Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-16
yOAKUM HAS
GREAT CONFIDENCE
IN LOWER VALLEY
Head of Executive Board OF Frisco Cor
pOration With Party OF Prominent Rail-
road Men Visits Lower Rio Grande Val
ley, and All Are Enthusiastic.
OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE CONVEYED
TO VALLEY BY RAILROAD BUILDER
Declares that He Has Interests of This
Section as Much at Heart as Ever, Is
Imbued With Confidence as TO its Flu
ture and Will Use Efforts in its Behalf.

"Ju-t tell the people 81 the Lower Rio
.Grandc Valley that ] nave unbounded con
fdencc in the future 81 thi- section. know
it, al right. and it, no. only 4 coming
country hut H. Il country that J. already
here"
That j. what Colonel Benjamin +. Yoa-
KUN, head o. the executive board Of the
corporation that owns the Frisco system.
and until the reccivrr-hip the executive
leader Of The great system. said thi~ morn
ing when asked "a to what hc thought of
the progress 81 the Valley since hi last
trip 10 Brownsville ahnut two years ago.
IN addition Colonel Yoakum said that
he was going Ia throw All hi efforts into
helping thu section continue On IL for
ward march. and that he wa~ gnin. to do
all hc could 10 put the country inst whore
II belongs. Mr.. Nuakum commented upon
the condition 81 the road bed nf the Cult
! Coast Line. aud complimcnted highly the
work that j. being pushed forward by Re
ccivcr Frank Andrews of the line. H. said
that Mr.. Andrews y doing magnificent
! work n that direction. and ~ added also
that General Manager Pyeatt of the Gulf
Coast Line J. doing matchlc~~ work IA the
matter ~ transportation.
Colonel Yoakum arrived III Brownsville
~ \ special train early last night. lie II
accompanied ~ V. r. Owens Of Mobile,
I Ala. president nf the New Orleans. Mobile
a Chicago. Frank Andrew 81 Houston.
! Receiver for TIE Cult Cast Lines of TrNa~-
Judge Waller IT. Burns ot Houston. fed
cral Judge under whose court exists the
recciver~hip; j. :. Pycati. general manager
lot the Gulf Coast Lines: Joe -. Rice 1T
capitalist and president of the
Union National bank ~ that city; VIII
Rice. also 4 Houston capitalist. and Frank
Anderson of II. Loul~. director of develop
mcni for the Frisco system.
The part, reached the Valley sunday
morning. and NJ Harrington switched of
up"n the Valley line, going a. far west ~
/ Mission.
The entire party was highly enthusiastic
concerning the conditions a. they fnnnd
them along the railroad. from lIarlingcu
west and from Harrington south. Mr.. An
! dcr~on, the director of development. who
was last here about q year and q half ago.
~aid that hc was greatly surprised with
the remarkable development that ha- taken
place along the railroad from Harrington to
Mission since his last trip. lie referred
particularly To- McAllcn ~ a surprising
center IT activity. and said that hug~ and
corn were proving hfr savers and cash
h%ringcr~ Tor that district. The McAllcn
creamery. he also sand. l. going fast. and
market IL entire output IN the Lower Rio
Grandr Valley.
Colonel Yoakum and several others III
the party took an automobile trip about
the city this morning. visiting among other
! places the Country club. He took occa-
sion ~ pass some very pleasing compli-
mcut~ on this play ground NJ Brownsville
men. and took v few swings over the golf
course.
The special pulled ont of Brownsville at
lo.lj o'clock ;hi- morning. leaving tor san
Hcnito. where thc party expected to spend
several hours among the irrigated lands
~ that district. They expected also N
spend a short time az ilarlinccn. from
which town they will leave for King-yillc.
Preaching there tonight. Colonel Yoakum
and other ~ thc party viii ~ncnd two w
three days bunting ~ the KING Kennedy
'rau,h 10 klcherg county.
Colonel Ioakum left New York city H.
hi~ special last Saturday \ week ago. and
made immediately for the Texas coast
country. ilc picked up Mr.. Owens on tie
Mobile road. and was Joined M New Or
leans by Receiver O'Kccfe Of the Frisco
lines IN Louisiana. and ~ the latter wa,
accompanied a. far a. Houston. where the
Texas members 81 the party ioin-ad Colonel
loakum.
II l. stated that Colonel Yoakum's pres
cnt trip over the Frisco lines j. being made
with the object N view Of reorganizinr the
entire system. The Gulf Coast Lines ~
the Frisco are still under the general head
of the Frisco system. hut II l. expected
that 70 the plan Of reorganization the coast
line. which runs from New Orleans "A
Brownsville. will be entirely separated
from the main Frisco system.