Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-31

NEN ADDIfION TO BE PEACEB on
MARKET NEW YEARS DAY. Els
TABLISHING A PRECEDENT IN
LOT SALES IN BROWNSVILLE.
STREETS ARE LAID OUT, GRADED
AND OTHERWISE IMPROVED
AND LAND HAS BEEN CLEARED.
AND LOTS STAKED.

What promises to establish a proceed
Ient III the opening Of additions to the
City Of Brownsville will take place OIL
Thursday, January /, 1914 when the
McCaughan Investment Company Of this
city will open the Colonia Victoria add
ton. located about a half mile east from
the new Cameron county courthouse.
The concern has ndt attempted to put
the addition on the market without due
Eprepafatioh. For the past Six months
men have been ut work surveying the
tract, laying ont and grading the streets
clearing the brush and cactus, and mark.
ing off and stalking the lots.
The location Of the addition is obvious
ly Il beahtifud aphc. IL is tlctlarctl by thi
promoters. to. be higher than any other
party of the city and the ground is level
and possible of being well drained, even
without the arrangements which have
been made TO make good drainage ccrtain
The tract is open to the breeZes from
the coast, and as all parts of Browns
willie, always receives the benefit of the
gulf brcezes the location Of this addition
makes certain Il breeze there at all times
in summer.
III ~ 1'N ~ III lr q
been improving Thirteenth street from
Washington east with the object in view
of making travel between the addition
and the city more comfortable. and still
farther work on this street is to be done
Thci. larr. reS,ca locatyf betwdtai The CT,
ahFtht addition has been britgcd. 'n6t1bS
a bridge. but by "A construction OF dirt
road across it,: of aheVt t1os v handltvi
yards. The road is made Of iassind that
was found in the resaca and declared to
be an eXaelfatspn4atafiah fol t~lfeilInfPdset
making possiblE Il Hard Toad. well drain
ed and in good condition at all times
The streets in the addition have been
named ips lirqi VITA the fpyssg Htreets.
Bd4 dining YAlSAaRl Hecn@ rnd Ming tn
tftA soutk.t fE38.1hs SiSSeAfIls Sevene
tecnth and Eighteenth. The streets north
and south begin with Lincoln. then Grant.
Hayes< Garfield. Arthur, Cleveland.
EHarffkM f@N TX irAfN 'K6osdEct ana Taft
10 1i6@ lS5h6 plHAt Dc cy4ioas.fo know
the psomoterS tFv .s.Iphuy6n~ street. Eas
[Ifft utpurpostIyssa and when the Mexfcarf
.SifuatfOn has been cleared. a new street
will he opened east of Taft street TO be
known as Wilson street. This is expect
cd VIII be soon.
The addition is not to be without civic
improvement. The promoters have do
mated two squares of ground for public
purposes. one Of which will be for a pub
lie school, and the other will be for q
plaza. situated just two blocks west OF
.hc school ground. The plaza will be beau
titled by planting palms and grass. and
as the addition grows the Identification
of the plaza. of course will progress.
According to A. c. Mclaughlin. Il mem
her of the company. the addition will moi
be an exclusive Mexican section "A mum
Der of prominent McXicans have select
ed lots i'm the additions. but the major
portion of the selection already made
have been by Americans. many Of whom
contemplate building homes in the add
ton.
IT is intended To have Il first class cit
izcnship in the addition -and if those
who have already selected lots make
their homes in the addition. this intcn.
ton will certainly be realized
The members Of the firm are j. :. Nc
A. G. McCaughan and Il. l..
IMcCaughan. Besides them there will be
on the ground several men who VIII as
sist in the sales. including w. Il. Men
.denhall, +. A Monsees, Il. +. Rowson
and A. q. Swanson.