Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-10-13

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VALLEY
THE NEW YORK TINES recently

NE NEW lORh ilMIso feCShtis
observed its 18th anniversary.
The occasion moved the Times to
scour the country for names OF
firms doing business today that were
in existence three-quarters of CEN
tury ago.
The Brownsville Chamber Of Com
merce recently received copy of
booklet containing the names of such
firms.
The booklet records seven firms or,
institutions in existence today in
! Texas that were doing business 20
years ago.
Out Of the seven, two Of the names
are those of Brownsville firms.
They are Fulgencio Lopez and
Francisco Yturria. The original own
ers Of these establishments, each of
which has always done a ranch bus
mess and ranch loan business, have
passed away long ago. Their success
sors are their sons.
Other Texas firms in existence IS
years ago are, the Galveston News.
Peter Gengler & Co., and VIM. Nun
sen & Sons, Inc, all Of Galveston,
and Menger Hotel and Pioneer Flour
Mills, both of San Antonio.
TWO PERSONALITIES visiting
the Valley this month promise to be
responsible for a great deal of pub
licity for this section.
Let's hope it will all be favorable.
The first will be B. c. Forbes, fl
nancial writer, who Is in the Valley
today. and will be in Brownsville
this evening.
The second will be Otto ii. Kahn,
the New York banker, who will be
here October %.
Mr.. Kahn and those with him are
not men who are given to running
aimlessly around the country. On
this trip they have a definite pur-
pose in view. No doubt Wall Street
and capital in general is receiving
calls for money destined for use for
one purpose or another in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
There must be a great deal of sig
nificance in> the coming visit Of Mr..
Kahn md MS party.
PROPERTY OWNERS themselves
will decide which streets will be
paved under the bond issue Of $780,
900 to be voted upon by Brownsville
citizens Saturday.
When the majority of property
owners on a given street petition
the city for paving, their petitions
will be acted upon, the basis being
that the property owners share with
the city in the cost, the city's end to
come out of the bond money.
Doubtless there will be property
owners on some streets. who will not
want paving, and the homestead law
will prevent the city forcing II up
on them. In which event their prop
erty will get no paving.
But that's n situation that every
city in Texas experiences. Browns
willie so far rs been peculiarly free
Of such paving difficulties. And un-
der the plan. all paving must be
Of first class and permanent.
THE MISSOURI Pacific will in
crease its yard capacity at Harlingen
junction from approximately 500
cars to 1000 cars.
From that point refrigerators will
be distributed along the line be-
tween Harlingen and Mission and be-
tween Harlingen and Brownsville,
during the vegetable shipping season.
The capacity will be the equiv
alcnt Of twenty trains Of fifty cars
each.
Last season something like $4,000
carloads Of fresh vegetables moved
out OF the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Evidently the railroad is preparing
for even larger movements.
MANY INTERPRET the protest Of
President W. r. Scott Of the South
ern Pacific against the proposed ex-
tension of the Spiderweb southeast
from San Benito TO a poin. on the
Rio Grande railway. as an intimation
that at no distant date the Southern
Pacific will apply for permission
to extend from Harlingen to Browns
Vile.
President Scott offers no objection
to the proposed extension Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific from Raymondville
southeast to a point at or near the
Cameron Willacy county line.
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