Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-21

R. R. TRAF nc
TO BE STARTED
MEXICAN NATIONAL AND NsffSCO
ARRANGE LOCAL INTE I'M ANGE
DEAL WITH REBELS ~ IAN
BIER OF COMMERCE ri f@r
HELD UP A YEAR AGO
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC. WAS
HALTED A YEAR AGO VIE THE
REBELS Secured CONtifG OF
MATAMOROS MONTERREY ntNE.

MATAMoioS MONTERREY uiNE.
Through suggestion ~ : rrafv ~
\. ORricn of the Brownsville tww1lbcr
Il Commerce arrangements lar Just
been perfected whereby frcigfr Eecn
the United States and McXir Hraugh
the Brownsville ami Matum WY. !orts
will ~ intcrchangcd ~ the - and
the railroad lines controlled ' p con
>titutionalists and running f.-a. Hata-
moroS g Monterrey. The ixe,tion
was made e. Frank Andrews. W. ! riSco
receiver. upon his recent trip IN nvn--
willie by Mr. o'Brirn and upRn : re-
turn to Houston Mr.. Andrews r. li mo
tion the wheels that resulted : aasur
gcStiou being carried out
\ II u understood that this arr a,s.sgf,ent
" purely 4 local one Freight ,rtsa Mex.
leo will ~ delivered w consti ..ag, list
icngincS and ears ~ the Brown w wv md
MatamoruS Bridge cumpany'S tfltks on
the American side. and the frHig w tgilI
hc transferred to Frisco cars u ron-
~titutionalSt ears being rctur 80 I'M the
bridge cnmpany's track and elI-A hak
90 MatamnroS hv the consti~it y, list
engines. None of the Frisco IN ~ rars
or engines can h. taken To tn Ns can
side owing e. the fact that IA snad
there " not operated by the Moi. Y Va
tiun. viii n line has an intcrcI - on
tract with the Frisco.
/ The arrangement was made ~ W.. sist
~ the handling of probably u ~ sand
carloads of onions ami freight w siucts
along the Mexican National A. ccn
Monterrey and Tampico and -vsti BY
Americans including MrDaviti re ~
Brownsville, !. u Rogers of o. tpx-
ico. and others Their crops ats=s IN
danger If becoming total Ices lyirss
they can grt them cut NJ the coInt W and
the conStitutionaIists have asrc'a 10
transport the products from soi& of
loading to Monterrey and thence Il 1$ata.
rH"rus. There ~ also great GInr grlt ~
cotton seed 10 w. brought ~ froI Staxico.
The International traffi arr a.mcnt
will greatly facilitate the buting.s of
loading and unloading. and wilIJdc'taway
with the ncrc~Sitv of hauling n pro
ducts from Matam0ruS m Browir$v.ua Nv
wagon. which has been done urs " Pow
International railroad trnffiraDlA the
Brown willie and Matamorus briFgc himc
lio halt over year ago when th -Dn-
stilutIanalists first secured ccrtr,-i II
The lIte from MatamnToS 10 Msntaa -cv
Ahout 100 ears of freight in VI .ani, r0S
at thai time were hurricdly brvrsh' 10
the Brownsville yards and u, ". ere
for many months. Some ~ II y stilI
here. me- way having been found w 80 II
10 itS destination. That was tl# EAST
railroad traffic a. cross the intcFLff. t.nsl
bridge.
Secretary O'Brien said today A
The principal object of the EL .fbrr
lof Commerce in interesting itSeif ihis
proposition was 10 start freigh Il ffic
between the United States and l3rico
going this way. We feel that il Ill ave
a great effect IL keeping ~ the iE' ma
iionaI traffi, through here or+e - II
started. II Would appear also toe =
great advantage to the Mexican Eai stnal
"a make MatamGros one ~ ~ fsIicf
points of entry and exit. because - the
comparatively low grade bctwcs Eit,.
moros and Monterrey. whereas tserF ar.
many high grades between M ntrrrrs
and Laredo. The resultant ~ firs In
the cost of operation from Montarr-f to
Matamoros would be an item fhsi il
worth consideration bv the Mexfalt Na.
tional.
III u the hope ~ the Chamber III ~,
. mcrcc that once the war troubl, u ~
tied that the Mexican National VII rsr-
and appreciate lhc value ~ the Nst,.
morcs Brownsville gateway. NectsST ".
"nrc the trouble ~ ended there AZ ~
such movement ~ traffic into MsElro
that the other gateways will he LH..tlc
. 10 handle near all of ID and we bfifn re-
that this gateway. with it, eFr3irnt
bridge. will h. one II the great - fpc,
tors in the movement"