Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-11
IN OUR
VALLEY
HE bus line which is operating be-


He bus line which is operating be-
tween Brownsville and Mission an
pears to be filling a public need.
Judging from the large number of
passengers being carried in and out Of
every town in the Valley, the travelling
public appreciates the service
Cars operate every hour. Schedules
are maintained. Better and larger
busses are being provided right along.
Since these things are true, the bus
line. which is operated under the name
Black Diamond Bus Line, should not
be harrassed by too many municipal
regulations and fees of one sort or an
other.
The line, we are told, does not solicit
or handle local traffic in any of the
cities through which it passes
Brownsville in particular benefits
from the service. 1t brings hotel
guests, it brings shippers, it brings
persons on county business, on other
kinds of personal business.
OF course, it also carries them out.
1t should not be considered as being
in the same field as local public ser
vice cars.
The busses pay tax, of course. They
also pay the licenses required by the
state laws.
There are bus lines all over the state
In time they will be regulated by some
state body, probably the railroad com
mission, just as railroads are regulated.
Perhaps this will be worked out by
the next legislature. Bus lines which
operate inter-city service are some
thing new. II is a problem that is now
engaging the attention Of state bodies
as well as the bus line operators them
selves. They realize that some sort
of state regulation is necessary. Bat
IL will take time to work out these
things.
In the meantime, since they seem to
be here to stay, let's not be too quick
to make their road difficult
The Black Diamond supplies good
cars and expert drivers. So far they
have had no serious accidents.
Brownsville and the entire Rio Gran
de country welcomes the visitors to the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
conference on border prohibition law
enforcement.
The W. c. T. U. has long since come
to be recognized as a power in this
field of public service.
Il has attacked and solved many prob
lens. Enforcement is one Of the
things that is now engaging its atten-
tion.
In this connection. it is not amiss to
call the attention of these prohibition
workers to the situation that despite
the fact that Brownsville is city
within a stones throw of country
where there is no prohibition, it is still
one of the "dryest" cities in Texas.
BY the same reasoning, Cameron
county is cleaner from an enforcement
standpoint than a great many counties
far from the border.
Prohibition is being enforced here.
That's a compliment to the local po'
lice force. to the sheriff's force, and
to the various federal departments.
President Nix Of the FL Jardin Hotel
Company announces that plans already
are underway to double the size of
Hotel FL Jardin.
The original plans call for hotel OF
$50 rooms. The owners already can see
that hotel of that size will not solve
the hotel situation here.
SO their plans are being altered as
TO permit an additional 100 rooms. The
building, when finally completed, will
be in the shape Of giant u" with
every room exposed to the breezes from
the coast.
This will make Hotel FL Jardin one
OF the largest hotels in Texas outside
the major cities, and it will compare
favorably with the hotels of the big
cities.
Harlingen announces the building OF
another hotel. The Burke hotel there
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