The Brownsville Daily Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 262, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 19, 1899 Page: 4 of 4
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SOU$ CAMERON COUNTY.
-AX the extreme aomhein tip
nfJi great slats of Txas lies
TC?anitron county its&lf a small
. pTiur-ipality in extfefit. Tn ara
en covers -no Jess than 3308
square irriies. Its southern e-x-
Xreralty lies &bout the sixteenth
of a degree below the S6tli. .par-
alel "while its northern latitude
is about 27 20 Its greatest
width from east to west is somer
thing over forty miles and from
north to south 100 nines.-
. LnTAT15.
Though so near the trop s
fel the c'li.nata of this county
is comparatively cVQf in sftimfcotmtry which are received con
mer. Its entire pastern iront
of about one hundred miles be
ing laved by the cool waters of
the Gulf of Mexico which great-
ly tempers the heat natural to
southern latitudes. The pre
vailing wind fhronghoufc the
greater portion of the year is
from the Southeast and comes
directly across the Gulf. The
winters are also estremly mild
and make this an ideal place
for an7who seek escape from
the rigors of a northern winter.
Indeed no place in the United
States enjoys a more solnbrious
climate during the winter sea-
son thai Brownsville the coun-
ty seat of Cameron county.
Here the average temperature
for thirty-nine years was 73 d-
gress
'The land lies nearly lev.eltthe
altitude at Brownsville being
only 43 ieet. The soil is rich
with the alluvial deposits of
endless years and its treasures
of fertility are as yet almost
tfiri t rrt r lift r vti!t? o limiturl yiV-
fion of its surface ever having
been disturbed by the plow.
3q many places the soil lies
from six to twenty it ft deep
rjeing practically inexlianstible
and this of the iinist and richest
soil known ranging from a rich
dark alluvial to a sandy loom.
The county is watered by the
. -liio Grande which skirts its
entire southern boundary a
dislance of seventy-five miles.
Besides this there are numerous
small streams called ''resacas"
and arroyoBy" throughout the
county:
?R0DTJCTI0N3.
The leading industry of thin
Region at present is stock grow-
ing cattle hoFses and sheep
constituting the leading
export praduct. Bat its
agricultural resources have
reen proven to be almost end
Jess in variety. Its semi tropi-
cal climate permits such fruits
as the orauge lemon citron
guava ng ana nanairff to
Nourish while peaches pears
and other fraua also do vellT
and grapes.grovv and iield in the
greatest abundance. The chif f
"products of the soil however
are comvcotton aud sugar cane.f0 raii facilit'i'Sj and ready to
JSesidea these sorghum liroosr
eorn and all rarities T vecjeta
Tdes yield irrost abandautly
It raj be said without f?ar of
contradiction that all of these
:will 3'ieid more per acre than
any other portion of the state
-3Sx peri men is with Havana to
-bacco and" ramie have also
proven mosE successful. The
3httrv once planted becomes
altttst perennial. The culture
rf sugarcane in this rich vailey
Rind deserves special mentio
:Fonr ihusand pounds of siar
-jer -acre is rhe return maoV
fromland planted in cane aud
ttiis inigar is pronounced b
jsrovermiieut eprta-to-be eqiial
ift- tB'fiiicst Iiouiitna' pro
ducr
yOPULATfO" ATnS-'tOvTNS'
Cameron comity; according
ttr-rnvncensfls oi LFBIK rorrtaiiisrl
pTrpulatitra- of" 1SA201 Thn
-county gent is Brownsville
"with about lOfyeH inhabit an is
Poi n t F-atte I a' seapo ri 2
miles from Brownsville on tiit
JiiorjFna dtd Madre has about
SUO in&abna-nts ano? Santa j
5f.iria- n grmvin liule nvrjoupy a Viiy handsome bri-
'tiJemeni about 0. These . buildinj: a ruodl of tn.odt-rn
-y7iTi;f iwi
lem nstsaiirg froin cO f
00 persons
Improved lands in this boun-
ty sell nt from 85 to $25 pr
acre uniul proved at $ to $6
The average taxable value oi
land is Si- There are 82.240
acres of school land in th
couruy. Hohieseekers are grad-
ually finding their way to this
land whera fanners can work
in the open air nearly 335 days
in the year.
411 ihat is needed to detelop
the ridh resources of this fertile
valley is the construction of a
railroad to connect it-with the
northern rtiaf&ets. Oncetlie
great iron horse finds itsway
hither the man with the hoefa veritable sportsman's para-
will promptly follow to claim
hse nalural riches for himself
fn facl many have already
Found their ay into the coun-
ty and uia31 colonies of active
fa rm era 4hv 3jeii -s eI 1 e d at
various points wjihij he past
few years wi3llfle numerous
letters inquiring about the
stantly by Thb Herald show'
that many others are looking
this way with a view of locating
in the far-famed lower Rio
Grande valley There are also
excellent prospects of the early
couslructiotr'of a railroad con-
necting Brownsville with San
Antonio and it will probably
not be long ere that magic de-
veloper will turn a mighty tide
of immigration this way
BROWNSVILLE.
There is probably no other
towu in the United States as
large as Brownsville and pos-
sessing snch numerous natural
advantages which is as yet
withont rail communication
with the outer world. With a
population of nearly 7000 sur-
rounded by lands fully eqnal in
-fertility to the famed valley of
lue mie ana Dlessea witu a
most salubrious climate this
place lacks only a railroad
outlet to make it one of the
3Srtst important cities in Texas.
Aud there is every Teason why
a railroad should be construct-
ed to this point. Besides the
city of Brownsville itself there
Lis located here the important
army post of Fort Brown
which with the constant chang-
ing of troops and ' transporta-
tion of baggage and supplies
would pay a large sum annually
to the support of a railroad.
The towns of Point Isabel San-
ta Maria Hidalgo. Rio Grande
City and Roma wouicLalso re-
ceive all of their freight ovtr
each a line1 wliile several im
portant up river towns and set
tlements on the Mexican side
of the river would likewise be-
come its supporters as nearly
all freight lor these points now
conies via steamer to Brazos
iSantiago and through Browns-
ville whence V goes to its dee-
i ination either by river or by
carts. -And better than thesey
just opposite Brownsville lies
the important Mexican city of
Matamoroswiih a population of
over 50000 which also receives
all of its friiUi via Browns-
ville. Here we have then a pop-
ulation uf upwards of twenty-
thousand isolated through lack
pour ricuv con tn nations to
wards the support of the
railroad which there is every
reason to helieve will soon
reach hre. IS or is this oil for
it should be remembered that
Brownsville lies directly in the
line of the shortest ruute con
necting ihe North with Mexico
t)hy. It is the natnral gateway
leading to that great eapitalr
and would at once become thet
greatest thorough fare for the
transportation of freight ancr
passenger trafrft .which aiwaj's
seek the shcrriest route.
sOf the advantages of the ciu?
of Brownsville itself citiclr mayr
ne said ri tins one of the Nnn
est public schools in the stale
with a building which for hand"
:8owe appearance-eis and ?&
CeRKncH if eguip'Uient wo'nld be"
u credit to 'b& largest d'rty in
the state.
It employr a' Corns- of 2tl!i
reacher and over oUO pupils
receive free tuition here for leiH
scholastic aionilis earh year
riieie are also exeilnt pfivaie
Stdiouls here. Tne United Slates
customhouse aiid postoffict o&
rrrrfimfrr-'Tnr.rrr- -' t
also numerous other handsome
mid substantial brick buildings
the residents and basfhses
houses.
The climate here is especially
beneficial for those affected
I with pulfilohary troubles and
with a modern hotel to accoui
modate 200 or rojjfe guests
would soon become a leading
winter resort. One of the chief
attractions is the hunting near
this place. The Inlets and la
goons are- evey year the resort
of thousands of the finest ducks
and frild turkej's quail plover
chacb&lacas and other game
birds- as well as deer and wild
boars abound here making it
diee.-
At Point Isabel- only 22
miles distant which ia connect
ed with Brownsville by the Rioi
THE HERALD
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With Neatness anci Dispatch
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The'only newspaper printed in the English
language in the lower Rio Grande section
Has a LargB
Troughout the Counties of
Cameron
Starr
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The HER&LI afso
'..'-.wlipas
has a -circulation'
Out .sister State
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Is wilhottf a peer &$ air
advertising medinin for1
those who wish to reach
the trading .people of th
gardei spot of the Southr
west .- - A
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JESSE O..WHESLHR? -IfftWEfeillef
Texas
f Grande rai'-way is bn
finest burs (in fhe roast. -w'hnN - Wit V Hits i
the. fi-hiVg" is nneurpssd
Tarpon of the "Silver rlrhg" as
well as all the finest food fish
aboiinH hfTt and the Ftipply of
oysters is unexcelled. Thi3 bay
was exempted from the stale
law against hiking oi'sters in
summer bSbanse they are. even
better here in summer than f in
winter and ars eaten thfe year
(arotind.
Much mora might be skid of
the advantage of this region.
hut any who ars interested!
should come and investigate;
foi themselves. They will find
all as represented and much
besides to prove to them that
I this valley needS 6nly"tbe
magic touch of capital to de-
velop into the garden spot of
tha Texas coast.
OFFiC
Is prepared to execute all orders for Job Print
fag. snch as Letter Heads Bill Heads Busi
ness Cards Wedding Cards Envelope Cards
and in fact all kinds of PrintTne
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tDfesire to inform the traveling public that having been aVarded
thecbntfact for carrying the United States mail they
are prepared to also carr
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BETWEEN BESWNSYILLE AND ALICE.
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Until further notice Sbcs will Igavc Brownsville and Alice ori
the following; schedule:
LEAVE BROWNSVILE :
Datlr. at Si a.m.; and arrives at Alice
- in 39 hours i
Courteous treatment to patrons
For further information aefdress
F&ANK AYRES W. T DORSETT
Agent Alice Texas. Agent Brownsville Tex.
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Brownsville Daily Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 262, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 19, 1899, newspaper, April 19, 1899; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth116371/m1/4/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .