Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-10-15
IN OUR
VALLEY

A three foot tide ran in the bay al |
Point Isabel Tue sday afternoon.
Three feet is high tide. very /
high tide. The usual variation is |
about one foot
There we're occasional squalls Dark .
blue clouds were banked Cff 10 the ,
south. The disturbance that had been I
reported out in the Gulf Of Mexico. (
some 200 miles due east, was evident
~ having its fling. The seas roarcd.
But over in the new United States !
Guard Station. Colonel Geo. NJ Iloff !
man Of New Orlcans. United States |
army divisional engineer. inspecting |
tn work On Brazos Santiago harbor !
pecrcd at barometer. II read 21.60. !
indicating there wa little chance Of a
storm striking in this vicinity. at least
at this time.
Colonel Hoffman. Major J. T. S-hley
of Galveston. district engineer, and
John Jacobson Of Galvc ,t,n, dredging
contractor. headed a party + Browns
vile men on a trip 20 the coast TO note
the progress of the harbor work.
II was Colonel Hoffman first visit.
The trip TO the coast was mad over
the Rio Granre railway. tn tiain.l
which left Brownsville a. LAO y. m..
headed straight into hard rain
Things didn't look good for An inspe-
tion at Brazos Santiago. but except for
the clouds in tho south the ", athc-
ha declared ~ Point Isabel
a launch Carried the party from thu
wharf 10 the drcdgc 20 be used IN the
outer channel Il was tied un IA the
south end of Padre Island waiting for
the weather 20 calm. The seas had been
running too heavy for work.
Here sea going tue was boarded hy
half the ms mbers of the party Col /
onel Hoffman wanted g see the sea |
in action over the sand bar. The tug I
worked fast. and was back Al the dredEc I
in fifteen minutes. after bohhing up I
md down. like cork in a creek. for a /
few hundred yards
Then the engineer ia = the /
large dredge for the quite. channel 4
work The gupcrstructurc of ths
drcdge WAS built al Point Isabel ~ \
Captain Jacobson. The inner channel /
dredge works By suction and dsposcs \
~ ~ mud ,brourb lang tcn iprb nine /
Inns IaiJ ~ pontoon. The large |
frsdge can't use pipe lines because the /
water over the bar is too rough. So
!, Io,dv \, ,yi,b d;r, rors III, J, v,v, \
and dumps IL.
The drcdrc on tho inner channel is J.
now working Al 2 roint near the north
west edge NJ Rrayn4 Island and is N
-lowly but surely making scvcntccn
foot ditch through the bottom of tho
hsv 10 a noini wh.rr it viii rounrct
With the ditch over thc har.
with favorable weather tho inner
,harnel will 30 completed hy hrist-
mas. says Captain Jacobson. The .ut
cr channel later.
Tbis Al M, , rc,rs .,,r, rrinri
nall, Lr,,u-. roIoroI ucfr,r,r b,dl
no,li,, u .,, ,Lo,, 81, c,,
tiaco If no had am, ,bon,bts that
might interest ,hc public n. I'M. timc.
he kept them " himself.
So He incurred about railroad rates
ne asked about tbe ro..ibl. .rf-ri III
The Corpus Christi harhor -r that \,
Point Isabel. He luuuiTgN aH Wf the J.
transportation situation generally. as
Il affected the marketing W Valley
products.
lie wanted 20 soc more of the Val
Iey. and planned an automobilr trim
~ Mission todav to wv as much WY
leans tfnight.
~ Rrazos E,nti,r, ,.p,ir ,,.h
lem for C,pt,in Jscohsor ~. contract
az n. is no,y r,r..,pcJ ,yi,h .r,.bi,,r
n hole through ~ b,r Th. bar w.
tend. for (, distance NJ ,bnu, 5on frrt
over i, IN, w,tcr .,,nds ,t from, sly
M cirb, foot dcror,.,,. ,,,,r mn. tl.
ard IN. p,ovrrrnt NV IN. rt,rrl III.
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nos. Ana fcy of \, ,viil b,v, .r nr
ror,unitv !, -yitro.. ,bc .rr.t.,I. III
"a explosion of ttn ~ dynamite for
swaited for this work.
aptaiu Jacobson was puzzlcd recent