Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-15
ENDORSEMENT
UNANIMOUS AT
PORT MEETING
Committee VIII Go to
Washington; Reso-
lutions Urge Gov
ernment Aid

Organization Of a navigation dis
trict, the scope of which IL 20 be
fixed by n committee, but which
will probably include the entire Low
er Grande Valley, was endorsed FRI
day night at the Valley-wide port
meeting at Mercedes.
The committee appointed by the
chairman, which will formulate plans
for the organization Of a navigation
district consists OF w. X. Montgom-
cry Of Edinburg, James Bowie Of San
Benito, r. b. Creager OF Brownsville,
A. j. McColl OF Point Isabel, Louis
Cobolini Of Brownsville, Gordon
Griffin Of McAllen and Harry Seay
Of Mercedes.
Practically every community IN the
Valley was represented BY delega-
tions, and after n discussion OF the
present status of the port project
by X. B. Creager Of Brownsville, and
the presentation of facts and fig
ures by Commodore Louis Cobolini
relative to what a thirty-foot port
would mean for the entire Valley
section, the navigation district
proposition was unanimously en-
dorsed.
The meeting was one OF the most
harmonious ever held In the Valley.
IL was the consensus Of those pres
ent that a 3O-foot harbor Is essential
70 maximum development OF the VAL
ley, and that the logical way to
achieve that objective was through
the organization Of navigation dis
| trict-
The meeting had been called by the
Brownsville Chamber OF Commerce.
). Q. Tucker, president OF that or
ganibation, presented an outline OF
the work hoped TO be accomplished
and nominated Gordon Griffin OF Nc
Allen as chairman. The vote on
chairman was unanimous, and q. q.
Richardson, manager of the Browns
vile Chamber of Commerce, was
elected secretary by acclamation.
X. B. Creager OF Brownsville was
called upon to give a brief history
Of the port and the present status
OF the project. He asserted that 1t
was a Valley-wide project in every
sense Of the term; that Mission, Ed
inburg, Mercedes, every city and
community In the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, would profit equally by the
4
counselled the organization of IA
navigation district which would di-
rect lis efforts toward the completion
and utilization Of the l6-foot harbor
now under construction, and work for
the ultimate goal OF the Yalley-a
thirty-foot harbor.
Presents Resolution
"Ships will be available for the 16-
foot harbor as soon as it In COM
pleted," Mr.. Creager stated. He
pointed out that the 16-foot depth
would be inadequate to handle the
tonnage the Valley can produce; that
the Valley already has approximately
s500.000 invested in the port, and
that every influence possible should
be brought TO bear TO secure q gov
ernment appropriation for q 3O-foot
harbor. Attention was called 70 the
fact that Colonel j. Il. Schley, dis
trict engineer, had recently rendered
an adverse report on the 3O-fpot
project, and Mr.. Creager asserted
that an appeal would be made 10 the
Board Of Rivers and Harbors Engi-
neers.
At the close Of his address Mr..
Creager presented the resolution
and urged its adoption, assert
ing that a unified Valley and the
organization Of a navigation district
were essential to the success Of the
harbor project.
| Commodore Louis CoboIini or
Brownsville, who had been employed
by the Cameron county commission
ers court TO make d tonnage survey
of the Valley and collect data bear
ing upon the 30-foot port project,
was called upon by the chairman 20
present some of the information he
had gathered.
Gives Facts
The paramount question before
the people Of the Valley today is
deep water" Mr.. Cobolini said. I'VE
must secure a wider market and low
e. freight rates for Valley products.
The prosperity Of the entire Valley
rests upon the completion OF the
harbor at Point Isabel which will
give the Valley low rates 70 the At
lantic sea board ports"
Mr.. Cobolini called attention 70
the fact that last spring when cab
bage was selling nc $40 per ton I'm
New York City, the Valley producer
was paying s37.55 per ton freight on
rail shipments to that market, and
that IL water transportation had been
available the rate on "a ton of cab
bage from Mission to New York would
have been only $3.50, and that the
grower would have realized over $50
per ton
@The saving On incoming freight
from Eastern seaboard points would
Be over VI per ton,Y he said ~and
this saving would (nean nc least