Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-13
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST u. S. IN N1EXIC(
I'm OUR
VALLEY

SIXTY R0TARIANS, eating their
weekly luncheon with Mrs. Brown.
on Elizabeth street. near the Belt
Line railroad. became so excited
when they saw a Missouri Pacific
switch engine go by drawing half
dozen carloads OF rock for the Jet
ties at Brazos Island harbor. that
they were almost impolite 70 a
speaker; unwittingly Of course.
These were the, smaller sized
rocks, each about the size of d
iairiy big watermelon.
A nationally important event was
to come up in the capitol at Wash
ington today. having a bearing on
these self-same rocks.
This is the passage Of the rivers
and harbors bill. II carries an ap.
propriation Of $4,000 for Brazos
Island. A large part Of the money
will be used to pay for the rocks
and the cost Of carrying them.
THESF. SEVERAL flatcar loads OF
rock will go on to Point Isabel to-
day.
The cars will be shunted on barg-
CO by a little government owned
engine Then a noisy little tug will
hook up with the barge. and sec
that IL gets across the Laguna
Madre to Padre Island. At Padre
Island the little engine and the cars
will be shunted onto a trcstle. ana
be carried out along the jetty line.
HOTEL Ell JARDIN. Browns
villes new 200-room hotel, was
filled 20 overflowing night before
last. with little IL any decrease in
the guest list last night.
IL there had been no Ilbtel Fl
Jardin, wonder what we would have
done with these nearly three hun
dred visitors.
And every other hotel had a sim
liar experience.
The Riverside. which recently
doubled its capacity and now has
nearly hundred rooms, was filled.
so were the Travellers, the Miller.
the, Plaza and others.
Brnwnsville now has more than
600 hotel rooms. Gives one an idea
Of the large number of visitors
there are in the city.
SAN BENITO is TO have a new
freight station, built Of brick and
stucco. II will be 30 feet wide and
1877 feet long.
In addition, there will be an ex-
press building 22 By 81 feet in size
+ and the passenger station viii be
enlarged and entirely remodeicd,
Spanish effect.
Thus adding 10 the Valley list Of
more attractive stations. McAlien.
/ Mission, Mercedes and Harlingen
already have attractive stations, a
new one i being completed az Ed
inburg. also at Brownsville, and
now San Benito Is 70 receive at
tention.
All these are Missouri Pacific sta
tions. The Southern Pacific, now
Z buildinr In, will necessarily build
y stations. and il can he depended
! upon that sthey will be just as at
: tractivc as the situation will per
I nit.
IN THE VALLEY SEEMS bent upon
.r,Yeeeding al its shipping records.
,etnlN the present rate. the section
ship more than 10000 car
-pf fruits and vegetables
hfEN fourse. the figure j. probably
ourlhI <sive. The Valley fully expects
III khip 10000 carloads this season.
!. hirty thousand. II reached. would
: astonish the Valley itself.
A. But look at the figures for 1895
o 1927 a. they appear daily. Compare
y them with last year. Each day they
maintain that hundred per cent
lead over last year.
VII The Valley Is pleased that II ~
1. wble to add so much 20 the nations
ainner table.
ALL UP AND DOWN the Valley
shipping sheds are busy. Trucks