Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-09

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Grande?
Ell Cronista del Vale, Spanish daily
of Brownsville, in a lengthy interview
with A. A. Trevino, former Mexican
consul at Brownsville, quotes him as
predicting that there will be such
bridge within another year.
Mr.. Trevino says his proposed bridge,
for which he says he has concession
from the Mexican government, will cost
around quarter million dollars.
Congressional action, we believe, is
necessary before work on sucKh struc-
ture can begin insofar as the American
side Of the river is concerned.
A half dozen concessions have been
granted for the construction of such
bridge at Brownsville in as many years,
by the Mexican government.
And interesting in connection with
such a bridge is the fact that the Rio
Grande is declared navigable stream,
in the treaty between the two govern
ments, and any bridges that are built
must be so constructed that boats may
pass through them.
The Brownsville & Matamoros Bridge
Companys structure is a turn-brldge;
that is, if a boat suddenly appeared in
the channel, it would be necessary to
open the draw and permit it to go
through.
UP to a few years ago red lantern
was hung at the draw, religiously and
every night. This channel light could
be seen at least a quarter mile down
he cfr to
vessels"
There hasn't been a river boat IN the
Rio Grande for at. least 10 years. unless
we except little schooner brought up
from the gulf and which is now high
and dry on the bank above the immgra-
tion station.
Probably the next fortyrfive years
won't bring a steamboat.
II Sjeaking of water, there has been
blenty of it everywhere in Brownsville
Z the past three days.
In some residence districts the floods
were up to doorways.
Bathing suits were called into service,
by men and women, boys and girls, who
had to go to, business. Kind neighbors
on higher ground supplied dressing
quarters.
Brownsville is not necessarily dis
graced because storm Sewers in some
sections failed to carry off the waters
quickly. A rainfall of eleven inches in
"a hours is more than the average storm
sewer can stand and trash often inter-
feres by clogging the drains.
Floks were inconvenienced, of course,
but let's recall the days before paved
streets-what about the mud of years
ago?
Our wood block paving was probably
wrecked. But it has served the city
very we'll 1t was put down twelve
years ago.
Wood blocks have since then proved
not serviceable, in other cities as we'll
as Brownsville.
San Antonio long since covered her
wood blocks with asphalt or other BIZ
luminous covering.
Brownsville can probably follow the
same course, if there is still space to
be had between the surface of the
blocks and the top of the curbing.
And the suggestion is made that the
OIOChS De ldhtH up LCldiu III diiCy .
in the business district, new surface
to be given the concrete base of the
wood blocks. Not a bad suggestion,
that.
Have been informed that some. engi-
neer who lined the grade for the paving
on Elizabeth stheet west of the high
school lost his job because he didn't
put the grade higher.
Water ran across that Elizabeth street
paving the other day into the flat on
the south side of the street If the
street had been given a higher grade
the water would have remained indef-
initely.
1.-The judgment of that engineer has
been yindicated, declared our inform
ant.
Don't recall the incident, but we do
know that much water crossed that Sec
tion of Elizabeth street.
When the city or the county are men,
aced by some danger or other, SIM
Tucker is one of the first to put on
rubber boots and big wide straw hat
and get into the middle of it,
His plant was flooded the other day
Cottonseed to the value of 100000 was
in danger.
But we didn't see anyone breaking
their necks to get out to the People
plants to help Sim Tucker out OF hls
dilemma. =
AS matter of fact, they would like
ly have been in the way. Them too
maybe other folks had their troubles
Sunday night and Monday.
Seventy-seven building permits were
issued in San Benito from January