Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-07
BUSINESS NOTES

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preceding christmas. New Years Day.
AMI Easter for gift cards Saitahlc for
those holiday. Such cards are similar q"
those used In the United States on like
Occasions. except that the verses and
notices employed are generally OF Eng
li>h origin. The materials used are
miscellaneous kinds Of cardboard AMI.
Ia a limited cAteai. cglluluid. made up
in the form ~ cards and a. folders with
wor,ie.l inserts. fastened with silk RIB
bons or cord. characterization consists az
the customary chromatic. embossed. ami
hand painted designs. Consular AMI
Trade Reports.
An extremely c%uriGus VARIETY Of fat
tailed sheep iS native Ia Afghan. stan
II II characterize u, the immrn>r
weight and size 81 il tail. caused by
development -: masses al fat. forming
stores Of nourishment which are drawn
upon during the winter months. when
fodder = scarce. These sheep furnish
the principal meat diet Of The inhahit-
ants. aud the egra>e of the tail - a
substitute for butter.-tonsuiar and
Trade Report.
The United States new occupies the
lcldin. place in tn foreign trade ~
Venezuela. but il seems from the fore
goin. that other countries are maginC
>ysirms.tir ln. -pccial efforts 10 in
crease their share of the business.
Political disturbances during III, ser
iouSlv affected business 10 many rom
mulitics cu>tomarily shipped Ia IN.
United States from the Vera Cruz
section of Mexico. hui a ~ uW0 Wh gain
ia coffee cargoes brought the total lie
ciarrd value ~ the exports tcxclu>iNe of
returned American goods from the
Vera Cruz consular district 10 the nj
ted States "a that wear M Z" : 'f>..ri6
~ compared with S.l.003 CD in 1911.
a. the close of the fiscal year 1911
there were 9l.l21 highway grade cross
ings on The full gauge railroads Of Ger
MANY. n compared with 6.g;I nj which
the highway. street. or both PASSED over
the tracks aud l5.o3l ut which they
passed under. OF the 9il21 grade cross
ines. iS32,> were MOI operated by gates.
All were marked ~ signs on either side
IL the railroad. OF the remaining 1910.
1865, were protected by ~hand-operated
gales. ~ ~ TN train operated gates.
~ lffA l'ltTNN Nv AUAhNlll'N wv w
connection with hand operated gates.
and I'LL ,privatc roadwaySl by locked
barriers.
The railway administration IT Ger
many are pn>uing u consistent policy
of grade crossing elimination. AMI work
nn The elevation ~ railroad tracks above
Il ghway and street level il everywhere
1" lac observed. especially IN and about
cities.
The cnrporai on commission nf Okla
homa. the railroad commission If Ar
kansas and the public service commits
lion OF Missouri complain to the inie~
state commerce >crNirr rpmml>> on that
4 number Of railroads which IN July la>i
reduced their intra>tnie passenger rates
from ! - : cents \ mile. have failed tu
80 r. luce their inlcr>ti- -il'
ate>.-Tradc> man.
Work will ~ started "a the Little
Rock and Hot Springs Electric Rail
WAY ~ soon ~ ~.IH.upn of Il total ~
~StH OUp worth ~ preferred stock. 10 bc
placed on the market at once has been
sold. arcordipg ~ 4 statement mad" hy
I.oni Garrett. Wee president and gen
,ral manager Of he proposed line
Trldrsman.
NJ objection Ia the turkey trni" whel
done ia the proper way. \ procession
" twenty five Thousand live turkeys from
Tennessee. rnterin. the Eastern mar
kct> Just before Thanksgiving. spelled
Prosperity sure enough. Twenty five
ears conveyed them 10 dcSt nation. In
meant 4 vast sun ~ these who marketed
the turkeys. and think Of the pleasure
they gave to the Fart Ira lcman
New Orleans ha. decided l.,sa 4
Soalh,rn and Pan American cNnnsiti"n
involving an expenditure uf ~ tnbiMM
~ November next wear. "Details are he
ing woI kcd nnt hV the committees Of en.
%crg,tic ansi enthusiastic business men.
The mn'lcrn steam laundry IL begin
ming a. secure 4 firm hold in the larger
Tar Eat. In ih:> fact there i con>id-
cradle promise for the export 20 Amer
lean %launtlr, machinery. for ~ u rule
american equipment of this type i the
most elective and economical.
Two negroes in Birmingham. Ala
broke two larsr plate glass windows ~
the store nf WYATT Hardware Cnmnanv
u .:;''3 Secnuh rycnre and appropriated
two hrrachlurl mg. danl,lc barrclc~l ~hp'
nlnS and i large supply % ammunition.
The negroes escaped.
Natador. Texas. viii >oon have have
railroad connections with thu ont>idc
world. The grading has been comric;rl