Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-28
ON
LARGE SCALE is
SHOWN ENGINEER
UNITED STATES DIVISION ENGINEER
TAKES AUTO RIDE THRU TIE
BROWNSVILLE VICINITY.
FINDS SUPPOSEDLY LARGE DEvEl.
0PMENT UNDERWAY IN SECTION
EAST or BROWNSVILLE.

Few people in Brownsville are aware of
the extensive development THAI has taken
place oil lands east of Brownsville during
the past two years. and ever tommodore
Cobolini himself was surprised yesterday
when on an automobile trip with Colonel
j. &. Sanford. the United States engineer;
Mayor A. "A. Browne and H. "A. O'Brien, he
was told and was shown shat in the past
two years the acreage east Of Brownsville
in cotton and corn has been increased from
about $500 acres 10 more ahan $500 acres.
This extensive developments has been ear
ried on quietly on the Browne lands, on
tracts formerly used only for cattle rais-
ing.
Colonel Sanford. who D. In the Valley
investigating in connection with the pro-
posed Improvement of Brazos Santiago
harbor, spent busy day Sunday. Sunday
morning from o to III 80 o'clock he was
a visitor at thet Office Of Commodore Cobo-
lini. secretary Of the BRACES Santiago har-
bor committee, where he was shown and
explained rass of data compiled by the
commodore covering the growth of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, and which the
engineer expressed desire 10 see.
Following this the visitor called on
Colonel A. j. Blocksom and Major J. u.
Il. Hartman at their quarters in Fort
Brown, where he spent two hours.
Al . 80 o'clock Sunday afternoon Colo
mel Sanford, with Mcssrs. A. Albert
Browne. Louis Cobolini ard ID. a. O'Bricn
visited Matamoros and the visitor was
shown over the city. Colonel Sanford said
that he could easily realize from the size
of MatamoroS that at one time II had been
city of considerable commercial import
ance.
Returning for the trip 10 Mexico, the
party proceeded east ~ Brownsville. go
ing fourteen miles down the river road.
through the Little Indiana irrigated see
tion, through the Piper plantation, where
several hundred acres Of sugar cane are
IN cultivation. through the Brulav pania-
tion. and "a the Rabb ranch and the fa-
nous Palm Grove on the Rabb place. They
also visited The San Raphael and Saludo
ranches where the several thousand acrca
~ cotton and corn land referred ~ above
were travcrsed and inspected, land that N
declared ID Df some Oh the T'He~i III lht
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The party arrived IN Brownsville =; . 90
O'Clock after the trip over the immediate
district
While the visitor observes the SAME Tr-
ticence a. To his opinions regarding the
proposal to improve Brazos Santiago hnr
Dor, he expressed himself as being well
pleased with what ne had seen; M fact. H.
stated that he was delighted with the cx-
tensive development that he witnessed dur
ing the days tour Of this district.
This morning the engineer, accompanied
by Mayor Browne, Commodore Cobolini. y.
\ III. Tucker, president Of the Lower Rio
Grandc Valley Progressive League, and r.
\ r. Butler, capitalist a Chicago, left for
! the tour Of the Valley. They left the city
by the river road, and will visit fnrIingen
today, continuing west TO Mission, making
short stops IA the various towns. Tuesday
morning they will make a trip through the
section between Mission and Edinburg. re-
turning to the railroad. Colonel Sanford
probably will leave for Galveston Tuesday
AFTERNOON or Wednesday morning
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