Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-26
FOR SHIP CHANNEL
TO BROWNSVILLE
TO GIVE VALLEY A WATERWAY
TO THE GULF
Brownsville Ship Channel Assn
Formally Launched - Engineers
vEngaged to Make Preliminary
Survey.
Survey.

I9 The Brownsville Ship Channel AS
Isociation completed organization
I Tuesday, and will at once open an
Office at 1910 Elizabeth street,
where permanent headquarters will
be established. The directors of the
association are B. G. Stegman, presi-
dent; H. M. Shelton, vice president
and general manager; and L. A.
Whitney, secretary and treasurer.
The association, which has been
fin process Of organization for some
time, has for its purpose the aiding,
supporting, assisting and encour2g
/ ing the procuring Of the construc-
ton of ship channel from Browns
willie to the Gulf of Mexico. 1t is
intended that the channel shall be
of such size as will permit the in
gress and egress of vessels, and to
suit the wants Of navigation.
1t will make such examinations
and surveys as may be necessary for
the selection of the most adyan-
Itageous route. 1t will arrange for
the provision of facilities for receiv-
ing and discharging cargoes of yes
sells and boats adapted to the navi
cation of the proposed channels
1t further proposes to secure
recognition by the United States
government of the needs of the Rio
Grande Valley for deep water, and
to enlist its cooperation in providing
the water transportation SO esTenti
to the development of commerce and
industry in the entire Valley.
The office of the association will
be in charge of Mr.. Stegman, the
president, and Mr.. SHELTON, the vice
president and manager. They viii
look after the actual location, the
acquisition Of rights of way, and th
general preliminary work that will
be undertaken by the association
leading up to the actual construction
of the channel
A contract, though not signed, has
been entered into with Davis and
Tamm, engineers Of this city, for a
survey of the country between
Brownsville and the Gulf The en-
gire GERS will be in the field within
the next ten days, and the work, i
is said, will be pushed as fast as pos
sible
The surveys to be made will give
all the data showing the absolute 10
cation Of the proposed channel. to-
gether with accurate maps of the
right of way. There will also b,
prepared profiles showing the nun
Der of cubic yards of dirt to be re-
moved, and all other data necessary
for a complete location.
Mr.. Stegman, the president, has
been a resident of Brownsville about
seven years, during which time he
has been identified largely with the
upbuilding of the city. He is known
to be a man who, when he takes hold
of any kind of a proposition, usually
carries it to a successful issue.
Mr.. Shelton is land title expert
and experienced in general land mat
ters, and as such it is believed viii
prove a valuable man for the asso.
citation, of which he is vice president
and general manager.
Mr. Whitney, the secretary and
treasurer has been secretary of the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
since its organization about year
ago, and at a recent banquet Of the
organization he, with the other Of
ficers, was given a vote of conf
dence for the successful way ir
which the Chamber of Commerce
had been conducted.