Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-15

awarded Colonel Charles Lindbergh
ana Will Rogers.
January y We were received by
General Alvarez, chief or the presi-
dents staff. at the national palace,
and called on Senior Cosme Hinojosa,
postmaster general, and were received
by him and his assistant, Senior Jose
V. Chavez. We were also received by
Senior Juan Guillermo V~illasana,
chief Of the aviation department OF
the army.
ION the morning of January 10 we
were received by President Gales and
had a very pleasant interview. One
Of the local photographers took a
picture of the president and our dele
cation. In the afternoon we were
given an automobile ride as guests of
senior Hinojosa and had a delightful
trip on the Eewly completed automO-
bile road through the mountains to-
ward Pueblo.
I'VE left Mexico City the next
morning of January II, az l:30, and
arrived at Tampico at $3.50. We stop
ped there only for fuel and oil and
arrived in Brownsville shortly after
room. The flying time from Mexico
City TO Brownsville was four hours
and fifteen minutes.
"In our conversation with Senior
Cosme Hinojosa, he explained to US
that the government would probably
favor an air mail route from Mexico
City to Laredo, passing through san
Luis, Potosi, Saltillo and Monterrey,
tor the reason hat this route would
traverse a more ~populous territory
and that more mail would be acct
mulated. However, he stated his
department would in ali probability
comply with the wishes of the
United States government and meet
them at the border wherever they
would designate. He stated that 1t
WIS mis- understanding that Postmas-
ter General New was favorable TO
the Brownsville route, and If this
was the case they probably would
come from Monterrey to Matamoros.
Favored TsmpIco Route
"He said that his department was
also considering a route from Mex
leo City to Tampico, to Matamoros
and that they had asked the Next
can Aviation Company, Tampieo, of
which Mr.. George Rihl is president,
to make them propositions on the
cost of handling the mail over both
routes. Mr.. Jose v. Chavez. Mr..
Hinojosa's assistant, told me pri-
vately that their department was in
favor of the shortest and quickest
route via Tampico and Matamoros.
but that political pressure ard cham
Der Of influence was being
brought to bear on the central route
to Laredo. Senior Nillasana, of the
Aviation Department of the army.
sat next TO me at the banquet and
told me that his department was
strongly in favor Of Tine Tampico
route and vas doing everything pos
sible TO encourage sane.
while we were in Mr.. Hinojosa's
office. a telegram was received from
San Antonio and Dallas stating that
they were sending a delegation to
interview Mexican officials and ask
ing them to not decide on any route
until they arrived.
I'm talking to Mr.. George Rihl,
president of the Mexican Aviation
company, Tampico. he told me that
his company had been asked by the
Mexican government to make propo-
sitions for carrying the mail from
Mexico City to Laredo via Monterrey
and from Mexico City TO Matamoros
by way Of Tampico and that he could
carry the mail via Tampico at prac-
tically no cost to the Mexican gov
eminent but that he would have to
ask a heavy subsidy in carrying the
mail from Mexico City to Laredo.
He stated hat he intended to make
three propositions-one the Laredo
route. the other the Tampico route
and would make a third alternative
specifying feeder lines carrying mail
from San Luis Potosi and Monterrey
70 Tampico. concentrate same there
ard then TO Matamoros."