Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-02
REPORT TO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Following is the report in full of
Secretary l.. A. Whitney as read by
him to the Chamber of Commerce at
its first annual dinner, held at the
Miller hotel on the night Of Thurs
day, Aug. 30:
To the President n members Of
the Chamber of Commerce:
In making this. our first annual
report, as secretary Of this body, 1t
is. my pleasure to state that what
ever success we obtained-as a re-
suit of our work during the past
year-it must be attributed 10 the
interest manifested by our worthy
president, J. B. Scott; our other Of
ficials and our board of directors.
The following synopsis will |
largely cover the work done
so far by this body:
Secured New Court House.
One of the first acts of the present
board, after its inaugural. was to
secure the new court house for
Brownsville. This in Itself is OF
great value to our city, and deserves
the commendation Of our people.
Train Mail Service.
There has been an untiring effort
made TO secure double daily mail
service between here and Houston,
which resulted in giving the extra
service on the main line TO Corpus
Christi. and ultimately, with the in
crease OF mail into this section the
service through TO Houston will re-
suit.
The Brownsville Herald deserves
full credit for it's cooperation X this
lqAatter with the Chamber, and also
for its untiring efforts and constant
devotion to the cause in the past.
City Mail Delivery.
The Chamber was very active in
securing the present free mail de-
livery service.
Through the efforts of the Cham
Der we are to have an up to date and
throughly equipped telephone SER
vice: the apparatus for same being
here and ready for installation.
Thanks are due G. Johnson, man
ager of the telephone company. for
his ready cooperation in this move
ment.
A committee was appointed to CO.
operate with the city council in its
~endeavors to SECURE a par. Of Fort
Brown for park purposes, and the
mater was taken up with our con-
gresham, Hon. John n. Garner, and
he has given it his usual careful at
t~ention.
This body succeeded in getting
water to the stock pens-with other
Improvement at the railroad
yards: and are now endeavoring to
have watering troughs and hitching
posts located at convenient places in
lthe business districts.
Meetings have been held at the
! Chamber with a view to building a
tourists hotel-and much good work
ha been done and is still being done
to this end.
Our Chamber in conjunction with
the commercial bodies of the Valley
has secured the establishment OF
regular reporting stations on the Rio
tGrande river. These stations will
give daily observations Except dur
ing the winter season. and reports
! will be telegraphed or telephoned to
various places when necessary. A
station is also contemplated on the
San Juan river in Mexico.
Through the courtesy Of r. J. Nc
MILAN, G. #. A. of the st. l.. B. & M.
Rv. the Chamber Of Commerce has
-
been placed on the mailing list of
the Texas Tariff Bureau at Fort
Worth, Texas, with the result that
a complete file Of tariffs will soon
be had at the Chamber on all classes
of commodities originating within
the state of Texas.
Mr.. Mcmillan has also secured for
the Chamber the Southwestern Tar
iff Committee publication, which
| gives complete data on interstate
traffic in the Southwest territory.
The Chamber has undertaken to
| secure a topographic survey of tho
Valley. with the result that Arthur
A. Stiles. state leveen and drainage
commissioner at Austin. will soon
visit the Valley, with a view to
looking over the conditions and CO.
stated last Wednesday in open
council meeting these conditions,
and had hoped that your reporter