Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-06-23


fiuey,ce of the Rio Grande and the
oari Juan river.
-Camargo endangered"
camargo may be inundated"
And other like il.
Yet Camargo always seems Ia
emerge after high waters where the
rwo streams join without having suf-
fsred much.
Camargo's location and altitude
make 1t subject to the various floods
thst come down the rivers.
The town has never financed ex-
aensive levee construction nor does
% have a drainage system.
therefore ii just naturally has to
accumulate some Of these excess wa
terra
I This column recalls in the past
rdozen years thousand reports,
amore or less. Of the imminent inun-
dation of the town. yet there has
never. in all these years been a
single casualty reported from Cam
'argo.
THE RIO GRANDE was at low
mark all during the period that the
mississippi was sending oceans Of
water south into the Gulf Of Mex
leo.
Now that the Mississippi appears
10 have decided TO get back 10 the
normal stage. the Rio Grande be-
comes notional and comes forward
with flood stages.
Result of rains along the shed az
The Rio Grande itself. as well as
elong the watershed of the San Juan
There have been, heavy rains in the
Linares district. down in Nuevo Le-
on: also along the Salado. which
brings Mexican waters. And Ameri-
can points above Rio Grande City
also reports rains.
So, naturally, high waters in the
Rio GraEde were to be expected.
They sre the usunal thing at this
time Of the year.
RIO GRANDE CITY reports a
rainfall Of two and half inches
The Starr county lands do not Of
ten receive so thorough a drenching
Means many weeks Of very fine
grass for the cattle ranches. but
probably some setback for the cotton
crop.
And Edinburg comes along with a
three inch rain. with the fail being
fas~> good in other parts Of Hi
dalgo county. These rains did not ex-
tend into Cameron county.
The JJune rains have been late in
striving this year. Normally they
60 not extend into July. At which
time cotton picking will be in high
gear throurho1 the Valley.
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE Wednes-
day night sent The Associated Press
a dispatch announcing that santa
Cruz. a suburb of Matamoros." prob
ably would be subjected 10 floods by
the present high waters in the Rio
,Crande.
In addition TO which there were
some other inaccurate details. some
of them n bit lurid. all of which The
Herald had an opportunity 20 Kill"
There are high waters in the Rio
Grande at this time They may he
come higher. Who knows
In the meantime work is pro-
crossing on the floodways in Cam
eron and Hidalgo counties
Great levces have been thrown an.
along the river and along the vari-
Gus floodways. including the Arroyo
Colorado and the North Floodway
but these structures are not vet
available for protective purposes
The levees built So far along the
river will. of course serve as a pro-
lection 10 MANY areas, should there
be excessively high waters.
THAT QUARTER Of a foot rain
which doused Ednburg Wednesday
gives that community an opportunity
~ appreciate bow Brownsville felt
beck in September. 1925. when this
city received something like ten
inches of rain overnight
Streets were flooded: storm sew
ers couldn't begin tc handle the
downpour.
All Of which reminds us-what. IL
anything. has the city done 10 cor
rect the situation which existed at
shat time when Elizabeth street. the
| present only paved inlet and outlet.
pas impassahlc % motor and Pc
estrian traffic for hours. at West
fth street.
W.si answer for the city All
reefs in that section are a. be
waved under the paving program.
Storm drainage engineering accom-
panies that paving. under a storm
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