Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-15
Steamship Line
Ready to Build
Wharf at Point

The Page L'Hotc, Ltd. Of New
Orleans, one Of the oldest steamship
companies operating In the Cuff Of
Mexico, is preparing TO construct a
S25G.OuO wharf at Point Isabel IS
soon as the company has the asslr-
ance that paved highway Will be
constructed connecting the Valley
with the port. according 20 a state
ment By representative Of the Corr
pany who was in the Valley inycs-
tigating conditions and probable toE-
mage.
Plans Of he company contemplate
concrete wharf 500 feet in length
and SO feet in width. connecting dis
ectly with State Highway No. icO,
the Barreda- Point Isabel highway.
IL would he combined commercial
and pleasure wharf. equipped with
slips. warehouses electric hoists and
all necessary wharf equipment. and
would be located one block north Of
the present railroad pier.
Our company H. ieady to finance
this wharf az soon as VIC have ne
assurance that paved road will be
constructed to Point Isabel from
Barreda and Brownsville" the repre-
sentative Of the company stated
after he had completed his survey
of the Valley and the Valley port.
Upon MS return to New Orleans the
Valley situation was reported to IN.
company. and In reply to query
from county Judge Dancy a. To the
intentions of the company, the pre-
sident sent the following:
we are in receipt Of your favor
Of the 9Th inst. contents " whica Se
note with care, and IN reply, beg 70
state that. the information you hay 3
received from Mr.. G. X. Tyrreil.
president Of the Point Isabel Town
site & Development Company. II cor
rect, and we are interested in con-
structing the necessary facilities fer
handling freight BY water at PoInt
Isabel. provided. there il a satisfa,-
tory outlet to theNailey. 20 handle
the shipments over a concrete high
way, ana unless the highway Is rultt
between Point Isabel and Barredl as
well as the road from Point Isabel 70
Brownsville, We would not consider
constructing the terminal facllitica
we have IN mind, a, It would be in-
possible to finance same 1heS rae
ilities are absolutely necc ssary 10
operate steamship service to Poslt
Isabel. as in our opiniolftherc are
many commodities that could be
handled prolitably by steamer, pro-
vided. same was trucked TO deStina-
tion. ana we don't think that any
steamship company would make
Point Isabel "a port of call, with PIC
sent primitive facilities available.
In reEnrd tn depth ~ water, we
are thoroughly familiar with the fact
that there viii be only sixteen feet
Of water there when the present work
Is completed. but the steamers we
have in mind are vessels of i,o0r
tons dcadweight. which will carry
$500 tons deadweight on a draf. os
10 feet. or about 1000 tons Of cargo.
which would be about all they would
carry out in any event. of the clas.
of cargo most likely would move IN
and out of this port; large part Of
which would be. what is known in
shipping ciI cles as large cubic cargo.
I'VE have recently had a repre-
sentative in the Valley and have
been looking into the Point Isa5e.
project very thoroughly.
Our comptny, and it, predeces-
snrs have been In sXiStance since ihe
civil war, and the writer has been
connected with this company for tire
past q years. We merely menti 1n
this - that you may see that We are
not company formed overnight 70
exploit any snecial project.
yours very truly.
Page L'Hote Company. Ltd.
Jules q. L'Hote. president