Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-25
SMOKER TONIGHT.
CLUB TO
MEET COL. BEACH
Business Men Are Invited and Urged to
Attend as Engineer Desires to Make
Note Of Enthusiasm Here for Harhor
Improvement
GOES TO POINT ISABEL
AND BRAZOS SANTIAGO
Fate Of HarbOr Improvement Said to Hang
on Visit OF Member OF Board OF Engin-
GERS on Rivers and Harbors Improve
ment.

An urgent invitation II extended by the
members Of the waterways committee Of
the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce to
every business man IN Brownsville to at
tend a smoker al the Country Club at :
o'clock tonight to meet Col. Lansing II
Beach Of the board of United States en-
gineers on rivers and harbors Improvement,
who 4 here Tor the purpose of testing out
the enthusiasm among Brownsville people
for the Improvement of Erazos Santiago
harbor. Ii j. reported that a favorable
report for the Improvement of the harbor
will be- made by Leut Col. &. :. Richie.
United States engineer IN charge of IN.
Galveston district, and much depends on
the findings Of Col. Beach on this visit. for
he Will III a. "A member of the board which
will pass ON the report made By Lieut. Col
Richie
Col. Beach arrived in Brownsville last
midnight, and was met at the train b,
Mayor A. Albert Browne, who also j.
chairman Of the waterways committee Of
the Chamber of Commerce, and by Comma
dore Lonis Cobolini, secretary of the com
mttee. This morning Col Beach met a
number Of members OF the waterways com
mttee and citizens at the Chamber Of
Commerce.
Al 10 o'clock this morning two automo
blles conveyed Col. Beach, Mr.. Browne
Mr. Cobolini. ). &. Tucker, L. X. Morris. !.
b. Scott, w. III. Mason, Jr.. DIR. :. X. Hal
lam, Major ;. A. Kephart, L. :. A. and
George j. Head, to Point Isabel. Here Col
Beach went to the top of the lighthouse Ia
obtain panoramic view Of the country
surrounding the Brazos Santiago harbor.
and there was also scheduled n trim Ia
BRACES Santiago island for the purpose
of inspecting the banks there and. per
haps. 10 sound the water M the Brnzo,
Santiago pass
The party, after luncheon at the Point
isabel hotel, and seeing the harbor and
other pons, will return To Brownsville
and 1T > O'clock tonight will attend the
smoker at<khe Country Club in a body.
Here Col. Beach will meet the business men
of Brownsville as. according Ia his state
ment today, he desires to sound personally
the opinion Of various people a. 10 IN,
''N'''T''f eHu ''NildbitlN tue Improve
ment which means much to the city of
brownsville and the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. Tie i already familiar with m.
facts anc figures concerning the harbor.
and It l. now the personal feeling of the
people that he j. after
Tomorrow morning, promptly at 6.3O
o'clock. Col. Beach, accompanied by Mnyor
Browne. Commodore Cobolini, and Others.
will leave the Chamber of Commerce fo,
a trip TO San Benito and other points n
the Valley. The trip to be taken will be-
much the same that taken by Lieut.. Col
Richie last winter, except that perhaps
Col. Richie had the advantage of the latest
visitor IN obtaining view Of the GROWING
winter crops that have made the Valley
famous.
The use of the Country Club tonight was
rendered by John Gregg. president Of N,
club, and c. II. More was appointed a com
mittee to arrange for the event of tonight
MIR. More busted himself with the matte,
right Or and il IL expected there viii
be Q large delegation to greet Col. Beach
at the Country Club tonight.