Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-08-19

BIG development PROJECT IN LOWER
VALLEY IS BELIEVED TO Be ASSURED

One of the biggest land deals which
has been made in this section of the
Valley for some time was completed
yesterday when a tract comprising APP
proximately 5000 acres was trans
ferred to a land company by the
Browne Land and Cattle Company.
The lands involved in the deal lie
east of the city, the nearest point be
ing less than three miles from the
city limits. They comprise the south
portion of what is known as Share No.
"a, and also small acreage from the
Piper Plantation and the Frank Rabb
place. All the lands are extremely
fertile, can very easily be irrigated,
and when developed will make one of
the richest farming tracts in the Rio
Grande Valley.
B. II. Frazier, the well known real
estate man of San Benito, and Mr..
James of San Antonio are the mem
bers of the company that were IN
charge of the purchase, and have been
working on the deal for several weeks.
1t is understood their object in ac-
quiring the lands was for the purpose
of putting on a colonization project,
selling the lands in small blocks, and
bringing into this section of the Val
ley scores of farmers.
The development plans of the com
pany are said TO include the immedi-
ate construction of fine irrigation
plant with capacity of 10000 acres
the grading of excellent roads through
all parts of the tract, and the imme-
date cutting up of the tract into
small blocks. A demonstration farm
will be one of the features of the
development work, and this will
doubtless receive first attention in or
der to have it ready for exhibition
when prospective settlers begin to ar
rive this winter.
The company is said to have made
a proposition to the farmers of the
Little Indiana and also new irri-
CATION district now in process of
formation, whereby the com
pany will Immediately construct the
pumping station which will supply
these. farming lands as well as
their own, and propose to have this
plant completed this winter. The Lit
tie Indiana farmers recently voted
bonds f,r the construction of a new
pumping plant, but as it will be some
time before the bonds can be placed
on the markets and funds secured for
the work, the company proposed to
build the plant Immediately and later
reimburse themselves from the sale
of the bonds. IL this plan is accepted
and it doubtless will be, it will mean
the immediate construction of one Of
the best pumping plants in the Rio
Grande Valley, plant capable of
furnishing an ample supply of water
for 10000 acres.
This is regarded as merely the fore
runner of the development which is
to take place in this section of the
Valley, and which may be directly at
tributed to the assurance of deep wa
ter at Point Isabel. Several deals,
involving colonization schemes Of
greater or less magnitude, are now
ir the course Of consumation, and il
is believed one or two Of them will be
completed within week or ten days.
In all there will probably be 10000
acres of the richest land in the Rio
Grande Valley purchased, developed,
thrown on the market in the vicinity
of Brownsville in the coming six
months and this development will
mean the addition of thousands Of
dollars to the valuation of this section
as well as assuring the city of Browns
vile ST agricultural basis for future
prosperity.
The land company Is reported to be
endeavoring to make the lands avail
able for sale this winter, and the de-
velopment work on their newly ac-
quired tract will be pushed with all
possible speed with that object in
view.