Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
I'm OUR
VALLEY

| souri, Pacific lines, has been heard
by the Texas railroad commission.
No one interposed an objection to
the sale.
Various reports were heard prior
to the hearing Of objections, or pro-
tests, from various angles.
But these objections failed 10 ma
terialize.
The railroad commission, after
hearing several witnesses in favor
of the transfer, took the application
under advisement.
In due time there will be a de-
cision.
Presumably IL will favor the sale.
After which the railroad will again
have an opportunity to bid for bus
mess il lost when bus lines entered
the field some five years ago.
HOWEVER. it is fact that II has
not been the bus lines that have 70.
duced passenger revenues in this
section so much as il has the pri-
vately owned car.
Nearly every business in the Val
ley has clients in other parts Of the
ysxsy.
When a personal visit seems
necessary, the businessman or sales
man jumps into his car, travels
thirty or forty miles. more or less,
and is soon back at his desk.
The bus lines have a certain field
that is all their own.
They serve travelling men who do
not travel in their own cars.
They are even more patronized by
labor in its shifting from one sec
tion Of the Valley TO another.
Persons employed in a town other
than their home town find it cheaper
to use the buses than to own cars.
FOLKS UP IN HARLINGEN have
healthy argument on as to the
proper location near that city for a
park site and golf links.
All of which is all right.
Some time, some how, the people
Of Harlingen will get together on
proposition that will satisfy most
elements, and 90 ahead.
The important thing is that the
people Of Harlingen seem to be Of
the opinion they should have such
park site. The division Of opinion
is as TO location, ii seems, rather
than as to whether the city should
have such n facility.
In the meantime they have gone to
the courts about II.
IN WILLACY COUNTY today the
voters are passing on the question OF
the largest single county bond issue
ever attempted in Texas, and per-
haps in the South.
The issue will amount to $7,5OO,9 900
and is being voted on for the pur-
pose Of putting the "dry farm" coun-
try under irrigation
1t is proposed to construct an irri-
CATION system 10 supply water for
10000 acres of fertile lands.
Water 10 come under gravity flow
from the Rio Grande. And flood
waters only TO be drawn from the
river, these waters 10 be stored IN
basins for use as needed.
When present developments in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley are COM
pletely colonized, this section can
consider itself in position TO supply |
thA nation with greens throughout
thswinter months.
THERE'S ANOTHER potato crop
coming up.
And, although the season is still
pretty early, there's quite few
acres OF potatoes above the ground
in the FL Jardin area.
Visitors t. Brownsville Municipal
Airport Sunday noted potatoes IN
some places as much as three inches
above the ground.
Acreage in general is reduced this
year owing 70 excess production over
the country last year.
And il the market is not again
flooded as IL was last year, satiSfac-
tory returns seem 10 be in the air.
SPEAKING OF the municipal air
port. that place seems TO be quite a /
drawing card, at least for Sunday |
motorists.
Throughout Sunday there was
crowd on the field.
The United States government |
seems 10 be making every possible |
effort TO secure the establishment of |
the coast route into Mexico, TO Mex
leo City.
For the transportation Of mails.
Passengers also.
There already is more air travel |
into and out Of Mexico by way OF |
Brownsville and Matamoros than
through any other gateway.
Recently an airplane was forced /
down south Of MatamoroS. Landed /
with slight mishap. The flyer had
gone into Mexico by another route.
Declared he decided 20 return by |
the s-Brownsville route be-
cause of the dangers faced in his
sathbound trip.
here's more and mere OF that /
3 Of thing.
Brownsville i the aerial key |
for Central and South America. de-
elares one observer.
THREE LIVES snutfsd out in a
railroad crossing accident between
Mission and McAllen a few days ago.
ConsiierinE the tremendous mount
OF motor travel in the Valley. train