Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-12-17
IN OUR
VALLEY

Nan BENITo has put over short
and snappy campaign to build a
modern hotel
Citizens have agreed to take stock to
the amount of $l50,0O0 in the hostelry.
1t means great deal to the contin-
ned growth and prosperity Of San Be-
nito and the San Benito district.
Scores Of San Benito citizens not
only agreed to put their money into
the proposition, but contributed liber-
ally of their time and energies.
Most of them, no doubt, have not in
vested money in the project with the
idea of quick return. Probably some
consider it a contribution But the
history of hotel construction in recent
years is that mostly they have paid.
San Benito will not regret the move
ment. 1t has shown, for one thing,
what teamwork will do.
Every town in the Valley should have
a commodious hotel. Brownsville has
several good hotels and new one un-
derway. Harlingen has one underway
San Benito is preparing to build. Wes-
laco is working for one. Edinburg is
after hotel. McAllen has good hotels,
as has Mission
Subscribers to newspapers do not of
ten ask change of address by telegram
But K. Hull, St. Petersburg, Fla, there
temporarily from another section of the
country, wants his Herald changed
quickly.
M. j. Jones, gatekeeper at the recent
Valley Fair, noted visiting cars from
Oklahoma, Kansas. Arkansas. Minneso-
"a, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
Colorado, California, Arizona, Missis-
sippi, Indiana, Texas and Mexico.
Go into any tourist camp in the Val
ley The states represented will as
tonish you.
On the subject of international bridg-
es, the Think" column in the San An
tonic Express says:
with two splendid new bridges
across the Rio Grande Brownsville to
Matamoros and Hidalgo to Reynosa-
the ties which bring Mexico and the
United States into closer cooperation
and amity will have been strengthened
appreciably. Trade not only follows
the flag, but it pursues the bridges
any artery Of commerce. One Of the
best in the world is at Laredo, and they
are planning others farther upstream
These arc international girders in ev-
cry sense-and the full force applies
to Texas, with San Antonio catching its
strongest drift.
"Think" thinks correctly. AS soon as
rumors began to spread of possible
new bridge across the Rio Grande at
Brownsville, with the foot of Levee
street the possible location. real estate
in the neighborhood began to change
hands Four new buildings soon went
up on two blocks two arc under con
struction on the same block and onthel
is to be built shortly after the first o.
the year.
The tendency Of business in mosi
cities built on river banks originally &
be near the boat landings, has been t
grow away from the river, with proper
ty near the river depreciating. The re
verse is true at Brownsville because
of the large Matamoros population tha
does much of its retail and wholesale
buying in this city.
The foot of Levee street today, where
for years old buildings have stood, pre-
sents the most modern front in Browns
vile. 1t has become a vertable "au
tomobile row"
S. C. Tucker, civic leader of Browns
Vile, whose name has for 20 years bees
associated with ice and cotton, has qui
ice.
Mr.. Tucker started and developed !
most successful business. After more
than 20 years of it, he is still a youni
man, healthy, energetic and ambt-7us
Venture the prediction that WITHIN
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