Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
BROWNSVILLE IS
1OBBINC CENTER
OF VALLEYAREA
"s
Manufacturing Is Start
ed Here With Rest of
Valley as Market; Big
Growth in Business

Fronton street in Brownsville may be
called the distributing center of the
Rio Grande Valley. as on this street
are cetnered the wholesale houses
which supply retailers from Browns
Vile to Mission in all lines of mer-
chandising.
Other Wholesale establishments are
scattered throughout the city of
Brownsville, but tbs Fronton street To-
cation has proved The most popular,
due TO the railroad facilities there.
The importance OF the location in the
business life Of Brownsville has caus-
ed the city to put in filst class paving
from Elizabeth TO Fronton on Tenth,
and on out Fronton to Second street.
In addition TO being the distributing
center for Wholesale goods. Brownsville
also furnishes the rest OF the Valley,
: and points outside the Valley, with
goods manufactured here, notably work
clothing, palm leaf hats, cotton seed
oil and cake. and other articles. The
nat factories here turn out more than
5000 dozen hats every year, these hats
selling for around $50 q dozen, whole
sale.
The Peoples Ice & Mfg. Co., on
Fronton street, manufactures cotton
seed oil, and cotton seed cake. supply
ing the remainder Cf the Valley, and
Brownsville with these products. The
capacity of the plant is 80 tons of
crushed cotton SEED a day. The plans
is being improved, the seed storage
plant being increased.
Make Clothes
Work clothes, turned out at The Nc
Nair factory. are shipped to every point
in the Valley. and arc also shipped in
to Mexico. The capacity cf this plant
has been doubled recently, an dthe
territory 10 which the goods are ship
ped has been increased. The output.
of The factory IS handed exclusively
through the Valley Wholesale Dry
Goods Co., of which Ben NJ. Freuden-
stein and Z. Rosenthal are. owners.
#. Martinez & Sons, and the Texas
Mexico Hat shop are The two concerns
in Brownsville which manufacture palm
leaf hats. These two establishments
turn out an average Of 5000 dozen palm
leaf hats every year., the hats being
sold all over the state, and at points
outside the, state. The hats are of a
high quality and good workmanship,
being hand made.
Mattresses are made at the plant of
the SCmmers Furniture Co, the Nu'
grape Boiling works turns out a pro-
duct manufactured here, and a Coca
Cola bottling plant will be installed as
sooh as the building site near the mar
ket is put in shape.
Wholesale GrOcers
brownsville has wholesale houses IN
almost every line of merchandising.
The DIESEL Boettcher Co., of which Ar
thur Hipp is manager, handles a com
pletz line Of fruits and vegetables.
This company has recently installed 4
new cold storage plant, and is in snaps
to handle large shipments of vegetables
into Brownsville. Extensive improves
ments have also been made on the
building. and a garage constructed
next to the storage plant,
Caffarrelli Bros, on Levee street,
are whole sale grocers with a Valley
wide trade. The house here is a branch
oil. Caffarlelli Bros, in San Antonio, and
is managed BY Frank Caffarelii. A
branch of fhe Brownsville concern Is
located in Mission, and the establish
ment handles business between here
and there.
A Brownsville house which is branch
ing out at the present time is Ullman
Stern and Krausse. which concern is
establishing a branch house at Harlin-
cen. The company, which has head
quarters in San Antonio, handles whole
sale groceries.