Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-06
BUILDING
GENERAL over
LOWER VALLEY
Three Story Structure
In This City Fea-
lures Activity Past
Week

$4,000 building 10 be crecteu IN
Brownsville BY S. II. Kress 4 Coz
featured building activity over the
Valley during the week just closing,
with a number Of other new struc-
lures started during he week.
Point Isabel. where the Valleys
port Is just being completed Is wit
Messing much constructor, with the
10000 building Of the Point Isabel
Yacht club under construction, a
$4,000 residence being put up for
Captain Tyrrell, and a $4,000 school
contemplated, in addition 70 =
work being carried on by the Port
Isabel company.
IN addition 70 the new Kress build
ing In Brownsville work Is expected
20 be started in the near future on
n S25, 900 building for the lnterna-
tional Drug company. Large strqc-
lures going up now include the NIX
Theater, costing 100000 the ALE
building. costing $4,000; the Man
anton building. costing $65 900; a
$4,000 building for the Southern
Pacific freight station; a ~S250,OO0
high school building, the Gateway
Bridge, costing q quarter OF a MIL
lion. and two new fire stations.
New School
A $4,000 school build is being
(. erected al Olmito, r. II. Holiday be-
ing architect and contractor
At San Benito the new city III
tration plant Is being erected by the
Valley Electric e. Ice company, n
a $4,000 Baptist church IS going up.
The business location Of Jesse a.
WEIGH, garage and auto dealer, ~ be-
ing rcmodeled at a cost Of $lU,0oos
and a $4,000 business and office
building is being erected for Harvey
Il. Smith.
A new Missouri Pacific passenger
station IL soon TO be started IN q
Benito.
Construction has been started at
Hariingen on an $4,000 building Tor
John Baker, with X. W. Mulhausen
A. Co, as architects, and X. D.
Blythe "a superintendent Of con-
struction. The new Rex theater N
that city also is under way, which
will give Harlingen a second large,
modern theater. this building to
cost about $4,000.
Store Building Started
j. B. Moore IS erecting two stores
a. A cost of $4,000. Recently the
city voted bonds for new schools IN
the sum Of $400, 900, and work on
the first Of these is expected 70 be
started soon, while a $4,000 hotel Is
being erected for Mrs. G. q. Sullivan.
The Southern Pacific is erecting a
passenger station, and n $4,000 ad-
dition to the Valley State bank IS
being erected, with Burger A. Ewing
rs architect, and II. L. Ewing con-
tractor.
r. b. Hunt & Son Of Beeville are
building a $4,000 store and office
building at La Feria, William Munns
being contractor: and the same
contractor il erecting an $4,000 store
building for T. II. Belts
The $4,000 packing plant Of r
American Rio Grande Land A lrriga-
ton company at Mercedes, designed
by r. N. Waters Of Weslaco, and
being built By Meriweather 4 Sauef
81 San Benito, is nearing completion.
The city's $4,000 sewerage disposal
plant IS well under way. A $4,000
city hall also is being constructed.
Edcouch Developing
-Four large buildings are going up
AZ Fdcouch, n Of the Valleys new
towns. l.. S. Shore, Of Elk City, Okla,
il building an $4,000 service station
and garage, and a $4,000 store
building. II (. II. poag Of Mercedes is
erecting "a SIS. 200 store building, and
Mrs. d. III. Metz is putting up a
$4,000 apartment building.
At Elsa, another new town, a $2O,-
600 store building is being erected
hv Lemay A Gibson.
Wcslaco's S35. 900 city hall is well
under way. contract having been let
ID y. l.. Stcne Of Weslaco, and the
$4,000 Skaggs d Sheriff. apartment
building is also going mp rapidly.
The city's $125.O 600 cold storage plant,
owned BY VIM. X. Burns and associ-
ates ~ Harrington. is being erected.
Dan Smith u building a $4,000
store and apartment building at
Donna. Worden a Henry of Har-
iingen being contractors, and Page
Brothers Of Austin and Brownsville
architects.
Edinburg Hospital
A large number Of structures cost
ing from $4,000 to more than a
hundred thousand are being erected
in Edinburg, including the Baptist
church, the S85O.O00 city hospital, a
$4,000 store building for Henry
elossner, 4 SOS 5000 store and office
building for Mrs. a. Leideker, the
Pacific Fruit Express c0mpany's
S250,00O ice and refrigeration plant,
and several school buildings which
are nearing completion.
Three school buildings 81 the
rharr-San Juan district are being
erected. including a $40.0 o Mexican
ward school. and two ward schools
costing $4,000.
Construction is active IN Willacy
county. with a $4,000 school build
ing being erected az Hargill. Gies-
ccke 4 Harris, architects, and ".
J.. Pearson. contractor. A sewer dis
posal plant costing $4,000 Is being
erected IN Raymondvillc by the
Southern Rod CO.. Of Houston. and
4 $4,000 telephone exchange build
ing Is being put up in that city.
Iochrie a Hanson are putting UP a
club house costing $4,000, Thomas
a Sons being contractors and a
$4,000 educational building for the
Methodist church is to be erected in
Raymondviile. Ralph II. Cameron Of
San Antonio being he architect.
Upper Valley Building
The $4,000 store building cf
Nielsen a Wentr mt Sebastian Il
progressing. with Anderson A Nass-
burg 81 Lyford doing the construc-
tom work.
McAllen and Mission. IN the west
rrn wing al the Valley section, are
building rapidly. AT McAllen the
100000 hospital Of the city IA
under way. with NJ. r. Nelson as
contractor. plans having been drawn
hy Harvey r. Smith Of San Antonio.
"A $4,000 residence IA being put
tn for Carl H. Faust, "A. III. Wool
ridge being architect. and four rent
houses FOR Scott Ford. costing = to-
tai Of $4,000, arc being built.
The quarter million dollar hotel Of
VI. r. Nelson is also hcirg erected
IN that city.
AT Mission construction work has
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