Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-07-15
DANIEL MAKES
STATEMENT ON
FLOOD MATTER
President Of Valley c. Of c.
Details Events Leading up
to His Chair Decisions in
the Harlingen Meeting

Chamber of Commerce. who speLt
few hours i'm Brownsville Friday, i'm q
statement To the Brownsville Herald
declared that he was Justified in every
decision and every chair action on his
part at the flood meeting at IIarlingen
a week ago.
Il want tn see Ii.~ In alley Cham
ber of Commerce live, and ! want 10 see
the Lower Rio Grande Valley Users
Association live" declared Mr. Daniel.
Beth organizations have accomplished
too much TO be buried under the pail of
contention ANY other action that !
took under the circumstances might
have meant the death of either ar
both"
Mr. Daniel at the request of The
Herald. outlined the events Of the past
two years in connection with flood CON
troll lie said:
AT a regular meeting OF the Rio
Granle Valley Chamber Of Commerce
held in Harlingen. Nov. 4, 1920. mo-
lion bv G. III. Peasc as carried. author
izing the officers 10 execute the con-
tract with the United States Reclama
tion Service for making certain drain
a committee of three be appointed hy the
chair 10 represent the Valley &. of e.
IN co-operation with the L. s. Reclama-
tion Service The chair appointed G.
IT. Pease chairman. with q. T.. JeSsnp
unh IT, g.. Wells as the other two COM
mittcemen.
Nov. 20. 1920. contract was signed
nv Morris Rien. assistant director. T..
s. Reclamation Service, and l.. X.
Daniel. First Vice-Prcsidcnt. Rio
Granda Valley Chamber of Commerce:
one If the provisions being 10 invcsti-
gate tho Feasibility cf providing flood
protection and main drainage channels.
the Chamber Of Commerce To raise
$1,000
June 20. 1922. I issued n letter call
ing attention. among other matters to
come up ri TIE regular meeting at IIar-
lingcn. July 9Th. to plan for preventing
a reneiition of floods. and that report
of the permanent flood protection com
mittee would 10 made.
"In the beginning of tho session las
Friday. | announced that | would cal
uncn MAYORS and others for plans. ard
that n report of the original drainage
and overflow or flood protection com
mite" would be heard.
when the Stuart resolution came
M ] arhitrariiv ruled that this report
must he heard ard IN accounting -
the collecting and snending of the
Slonoo be made before any other plans
could hc taken up.
"Onr contract with the t. :. Re-
tion of the Arroyo Colorado and Ilano
Grnnde Mercedes .yford outlets for
carving the flood waters which the Rio
Grande could not carry. and is in line
with the printed suggestions cf Col
Sam Robertson. Hon. u. W. Classcock
and others. and | could not and cannot
yet see anv necessity for junking data
already ca'te under our contract with
the u. :. X. Service not vet quite com
pleted nor of sidetracking the Valley
Chamber fo Commerce which was auth
nriyed 10 make the contract. and had
collected and raid in little over &c.
ono. NOR the Water Tscrs' Association.
which had paid the balance Of about
SI.OOO.
Il regret only not being able Ia
have heard the distinguished gentlemen
who had been invited 10 he present and
discnss ans rians they iHay have had.
hnf such confusion arose over the above
and subsequent proceedings. hearing
was impossible
This committee was only authorized
IN devise means for completing investi-
CATIONS and then was to call mass
meeting to hear the final report and
read the recommendations. and approve
or reject same. In any event our
Chamber of Commerce would have rem
dered an accounting of their actions.
md the committee be discharged. This
report can he gotten in six weeks ac-
cording Ia Exclamation men. and mv act
does not seem unreasonable nor vicious
10 me. and as for delaying plans. | can
not see il. The work already done
has made the necessary information
available in ~ Ia GO days, and our new
plans can ID this
IL the $1,000 had beer promptly
raised. We would have had the Rccama-
fion 'eport many months ago. Shall we