Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-12
In OUR
TOWN

w HAi happens Monday at the va
rious banks in Brownsville when
,hose VINO agreed to help finance the
bonus OF $65,000 for the s4OO.0 tonr-
lst hotely will determine whether
brownsville secures this much desired
facility.
a great many thousands of dollars had
already been paid in Saturday night.
Monday, when the banks close at a.30
O'Clock, will be the day that will tell
the story.
Will we get the hotel?
We Will. The Herald has faith in the
people of Brownsville; faith in their
promises, faith in their faith for the
future of their city.
The people of Brownsville wanted I,
tourist hotel. Wanting it, they willing
ly consented to underwrite bonus Of
$65,OoO.
The contributions run from 500 to
$4,000.
Brownsville will make good.
A splendid five-story bank and office
building is now being completed
Two large brick business buildings
are well underway .
Two large brick business buildings
are well underway.
The Sisters of the Incarnate Word
have announced they will likely build
a quarter million dollar academy in or
near the city.
The Gulf Coast Lines will build a
splendid 100000 railroad station stimuli.
taneously with the hotel.
Many homes are under construction.
and more are contemplated.
The vista that. is Brownsville is un-
dergoing very healthy change
Those who have promised to help fl
nance the hotel bonus will help things
materially by promptly taking up their
bonus paper at the various banks.
Speaking of buildings and things. out
four miles from Brownsville there is
being laid the foundations of an indus
try that is going to mean great deal
to the future development of Browns
vile and the Valley generally.
That is the plant of the Valley Clay
Products Company, out at Winstedt
switch.
They are going to make brick out
there, and drain tile and building tile
There's a considerable body of men a.
work out there now, under the direction
Of Claude Smith. designer and builder
of the plant. There will probably be
more when actual manufacturing is
started.
It's going to be a modern plant in
every respect Underneath the plant
there is a labyrinth of tunnels. These
are for the passage in and out of the
hot air created in the burning of the
brick and tile. The tunnels are some
eight feet high, arch shaped, with
floors, walls and roofs of brick. Al
the ends there ares great suction fans.
They will pull the hot air through ano
out into the open.
Then there are the kilns. They
don't build kilns of brick, shaped liked
the top of rounded cone of ice cream.
Now they are of steel. with several
burners on each kiln, and they will use
fuel oil for the heating operation. The
heat will be up around 1900 degrees
Fahrenheit. A pretty hot place, these
kilns.
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willie brick plant, had capacity Of 5O,'
900 brick. The new will take care Of
100, 900. Only two of these old k-.ns
remain, by the way. They are being
removed to be replaced by the new.
There is something very solid about
this brick plant that is being built out
there. The construction is substantial.
the equipment seems to the layman to
be everything that could be desired
for brick and tile plant.
Concrete has been literally used in
the construction. Brick even more 50.
Farmers in this section who want to
do drain tiling on their places are wait
ing for completion of this plant.
It is said that tile now costs around
$l2O ton. The Brownsville planr
homes to be able to sell it at $50 ton
The saving of freight makes for the
difference.
Dirt that appears to be very ordinary
dirt is to be used. But it is ordinary
to the layman only. The expert sees in
it the qualities that make good brick
and good tile On the ground it's just
plain, every day dirt. After coming
from the kiln it is very attractive
cream color substance.
1t will be possible also to provide arti-
ficial coloring for special effects.