Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-06-09
IN OUR
VALLEY

= member of the - Told You So" fra
ternity The ink was still wet on the
Monday afternoon issue of The Herald
when kilograms arrived from Washing
ton announcing that government
dredge will leave Wilmington, N. c.
Tor Point Isabel to complete the task
OF dredging channel across the bar
at Brazos Santiago Pass.
In this column yesterday afternoon
appeared the-following two paragraphs.
VI "Mr. O'Brien has gone to Washington
He will meet United States Senator
Morris Sheppard there. Together they
will visit General Taylor, the chief OF
engineers, and Other officials and the
entire situation Gas to Point Isabel har-
bor) will be laid before them.
Doubtless something concrete on the
matter of Brazos Santiago will result
from this action on the part Of Senator
Sheppard and Mr.. O'Brien.'
Now read the telegram from Senator
Sheppard. 1t will he found in another
column on this page in this afternoon )
edition of The Herald.
Isn't that something concrete?
Doesn't it look as if, after all. the
government is going to try to carry
out it's end of the bargain with the peo
pie of the Valley?
Those of us who have been peSsimis-
tic over the outlook at Brazos Santiago
can now take new heart. General Tay-
lor is alive to the fact that the people of
the Valley have poured hard earned dol
lars into this Point Isabel project.
And we may rest assured. it seems,
that the work will be carried on in spite
of everything that has gone before.
Rumor has had it that the Missouri
Pacific has secured control of the Rio
Grande railway, hoping in this way to
head off the harbor project.
This is hardly probable. In the first
place, the Missouri Pacific could not
secure control of the Rio Grande with
out permission of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Secondly, change Of control could be
opposed, and probably with success, by
the Lower Rio Grande Valley if the
Valley wished to do so.
And supposing the Missouri Pacific
obtained control of the road, the buga-
boo that some have been talking about?
What could happen? The railroad is
there ties, rails, spikes, power and all.
1t cannot be taken up without permis-
sion Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The Gulf of Mexico and the potential
harbor cannot be moved IL the people
want it hard enough, the potential har-
Dor will lie turned into a reality. Ships
will enter it. There will be tonnage,
in and out. Tonnage will need rail
road facilities. The railroad facilities
are there.
Jetties? Alright the people may have
jetties if they need them, and want them
enough to help pay for them.
I've have an interesting letter that
we're going to print in this column to
morrow.
It's title, if it were given one, might
read something like this: Looking at
ourselves through the eyes Of visit
or"
We won't contend that everything the
writer of the Letter says in criticism OF
Brownsville and the Valley is true. He
tells us some things that should be
done. some things that should be
changed, some things that have been
left undone.
His name will not be used. This IS at
his request But he is gentleman OF
standing who has had experience IN Ger
tian fields now prominently before the
public of the Valley.
AS he says himself, he has no axe to
grind. He is satisfactorily employed, and
bis job is good for years, probably Just
as long as he desires to keep It.
We will give this column to TINS
gentleman tomorrow. Don't miss y
There are many suggestions in his let
ter that supply US considerable food Tor
thought.
Tn. in many parts Of Texas they are
crvinu for rain, praying for rain, pc
seecbing rain to come.
Down here in the Valley we've river
full of water. In addition to which the
clouds are providing more. We've
,ronderful cotton crop in the making
Rain will harm US just now. us not
drv weather that we, want. we doh
want no rain no more