Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-10
CREST EACHESvALLEY
IN OUR
VALLEY
G TRANCE things sometimes happen

The Brownsville Herald recently sent
hundred-word dispatch to the As
sociated Press papers of the state on
the decision of the Brownsville Cham-
Der of Commerce to approve the plans
of the Southern Pacific to build into
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Fred Johnston of Mercedes has just
sent the Chamber of Commerce here a
clipping from the Paris Morning News
of Paris, Texas, the clipping being that
dispatch from Brownsville.
But the STORY as carried in the
Paris newspaper is exactly opposite in
its meaning to the original story" sent
out over The Herald's leased wire.
The original story used the word
approved" The story as it appeared in
the Paris newspaper used the word :" op-
posed
Thus, in at least one case, the Browns
vile Chamber of Commerce stands as
opposed to the building in Of the South
ern Pacific.
The error has been called to the at
tention of The Associated Press, and it
is likely that newspapers will shortly
carry a corrected story.
However, it is probable that only the
Paris newspaper carried the story in
correctly. The telegraph editor on that
newspaper likely saw the setnence at
the end of the original story which said
that no announcement had been made
that the Southern Pacific would build
to Brownsville.
The editor evidently thought there
must be some mistake in the use of the
word approved. So he changed it to
oppose"
At least. the original copy of the
dispatch was correct.
Among the newspapers of the Valley
which have come out in endorsement Of
the plans of the Southern Pacific is the
Weslaco News, which says in its last
weeks issue:
The battle is on.
"The scene of the battle is the Rio
Graude Valley of Texas, small in size
but great in value.
The two contenders are two of the
greatest railway systems in the world,
the Missouri Pacific and the Southern
Pacific.
The prize is million dollars worth
of business month now and two or
three times that in the future.
1t is no wonder, therefore, that Com
missioner of Railroads Clarence F. Gil
more predicts that the greatest fight
in Texas railroad history will take place
October 5.
while it is true that the Missouri
Pacific has made some wonderful i'm
provements in their system, The News
believes that the Valley is entirely too
large proposition to be served by only
one railroad. We commend the Mis-
souri, Pacific for their enterprise in the
big investments being made in the Val
ley. but we welcome the advent of the
Southern Pacific and are sure that there
is penty of business for both"
The Southern Pacific and the Mis-
souri, Pacific are marshalling their
forces preparatory to the hearing which
is to be held in the federal court room
of Brownsville beginning October 5.
member Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission will hold the hearing. He
is Commissioner Mahaffie.
1t places the Southern Pacific hearing
higher Importance than most hear
ings which have been held recently in
Texas. In those hearings an examiner
was sent, or else the Texas commission
heard the case and forwarded the testi-
mony for examination by the |. c. c.
The Missouri Pacific, opposing the
Southern Pacific application, will seek
to show that development has not reach
ed the point where tonnage is sufficient
to permit of profitable operation of two
lines.
The Southern Pacific will attempt to
show that it will open enough new terri
tory for development to create that ad-
ditional tonnage. 1t will point out that
additional transportation facilities will
be a great factor in increased popua-
tion and increased tonnage.
OF course, there will be other conten-
tions, many of them. But these will be
the local points of the argument.
There is one thing certain, if the
Southern Pacific is denied entry into
the Lower Rio Grande, it will be q
great many years before the Lower Rio
grande Valley will have more than one
transportation system.
Raymondville is about to pave severa
of her streets. Aiding another Valley
town to the list that have taken theii
principal thoroughfares out Of the mud
Clean, well-paved streets are won
derful asset to any town. In the Valley
particularly, where there is so much
traffic and where the soil is so wonder
fully adapted to agriculture, natura
streets will get bad in wet weather.
With the building Of the RAYMOND
vine-Monte Christie branch of the
Brownsville road Raymondvil!e is GER
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