Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-12

TO the Board Of Directors Of the
Chamber Of Commerce and the
City Commission:
Gentlemen:
"The following Is a brief report
In connection with my trip TO Next
CO City as an official representative
OF Brownsville at the Inauguration
Of President Pasqual Ortiz Rubio.
With Ernesto Urtusastesui. rep
resenting the City of Matamoros. !
called on Mr.. Noriega. general man
ager Of the Mexican National Lines
with reference TO better railroad ia
cilities between Matamoros and
Monterrey. All OF the main lines
Of the Mexican National have IS
pound rails while the line between
Matamoros and Monterrey has only
so puond rails. Mr.. Noriega explain
ed that ii was the intention of his
company to install heavy rails on
this line at the earliest possible
moment, IN fact. all arrangements
had been made to do this work last
year but inaSmuch as the revolu-
tioniSts destroyed considerable rail-
road trackage it became necessary
at that time to postpone the work
and use the heavier rails in the
devastated section.
Mr.. Noriega also advised that
he was working with reference TO
inaugurating a Pullman service be-
tween Matamoros and Monterrey.
He also stated that he had rec
ommend to his directors that
construction be pushed on a short
line railroad from Mexico City to
Tampico and that he had hopes OF
this being completed within the
next two years. He further stated
that when this line was completed
there would be q road built from
Tampico TO Matamo-os. either BY
his company or some foreign rail-
road and that this would be the
logical railroad for shipments IN
and out OF Mexico.
Ranco De Mexico
Mr.. Urtusastegui and myself al
SO called on Alberto M~ascarenas,
director general OF the Bank Of
Mexico, with reference to the estab-
lishment Of a branch bank In Mata-
moros. MIR. Mascarenas stated that
he realized the importance to a
bank in Matamo-os, but al this time
it would be impossible 70 establish
such a bank az they did not have
sufficient personnel for the hand
ling Of such q bank. He advised
that many other towns in Mexico
had applied for branch banks and
that they were now conducting !
school instrGcting employees ~
bank management and that just as
soon as these employees were SUI
ficiently schooled to take charge Of
these banks they would be estab-
llshed. We explained 10 him that
the port Of Brownsville was being
looked upon with favor by ship
pers in the United States and MeXi-
co as a port Of entry but that our
customs brokers were severely han
dicapped by lack Of bank facilities
in Matamoros. He promised 10 in
vestigate this Immediately and
stated that he felt sure that ne
could work out some arrangement
that would be satisfactory temper
arily until a regular bank could be
established.
Mexican Aviation Company
Il had long talk with Mr.. Bal
luder. vice president and general
manager Of the Mexican Aviation
company. and he was very enthu-
siastic over the development Of the
Brownsville airport and confiden-
TALLY told me that in his opinion
Brownsville would rival Miami as
an international port.
Starting February 18th all mail
express and passenger service west
Of the Mississippi river to Mexico
Central and South America will
be passed through Brownsville.
This company has now estab-
lished complete air mail, express
and passenger service from Browns
vile through Mexico. along the
western coast of Central America
and along the entire western coast
Of South America from Buen Ven
tura to BuenoS Aires on to Mon
tivedio. In Uruguay. Their service
through these countries Is increas-
ing daily. They have moved their
headquarters of their operations
department from Mexico City C