Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-14
PHOTO OF TRAIN OF
VEGETABLES IS
AN EXAMPLE

\ train Of express ears. 4 photograph
of which will appear III an early date IN the
Wells Fargo Messenger. the official organ
Of the biz express company. tells IN inter
Iesting story Of the productiveness Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. and Superin-
tcndent {. y. Campbell. of this district of
the Wells Fargo, has decided that the
great story of this wears crop in the Low
er Rio Grande Valley shall not go untold.
Mr.. Campbell in sending the photograph
to the Messenger. wrote Edward Hunger
ford. the advertising manager. a. follow (.
San Antonio. Texas. May 81. 1910.
Mr.. Edward Hungerlord. advertising man
ager. New York: | will forward to YOUR
address IN express, regularly waybiiled
an excellent picture NJ 1t. Louis. Brown NJ
willie 4 Mexico train No. 4, taken IA llsr-
lingcn. Texas, May ID.
The two refrigerator ears contained
string beans forwarded from San Bcnito.
The third ear is n Southern Pacific bag
gage ear operated from san Benito, via
Houston and Texas Central 10 Dallas.
loaded with less than carload shipments foT
points on the Houston and Texas Central
for Dallas. and for transfer al Dallas. The
fourth j, a Santa Fe car started from
San Benito. routed via Houston and the
Santa Fe Ia Fort Worth. containing les
than carload shipments destined tn local
points on the Santa Fc mp ~ and Inrlud-
ing Fort Worth. The fifth N \ Santa Fc
baggage ear, started from Mission and
routed yia Houston and the Santa Fe ID
Kansas City; il contained less than ear
load shipments for points north of Fort
Worth. including Oklahoma. Kansas, Col
orado. Nebraska. etc. The sixth \ a Gulf
Coast baggage ear. operated from Mission
via Odem to San Antonio and contained
less than carload shipments for san An
tonic and for transfer ut san Antonio.
The seventh j. q Santa Fe car started
from Rio ITondo and set IN train 4 No San
Benito; ID contained 4 very fair run orig
mating nj Rio lIondo, and after the les
than carload shipments were placed PHI
proper ears. the ear referred to was unl-
lied for \ Houston ear. The eighth Mn 4
combination baggage and mail ear operat-
"a from Brownsville "a Houston. The
motor ear shown in the picture Il operated
from Brownsville 60 Mission.
This seasons vegetable movement from
the Lower Rio Grande Valley has exceeded
the tonnage heretofore handled. and not
with,tanding the fact that the section re
lferred 10 suffered considerable damage, the
same as IN other producing sections 81 the
United States. hy unusually cold weather
but. owing IL intensive farming. 2 rich soil
and Il better knowledge of conditions. THE
truck growers succeeded in raising the
largest crop ever produced. after killing
Ifro-ts seriously damaged all growing crops
On the 18th and 9Th 81 March.
The carlot movement hv express from
shipping points in the Lower Rio Grande
VALLEY since january ! has amounted a.
the following:
Seventy-two ears of lettuce.
Two cars of onions.
Eleven ears of mixed vegetable
Twcnty-threc ears of string beans.
The less than carload movement has re-
quircd five baggage ears on train NJ. 4
and one extra baggage ear ou tram No. =
daily throughout the month ut MAY, and
NH ears have been loaded close to capacity.
For instance. on the train shown III THE
picture We handled approximately 1000
packages MI vegetable. gross weights
quarter of \ million pounds. The gross
value of the products to the growers wa
approximately $1,000.
The movement usually starts IN Dcccm-
Der; the first crop l. lettuce. The early
spring crop consists principally of beans.
although We have also handled many ship
mcntS of Texas Bermuda onions. There
has been a heavy movement Of ~cucumhcr~.
We arc also handling extensive shipments
Of tomatoes, okra. new potatoes, and NJ
will next handle w%atcrmclon- end cnuta-
loupc~ the outlook for same i- very prom
Using.
Vegetables produced III the territory
known VII the Lower Rio Grandc Valley
(which takes III the entire district from
Brownsville to Mi~~ionl are shipped IN thu
territory which can be best described NY
''From Ocean To Ocean and The Great
Lakes 90 the Gulf a. our shipments that
year have moved To Seattle. Wash; New
York City, Chicago, Ill.,: and various in
ttrmediateS.
G. y. CAMPBELL,
SupariufppIpu