Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-06-24
IN JOUR
TOWN

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ering the wood block pavement In the
business district with asphalt or other
tar surface
Spleudid. Seems it should be done
Certainly it will prolong the life of the
wood block paving, for a great many
years to come
Taken as a whole the wood block paw
ing is in good condition. Rains, how
ever. sometimes cause water to get un-
der the blocks at some places and they
buckle, necessitating repairs. An as
phaltic or similar surface will prevent
water getting under the blocks.
This wood block paving was put down
in 1912 1t has served the city for IL
wears. Two blocks on Twelfth street,
from Washington tn Levee, have been
replaced, but there were probably other
causes rather than the wood block paw
ing itself.
San Antonio and other cities that had
wood block paving have resorted to
suits.
An extension of 80 days has been
granted to Lee B. James and A. ID. DICK
tnson, to begin the work of erecting
the 100000 tourist hotel for Browns
vile.
The citizens hotel committee granted
the extension until August 10 because
of some details that had to be cleared
away in connection with the title to
property at Eleventh and Levee streets.
Il hxyt hn l.
road company. When railroad COM
pany desires to sell piece of land 1t
owns it is forced to unwind a great
amount of red tape, with the assist
ance of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
This red tape is now being unwound.
There's an opportunity in Browns
Vile for some entelprising young man
to make a good little stake" this
summer.
Less than Is per cent of the homes
in the city proper are numbered at all.
Many of those that have placed num-
bers do not have the corerct numbers.
In West Brownsville, west Of the
high school, there are no house num-
bers The only way to find John Smith
is to go through a lot of motions, knock
at a great many doors.
Buy supply of neat house numbers.
Get an assistant or two and ladder.
Inform yourself on the city plan. Get
q map. Note the names of the streets
that are not indicated on corners. The
city engineer no doubt will be glad to
help in any way.
There's a few hundred dollars in it..
San Benito, by the way, is preparing
for city delivery. If they haven't house
numbers they viii want them.
No money? Somebody'll back you
if you're the right sort.
Lower Levee street, near the Rio
Grande, has taken on a quite new APP
peal ance of late, with several new
storerooms built by John G. Fernandez.
Rumors are that other structures are
soon to go up in the neighborhood.
Business in Brownsville in the early
days centered largely in that part OF
the city. Steamboats, came up the Rio
Grande, tied up at Levee street to dis
charge and take on cargoes. There was
great activity. Great quantities of
foods came in for shipment via oxcarts
into the interior of Southwest Texas
and Northeast Mexico. Great ranches
had to be supplied.
The boats piled their slow ways on
up the Rio Grande, going as far as
Roma.
Things changed. Lower Levee street
went largely into the discard. Now it's
staging a comeback.
A message came over the wires to
The Herald this morning, from The AS
sociated Press:
Washington announces that Browns
Vile will become a fifst-class post
office on July l."
Glad the A. p. got it. OF course
it isn't exactly news to Brownsville
because we have known since January
that it was coming.
Postmaster R. l.. CHM says that th'
first half of 1925 indicates that Browns
Vile is continuing its good showing O.
1924, and will exceed it.
Corpus Christi is still considerable!
ahead of US in receipts. Bnt we sug
gest that the "City by the Sea" lool
to her laurels. We're coming.
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