Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-07-02
BED. TOBEND
ALLITSENERCY
ONDEEP WATER
MANY Matters Of Importance
to City Come Before Its
Bi-Monthly Meeting.
MAIL MATTER Is UP

Deep water will be the chief con-
Germ of the Board of City Develop
ment until deep water is assured.
At the bi-monthly meeting Of the
full board held Tuesday night the
board determined to lay aside all 9TH
er projects and go after the Sl25,0OC
channel fund, especially Browns
ville's $4,000 part Of it, with undi-
yided efforts until the sum is banked
and ready for submission to the wal
department. II was pointed out at
the meeting that every plan for the
extension and improvement OF
Brownsville hinges on the digging OF
the channel; without it Brownsville
slumps back into the village class anc
the Valley is choked by the moose OF
railroad freight rates; with it the flu
ture opens and none can say what the
limit Of growth may be.
The committee on waterways re-
ported that the $125, 900 is all pledg-
ed, except ten or twelve thousand dol
lars, which should not be hard to get.
1t il necessary now for the pledgers
to put up cash to redeem their pledg-
eh.
The housing committee, whose pur-
pose is to relieve the congestion and
take steps to insure the building Of
more dwellings to take care of the
growing demand here, reported that
a special meeting of that committee
will be held next Tuesday night at
o'clock. r. C. Morris is chairman
Of this special committee.
No report was had from the hotel
committee as several of its members
have been out Of the city. s. c.
Tucker Is chairman Of the baord com
mittee.
The chairman Of the hospital COM
mittee reported on its meeting held
earlier in the evening, which is report
ed in another column Of this issue.
The committee appointed to attend
to the improvement of the road from
Twelfth street to the international
bridge asked for more time.
E. L. Howard reported on his find
ings of last Saturday at the city wa
ter plant, described in last Sundays
Herald.
The entertainment committee re
ceived instructions e arrange home
coming celebration for Brownsville,
returned service men, and is at work
on plans now. r. c. Morris, chairman
A. Wayne Wood, s. c. Tucker and ].
N. Stein compose this committee.
The secretary was instructed to
write to owners of the bath house
and other concessions at Tarpor
Beach, opposite Point Isabel, suggest
ing that life-ropes be provided in the
surf there. This action was prompted
by the recent drowning of Lieutenan;
W. d. Bright of Edinburg in the surf
there.
During the general discussion, the
unsanitary and unsightly condition Of
Levee street on the river front was
criticised. Refuse piles there have
been ordered removed by DIR. w. E
SpIvy, acting city health officer, but
the refuse is still there The board
will support the health officer in get
ting the dumps cleared, following
complaints made directly to the
board. A committee will probably
lay the matter before the city man
ager.
An inspector will arrive in Browns
vile Tuesday to investigate the com
plants registered by the boar
against a curtailing Of the mail ser
vice in and out of Brownsville by tht
remova! Of mail clerks from tw,
trains. The secretary read a tele.
gram he had received in answer t,
one OF his men, giving him assurance
that the matter will be investigated
this week.