Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 247, Ed. 1, Friday, April 16, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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BROWNSVILLE TEXAS ERIDAY APRIL 16 1909
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
VOL. XVII. NO. 247
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ATTENTION !
MR. ALFALFA GROWER.
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Walter A. Wood
owers and Rakes
We Have a Large Stock for Quick Dalivery at the
Right Prices. Branch Stock at Mercedes.
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IRRIGATED LANDS FOR SALE
MARCH 1909
ESULTS of tlio new cnbbago crop arc beginning to como in
During the present month the planters liave cut "and
shipped many tons of cabbage.
Ed Pnlliam has just received returns on 35 ions o
cabbage which ho raised from seven acres of ground and
expects returns in a few days on fifteen tons which aro now
being shipped.. The seven acres produced seventy tons.
Tho average price obtained has been $40 a ton $400 per aero or
$2800 for tho seven acres. An accurate account of the sales and
exact returns will bo published on tills page later.
Four cars of onions are being shipped by Messrs. Stitcs &
Nicholson Pulliani ana Dust in and will be distributed from San An.
tonlo. . Tho crop is light but prices arc expected to be high.
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Mission Hidalgo County Texas
CANNOT HELLO . TWELFTH ST.
TO MATAMOROS OR NO BRIDGE
TELEPHONE SERVICE WITH MR. DOHERTY POTS IT THAT
BROWNSVILLE INTERRUPTED WAY TO BROWNSVILLE.
Some Quibble Over Right of Browns- Says Company Already Owns Right
ville Company to Operate In Mata- to Street and Does Not Ask Fran-
moras Probably Only Temporary chise Merely Wants to Avoid Be-
- Some History of Former Line. iiig at Outs With City.
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In the Rio Grande Valley
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Escelleut Discipline Eaforced by Kindness. We refer you to patrons as to satis-
factory results attained in this school. Fail tern; opens Sept. 1. For catalojn; or
particulars address ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE Brownsville Texas.
Our Subscription List is Growing Rasidly. Get cn it Now.
For the past two days telephone Vice President and General Man-
communication with all Matamoros ager C. B. Rodgers and Wm. Doherty
houses except that of Daniel Yturria general traffic manager of the St. L.
has been cut off. to the great incon- B. & M. Ry. who were in the city
venidnce of Matamoros parties as yesterday spent today at Isabel. The
well as of Brownsville people who object of the visit of Mr. Koagers
wish to do business with them. The and Mr. Doherty to Isabel according
discontinuance of the service will to Mr. Doherty is to look over the
probably be only temporary however. Rio Grande road with a view of wid-
It grew out of some misunderstand- ening it to standard gauge provided
ing relative to the right of the the city council reports favorably on
Brownsville.; Telephone Company the resolution permitting them to
which owns the 'phones in -use in widen the 12th street "track to a
Matamor'gs to ope .-ate its system in standard gauge
that city. There was no bridge news at pres-
An article in one of the local pa- entt Mr. Doherty stated this morning
pers El Porvenir last Sunday pub- as nothing is being done in that line
lished an article relative to the matter and nothing will be done until after
in which it was stated that some ob- the city council shall take actionkon
jtction had arisen on the part of the 12th street proposition. "It is
Matam6ros people to a charge of 25 up to the people of Brownsville to
Cents; which it was alleged had been have the bridge or not" Mr. Doherty i
made by tho telephone company for declared. The railroad company nas
the use of its line by some person in made them a fair and reasonable pro-
Matamoros and out of this grew the position and it depends upon their
controversy which has resulted in the acceptance as to whether or not they
temporary discontinuance of the ser-' will have an international bridge at
vice. 1 this point. The railroad company has
. Manager B. G. Stegman of the'com- been misunderstood when it is said
pany says that no charge has ever that the company wants a franchise
been made for the use of the line be- for widening the 12thtreet track as
tween the two cities other than the j a franchise is not at all necessary
monthly rent paid by those having The company already has that and
the telephone in their houses Mr. ; all that it wants is for thecity council
Stegman thinks it may be possible j to adopt resolutions to tho effect
that such a charge was made for that the company will he allowed to
some long distance connection which Widen the track-to standard gauge
is of course customary. He has . without interference
taken steps to have the trouble ad- j "The only reason the company asks
justed and expects to be able to re- j this of the council' Mr. Doherty
sunie tho Matamoros connection continued "is because Undoes not care
shortly. 'td be at outs with-Brownsville and
The claim made by the Matamoros ' have the matter in the courts."
authorities that the "company had no J Mr. Doherty further declared that
right to operate in that city is based the only reason the company has for
on tho grounds that the company had j wishing to widen the Twelfth street
not secured a concession from the track is for the purpose of running
government. The company had not a motor line for passenger traffic
obtained a concession it Is true. It 'across the. bridge to Matamoros.
'Is it not the intention of the corn-
has been using some old - lines into
Matamoros that were a part of an pany in the event of the council
international telephone system which granting the right to widen the
was in operation between Browns! Twelfth street track to "use this trach
ville and Matamoros nearly thirty for a connection with the Piper sugar
years ago. This system was aban-1 plantation and Brulay mill?" was
doned after being operated for about asked.
four years some of the poles and i No" was Mr Doherty's emphatic
wires being removed and others be-1 reply "it would be entirely imprac-
ing purchased by private parties. One ' ticable and the company has never
or two of these were continued in ' entertained any such idea."
operation as private property between Mr. Doherty stated that he would
the two cities the owners having bus
iness establishments inn both places.
The present telephone company mere-
ly connected at the river with these
wire's in order to establish connec-
tions 'with Matamoros.
Manager Stegman has already tak-
en steps to have the difficulty set-
tled and expects to have the Mata-
moros wires in operation again before
Ion
probably remain in the city a day or
so longer before returning to Kings-ville.
BrownFville-Matamoros telephone
line in 1S80 and operated it for about
four years. The line was never a
paying proposition however and was
finally abandoned. The concession
was allowed to lapse the poles and
The trouble over the present tele- j wires were torn down and for years
phone line recalls the fact that the
first and prhaps the only concession
ever granted for an international
telephone line between Brownsville
and the town of Matamoros was
granted Jiearly thirty years ago. T4first telephone system is now
beneficiaries of this concession were
hoth cities were without telephone
service until the Brownsville Tele-
phone company instituted the pres-
ent S3rstem about four yea.rs ago.
Oswald Wilson; who fathered tue
Mexico engaged in the mining indus-
Oswald Wilson who built the try
FIRE INSURANCE is an important question. Don't wait until
after the fire to INSURE Select an IuStirance Company whose
record and strength Guarantee the liberal fulfillment of its obliga-
tions and "DO IT NOW!" We handle this class of Insurance.
WREFORD & BESTE1R0 Agents: American Cenfral of St. Louis. St. Paul Fire and
Marioe-oi St. Paul Mien Office at Celford Theatre Office hours 9 lo 12 a.m. 2 to S p.m.
Sari Juan Plantation I
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Main Canal 27 miles long.
250 feet wide and 20 feet
deep. 13000 acre feet of
storage. 4 sections separat-
ed by locks and dams. Wat-
er stands 4 feet higher in
each section than in the one
next below. 50 miles of lat-
erals or branch 'canals now
completed and in operation.
Take our free automobile
trip to the headgates and see
for yourself.
Water in any quantity de
sired flows naturally from
the bottom of the Rio Grande
intd our main canal and.
from there into the laterals
and out upon the fields. It
does this when the river is
low as well as whoa the river
is high. To fill the canal we
simply lift one or moro of
the eight gates in the big
concrete wall.
St Joseph's Colleqe For Boys
Special Primary and Preparatory Training Under Personal Care of the
iCQPC-V n ft A niPT nriATTtnnn
This plantation is one of the oldest and best known
sugar plantations in the Rio Grande Valley part of its
land liaviug- been under irrigation and continuous and
successful cultivation for over L4 years. The principal
products being sugar cane alfalfa sorghum and corn.
This is the first time an effort has been made to
market the land and only a small part about 2000
acres either in small lots or as a whole is offered for
sale. Tracts of 5 10 20 'or 40 acres can be had at
From $50.00 to $125.00 per acre.
Terms: One-third cash balance one aud two years at
6 per cent. ;
We are now selling Alfalfa from our 130 acre field and
getting $20 per- ion by the car.
The San Juan Plantation Go.
Brownsville San Juan. Sa
Hidafgo Co. Texas
SAN BENITO
On Alain Line ot Gulf Coast Railway 19 Miles North of Brownsville
The Delta of the Rio Grande is the Most Favored Region on
the Continent for Farming Trucldnej and Fruit Growing
San Benito is the Most Favored Spot
In the Rio Grande Delta Because We Have-
in Abundance
Which is the One Thing iNeedful
At San Benito You Will Find
The Only Gravity Canal in the Brownsville Country
The Only Canal in the Valley that has Navigation
We are Now irrigating thousands of acres Without Pumps
Get off tnc train at SAN BENITO or call at our Brownsville office opposite Milfcr
Hole!. Write or ask for ticket giving you FREE AUTOMOBILE RIDE from Browns-
ville lo San Benilo via our Headgates. Wrile for Booklet. .
San Benito Land & Water Co.
SAN BENITO TEXAS.
ALBA HEyWOOD. President SAM A. ROBERTSON Secretary and Engineei
Cane and other products
handled on barges (20 by GO
ieet) through our series of
locks and dams.
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The town of San Benito U
cm-wins rapidly. Splendid
i.otol. Running water in ev-
ery room.
Two Splendi driven wells just brought ;n at San Benito
Pure Sweet water a: 180 fe;t
a
chest
Snyder-Mason Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
.umber Shingles Sash Doors eic.
Give us a trial before yon buy.
'- We can please you.
Phone 226 Office Levee Street
Yard West Brownsville
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connect at Corpus Christf Robstown or Sinton.
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Wheeler, Mrs. Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 247, Ed. 1, Friday, April 16, 1909, newspaper, April 16, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth147978/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .