Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
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10 organize the Valley 10 provide
tonnage for the 16-foot harbor in
sufficient quantity to assure recog-
milton at an early date of the neees-
sity for deepening the channels.
To Continue Effort
Members Of the port committee
took the view that the u~nfavorabie
report of the district engineer
should not affect the Valleys cam
paign fer a 30-foot port further
than to intensity the efforts to Sc
cure a port for deep draft boats. II
was pointed out that the Valley has
been ~endeavoring for years TO secure
the hafbor; that the 16-foot port
would prove Of great value, and that
in the event ~unfavorable action is
taken on the appeal, every effort of
the Valley should be directed to
demonstrate that the port will
handle sufficient tonnage to justify
the 30-foot depth, and that this
tonnage can be secured if the Valley
is well organized to utilize the To-
foot channels now nearing compile
ton.
Every interest of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley demands the compile
ton of a 30-foot port" Louis Cobo-
lini stated. my survey Of the VAL
ley indicates that there will be ample
tonnage TO justify a port of that
depth. The completion of the port
would assure low rates on Valley
production to the big consuming
centers Of the eastern seaboard, and
these rates would develop almost
unlimited tonnage. 1t is true that the
l6-foct channels will prove Of ma
terial aid TO the Valley in this re-
spect, but a 30-foot port is essen
tial to develop water transportation
to the maximum"
Following is the text Of the IN
favorable report Of Colonel j. L.
Schley, received in Brownsville We'd
nesday:
Unfavorable report on the further
improvement of Brazos Island Har-
Dor, Texas.
September 29th, 1927.
To whom i may concern:
IL having come 10 the notice of
pressed in an interest in the pending
proposition for the further improve
ment of BRACES Island Harbor, Tex
as, BY adopting a project which
would provide a channel for deep
draft ships, you are hereby inform
ed that the report thereon, author
lied by Act Of Congress approved
March 3. 1925. has been made, and
is unfavorable to such greater i'm
provement. The principal ground
upon which the adverse conclusion
is based is as follows:
(a) At this time there Is not suf-
ficient either immediate
or prospective to Justify the large
expense to the United States Of any
improvement Of this harbor and
channel for deep draft ships.
(b) The present project should re-
ceive the five year trial contemplat-
ed TO permit the development Of
m TO determine whether the
project should be increased, main
tanned or abandoned.
You are further notified that all
interested parties have the privi-
lege Of an appeal from this conclu-
sion TO the Board of Engineers for
Rivers and Harbors, q permanent
body sitting at Washington, d. c.,
10 which all examination and survey
reports OF this character are refer
red. Parties desiring TO do so may
be heard on appeal by the board,
either orally or in writing. Writ
ten communications should Be ad-
dressed to the Board o. Engineers
for Rivers and Harbors, Munitions
Bldg. Washington, d. c., and should
be mailed in time to be in the pos
session Of the said board within four
weeks from the date Of this CON-
munieation. II, however, you have
important data TO communicate 10
the board which can not be collect
ed and put in shape for proper pre-
s~entation within four weeks, the
board should be informed of this
fact without delay and request made
for an extension Of the limiting date
for submitting information. IL oral
hearings are desired. dates for the
may be arranged for by cor
respondence with the board.
Any further information needed
be obtained by application to
this office. but attention is invited
10 the following regulation as TO
manner in which such informa-
tion may be furnished.
Where interested parties desire
data necessary for the preparation
q their appeal to the Board Of En-
gineers for Rivers and Harbors, it
Will be given them verbally BY the
officer, or, in his absence
~ the senior assistant engineer con-
with the Improvement They
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