house near by
At Mamie there is passing or side
track, small stock pen and a section
house; otherwise there is absolutely
at either place; it is a per-
feet wilderness in every direction
from both places. Towards the river
and on the river, from what l saw
and heard, there is some truck farm
ing and there were some so or 100
cars of vegetables, consisting mostly
of onions, shipped from Mamie dur
ing last season, all of which occurred
in a very brief space of time.
There is a colonizing company in
in the establishment of a sta
ton at Mission and l am of the OPP
inion that, a good big majority of the
present population of that section
would be best accommodated if a sta
ton was established at Mission. 1t is
a fact however, that several residents
Of that section whose residences are
more or less confined to the river
country would be nearest to Mamie
AS stated above, there is nothing
at either place, and there are no vest
ed rights that can see to be affected |
by any action of the Railroad Com
mission in the premises.
Il talked with a number of individ-
lals and looked over the situation
and altogether am led to the conclu-
sion that the railway company should
not be called upon to furnish any ia
.ilities beyond those now in existence
There is not enough business at eth
sr point to warrant anything more
han flag station.
I'm view of the fact that the rail-
way company voluntarily placed a
side track at Mamie and located its
shipping point there and at some
people, and do not know how many,
would be probably better accommo-
lated by maintaining that as ship
ping point, l recommend that the
company be denied the priv
lege of removing any part of the
racks or facilities that are now To-
,ated at that place. further suggest
hat it be left optional with the rail-
way company as to which place, if
either, it sees proper to locate a sta
ion and establish an agency at either
,lace, then it is certainly unnecessary