San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
PUTS
MILLIONS IN
PROJECTS
Highways, Subdivisions,
Deep Port Attracting
All America.
The greatest expansion and deyA-

The greatest expansion and dev6-
opment in the history Of Corpur
| Christi is under way in the beautiful
little coast city south of San Antonio
and within the next twelve months
the coast country is destined to wit
ness the expenditure of millions of dol
lars in improvements and real estate
transactions.
This was the encouraging report
brought back to San Antonio by 4. r.
Allison. well known real estate man
and developer of Corpus Christi, who
spent the weekend in this city on
business connected with the placing on
the market of Del Mar, a 81, 500 900
residential addition there.
Il am delighted at the evidence of
growth and development on every
hand in your great city of San An
tonic" said Mr.. Allison, ~but on only
a slightly lesser scale, Corpus Christi
is doing the same thing. / do not
think you people realize what we have
at Corpus Christi and what we are go
ing to do down there in 1926. The
interests of San Antonio and Corpus
Christi are so closely associated that
we ought TO keep in closer touch with
| alIalrs tnan we do.
PORT MARKS COMPLETION.
"Our deep water port. according Il
the estimate of II. J. Cummings, the
project engineer, will be completed
about next May. But we already have
shipping coming in. The harbor is TO-
day 60 per cent complete. The docks
are in and floored but will be given
paving of rock asphalt and then the
warehouses have to be built and other
facilities provided. This win require
most of the winter to finish. Two
sections of the deep water channel
have been finished and the govern
ment is advertising for the third sec
ton. A small fourth section will re-
main after that. Despite the fact
that these improvements remain to be
installed, the Gulf Coast Steamship
Company's 600-ton steel boat Rotarian
already is landing freight at Corpus
Christi, using the municipal pier. She
has made a fourth trip between our
port and Galveston and Houston and
makes regularly weekly calls at our
port.
HOMES IN DEMAND.
Every residence in the city Is oc-
cupied and home building is proceed
ing about as in San Antonio with
every house occupied as soon as it is
completed. At Del Mar, our new
addition on the bluff south Of the
present city, we are going to start
the first unit of big construction
campaign with % new homes which
will entail total of about S1S0,000.
They will be strictly modern and of
| the finest architectural designs and
workmanship.
Adjoining our addition is another
beautifully situated tract where Judge
r. Il. Brooks and associates Of Hous-
ton, understand, will put on another
fine subdivision similar to Del Mar.
There are a number of other similar
projects which will extend the city
a considerable distance beyond the
present limits. Shore sites are
mounting in value rapidly, there is a
big demand for wharfage and water
front locations, the business district
is pushing out into the home section
as in San Antonio and development
is everywhere.
ave are getting in a large number
of new citizens too. During the last
few months, newcomers have been ar
irving almost daily and most of them
are investors and developers.
S. A. CAPITAL.
"a considerable amount of San An
tonic capital is being invested in our
section this winter. One thing |
notice. as indicating the faith in Cor
pus Christi is that nearly every real
estate transaction called 10 my atten-
ton in several months has been made
for spot cash. They are buying our
property and paying for it on trans
fer, an unusual but healthy sign.
Property values, especially well To-
Gated sites, are advancing rapidly. 1
know of one tract that sold for three
times the selling price of a year ngo.
There are any number of deals that
represent q doubling in values in the
last twelve months.
Dallas capital also is represented
to q considerable extent. One Dallas
project is n theater to cost about
100000 to be built by II. and X.
Amusement company in the down.
,, town section. Several new business
buildings are projected for this win
Ter.
VOTE BONDS.
c @The city Of Corpus Christi recently
voted S250,0O0 in bonds for improving
our public utilities. Larger water and
gas mains are being laid throughour
the city which will care for our rapid
~ increasing population. A new III
, tration plant is being installed at Cal
allen.
- "W. L. Pearson Company has made
: tests Of the clay on the Dunu tract.
n which produces tho gas we use Ia
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