Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-26
CALL FOR BIDS
FOR RADIO AT
ISABEL is OUT
Navy Department Prepares For Con-
structiOn of Great Naval Radio Station
At Coast Town, Near Brownsville.

The Brown willie Herald today received
from Hon. Jo-cphu- nancl-, secretary ~
the United State. navy an order adycrii--
ing the cali for hid- for the erection of
the United Statc~ naval radio station ai
Point isabel, the coast town, twenty mllr-
from Brownsville ont side of Furl Brown
this will be the government greate-t 40.
vestment IN thu section, and the itr-t "t
what II j. believed prc-are- other under
taking on IN, lower coast hy ihe navy
department
The call read~ as follows:
Sealed Proposal. cudor- M "rfo-
po>als for Two 300 loot Steel Tow
crs." will a. received at Tile Rurcau
If Yards and Dock. Navy Depart
mcnt. Washington. H. XII. until III
! o'clock \. ~. Muy p. 1918. and them
aud there publicly urcurd i"r the epn
struction of two 500 foot steel tower
Tor the radio station "a Point label.
Texas. PLAN and specification may
be obtained on application ~ fhc bu-
resu. II. Il. stanford. chiei ot bureau.
April Il. 1918.
A. stated in the call, the bld- viii clos"
on May 20. aud It . probable that within
two weeks after that date the -ucrr- iui
bidder will have been announced. and iial
work on the station will BE- underway h>
the middle 81 the -ummcr Lieutenant
Hepburn of the bureau "a engineer ~
the navy department, when here about .wu
yearS aga said that thc work "l construct
ing the plant would ma require morr than
~ix munth~. AMI u l- thcrcInrr believed
that ~ the first ui 1916 the plant wIl
bc ready tor operation.
The United State naval rtdir at Point
Isabel will cost about Hlun.unn. Iurudir-
the site. which wa bought from JUDGE
james g. Well of Brownsville and thlrl"-
Champion of Point Isabel. at nominal
price II j. destined 10 put ucw hir ant"
the little fishing village oi Point Isabel and
doubles IL construction Will bc the signal
for the long expected beach baihng resort.
M fewer than Fifteen men will lc rr.ularI>
employed ~ the tatlnu.
The radio will BE- thc ir-t ~ chan 'he
United state naval department wall hnlld
on the Atlantic and Pacific coast and wi'l
connect the east and west station ai ih"
Panama canal with ihr immense ridI" ai
Arlington. VA There viii also hr rnr
structcd later i large radio at San lhrrn.
Cal. and the Point l-ahcl station vill form
\ III. connecting link between that tHti"n
and ty Panama canal The Panama -t'-
.f<are not of -utfrlent strength ~ roach
the Arlington station, q d and. hui tnr
Arlington station roaohe- the Panama ia-
tions. The Isabel station n 8. therefore
supposed will hc ned largely a. 90 relay
from the canal to the government main
station a! Arlington.
First effort ai locating lhc radio -ta-
tion began ~ Brownsville iu lhc iali n
1912, when government engineer elected
the site purchased AZ Pom 7 abel. ihc
particular hlt Of land elected heus pr-
cially well located for thr purp" i"r
which il NJ ~ NJ used. and include twelve
arrc~. The closing M ihe deal va~ dr
lavcd greatly. however. owing tn trrhnlr.
nhiic- ~ TIE deeds NJ transfer Because
oi tcchuicality the cuuvcvor~ "l thr land
were compelled a. make long search inr
an ancient Mexican vino Va- resident on
the property pcrhap half century ae".
~ finally located. remembered Know
ing IN owner of The hand 1T that time. and
with tho defect corrected there wa- hitl"
further DELAY on the part ot the govern
mcni IN accepting the property.
II was expected that bids would have
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