Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-18
COMMISSION
Will INSPECT
FLOOD PLANS
Trip Through Mata-
rncros Area to View
Flood Works on
Schedule Sunday

Flood control on the Mexican side
az the Rio Grande In the Matamoros
section and its relation to the flood
control program on the American
side will be made the subject OF
special study BY the joint commits
sion on equitable distribution OF the
water OF border The COM
mission will arrive in Brownsville
Sunday evening from the upper sec
tion Of the Valley, and will cross 70
the Mexican side Monday.
Arrangements have been made TO
take the entire party to the floodway
connecting with the Arroyo del Tigre
south Of Matamoros, and an inspec-
ton of the levees and flood channel
from the river is also on the pro-
gram for the day.
DR.. Elwood Mead. head Of the
American section, left Saturday night
for Los Angeles, where he will head
the commission Of federal engineers
appointed to investigate the recent
collapse of the Los Angeles dam.
DR.. Mead was unable TO set a date
for another meeting of the water
commission. stating that he had no
idea OF the time required 10 COM
plete the Los Angeles investigation.
The other members Of the commits
sion will remain i'm Brownsville and
Matamoros Sunday night, and Mon
day will be devoted TO inspection
Of the irrigation plants of the lower
part Of the Valley. The commission
will recess Tuesday and will con-
vene upon call OF the Shairmen.
From Brownsville the members OF
the Mexican section. two OF whom
are also members Of the Mexican
boundary commission, will proceed
to Rio Grande City where a hearing
will be held Wednesday In GENUINE
ton with American members OF the
boundary commission relative 70 GER
tain lands in Starr and Zapa.a coun-
ties which have been cut off BY me
Rio Grande since the last meeting
or the boundary commission.
Saturday was devoted TO inspection
Of the irrigation systems in the up
per end Of the Valley, and all mem
bers CT the commission were enthusi-
astic in the commentator Of the dc
velopment attained BY the Valley n
recent years and also he increased
efficiency of the irrigation systems
The work Of the commission thus
far has been confined u investiga-
ton and agricultural development on
both sides Of border streams from
San Diego, California, to Browns
vile. This phase Of their work will
be completed here Monday, and the
preliminary conferences rclative tc
reports and recommendations upon
which TO base a treaty between the
United States and Mexico will be In
augurated when the commission Is
called to meet in Washington.
Members of the commission OK
pressed satisfaction over the prog
ress made. Every phase of ;rriga-
ton and agricultural development
along the border has been carefully
studied and considerable data ms
been collected 70 supplement that
previously secured by the engineers
OF the commission.
Perfect accord and harmony has
marked the progress o. the work,
Or. Mead said, ~and we are conf
dent that this will continue through.
out all conferences"
Each member Of the joins commits.
sion Is an engineer. AMI all were
greatly interested in the Valley flood
control project. W. =. Andersli j.,
Valley member Of the commission