Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-07-16
Standardization of Rio Grande
Railway Considered by Men in
City; are in Favor of Merger

With the object in view NJ making pre-
lminary Investigations id come tion
with the Standardization * the Rio
t;rande Railway from Brownsville ~
Point isabel. party W railway men
ANA bankers from >ugariand and Gal-
weston arrived in brownsville today. ami
are confrrriug wv present with ~. "A.
O'Ericn president ana manager W. the
Valley road. I'M regard to the matter.
The party Includes WI. T ElIridrr. w
Sugarlund president NM THE $ugarland
Railway: A. II. krmpncr. of Galveston.
president of thc Sugarland Industries.
president Mi the United States Bank at
Galveston. and the largest cotton factor
ia the state Stanley kemrner. brother
of I. H. kemnner: Il. r. Gillespie. vice
president w TIE Houston Chronicle Pub
fishing CO, ana vice president ~ the
SugarIand Railway. r.. =. Bourne man
ager of thc SugarIand Railway. has been
here for several days. ana joined the
party here
Mr. Bourne made preliminary trip
over ihr road with Mr. pBrien last Snt
urday. Aud also viewed the work thdt ~
being done un the channel at Point
Isabel
While here this afternoon. Mr. Ed
ridge expressed himself as being in
hearty sympathy with the proposed mrr-
ecr MI rhp Missouri racifilc. Ign and
Gulf Coast Lines railways under the
management uf thr Missouri racihN,
endorsing fhe statement given out today
hy Mr.. O'Rrien on this matter, which
statement I'm attached.
The people fihe Lower Rio Grande
Valley ARR cviden ing great interest ia
rhe proposed Missouri Pacific. Inferna-
tinnal Great Northern. Gulf Lines mer
lrr. the following towns having already
endorsed IVY Brownsville, Harrington.
Mercedes. WcSlacu. Donna, Pharr. Alamo
aHd EdiuDurE.
Asked Why he opposed the control of
thp Iufernational-tir Northern ~ the
cuff Coast Lines and favored the control
Uf both the IUlf Coast lines ana Inter
naiiuuul-'irrAt Northern NV the Missouri
l'aN itir. Mr.. DErirn stated that his com
pany had uupu~rd control WI the Inter
national hy thr Gulf oCASt Lines tor
various reasons. among others because
of fhc avuwed purpose M Ihe Gulf Coast
Lines management NM prevent. if pcSS-
the construction vi any new line into this
Lower Rio t;randc Valley NJ Texas re-
gardleSS W. fhe Valleys need IL ad~
diiional transportation facilities and be
cause VI the attitude ~ the Gulf Coast
Lines management toward the improve
nIrHr W uur harbor. Continuing. Mr..
ID lsricn said:
We favor thp Missouri Pacific Inter
national Great N0rthern-Gulf Coast
Lines merger with the Missouri Pacific
in control
-l Because wv want our people IN
bp thr hrnvfiriIrirS wv thr kind W. service
which the Missouri Pacific renders w its
patrons at alI points along IT, line
gardlr~~ uf whether ~uth points are com
retiiivr or Hon-rumprtitive.
~a Because wr believe the Missouri
Pacific will lo~e MAP time i'm rehabilitatinE
and improving fhe Gulf Coast Lines ana
placing them ia ondtion fo render first
class service.
~ Because. in Keeping with IT, past
record the Missouri Pacific management.
wiI bend every effort toward The de-
yclopment wy rhe territory through which
their lines operate ana will not impose
haHdirapS ana burdens Hpcn the com
nIunirir~ which thry serve.
l. Because thr merger will enable the
Missouri Pacific tn establish " direct
line from fhr Iio Grandr Valley to thr
principal interior primary markets and
Finally. because WE believe che Mis-
~nnri lin ific management I'M too broad
and tno far--ighfed fo oppose or en-
deavor fo rcfard the development NJ our
harhor.~