Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-04
CLOSE DEALON
BIG ACREAGE
FCOASTLAND
Kansas City Men Buy
10000 Acres; To De-
velop Homesites and
Coastal City


SAN III NIT0. Tex. Feb. Sale
of two large tracts Dr land On the
I-aEuna Madre- with extensive plans
for the development W both, vas
announced here yesterday ~ !. A.
Graham. iccGl reaitor, who handled
the TWO transfers.
One W. these sales waa nf the
Ruyd tract. which contains l2.52f
acres cf iaHhs with Y large Ifrnntape
On the Llguaa Madre north of
Holly Beach.
The other sale was that OF tho
Box tract, smaller tract than the
Boyd land, which is also ID ~ a.
vcl0ppl
The Boyd land va sold by II. B.
Boyd 81 Missouri to group of
kansas City oil men, who viii de-
veiop Il. Nr. Boyd was in san Be-
nito the carly part Of this weak.
making arrangements for the trans
fer.
Those who purchased the tract of
lnHd are Alb trt n Jones, Frank n.
Jones J. 49, Parker. q. G. Bletler.
and others. all Of Kansas City, and
all oil operators. or otherwise con-
ncctcd with Oh development and uc-
tivitic~
This concern will develop the
tract under the name " the Dixie
Development coml ans.
Announcement was made that
Hare a Hare, nf Kansas CITY. who
nut un the LUnHviaw development in
Washington. making city uf 2h Coo
I'M little ever " year will lav one
the tnwnsltr and handle the de-
velopment. Tho to~Esite will con-
sist Of 1000 Of the total acreage. the
remaining 1000 acres a. be cut into
five and Gem acre farm tracts ana
saId for farm homes.
Engineers are now making sur
Seys ~ the tract. running lines for
canals, and roads. and doing other
work IN preparation for the major
portion Of the development. A pre-
iininary survey III also heinE made
fur "A channel connecting with the
dcen water M the hny. aud Tor
pleasure craft harbor IN natural
location on the bay front in the
tract This channel and harbor will
IA put in jointly by the owners az
thr Boyd Box and Holly Beach
trnrt~. and will be used hy all three.
The owners M thr Bovd tract ra-
timatcd thlt they would spend a
million dollars on the harhor. canals,
and other work IN putting the tract
NJ land IN fihnl shape for home own
err.
Dirt roads arc to wv opened into
fhn tract from San Henit0 and Rio
\ Houdo. with probability tha. the
roads win b. paved IN the near fu-
( fure.
The Box tract was sold By a. M-
n Green. formerly Df Sam Antonio and
new living ir fhe North. tn H- r-
VI TyrIcli. Oklahoma uil man. Ms
\ TyFrell will dev1lDn this tract under
the name ~ he Baysids bevsiop-
msnt company, which he j. forming
\ nnw.
II The extension W. the San Brnito
N Ein GrArhe Valley Railway uhirh
\ has been recommended NV The Inter
state Comm rfer Commission ns u
! needed extension, viii rua east to
the south line 0f the Holly Roach
tract. aud south across tbs faHura
Vista tract. The owners ~ The Boyd
4 tract and Df the Boa tract have
asked that another extension hc run
I from Holly beach IN " nOrtheFly d.
reetion, q connect with the exten-
i0n IL the Missouri Pacific which -
now being huilt southeast from Ef-
4Nh1FH. IRIS extension MbNtu ffDH@
\ thr Boyd tract and che Bux trart.
The Holly Beach development pro-
gram is heinR furtherrd by the
canal which will reach the tract ia
three week. and announcement that
\ experimental farms vii he put In on
this tract. ard on the Box land was
mad 7
Thr transfer w these large tracts
of lands tD capitalists who will de-
veiop them viii result Ia general
Development along tho entire bay
front. il "a believed. including Point
laab !. Laguna Vista. owned hv th@
Eillurk nHvfinpmrnt CD-. the Hclly
Beach. BnH ard B0Yt projects ard
The lI nUu-AtEa tract 0f Al Parker
near the mouth az the Arroyo.
Consideration was not announced
In any Of the trrrsferS. The papars
were signed Wednesday afternoon
and Thursday. afftdtinE thr transfer
rn TINE Boyd tract. while the BnN
tract rrqr rnisf previously.