Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-22
N. Y.CENTRAL
PRESIDENT TO
TOUR VALLEY
Heads Crowd of Prom
inent Rail Figures
Coming Here For
Lunch Monday

some Of the most brilliant minds
OF the rail industry in the United
States will pass judgment on the
Valley Monday when the group Of
New York Central and Big -Four Of
ficlals, headed by p. X. Crowley,
president OF the former organization,
tour this region.
Rail men and others interested in
the progress Of Valley development
have tried for the past several years
TO get Mr.. Crowley to visit this sec
ton. and now that he is actually
coming. every civic organization in
this region will extend itself to the
utmost to see that he is favorably
impressed with this country.
The New York Central head will
be one of a party of II big rail Of
ficials that will tour the Valley
from Mission to Brownsville during
\ morning Monday, have lunch in
Matamoros and leave here Monday
afternoon for Houston.
The trip here is being made in a
special train, which will be left at
Mission. while the journey through
the Valley Is made by automobile.
-Four Cameron county automobiles
will go to Mission early Monday
AAOAAAAAk anu dSSiSw a similar NUM-
Der Of Hidalgo county cars in bring
ing the rail men to Brownsville.
Al Parker, John #. Lomax, w. f..
McDavitt and G. c. Richardson are
the Cameron countians who will form
part of the sightseeing caravan.
The party will breakfast at the
home of John Shary and will leave
Immediately thereafter for a short
tour 10 the various points Of inter-
est in that region. following which
the trip down Valley will begin. Mr..
Shary will supply one Of the Hidalgo
county automobiles il was said, and
others will be furnished by other
Hidalgo men.
The visiting rail men are already
in Texas, having arrived in Dallas
Saturday morning. and came through
TO San Antonio Saturday night. They
will spend the day there and sleep
during q night trip to this section.
Their special train will come down
over the Missouri Pacific lines and
wait here for the arrival of the dele
cation of visitors, who will board
it about 8 p. m. for the trip to Hous-
ton- They will remain in that city
or Tuesday and leave that night for
Memphis and points east.
Those making the trip here will
be: p. E. Crowley. president, New
York Central lines; A. II. Harris,
chairman. finance committee; G.. II.
Ingalls,, vice president, v. Y. Cen
trail lines; II. L. Ingersoll, assistant
TO the president; l.. F. Vosburgh,
traffic manager, N. Y, Central rail
road; c. F. Smith, general superin-
tendent passenger transportation, n.
Y. Central railroad; II. A. Worcester.
vice president, Big Four Route; G. s.
Willard, general manager, Big Four
Route; w. T. Stevenson, traffic
manager, Big Four Route; ]. W.
Clark. assistant traffic manager, Big
Four Route; d. M. Bowman, general
passenger agent, Big Four Route;
s. A. Townsend, assistant general
freight agent. Big Four Route; NJ.
A. Greding. general agent freight de-
partment, New York Central lines;
g. A. Brawner, general agent freight
dcDa-tment, New York Central lines.
". +. Place, assistant TO the vice
president Of the New York Central;
r-d W. II. Flynn, secretary to the
PRECEDENT.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Harris. as we'll
rs Mr.. Crowley. are making their
first trips TO the Valley. Most of
The other members of the party have
been here at least once in recent
years.