Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-16
IN OUR
VALLEY

""E anu Shy dlTcduy is DelnR nedrC
= up and down the Valley about the
alleged Shipment of green grapefruit
to up-sRte points to the detriment Of
The crfS as a whole.
j. Stewart of McAllen. returning
fro9fa selling trip, declared that grape
fr2n still green is found on sale il
~Ssme cities in bushel baskets. "just like
potatoes. The price paid, he said
was as low as a dollar bushel
Reaction onfavorable to alVley grape
fruit is certain to be the result, is the
complaint.
Restaurants in the larger cities
where grapefruit from the Valley is
served should be supplied with some
sort of poster Announcing the origin, =
says A. N. Jessup, of Brownsville, back
from Houston.
In prominent cafe in Houston. .
said Mr.. Jessup. 81 was served with
Valley grapefruit.
wanted to see if the waitress knew
where it was grown. | asked her if il
was grown around Houston, at Alvin OF
Brazoria or Galveston.
| think it's grown in Texas, but
don't know where" Mr.. Jessup said the
waitress answered.
Hidalgo county is calling for bids for
the construction of hard surfaced
road from McAllen to the Rio Grande
at Hidalgo. The distance is about eight
miles, and yhe estimated cost of con-
struction runs around 100000.
Hidalgo county is embarking on a
system of north and south roads to
connect with the state highway, and
here have been rumors of proposed
$500, 900 bond issue to carry out such
a system.
McAllen is the only one of the larger
cities of the Valley without chamber
of commerce, and movement is under
way there to remedy the defect.
The luncheon clubs of McAllen, the
Rotarians and Lions. have taken the
Initiative in the matter. Each club will
have three members on committee of
nine, the other three members to be
pon-club members.
the organization of a chamber.
The chamber of commerce, idea has
long since proved its value as a civic
asset. No town that has opportunities
and ambitions should be without one.
The building wave in Brownsville con-
tinues. West Brownsville, that district
that is, generally speaking, north and
west of the belt line railroad, is the
scene Of greatest activity.
School buildings and residences are
going up, or are completed. Residences
costing up to $4,000 or $4,000 are be-
ing erected.
The need is being seen by local real
estate men. of what is known as a re
stricted subdivisions; that is, a subdi-
vision in which the lot buyer agrees
that he will not permit the building on
his property of residence to cost less
than stipulated amount.
Some prospective home builders are
averse to the idea of investing $4,000
to $4,000 in a home, and then have
next to the property a home costing
less than, say, $4,000. The relative
value of their property is decreased
greatly. it is claimed, because of the
adjacent property.
Perhaps Brownsville is on the verge
of the restricted sub division" idea.
Modest apartment houses which have
been erected in Brownsville recently
have been taken readily. They are said
to have waiting lists
These apartment houses are examples
of what may be expected of apartment
house ventures in the future.
The original apartment houses have
been of frame construction. The next
step in the idea will likely be the stuc-
co on frame or brick veneer, and later
on the brick and hollow tile construc.
tion.
Both brick and hollow tile, manufac-
tured in Brownsville, are about to be-
come available.
The experiment of covering the wood
block paving in the business district OF
Brownsville with rock asphalt is now
underway.
The block selected is on Thirteenth
street, between Elizabeth and Washing
ton.
1t will be we'll worth observing, since
the time has come when something
must be done about these wood blocks
B, the way, the wood block paving
hasn't done so badly. 1t has. been down