Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-31

BUSWARN NOW
THREE-SlDED
Independents Report Diff
culties in Making Con-
nections

G6ed Wednesday when representa-
t1ves of a large bus line concern of
central Texas we're here, and hurled
the charge that the Missouri Paci-
fic transportation company has
changed its bus schedules so that
it does not make connections with
any buses leaving Falfurrias and
other points into which the Valley
concern operates.
The charge is being aired before
chambers Of commerce in the VAL
ley, with the request that these or
Plantations take some action in the
matter.
Agents of the central Texas bus
line expressed belief that the change,
one of IS minutes or an hour in
most cases, was made to promote
use Of trains from the northern ter
mini Of the Missouri Pacific Trans
portation company, instead Of ether
bus travel.
1t was accompanied by the state
ment that unless some change can
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souri, Pacific Transportation COM
pany buses connect with BUSES OF
other concerns, that these concerns
will seek to extend their bus lines
into the Valley, and operate all the
way to Brownsville and Mission.
I'VE will seek such an extension
on the grounds that the failure to
make connections creates a public
necessity for another line operating
into and out Of the Valley"
Through Ticf:ets
He also stated that the Missouri
Pacific Transportation company haS
not c~ooperated with other bus lines
in the matter Of honoring tickets.
It is possible, he said, to purchase
q ticket in San Antonio all the wy
to st. Louis or Washington by bus,
and the ticket will be honored all
along the route. But in purchasing
a ticket to the Valley, it will be hon.
ored only to Corpus Christi, where
another ticket must be purchased
for the Missouri Pacific Transpor-
tation company bus.
The bus wal broke out in the
Valley yesterday, when G. H. Win
scr, president Of the Missouri
Pacific Transportation company,
and r. G. Craft, Valley s~uperintend-
ent, made a trip over the Valley,
seeking enforcement of city ordi-
nances requiring BUSES to secure a
license. He was assured, he said,
that such licenses would be re-
ouired in Brownsville, San Benlto,
and some other Valley cwns, and
will attempt % make it unanimous.
in order to check the wildcat bus
operators.
These operators in the main are
former bus drivers for the Black
Diamond Transportation company,
which was later taken owe by the
Missouri Pacific.
Chamber of commerce men, city
officials and others were being be-
sieged by representatives of Two
factions in the bus war" the indie
pendent operators choosing to let
things take their course.
No Definite Schedule
Winsor explained that the indie
pendent operators r not required
to abide by regulations OF the Texas
railroad commission because thsy
do not operate between any two
definite termini, and because they
do not operate on a regular sched-
ule.
Complaints Of travelling men were
added today to those OF the other
bus line, that the Missouri Pacific
TRANSPORTATION company's schedule
changes have made it practically
impossible to come to the Valley by
a hurried bus trip from San Anto-
Mo and Houston.
The schedule formerly called for
arrival Of the San Antonio bus,
which made prompt connections, in
the Valley at about 6 p. m, the Iar-
thest Valley point being reached by
z D. m, in leaving San Antonio in
the morning." = travelling man
explained.
"NoW the Missouri Pacific has
changed its schedule SO that il is
necessary to lay over four II a
half hours at Corpus Christi, and
the bus reaches Edinburg at 10
D. m, so late that anyone wanting
to 60 to the lower part Of the Valley
cannot reach that section IN any
convenience by bus"
Hotel Men Complain
Hotel men added their complaint
to that of the travelling men, those
in the lower part Of the Valley stat
ing that the change had hurt buSl-
ness in the Valley to some extent.
1t was also stated that much OF
the business of the independent bus
operators in the section between
Corpus Christi and the Valley has
been secured through the fact that
they operate in such a manner as
to catch the buses leaving Falfur-
rias and Corpus Christi and make
connections with the buses arriving
at those points.
Many of the independent opera
tors make frequent run between
Corpus Christi or Falfurrlas and the
valley, and usually run ahead Of
the Missouri Pacific BUSES in order
to meet the chedules, the other