Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-29
IN OUR
VALLEY

ne flefdlOS correspondent at EulH-
=. burg predicts in news dispatch to
his paper, that the courtroom facilities
the United States government at
townsville will not be sufficient to
AXE care of the crowds that will at
md the Sap-Southern Pacific hearing
fonday, and that. like the Dayton evo-
ition trial, there will have to be open
ir meetings.
Here Is what the correspondent says:
Everything is in readiness in the
Valley for the big hearing which will
be held in Brownsville October 5. Some
ten or twelve towns in Hidalgo and
y Cameron counties have filed inteven-
tions in favor of the application of the
San Antonio Aransas Pass Railway
Company as we'll as Hidalgo county.
the Valley Chamber of Commerce and
the chambers Of commerce of several
other towns. A large delegation from
each of the Valley towns is expected
20 attend the hearing and Brownsville
IL preparing to take care of a record
crowd. In all probability the court
room facilities at Brownsville will not
half accommodate the crowds and it
the open air as was done in the Dayton
evolution trial. The hearing is the
main topic of conversation on every
lip and the whole Valley is marking
time" awaiting the outcome"
Coincident with the /. c. C. hearing
will be the meeting in Brownsville of
the West Texas Prebytery, which is ex-
pected to attract some 100 visitors
from points up the state, and probably
twice that many daily from other towns
in the Valley.
Indications are that Brownsville will
be called on next week to care for
some 500 or more visitors than nor
mally and persons having rooms for
the accommodation of the Presbyterian
delegates are being asked to register
their names and addresses.
In other words, next week promises
to be a busy week in Brownsville in
the way of visitors. And if there is as
much interest in the /. c. c. hearing
as reports indicate. the state highway
will break some weekday records in
the matter of travel.
c. E. Sneed Of Gadden, Ala, is the
south of Weslaco, the property con-
sisting of so acres, and the price paid
being $4,000.
Real estate activity throughout the
Valley, and improved properties are be-
ing sold at sizeable profits. Sellers
usually take on sother t.acts. unless
they sell for the one purpose of MAX
ing change of location.
Twenty years ago the late Colonel
Uriah Lott made the statement, after
the building into the Valley of the
Brownsville road. that there was room
in Southwest Texas for a second rail-
road.
This statement was made by Colonel
Lott in statement to The Browns
Vile Herald, made in correction of
rumor that he had "split" with Col. B.
r. Yoakum.
Almost annually someone took Col.
Lott at his word, and attempted to get
additional tracks into the Valley, at
one time as many as four lines being
surveyed into this section.
But it remained for 1925 to bring
the single. authentic and financially
solid attempt, with the Southern Pa
cific back of the movement.
Residents of FL Jardin are endeavor-
ing to interest the county commission
ers in the question of road improve
ments in that district, asking praticul
arly for elimination of some low places
which they claim can be repaired at
comparatively small cost.
The Ell Jardin district is an import
ant section of the Brownsville COM
munity and should have everything
within reason that they ask for.
The road problem is a serious one
everywhere in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. There is hardly community
off the paved highway that is not ask
ing, yea, even demanding better roads.
But the road problem is not the only
one. In a great and rapidly growing
country there is necessity for more
public Improvements than the country
can pay for at one time. These things
come. slowly, but they are just as GER
tain to come as the country is to grow