Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-28
BELIEVE IN y0AKUM

on the respect and affection 81 the people
Of tie Texas coast country. despite the
Temporary rcvcr~c- that caused him ~ lose
control ~ the FRISCO railroad system, J.
made EVIDENT BY the comments which hi re-
cent visit to this region wa~ the subject Of
in the press which voices public sentiment
along the Brownsville road.
The papers published IN The Rio Grande
Valley were especially kind IN their refer
cnce~ ~ him and gave joyful expression
a. the belief hat ~ would soon come back
into hi own and again assume direction
Of the affair, of the Gull Coast Line.
Mr.. Yoakum i, a firm believer in the fu-
ture of the Rio Grande Valley. lie insists
that il l. surpassed in point ~ fertility by
no region IN the world; THAI - climate J.
without equal. and that it, comtete de-
~velopIncnt along substantial lines D. a.
~urcd. IN other words, h. has lost none Of
the faith which moved him a iew years ago
to venture millions m supplying the Valley
with transportation facilities and setting
IN motion the agencies which have caused
great agricultural enterprises and prosper
ou~ towns ~ spring mp where desolate eat
Tie range, fused with the boundlc~- horizon
~ every point 81 the compass, and 2 few
unframed cowboys constituted the popula-
tion of an imperial though despised do
main. II anything, Mr.. Youkum j. now
more enthusiastic than ever over tins long
pa-~cd-up country. and more determined
than ever IL b. Instrumental IN transform
Itr4r IA me-. tl. r.rlt.4 80 Tho So pl,p .f
Eden H. u confident Of seeing II become.
When in Houston a few days ago Mr..
Noakum declared that in visiting the Low
or Rio Grande Valley at this time his only
purpose was To- look after certain invest
mcnt- ct hi own n that region and 10 ret
n line ~ the country IN general, but the
people NJ the Valley have become pos
-c-~cd II the notion that hi appearance
among them was preliminary - something
ot great importance brewing in the affairs
of the Gulf Coast Line. We will not under
take 10 assert that their forecast of the
early resumption Of control of that line
Ihy Mr. Noukum rests on solid foundation.
However. We feel 10 he~itanry III express
Ing the belief that the chances are more
than even that the Brownsville road will
eventually be- again chased ~ a Yoakum
property.
That the Frisco system will be reorgan-
lied j. certain. That when the Frisco j.
rrorganizcd the Gulf Coast Line will b.
separated from II and fall ~ Mr.. Youkum
~ almost certain. The Gulf Coast Line
extends from New Orleans a. Brownsville.
II T. composed Of the New Orleans. Texas
a Mexico. the Beaumont, Sour Lake 4
Western, and the Il. Louis. Brownsville 4
Mexico railroads. and has access to every
port on the coast from New Orleans ~
the mouth ot the Rio Grandc. al New
Orleans il canncct~ with the Chicago. Mo
bile a New Orleans railroad. y property
h which Mr.. Noakum i Interested. This
latter road owns valuable deer water ter
minal- at Mobile and enters New Orleans
over the New Orleans & Northeastern,
using the ~lattcr'- tracks from Laurel.
MIS-. H. northern terminus IN M Jack
-on. Tenn. from which point there ~ u
short gap 10 bc closed e. reach Evansville.
Ind. where connection can be- Established
with the Chicago a Eastern Illinois Ia form
the shortest lire between Chicago and New
Orleans. The Chicago a Eastern Illinois,
was once under Mr. Yoakum'- control.
When the Frisco fell into receivers hands
the owncr~ NJ The Chicago a Eastern Hi
noi- cancelled the contract under which IL
vas operated by the Frisco. These own
err are friendly to Mr.. Noakum.
Now then: suppose Mr.. Yoakum should
~ucrccd IN recovering hi Financial cquili-
hruri.' as II Ky hclicN,,i IN h'.h railroad
-lrclcs th., w VII Nv able "a ln. ". ull
NJ uot ~ logical for him to rcacquirc con
tired ot the Chicago 4 Eastern Illinois and
establish \ new short line between Chicago
and New Orleans hy extending the Chic
,aso. Mobile \ New Orleans from Jack
son. Tenn. To- Evansville. Ind, thereby
creating a northern outlet for the Gulf
Coast Line. which connects with the Chi
cago. Mobile 4 News Orleans M New Or
leans! Again. would il not b. logical III
such m event "a figure that hc would
carry ont hi long cherished plan Ia extend
the Gulf Coast line 10 Tampico and 10 the
City OF Mexico. thus giving shape to hi
dream ~ a great. continuous line ~ rail
road that would place Chicago N direct
touch with the capital ~ the Mexican r.
public. and nj the same time skirt the Gulf
~ Mexico and serve every port oi import
anrc west OF MohileP
All of TIM, L. speculation. 81 course, but
u i not idle speculation by any means.
We believe thai Mr.. Yoakum will .comr