Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. TWELVE, No. 137, Ed. 1, Friday, December 11, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. TWELVE.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY DECEMBER 13 ? 1903
NUMBER 137.
CONSOLIDATED IN JULY 1893 WITH THE DAILI COSMOPOLITAN WHICH WAS PUBLISHED HEH10 FOR SIXTEEN YEARS
4 4 VEIM
IIC Urt
DR. W. II. BOTFMAjNt
DENTIST
Has opened his office on 13th
street opposite Miller4 Hotel
between Elizabeth and Wash-
ington streets.
Crown and bridge work. Gold
amalgam and cement or combina-
tion fillings. Extractions and ar-
tificial teeth
J" AMES B WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office Second Floor Rio Grande Rftllroa
Building
JJUVAL WEST
ATTORNEY AT LAW
San Antonio Texas
FRENCH BUILDING MAIN PLAZA.
Will practice in the federal and state
courts. Land titles examined.
to tSZKZs Latest and best.... W
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DENTISTRY
JOHN A. MESSMCER I
D. D. S. $
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13 YEARS PRACTICE IN CHICAGO jjj
$ ALSO PRACTISED IN TEXAS y
4k 1st ftnL Bank BIdg BROWrtSVILLE 1
G-EO L. CRUM
Engineer anil. Land Surveyor
I make Land Boundaries a Spe
cialty and desire to do a general
bnsiness in Cameron and Llidalgo
counties. P. 0. Box 35.
Brownsville Texas.
F. W. KIRKHAM M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Diseases of the
Eye Bar Nose
and Thjroat.
Tilghman Build-
ing. Hours 8 to
10 4 to6.
H. THORN
DENTIST.
OFFICE NEAR MILLER HOTEL
Elzabeth St. Brdwnsville Texas.
E. H. Goodrich. E.?.K. Goodrich.
. H. Goodrich & Son
Attorneys &t Law.
DaaVersin RealEstateandV
Mortgage Loans-.
Brownsville - - Texas.
K 3 BELL
Brownsville
5. L. BROWrtE C L. BELL
Karnes City
lell & Browns
LAWYERS
Practice in all courts
Land business a specialty
Wo will make" abstracts
Weiwill pass on titles "
r will bring suits to recover.
lands either for stated fees or por-
. ...
tions of laud recovered
OFFICES
Ocr Botici dd ( Over Karnes Co.
Agaila Brownsville Nat. Bnk Karhea Citj
Possibilities Of
Line To Tehuantepec
Gol. Uriali Lott Paints At-
tractiveness of Line
Via Tampico and
Vera Cruz.
San Antonio Express:
Colonel Uriah Lott president of
the St. Louis. Brownsville & Mex
ico reacned the city Monday morn-
ing coming here direct from New
York where he had been on busi-
ness pertaining to the road. He
will leave this afternoon for Corpus
Christi and then he is going to the
"front."
Colonel Lott expressed himself as
being well pleased with the progress
being made in the construction of
his road to Brownsville. Incidental-
ly he discussed the attractiveness
of a railroad being built in Mexico
from a point opposite Brownsville
and follow a route along the Mex-
ico coast as far south as Vera Cruz
from where the road might traverse
the Southern Republic crosswise
having its terminal at the port of
Tehuantepec on the Pacific side.
In a sense Col. Lott intimated that
such a road was a probability and
that several well known railway
men noted for their policy of ex-
pansion had looked into the mat-
ter. Further than that Col. Lott
said it was his intention to make
an overland trip through the State
of Tamaulipas Mexico.
"f do not believe" said Col. Lott
"there is going to be a great deal of
railway construction in this section
for a year or possibly two years by
reason of the tight money market
in New York. But at the same time
I do not know of a more attractive
proposition than the building of
another real transcontinental rail-
way to follow the Mexican coast
from a point opposite Brownsville
to Vera Cruz and then direct to the
Port of Tehuantepec. This would
result in the shortest transconti-
nental route to the Pacific coast
from the Middle Southern States or
the fCornmercial South' taking
either Houston OF Texarkana as
the basing point.
"The distance frorn Houston to
Tehuantepec by way of Browns-
ville. Tampico and Vera Cruz is
approximately 1202 miles. The
mileage from Houston to Los An
geles the nearest Pacific coast port
now reached by another road is
1645 miles and to San Prancisco is
2127 miles Tho saving in distance
via the Mexican route would-be
very appreciable. " .
In the opinion of Col. Lott tho
construction of a road along the
lines "would be easy by reason of
the low topography of the country
it would traverse in Mexico. At but
few points would there be grades
likely to prove expensive. Further
he believes the building of a canal
would prove beneBcial to such . a
road and the upbuilding of the
Asiatic trade on the Pacific bound
to resnlt in business for the reason
that many'classes of freights; could
be handled to better- advantage
than on -steamers.
Speaking of his road Col. Lott
said: "So far between sixty and
eighty miles of grading has been
completed on the St. Louis Browns-
ville & Mexico. How much steel
'has been laid I cannot say just now-
by reason of having been absent
from the State. I have no doubt
but that the road will be completed
into Brownsville by July 1.
"All equipment has already been
ordered for the road to be delivered
by June 1. This equipment will
consist of twelve locomotives from
the Baldwin Locomotive Works
and the following rolling stock
from the American Car and Found
ry Company built at St. Charles
Mo. four baggage cars four com
bination passenger and mail cars
ten first-class coaches three 70-foot
chair cars 200 box cars fifty stock
cars fifty flat cars. All equipment
is to be of standard size and as
good as any to be found here.
"In the spring construction is
to be commenced on the Houston
line of the road which will be from
Robstown on the Texas Mexican
railway a distance of about 195
miles. This line will pass through
Sinton.
"The road has so far made a
great success with its artesian wells.
One was brought in at Turcotte in
the Kennedy pasture last week at a
depth of 720 feet and the flow
of- which is 500 gallons per minute.
At Kingsville water from the well
rises thirty feet above the ground
and readily flows in elevated tanks.
The road is sinking these wells as
samples for when the road is
opened we want the prospectors to
see what the country produces."
Regarding the building of a road
from San Antonio to Brownsville
Mr. Lott expressed doubt that such
a road would now be constructed.
"Originally the plans" said he
"called for the building of a road
from San Antonio to Brownsville
in view of the Frisco's conterpplat-
ed extension from Brady to San
Antonio. The shortest practicable
route from this city to Brownsville
would be about 265 miles. The dis-
tance from here to Sinton and then
over our road to Brownsville will
be about 2S0 miles so you see go-
ing over that route would be about
as short a line as San Antonio is
likely ever to have to Brownsville."
ABSTRACT PROPOSITIONS
- AND SUGGESTIONS.
What if Cleveland G rover
would decide to rim again
What if Dowie Alex
should be declared insane
What if Nation Carrie
from her" passturie would refrain
What if Woody Leonard
eat the Moros ho has slain
Would Rosy Teddy's ticket
find him in the race?
Would Zion be expected
to continue niaking lace?
Would the Canteen in tho army
reoeffupy its place ?
Would it be a deed heroic
or a Philippine disgrace?
Suppose we had a Parker
or Morgan in the chair
Suppose that Hay-Yi rill a
would use Colombia fair
buppose the Dallas congress
hadn't Mr. Wilson there
Suppose the postal frauds
were only just hot air
Conld the Democrats in congress
give assistance to their chief?
Could the Panama secession .r
expect to come to griefs?
Could the people here in Texal
from the weevil get? relief?
Could the charges of dishonesty
excite such wide belief? .
FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
Call at my studio on Elizabeth
and 13th. streets. Best work at
.?ppalar.pes . m
Mary M. Waltgenbach.
Grade Raising At Galveston.
Material From Bay Used for Fill-
ing Thus Deepening the Har-
bor. Galveston News:
Bids for raising the grade of Gal-
veston were opened Dec. 7. Only
two bids were received. The lowest
from P. C. Goedhart and Linden
W. Bates of New York is for filling
18 cents a cubic yard and for main
land soil 30 cents per yard. The
other bid was R. A. Elzy of Mar-
shalltown la. who bid 29A cents
for filling and S74 cents for main-
land soil.
The plan of the lowest bidder is
somewhat new in this section and
is commended by Col. C. S. Riche
and Engineer Boschke of the sea-
wall. The firm proposes construct-
ing a canal twenty feet deep from
the bay following the seawall andi
about 100 feet inside of the wall. I
With seagoing self-propelling and
self-discharging hopper dredges they
propose taking the filling from the
bay and loading it in the hopper
or bins of the dredges hauling it to
distributing points in the canal and
then discharging same through pip-
ing to places desired to be filled.
While digging the canal the!
dredged matter will be used for fill
ing immediately behind the seawall.
By dredging from the bay the har
bor is deepened without extra cost
to the government.
The canal is to be filled up to
grade when through with and the
eoflFEenoNEHcj
and
Just received a fresh line of Candies. Full line of Lowe'S
Package Candies.
Viijar.s Tobaccos Fruits ami Xut.s. Daily I'ajtrrn anil Jluyasiur.s.
isaa. L. Milnoz
. F. S. SCHRECK
DEALERS JiV.
General foreign and Domestic Merchandise.
Specialties: Woodford Co. IPniskey Fine Crockery
Lime and Gravel.
M ATA MOROS MEXICO.
&0 NE BLOCK EAST OP OPERA HOUSE.
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ff. M.
DEALER
fGE.OCEE.IES
Shelf and Heavy Hardware
ill
w
'AGRICULTURAL
S3"
Tin and Wooden ft are
aa Wupperman Non-Breakable
White Enameled Ware
iff
Sheet Tin and IrOD
Round and Flat Bar Iron
" Whjte Lead Lubricating Oil
Jn Turpentine Paint Varnish
HI and Window Gass.
ill Pays tho Highest Prices for Hides Skins and alliCpnntry Produce U
Iff
THE WEATHER.
New Orleans Dec. 11 To C. HT
Maris Collector of Customs Browns-
ville Texas:
Tonight and Saturday increasing:
cloudiness probably rain. Saturday
warmer. Tonight light to fresh south-
erly winds.
- :'...: Clins. -
work is to be commenced with id
sixty days and finished three years
from this month. This firm is well
t. r
known on the continent and is now-
engaged with several big contracts
in Germany Belgium and Holland-
Rags Wanted:
Pieces of clean cotton rags suit-
able for washing presses. Bring to
foreman of The Herald office.
Magnolia Dairy Farm
Shears & Putegnat. Proprietors
Will deliver Fresh Milk on and af-
ter June 1 1903 at 10 cents a quart
Mexican coin.
Leave orders at Botica del Leoa
Mission Valley Nurseries.
Trees and Plants of all kinds foj-
this climate. For catalogues prices-
and full information apply to G-
ONDERDONK COMPANY Nor
sery Texas Victoria County.
Valentin Gavitc
Agent Brownsville. Texas'
Typew ritor ribbons and carbon paper
for sale at The Herald office.
Some men will work harder to
get a divorce than they will to sup-
port a wife.
Mews Stand
8
Successors jqqs
Managing Partner..
FIELD
IMPLEMENTS-
Mixed and Dry Paints for jj
Carriages and Buildings uup
'Jarriage Wagon and Build- .K.
uu material.
Sash Doors and Blinds to
order. - "
Lime Cement and Bricks.
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Wheeler, Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. TWELVE, No. 137, Ed. 1, Friday, December 11, 1903, newspaper, December 11, 1903; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146494/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .