Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
LARGE AREAS
Come UNDER
DEVELOPMENT
Many New Towns and
Loading Stations
Provide Facilities for
Additional Acreages

THE Lower Rio Grande Valley ~
more efficiently served by railroads
than any similar section In the
United States. with no farm in the
irrigated section more than five
miles tr1m a shipping point, and
with the great majority Of highly
developed farms within a mile or
two Of "a paved highway
Extension Of the Southern Pa
ciflc from Falfurrias 10 Edinhurg
and southeast TO Brownsville and
extensions W tie Missouri Pacific
into the coastal regions of Willacy
and Cameron counties have result
Ell in the establishment OF over
forty additional shipping points.
practically all of which are serving
newly developed territories. In HI
. dalgo. Cameron and Willacy coun-
ties the rail extensions were for
lowed ny immediate development of
the rich farm lands they opened
Fourteen new townsites have been
established Oh the Southern Pacific
between Falfurrias and Brownsville.
and III addition 10 these facilities
have been provided for ten loading
stations. The new towns include
Dix. Linn. Solino. Hampton and
Alsonia between Falfurrias and Ed
inburg. San Carlos. Ia Blanca
Elsa. Edc0uch. LA Villa. Valencia.
Santa Rosa and Primera between
, Edinburg and Harllngen. and Los
Fresnos and several loading sta
tons between Harlingen and
Brownsville.
Elsa and Edcouch already have
assumed a position among the pre-
I mier shipping points Cf The Valley.
and Los Fresnos and Santa Rosa,
both i'm old settled communities,
have developed into prosperous lit
tie cities. Edcouch has two rail-
roads and the Missouri Pacific ~
extending its line from that point
10 a' junction with the Harrington
Rio Grande City line at Weslaco.
Develop Large Areas
On the extension Of the Missouri
Pacific west from RaymOndvAAa
through Edinburg to Monte Crist
are the towns Of Lassara, HarEill
and Rollo. Part or the area served
by these towns Is included in thu
new Willacy county irrigation dis
trict, and i'm the past three years
over $4,000 acres have been cleared
In that section and brought under
cultivation.
Towns on the Missouri Pacific ex-
tension. which runs southeast from
Raymondville to the Cameron
county line near Rio HcndO. are
Pless. Santa Margarita. San Per-
lita, Wilamar. PorfiriO and Santa
Monica. This extension Is 70 miles
In length and serves "a region or
surprising fertility in which ap-
proximately $4,000 acres have been
cleared for cultivation since con-
Struction OF the extension got I'M
derway.
The San Benito and Rio Grande
railway. known az the "Spiderweb."
a subsidiary OF the Missouri Pacif-
ic, has recently completed three ex-
tensions in Cameron county. One
~ six miles In length, extending
eastward from San Fernando 10 .
point within "a few miles of the La
guna Madre. Another runs from :
point lear San Benito I'd Holly
Beach on the Laguna Madre and $
expected TO be extended To Point
Isabel. "A third extension Is from
La PalOma, southeast OF San Be-
nito toward Brownsville. and even
tually will be carried into that city.
Make Many Improvements
In addition To these extensions
both railroads serving the Valley
have made many improvements on
their lines, rolling stock and ship
ping facilities. The fact that the
major part of the tonnage moved
from the Valley Is Of a perishabls
nature has neceSsitated installation
OF facilities which assure prompt
I~ANM@% $50 AR@4AAAA 49, well M1 4NAAMm
cry. Hundreds OF thousands OF dol
lars have been expended during the
past two years IN ballasting track,
providing heavier steel, and install
ing loading and icing facilities, alI
Of which have tended to improve
the service and assure more prompt
movement Of Valley products.
I'm Cameron county four new r.
rigation districts have been organ-
lied within the territory served nv
the extensions Of the san Benitc
and Rio Grande railway, and ap-
proximately $1,000 acres viii b
brought under irrigation, the maio.
part Of which will be devoted 10 cit
rus culture. I'm the past eason over
1000 acres were set TO citrus fruit
In the coastal territory, and the
| paintings next seaso are expected
I to increase this acreage TO 5000 %.
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