Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-08-26
IN OUR
VALLEY
b. GILLESPIE, writing in The


Rio Grande City secured her first rail-
road just 100 years later than Balti-
more, Maryland.
1t hasn't been exactly the fault OF
the Rio Grande City-ites that rail trans
portation has been so long in coming.
Solomon Block, pioneer merchant, who
come to Rio Grande City from Alsace,
France, some two score years ago, can
show any number of cancelled bonus
notes, given for prospective railroads.
Mr.. Block came by boat to Point
Isabel, by rail to Brownsville, used a
ferry to cross to Matamoros, boarded
a stagecoach at Matamoros for Camargo,
and recrossed the Rio Grande by skiff
to get to Rio Grande City.
John Kelsey, Manuel Guerra and j. R.
Monroe, all of whom have gone beyond,
worked necessarily through the years to
secure rail transportation for Rio
Grande City.
i Several times they thought they had
it, once from Beeville, yet again from
Hebronville. on the Tex Mex, and when
the Brownsville road pushed into Sam
fordyce a score of years ago, it seemed
certain.
= But none lived to see the fruition of
their dreams.
They left to carry on the work such
persons as Lawrence r. Brooks, Mrs.
Anita Kelsey Bass, nephew and daughter
of John Kelsey, Horace, Fred, Gustavo,
Emelio, Julio and James Guerra, j ohm
S. Monroe, son of Judge Monroe, and
others.
John Kelsey was one of the three big
KS on the borler in the early days,
the others being the late Captains King
and Remedy of ranch and river steamer
fame.
Prof. Fraser Browns Book on Mu
nicipal Bonds happens, in these days, to
be the most important reference work
in the office of County Judge Oscar c.
Dancy.
Judge Dancy pores over this work,
finds name that has not been notified
that Cameron county is about to sell
flood control bonds to the amount of
$1,50O.OO6, and sees that advertising
matter is sent them.
In this way Judge Dancy has gotten
before 200 bond concerns the fact that the
bond issue IS Forthcoming, and no fewer
than rs companies have already sent
Representatives, here to look over the
situation with a view to bidding.
Radio station KWWG, Brownsville is
soon to go on the air, and it is under
stood that Frank H. Williams has con-
scented to look after the plant, particu-
larly with view to unraveling some
Of the mechanical and technical diff
culties that have been encountered.
Station KWWG has fixed a definite
place for itself in the Valley. Every
body is interested in it's continued sue
cess. With the coming of the winter
months it promises to prove its adver-
tising value to the Valley.
Brownsville has long been known as
a cosmopolitan city. This was further
demonstrated on the links of the
Brownsville Country Club a few days
ago,
fivesome was organized at random.
When the players had reached the third
tee one of them discovered that each of
the five had a different country for his
nativity.
Colonel Pedro Chapa was born in
Mexico.
Leonard W. King was born in Eng
land.
George L. Desha pronounced Dee
shay was born in Hawaii.
T. Aziz was born in Syria.
Joseph L. Kowalski was born in
Brownsville.
1t might be of interest to some to
know that the various trophies went to
the last named.
The first solid carload of freight to
enter Rio Grande City over the newly
completed Rio Grande City railroad was
sugar made by the Imperial Sugar com
pany of Sugarland, Colonel Eldridge
industry, and it was shipped through a
Brownsville firm, Caffarelli Bros
And with the arrival of the iron horse
the, Lynch Davidson Lumber Company
announced new lumber yard for Rio
Grande City.
The ruts along the side of the con-
crete highway in Cameron county are
a menace to life.
A driver can keep within the speed
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