Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-07
i'm OUR
ALLEY

REPRESENTATIVE John y. Gar
ner is The Heralds premier "eor-
respondent" in Washington.
He is better than the Associated
Press when it is a matter OF some
thing of particular interest TO the
Lower Rio Grande VALLEY.
Yesterday he outdid himself
He telegraphed The Herald that
General Jadwin, chief Of engineers,
had decided that he is authorized 10
continue to completion the work OF
deepening Brazos Santiago Pass to
eighteen feet, and TO deepen the IN
ner channel to sixteen feet.
In addition TO which General Jad-
win assigns Colonel Schley Of Gal
|vest>mtse task Of determining
the expense maintainins@s~
.ner channel.
This work must Be completed
quickly, for Representative Garner
wants to include the figure in the
Forthcoming rivers and harbors bill.
ili ask the rivers and harbors COM
tittee to include il.
If that goes through the Valley
III be relieved Of the necessity OF
tanning the channel.
81 THERE IS other work for
Valley to do, important work,
'and perhaps expensive.
There are wharves and other port
facilities to be provided.
Ships must be given the usual IA
cilities for loading and unloading
their cargoes.
Corpus Christi has spent and is
spending many hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars for port facilities.
Brazos Santiago harbor must Of
necessity provide the same sort Of
facilities.
THE RIO GRANDE railway matter
is soon to be up again.
The road, now controlled by the
Kemper interests Of Galveston,
shortly may find itself under a court
order Of sale.
Under a court order in February,
1926, the road could not be sold be-
fore February 10. 1925.
That period will expirs in three
more days.
After which there is likely TO be
some disposition or other Of the Rio
Grande railway. the key 70 the har-
Dor at Brazos Santiago.
The trials and tribulations of the
Rio Grande railway since 1904. when
the last ship touched at Brazos
Santiago. would make a considerable
book. And plenty of drama.
HARLINGEN has selected the
rose as its official flower.
VIII plant roses along curbs and in
numerous public places.
Last year. we believe. Harlingen
chose floz. Sections of the city
were made wonderfully attractive by
these flowers when they came into
bloom.
Brownsville will do the same with
the periwinkle. under the leadership
Of the Kiwanis club. It's all splen-
did work.
Mr.. GARNER'S MESSAGE to The
Herald Monday. in regard to Brazos
Santiago, was the talk Of the town.
Also throughout the Valley among
those who have kept in touch with
the harbor development.
Il was broadcast by radio, over
station KWWG, and A. J. McColl.
sales manager of the Port Isabel
development, didn't miss telling two
hundred visitors about the Garner
message
II isn't always "bad news" that
lspreads rapidly. More often than
AnqE good news is even more inter-
krg than bad news.
arner's message certainly was
bd news.
DID YOU EVER see hard-boiled
sfidge builders at work?
II not, there's an opportunity
down at the foot Of Levee street,
where they're throwing a new bridge
across the Rio Grande.
But please don't get in The way.
Don't even 60 inside the enclosure.
That's for TIE workers only. Keep
off the bridge. You might get hurt,
or perhaps fall into the Rio Grande.
Anyhow, they're building bridge.
Shortly great concrete piers will
erect their heads on each side Of
the river.
They're hur-ying to get that work
FINISHED before the June rise in the
Rio Grande. Don't want TO take
chances with the false work. Want
70 get i out of the way before the
river cores UP.
BY the way, there's a spotlight on
the Mexican side. II throws a light
on the bridge.
That's q customs precaution. You
can't carry things surreptitiously
any more across this bridge than you
can across the old bridge, or the
ferry.
WHATS THE MATTER with the
kndidates?
70 far as The Herald knows there
mt been q single announcement
office.
Z there are many offices to be
this year. Everybody UP ex-
ame OF the judges and the
knaror,
poll tax payment season is
!. Cameron county hes about
qualified voters. Hidalgo
Bunty will have abouy 10000,
though the exact figure hasn't been