Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13

suance OF bonds TO finance the pro
within the district &C an election in
July. Organization was perfected by
the appointment Of q navigation dis
trict commission. the duties OF which
are very similar 20 those Of = board
Of directors Of an irrigation district.
The commission Is composed or y. b.
Chambers, ST., and Tyre Brown Of
Harrington and J. ri. George Of Rio
Hon6o. the commission being ap-
pointed BY the county commissioners
court to ssrve two years.
The objective OF the district Is
the improvement of the Arroyo Colo
RADIO channel, and the law under
which il is organized provides that
all bonds voted BY the district can
be applied only for this purpose.
Terminals, bargea, boats and other
facilities must be provided by pri-
vate capital.
Request Federal SUPERVISION
All work 20 be undertaken BY the
district will be under the supervision
Of army engineers in charge Of har-
Dor work. according to present plans
Of the commission. Requests have
already been forwarded 10 the Gal
weston department that the district
be accorded all possible cooperation
In making the necessary surveys, and
il is the intention Of the district Of
ficials 70 implicitly follow the recon-
mendations Of the army engineers IN
every detail. taking into considera-
ton the fact that the project may Ill
timately become part Of the intra-
coastal canal system for which the
entire Valley Is now financing q .on-
mage survey. -
Every effort az the district will
be directed toward making the Ar
royo Colorado part Of a system which
we believe viii IN the not far dis
tant futur transport a large part Of
the great tonnage the Valley can
produce" Mr.. Chambers said. "Vith
this end in view .he district desires
and has requested the full eoopera-
ton of the army engineers engaged
in harbor development. We are IN
no hurry 10 push this project through.
We want to know exactly What we
are going to do before we start
work, and we want the assurance that
the work this district will undertake
can later be coordinated with other
projects, all designed TO serve the i'm
~terests and promote more intensive
/ development Of the Valley"
Predicts Intensive Development
Proponents of the Arroyo Colorado
waterway and the i~ntracoastas canal
are confident that the completion Of
one or both of these projects will be
followed BY industrial development
on a scale never anticipated in this
section. They point out that the
Valley can produce a greater volume
of raw material for cotton mills, and
c~anneries than any section OF Texas;
and that due to lack of water trans
portation these industries hase never
been developed. They also assert
that an immense tonnage Of s.aple
products, and possibly fruits and
vegetables will seek a water outlet;
that the Arroyo Colorado will even
tually carry a huge tonnage ci.hrr 70
the intracoastal canal or she Valley
harbor at Point Isabel, and that this
tonnage will be carried at a rate
lower than rail transports can meet.
Another factor in connection with
development I the waterway is the
development Of the coastal areas OF
both Cameron and Willacy counties"
Mr.. Chambers said. The Arroyo IS
bordered on both sides, clear x the
mouth. with soil Of surprising fer
tility, and there Is no logical rea-
son why IL should not be Intensive
ly developed. In fact practically all
the coastal area could be brought 70
a high state Of development. and
a water outlet will prove an i'm
portant factor in Fastening this.
Another feature is the develop