Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-31
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gTTo LIGHT says that, in
a Of better railway mail

gFTo LIGHT says that, In
IL Of better railway mail
patrons ut Brownsville
&o and Har!ingen, patrons
bwns have been warned not
Nletters on trains.
hey should mail their let
postoffice.
s 20 much mall Is placed or
5sins at stations that the mail
il often submerged, causing
mail to be delayed in delivery
Ia this condition is so serious. u
build seem easy enough for the
iiway mail service to stop it.
The little slot In which letters are
ropped into the mail ear could be
tiosed by the railway mail service.
IL il simple.
However, acceptance Of mail on the
trains is not intended to serve all
patrons, and the privilege should no'
be abused. The postoffice or street
boxes are the proper places.
Acceptance of mail on trains Is
intended 20 serve for emergency
purposes.
COL. S. NJ. GAINES, railway mail
chief in the Southwest, is convinced
cf one thing.
That is, that the business and 9th
er interests of the Valley actually
want relief in the matter Of inter
change mail for the cities and towns
Of the Valley.
And ne will recommend some sort
or Improvement. That is certain.
Only the situation is so involved
A that it is going TO require some fur
j tier study to find a solution.
Automobile bus lines are beins
used extensively over the Southwest
made necessary by discontinuance Of
trains put out Of business by bus
competition. .-..
The motor bus has come TO stay.
It's another evolution in United
States life.
FOR MONTHS sccres Of methods
have been used 20 replace. the lost
train mail service.
Bus lines now operating in the
N Valley have been accommodating
along this line.
Without pay they have frequently
carried messages from one town %
another.
Also packages.
Telephone and telegraph lines
have been called on to handle bus
mess, at undue expense, that could
have been handled by mail had such
q service been available.
Governmental departments, such
Rhh6-si1e weathGr bureau and the mar
bt news service. nave been forced
pay for the handling OF their
h bulletins.
Y And so on.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY the fed
eraI building of Brownsville is be-
ing modernized.
The structure was erected in 1891.
When there were no facilities s1eh
as electric lights. natural gas, sani-
tary sewers, water system.
Long after electric lights came,
the building was given electric lights.
During all these years old-fashion-
cd fireplaces, and too few Of them,
furnished heat.
Now the government is asking for
bids 20 supply gas steam radiators
for Installation throughout the
building.
A couple Of years ago an addi-
tion to the building vas erected. IL
supplied merely temporary relief.
The federal courtroom is still in.
adequate.
The postoffice space is still IN
adequate.
Looks like a new building would
be in order, or else extensive extern
sion of the present building on its
present site, where property. gov
ernrnent owned. il still available.
| THE HERALD re,ently completed
publication Of photographs Of each
i high school graduating class in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
"a The undertaking was the first OF
the kind ever attempted by The
n Herald, and II was the first time
Mnat a Texas newspaper the size Of
Herald has ever attempted to
5duce pictures Of 400 or more
Graduates.
IL is just part 0f the service
The Herald has been endeavoring to
render to its readers throughout the
Valley.
The Herald's circulation has pene-
trated every town and the rural dis
tricts 50 thoroughly that it feels
service of that sort is a duty IL is
called on to perform.
The Herald never spares expense,
commensurate with It's means, when
it IA n matter Of rendering service
10 It's thousands Of readers through
out the Valley.
WONDER IL DR.. z. II. Morris Of
San Benito has collected a dcllsr
from J. II. Batsell Of Brownsville.
DR.. Norris was reported to have
made an unusual tarpon catch NJ
Holly Beach the other day.
Defeated a silver king that mea-
sured seven feet and iour inches.
But none of your elaborate rods
and reels for DR.. Norris.
He did the work with an ordinary
<riboo pole and line.
should 90 into the record Mr..
SelI Is keeping Of tarpon catches