Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-01-22
new TRAIN TO
CARRY MAILS,
PASSENGERS
urther Details on Ser
vice Indicate Present
Trains Will Change
Schedules Slightly

The new third passenger train to be
inauguratcd soon by the Gulf Coast lines
between Houston and Brownsville will
give sthe Lower Rio Grande Valley
fast II hour service handling nothing
but mail. first class coach passengers
and through sleeping ear passengers.
Further details concerning the new
train, announcement Of which was made
by l.. w. Baldwin, prt sident cf the Mis-
souri, Pacific and the Gulf Coast Lines.
upon his completion of an Inspection Of
the Texas property, were received by
The Brownsville Herald today from
Gulf Coast Lines headquarters in Hous
ton
Details regarding the schedules and
the work of assembling the necessary
equipment are being handled by Gulf
Coast Lines officials and they announce
that the new service will be inaugural
Cd as quickly as the necessary prelimin-
airy detail work can be concluded The
new schedules will be a great improve
mcnt over the existing ones, and will
result in a saving Of many hours for
travellers to and from the Valley.
Previously Mr.. Baldwin had announ-
ced the early establishment of standard
Pullman car service on Trains Ms
and q the daylight" trains between
Houston and the Valley.
The new train, southbounG, will leave
Houston at o'clock p. M. and arrive
at Brownsville about 3 o'clock the fol
lowing morning. Returning, it will
leave Brownsville about 1880 o'clock p.
m, and arrive at Houston about 1880
a. m An adjustment of schedules on
the S. A. II. & G. will provide San An
tcnio with greatly improved service by
reason of connections which will enable
travellers from that point to depart
about 10 o'clock p. M. and arrive in
Brownsville OH the new train about 8
m.
The new train will include through
cars fer st. Louis to be handled on the
Sunshine Special out of Houston az
well as through ears fora Houston. New
Orleans and Chicago. The through cars
for San Antonio will reach that city
about z o'clock a. m. Plans will be
worked out if possible to handle all the
mail from San Antonio and Houston for
Valley destinations on the new train
and this service will mean almost as
much to the interested communities and
the interested citizens as tht new pas
singer service.
The new service will permit patron,
from Houston and San Antonio to spend
an entire day in the Valley betwten
the arrival and departure Of the new
train.
Mr.. Baldwin. in making the announce
ment, said that plans for providing this
re wadditional service had been under
consideration by local officials Of the
Gulf Coast Lines for several months
and was the first recommendation laid
before him for consideration upon his
arrival on the property few days ago
&. W. Strain, general passenger agent
of the Gulf Coast Lines. said that es-
tablishment Of this new service will
make possible some changes in the
schedules Of the trains, Nos. and A,
the present night service between Hous-
ton and the Valley. These trains will be
made more or less express trains when
the new trains arc operated. That train
which departs for the south will leave
Houston about Il p. m, carrying
through sIeepers from Chicago to the
Valley and from Houston to Corpus
Cnristi Northbound the schedule will
remain approximately the same as al
present.