San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19

ch0reu OIL the mouth Oh tne mo
Grande, andsmillions of dollars worth
OF supplies for the southern Confed-
eracy were smuggIed In the same way
the cotton was struggled out.
Fortunes I'm Transportation.
Steamboats, on the Rio Grande were
the foundation of the Miflin Kennedy
and Captain King fortunes, these gem
tlemen after the cessation of steam
boat traffic, retiring to their huge
ranches which today comprise more
acres than the state of Rhode Island.
1t was through the 'raffic on the
Rio Grande that the Stillman fortune
was also founded, the Stillman's leav-
ing Brownsville in the seventies for
New York City.
Shortly after the Civil War, the
shoaling of the Rio Grande, caused,
it is claimed, By the agricultural de-
velopment of the region it traverses,
made its navigation impossible for any
boats except those of very light draft.
1t was then that number of the
most wealthy and progressive residents
of Brownsville and Matamoras secured
charter and constructed the Rio
Grande railway 10 Point Isabel.
Gulf Coast Lines Get Control.
After the construction of the Gulf
Coast lines TO Brownsville, the Rio
Grande railway came under their con-
troll the Frisco company securing the
;n.5o VI ' p III III s ~. 49," ,',o
road. and in 1917 ID. (. O'Brien be-
came its owner.
Turing Inc carry days OF the hio
hms;noss al ,.s o,o "f ,ha hast Ill
way propositions in the United States,
Its income during the early days
amounsihs u lnore man 81 tt tsn
road is only % miles in length, meant
big dividends for the stockholders: AZ.
Yer IT, .he eIp1n l;u T .ho e bns;ness Of
go. IL, - e., po;nt
,ne ny Sta"e ";I,'' .r;.a,oJ tha
GnW G"as. ~ or;s;ra,S, n,ah;ns
80 os Low nr ,owsr Than those
90. ,barcsd for water transnort,.
t;or Un1ever the rates of the Gulf
go 80 -, ;r,.aasoJ ne tba cornot;.
80 .Ls 80 Jaaraosad snJ Cor
~ w" ,..t 80, tno,s,,t .o,as h,ya hoe,
VIC i "f .hn az, d;tf;nn,, ,rot,ler,s Nth
W vh;ah .h. roIior ,,oonIo have had 70
,,,and PeOp
eo"'e E;rs. p-o;.o. r. 1891
Inc first PROJECT tor deep water
harbor at Point Isabel was adopted
in 1881. and contempl,. ted the con-
s.,o.;on oe ;o.,;os hrt ,;,,lo ros =.
tually accomplished, ana WORK ceased
in 1888 owing to lack ., congressional
concentrations. In 1909 a channel 20
g.. Id I'D 90, Coo. :, don,h ,ro,
'e' "iue aiiu 'eA i@e' :" u'p
excaVa'ed from 'ne lass 10 the oio
railroad wharf, and a turning basin
of the same depth was dreiged. There
:. - s.,,h 90 abor, civ Con, Of
To-, ,;do w th;s ola ch.nnsI Tho
INV IoI 90, ~ .hnr,n hnworor -
~ nt - raIuo and ,r,s never vsed
.i,.;.,ai,. aaoon, Nv Tnb ors norrv.
80 fna;aL, - ia e., sh;ns IN tbs
us Sc ~
'pI In 10i3 tho mounting freight rates.
-. ,hn onon,,'o - Joon
49, . hnh pp;mt 1soho, ~
; 49, =; ~ Ii, nna Ior;s CHI
~ 'ne ~, . -
, Dna WV |homho. 80 c.umorca
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t IN as ~ a., ao.osa ,Sa Iacrno
, oISn "a @ 80 81 hn ,ha
-naue, "a' ,. 49, -,
army ens ou' al au.' .. 80,
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, NJ NJ, n t
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|, orer and was tho hasis for the mod
80, go anu vas ~ n,pm;o
~ p'un su ~ ,aio h., ~,
which Mus apR'o,ea lu III .n'
aInnS ensineeS, smu $500 see
: zoo tn.h' vi app. ~. 80, W -
w tol , eo- 600 ss ~ Wv 80 49,
rei anu %-o,Vco :. a;H.a ~ ~
VI iI'e se"iS iot II. mann, q, ~
campaign aLso proved p,g iaJior T.
luz 81, a. - ooss;.-. nt sac,,r; nc
~ ~ ~. hc,orn ,So r,ax
W." saIIn. ns - aoroliar,s -
an mum I'LL ho a,ta;rod
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go. L.,
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49, i r. ron.a.Sod he .ffort,
III w m.n o.oot foota, IN ,ha fnt,,r,
j S Im ,n4 onln of tho valley hni