Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-17
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string. That string is a road; two
roads, in fact.
They will do this construction,
they state, provided a hard surfaced
road is built from Barreda to Point
Isabel, with a connecting road from
Brownsville.
Both projects are prominently be-
fore the people of Cameron county
at this time.
The board Of commissioners re
Gently considered, favcrably,
proposal TO devote S350.000 out Of
the $6.000.000 bond issue to the Bar
reda-Point Isabel project, with the
idea in mind that the state highway
commission might come in for
similar amount.
Page L'Hote. Ltd. operated steam
ers between New Orleans and Point
Isabel in the old days of harbor
service on this coast. They had Nor
gan as a competitor. So the run will
not be new to them.
y THE SAN BENITO LIGHT proves.
by written record, that the climate
in these parts was just as good back
in the 4o's as it is today. II says:
when reports from other sec
tions Of the United States list the
casualties from heat waves at sew
eral points, il is not hard to under
stand why so many tourists head
their cars toward the Lower Rio
Grande, Valley.
"The cool breeres which sweep the
lower Texas coast country were
source of surprise and pleasure to
the men who followed General Zach
cry Taylor to Corpus Christi and to
the border when this area was
mesquite waste.
an WRITING to his wife back
east. Lieutenant Richard Cochrane
said. although we are so far south.
have experienced less inconven-
ience from the heat than ! have in
Pennsylvania or Missouri
Several months before he was
killed in the Battle of Resaca de la
Palma. on September q, ls45, he
wrote I think I have never been in
a mere delightful climate than this.
Officers who are constantly joining
us. both with and without troops.
sneak of the excessive hot weather
they had as to the north. east and
west
AND HERE is some more "back
ycnder" information.
Been laboring under the impress
sion for many years that Washing
ton Park was donated TO TIE City of
Brownsville by the Stllman inter-
ests some 80 years ago.
As matter of fact Washington
Park was dedicated as a park much
farther back than the early 90's. In
fact, back yonder in the early SOS.
about the time that the city was in
corporated as such. the park was
presented to the city by the Hord
estate. which later became part of
the Stillman estate.
So informed by former ab-
stractor who takes an interest in
such things.
which means that Washington
Park (?) has been such for II years,
or thereabouts.
Nok. we ask you. amt il shame
that this square has been allowed 10
remain unimproved for all these
years?
With little money. some care
and attention throughout those n
years. what mightn't Washington
Park have been today?
THIS BUSINESS of growing flow
ers in the Valley for the ever-in-
creasing market. both inside and
outside the Valley. seems to be at
tracing more and more interest.
Up near Mission Mrs. Lady Cary
Gillette announces plans for twenty
acres of roses and tube roses. on
which she proposes to set out 10000
plant to the acre.
Four hundred thousands plants
seems to be a pretty good-sized or
der for any nursery. But the Mis-
sion Enterprise reports the fact. and
II must be right.
And We are AWAITING an emporium
ity to see what 100000 rose bushes
look like when they are all in bloom.
OVER AT THE new Herald build
fng there's man from Chicago who
is busily engaged in assembling ten
or twenty thousand pieces of ma
chinery which in three or four weeks
will become The Herald's rev print
ing press.
II. will weight something like TO-
non pounds when it's all in shape
fo- work
The puzzle about the whole thing
is. how in Heavens name he man
ares to find the particular screw 10
GO into the particular place pre-
pared for it.
And around him are a few snec-
thev knew something about ma
chirery.
They could have learned. had thew
followed the line of procedure Of
This erector. He started at X He
learned how to wine machines. then
he became an apprentice mschinis-
md learned Row to make gears and
rnts and screws. Then he became
~ erector's helper for a few years.
Then he became an ereetor.
It's always very simule aftsr vou'te
.spent the necessarv4 ffts~~ m,