Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-08-06
PARK
PLANNED FOR
H0SP|TALSTO
BE BUILT
BY ARMY

When DIR. M. c. Cameron. representative
Of the Red Cross Camp Service was in
Brownsville last week he called upon c;t;-
zens Of Brownsville for statistics unon
which to base recommendations for a
Convalescent Hospital and Reconstruction
School Tor Brownsville. Ii j. planned that
q number Of these hospitals. to care for
the men sent home wounded from the bat
uefield be built in the lower border terri
tory. These hospitals will comprise not
only the usual facilities of such institu-
tions, but in addition will have d Recon
struction School
al the Reconstruction School men who
have suffered injuries that will keep them
from following for the rest of their lives
the trade or profession they followed pri-
or to-the war will be instructed i'm occn-
pations from which their injury is not de-
barring.
In response to DR. Camerons request "A
site Just opposite the present base hospital
ten blocks from the City Hall. has been
offerede. The site will have frontage of
80 feet and will be Of any depth the hos
pital authorities NAV require.
The city has completed the drainage Of
the old resaca, along the city's abomina-
tion in that section and the bed j. being
transformed into a park for the use of
the patients at the base hospital and Of
convalescent hospital, when il il estab-
lished
City Manager ". f. Anderson has made
blue print Of the site and Of the park
and sent it to DIR. Cameron with the fol
lowing accompanying letter:
Herewith is sketch of the site pro
posed for the Red Cross Convalescent Hos
Dital and Reconstruction School in
Brownsville, Texas. This j. located d-
reetly across the resaca park. which il
now being put into shane. from the army
base hospital. and l. ten blocks from the
City Hall.
There would be private roadway be-
tween the Red Cross hospital and the base
hositpal and the PARK living between these
institutions would be reserved for their
use.
''This proposed site is seven hundred fif-
depth II i high and perfectly drained
and has a fairly thick growth of mesquite
and ebony trees. No location could be
more heaIthful and the resaca park will
soon be most delightful spot. Ii j. quite
away from noise and excitement. hut
there is enough travel on the Point Isabel
road to keep it from being lonesome
"Ciiy water is already connected TO this
site, having been supplied there when it
was used as a camp for the national
guards when they were on the border. The
sewer now extends to the base hospital and
can readily be extended to this SITE. Elec-
tric wires are now to the drainage pump
within one hundred fifty feet Of this site
"The City of Brownsville now has good
water works. electric plant, storm and
sanitary sewerage systems and. fair pro-
porton Of paved streets. AT this time We
are proposing to expend three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for extension and
betterment Of all city utilities and when
the improvements now outlined are coin-
pleted the city will he well equipped in
this respect, especially as to water sup
", sewerage and drainage.
"The City of Brownsville Is twenty four
miles from Point Isabel on the Gulf Of
Mexico where there is slendid bathing for
eight months in the year. A railroad and a
good dirt road connect Brownsville with
Point Isabel, arrangements could be made
for. stopping trains at the hospital.
Fresh fish and other sea food are