Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-19
I'm OUR
VALLEY

ANOTHER TROPICAL storm of
hurricane proportions struck the
lorida coast Friday night, and Sat
fday was ravaging n large section
southern Florida.
Brings 10 mind another seeming
kct with reference TO hurricanes as
Rey effect the Texas coast of the
nlf Of Mexico.
In the past forty years only one
kuch storm has hit the Texas Gulf
eoast after the fifteenth Of Septem-
ber. That was about October l5'
a9l2, just fourteen years ago
This hurricane "side-swiped" the
brownsville area. It's effect was 70
low branches from trees. Brought
rs of rain.
II was the storm that ran the
rhooner Nicaragua upon the Padre
hand beach, about fifty miles up
he island.
This writer carries in a pocket 2
shiny "sea bean" presented to him by
a coal black West Indies negro. And
! this writer wouldn't willingly con-
fess a superstitious turn of mind,
but he does recall that rheumatic
pains that occasionally struck him
prior to acquisition Of the bean,
have never recurred.
HOTEL Ell JARDIN, now nearing
completion viii be the largest hotel
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Eight stories high, it will have IT'S
guest rooms.
: Stuecoing of the great structure
begins this week. Then one may
i guess just how it will appear when
completed.
Men are plastering and painting
| the rooms of the upper floors. They
are working toward the ground
] floors.
By November 10 Hotel FL Jardin
expects to begin accepting guests.
The hotel formal opening will come
short time later.
II will not have a roof garden.
But will have a Rainbow Garden" :"
patterned after the famous "Rain-
BOW Garden" of Chicago.
Hotel FL Jardin is the largest sim
De structure in Brownsville. Com
in from FL Jardin, for which il
named, IL looks as II il towers
raight, on Fourteenth street.
kJt Is an attractive structure from
erever approached. Can be seen
I'm afar off.
sIF THE BUSINESS OF the first
wo or three months justifies il, inn
yediate erection Of another wing Of
rs rooms will start.
It will bring additional construc-
lon in the same vicinity. Much Of it
iready underway. The Missouri
|acific passenger station foundations
BE in. Work on the superstructure
ilI begin this week.
AThe Chamber OF Commerce build
BIZ, TO cost $4,000. a little farther
bwn the street, is TO be another at
Factive structure in the row.
And little further down. some
BAY In the not distant future a
5000 general traffic bridge will
Be underway.
Back up the other way. plans are
hlready underway for Several two.
three and four story buildings.
ALL THIS WORK Is another rea-
son for the million dollars worth
bf paving proposed under the Octo-
per i6 bond election. Brownsville
needs more sanitary and storm sewer
lines. Additional home building. in
sections never before occupied,
makes that very necessary.
Some folks may know how it's done
otherwise. but most growing cities
have discovered they cannot grow
these essentials.
ROY MILLER. who deserves a very
large part Of the credit for the sue
cess Of the preliminaries that
brought about the opening Of Corpus
Christi harbor the other day. il
scheduled to address the Harlngen
Real Estate Board and guests at the
Reese Wil-Mond on Tuesday night.
Harlingen has recently evidenced
!. considerable interest in n proposal
to dredge the Arroyo Colorado to the
4 point where barges can be brought
to the town from the Gulf Of Mexico.
lof the proposed intercostal canal
extension.
Fifteen years ago the late B. G..
Stegman organized the Brownsville
Channel Company. He proposed to
construct a canal from the Gulf Of
Mexico across the flats 70 a point
about six miles east OF Brownsville
His untimely death brought an end
20 his plans.
HEARD YESTERDAY of a Hidal-
go county farmer who Is preparing
20 plant at least sixteen different
varieties Of vegetables this winter.
He is working on the principle that
he il certain TO hit on a waiting mar
ket for at least a majority Of various
plants he will go into this season.
Valley farmers are rapidly learn
ing things about growing and sell
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