Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-05
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car j. del Castillo. Herald repre-
sentative End The Herald office In
Brownsville. This was due to the
courtesy OF Edmundo Ramos Bar
rera- commercial soent Of the Mex
lean Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany.
The ceremonies over, the visitors
prominent Brownsville and Mata-
mOros men. we're shown through The
new exchange. Tt Is OF most mod
ern type md has a capacity OF 1000
telephones. The switchboard + sim
liar to those RECENTLY installed Az
the Harrington exchange.
The equipment Is similar 10 that
manufactured for the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
bv the Wa----~ Electric and Hotter
Cabot companies.
Modern Equipment
The installation was done by Il.
r. Trevinc. engineer. under the SUI
pervision OF J. u. Mendoza. engineer
In charge of all the company's ex-
changes In the northern Tart IF the
Mexican republic. 1t tooA AS men
about two months to compIr.e the
new exchange.
Following the inspection. the Wis
itors were guests OF the Matamcros
Chamber OF Commerce at a lunch
con. J. j.. Trevino. district mana
ger OF the Mexican Telephone and
Telegraph company. made a short
address In which he complimel.ted
MatamoroS ON the new step for
ward. He declared that Matamnrcs
should be proud to be the last Ink
i'll the telephone system that former
President Gales planned. Trevinc
stated that the exchange would be
d material aid In the progress OF the
city.
Lie. Ernesto UrtusasteRui. secre-
tary OF the Matamoros Chamber OF
Commerce. c0mplimented Trevino
and the Mexican Telephone and
Telegraph company on the work
done in Matamoros. This Is the
beginning Of m new era in Mata-
nloros. 1t will aid greatly in the
development or commerce here. It
will also aid In the further develop
ment or trade between this city and
Brownsville" Urtusastegui said.
Creager Speaks at Luncheon
q. G.. Richardson. manager or the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce.
COMMUNICATED the officials on the
Installation.
r.. q. Creager spoke along the
same lines. "MatamOrO5 and
Brownsville are the only two cities
on the border that have maintained
kindred relations for the past 10
years. and the completion OF this
telephone exchange strengthens
those ties" Creager said. He was
heartily applauded-
Among those present we're: Pres
idente Municipal GuilleTmo Shears
LIT. Col. Cuevas. Major Mondoy- y
!. Thompson. vice president OF the
telephone company. H. H. Burren'
traffic engineer; r. O. Creager- O..
C.. Richardson. Ernesto Urtusssse-
rli. Edmundo Ramos Barrera- J. B-
Mendoza. engineer In charge or the
company's exchanges In the north
ern part or Mexico: j. T. Trevino.
II. Lopez Montero. Mexican consul
at Brownsville. II. III. Leonard,
American consul at Matamoros; III.
Krausse. clerk of the American con-
suiate. Esteban Gonzalez Ancira,
Matamoros postmaster; W. =. West
Theodore Hull. vice president or the
CORPORATION Aeronautica de Trans
portes: "A. Wayne Wood. j. M stein
or The Brownsville Herald and otn-
ers
Directories Out
The new exchange will be man
aged by Francisco Gutierrez OF Mex
leo City.
directories or the Matamoros ex-
change are to be mailed out 70 all
Brownsville telephone users This
Is exrccted to be done early III the
coming week. Calls between the
two cities cost five cents for each
five minutes. No person to person
calls will be handled. Only station 70
station service will be rendered, Of
.Icials state
The Matamoros telephone opera
tors are: Miss Ccnsuelo Lerma. Miss
Rosa Quintana, Miss Josefina Quin-
tana. Miss Felicitas Hernandez. Mrs
Rebeca ID. del Guante. Miss Ofelis
Mancha, Miss Josefina Partida, Mrs
Juana Lopez Gutierrez and MI
Maggie Pfeiffer. chief operator