Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-01-22
IN OUR
VALLEY

= on a Brownsvile-bound train at
Houston. The leaving time was 9:30
p. M. The train carried a single Pull
man.
He went in,o the car. There was one
other passenger on the Pullman. He
must have been cattlcnan. His big,
light colored hat, his boo's, his general
bearing indicated it.
Two thoughts boz e down upon the
writer Either people down this way
were few and far between, else there
was no reason for anybody making the
! trip down the coast
Anyhow, il was a very lonely trip.
and we managed TO make it in some
thing like 16 hours.
Things have changed in the mean
time. Nowadays there are from three
to six Pullmans, and plenty of people to
occupy them. SO many that most of US
come early for reservations. When Il
Gulf Coast Lines train from the Valley
unleads at Houston now it's quite a job
the polters face in getting baggage off
the platform.
In the old days everybody knew cv-
erybody else on a Gulf Coast Lines
train. No more A familiar face now
and then, of course. Bu., as rule the
faces arc strange.
Which brings US up to the fact
that things are popping on the Gulf
Coast Lines insofar as service between
the Valley and Houston and San An
d0nio is concerned.
First they tell us that they're going
to add Pullman to the day train.
Many of US would like to make TIE day
trip, if time allows, but heretofore con-
vcnicnces in The way of Pullman have
been lacking. That's to be corrected at
once. We get the Pullman.
Then they astonish US with the an
nouncement that business between
Houston and The Valley demands an
other train--a through passenger and
mail train, hitting only tte high
spots" getting US our northern mail
several hours earlier, and permitting US
to spend a whole day al either terminal,
and back at home the next day in time
to report early for work.
Twelve hour service between Houston
and the Valley is going to please all the
travelling public, Immensely. It's going
ito mean faster dispatch of business
between Houston and San Antonio on
one end and the Valley on the other.
Ana when we arc travelling southward,
it's going to mean the doing away with
that tedious four or five hours in the
morning between Kingsville al3l '.he
Valley.
Yes. sir! We all like the prospect OF
that new service. Like it for several
reasons; one Of them being recognition
of the fact thal the Valley is developing
so rapidly that it is entitled to special
consderati in speed and service be
tween the larger Texas cities and our
own section.
The other day VIC intimate1 that our
curiosity had been piqued by the state
ments Of Mr.. Baldwin, president OF the
line, of more important announcements
to come One OF them was, Of course,
the new train. What next? We're all
downright interested, curious and wait
ing.
Let's have it.
We like it.
Medicos Of Southwest Texas are
scheduled to meet at McAllen on Janu-
ary 30 ana in Brownsville on January
81.
There are going to be a lot OF things
discussed that all the rest of US don
understand. But there will be one
that everybody is Interested in, and one
with which all of US have some acquain-
tance. That's colds-just plain, every
day colds. And DIR. c. NJ. Cash of San
Bcnito will present paper entitled,
Common CoIds-Their Prevention and
Treatment"
The city of Edinburg has a new oi-
fetal. He's Edinburgs municipal busl-
ness manager, and he's going to look
after the welfare of the town in many
directions. Ills name is o. l.. Roberts
Guy Bcyel Of McAllen has bought
new airplanc. Twenty years ago the
norchase of an automobile was accom-
nsaied by general public interest. To-
day. il creates about much interest
in the community as neighbor's pur-
chase Of a new lawn mower. And today
most of us are content to do our travet
ing on tie ground