Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-08-14
IN OUR
VALLEY

l. mass meetings always deplore one
fact usually apparent at mass meet
ing in public welfare. That is that it
is virtually impossible to drag to that
mass meeting any one who is opposed
to the purposes of the meeting, or else
refuses to permit himself to be con
WINGED of the worthiness Of the pur-
pose.
in their attitude toward the matters
which they have been called to discuss.
Reports from over the county indicate
that there is little no opposition to
the flood control bord issue TO be voted
upon August Is.
The greatest danger Iacei by the is
sue Is .ne possibility that many quail
fieo voters Will fail TO vote. Every stay
away vote is a vote against the bond IS
sue Tor the reason that the law under
when tax remission is given Cameron
county lequiles favorable vote by two
thirds of the qualified vote of the coun-
ty.
The woman vote, being large part
of the total qualified vote, must come
out in Tuesdays election.
AS already explained, the wife of
qualified voter is also eligible TO vote
in Tuesdays election.
Women can always be depended upon
in public emergencies.
For this reason it is easy to believe
that the women of Cameron county will
turn out en- masse Tuesday and vote for
flood control.
Colonel S. A. .Robertson's middle name
must be Action We cannot imagine
that middle letter standing for anything
else.
Colonel Robertson, believing in the
future popularity of the beach drive
on Padre Island, already has incorpor-
ated company whose purpose it will
be to construct facilities permitting
automobiles to reach Padre Island for
what is said to be the longest beach
al on the GulI or Atlantic coast.
Writing to The Herald in connection
with story on the subject, in yester-
days issue, he says:
referring to your issue of August 13
regarding your article on the Ocean
Size Drive, l notice your reporter has
misquoted me. He states that with
the endorsement of the Valley cham
bers of commerce, engineers of the
valley etc. Now | do not know any,
thing about my plans having met with
the approval Of the Valley chambers of
commerce and of the engineers In the
Valley"
colonel, the reporter did not inten-
tionally msquote you, although on read
ing il might seem so. What he intend
ed to convey was the fact that various
organizations had approved the idea of
drive along the beach.
Manifestly the organizations could
not have approved your personal prof.
ect in connection with the proposed
drive, because first news of that under
\ taking was contained in the article yes
terday.
He did err, however, in stating that
you owned lands on both sides Of
Brazos Santiago Pass when as a matter
of fact you control only lands on the
Brazos Island side.
In further explanation of this project,
which promises to populariZe beach
driving, Colonel Robertson says:
AT the present time. the plans Of
myself and associates only contemplate
the building of a bridge across Boca
Chica and the installation of an ef-
ficient -erry to cross Brazos Santiago
Pass. There being a ferry now at Aran-
sas Pass this will permit all tourists to
drive from Brownsville via Boca Chica
and Padre Island to Aransas Pass,
where there is ferry to take them to
the mainland, from which they can go
to any pa,it of North America, if they
so desire.
LAS quick as i can prepare the plans,
] expect to submit to the people of Cam
eron and Nueces counties the construc
tion of highclass toll road extending
from the mainland near Boca Chica
to the main land near Flour Bluff, in
Nueces county. What myself and as
socates are doing now will in no way
interfere with the plans of any one else
to develop the Ocean Side Drive. If
any one else wants to build the balance
of the road, besides what we have under
construction, or if they can do it more
rapidly and in more efficient man.
ner, we are for them. If 10 one else
wants to do it, we will.
Said only as Colonel Robertson can
say it.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is rap
idly reaching the point where the gulf
coast beaches, drives and surf bathing
are certain to attract thousands of
pleasure seekess.
These pleasure seekers will come only
when travelling to and from the coast
and along the coast has been made easy
and convenient
People are spending money for serv-
ice these days. They will spend dollars
for service where they would begruige
cents for the old makeshift system of
pleasure purveying.
Florida is putting millions of dollars
into her beaches. That's the reason
people are going therer