Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
I'm OUR
VALlEY

LOWER RIO GRANDE Valley
seems as much interested in the
proposition Of deep water transpor-
tion through Brazos Santiago Pass
as 1t ever was.
That meeting at Mercedes Friday
night, attended by citizens from al
most every community in the Valley,
was unanimous on the proposition.
IL was resolved that the channel
now under construction for sixteen
feet be completed and used.
1t was resolved that the proper
procedure is the formation of a
navigation district, under some plan
yet to be worked out.
II was resolved that the govern
fnent, without further aid from the
people of the Valley, should com
plete the construction of the inner
and outer channels.
r. B. Creager Of Brownsville
pointed out that with a harbor, re-
adjustment of freight rates will fol-
low which will quickly save to this
people of the Valley more than
enough to pay for all the road con-
struction, underway and planned
While Commodore Louis Cobolini
points out that cabbage can be
moved to eastern seaboard territory
at enough below present costs 20
leave a legitimate profit 10 the
grower.
COMMODORE C0BOLINI takes a
day in March when cabbage sold In
New York at s45 a ton.
OF that amount, he points out,
$3.50 was the freight. Left a mere
IS for the grower.
By water, the rate from Point Isa-
bel would have been about si2.90.
From Mission, add say 81 ton. The
net to the grower In apparent.
Arguments like these show the ad-
vantages OF water transportation.
Will open markets that otherwise are
closed to the Valley.
CAMERON COUNTY, much inter-
ested in highway building in these
times, should plan to get rid OF the
so-called permanent waves" IN the
stretch of concrete just outside
Brownsville and another stretch be-
tween Harlingen and the Arroyo Col
crado bridge.
These two stretches were Cameron
county's original experiment in con-
crete road building.
Not the fault of the concrete; the
fault in the method in which il was
laid down.
i. It's a great pleasure to ride n
smooth pavement after n session over
the permanent waves
Wonder what State Highway Com
mission Chairman r. S. Sterling
thought about the waves as he went
over them Saturday morning.
HIDALGO COUNTY reports a
scholastic population of 1902 for
1927, an increase of 1854 over the
figure for 1926.
Cameron county reports a total of
15,703 for 1927, an increase of l0S6
over the figure for 1926.
Just 800 more seholastlcs IN the
two counties in 1927 than there were
in 1926.
No wonder the Valley is finding it
necessary to build so many schools.
McALLEN EXPECTS its assess
able valuations to go to S5,300,0o
for the present year.
McAllcn looks more like a "ten
million dollar" city, by daylight or
electric light.
The jump to more than $4,000, 900
In valuations when one notes in the
McAllen Monitor an imposing list of
buildings, under way and contem-
plated. Thirty-three of them listed,
mostly residences representing ex-
penditures Of $4,000 and up.
Apartment houses have their
place in the life of the Valley, but
there's permanence about residence
construction.
UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS COM
ing to the Valley shortly. To see il.
Texas Editorial Association 20
meet at McAllen during the Valley
u3iid-Winter Fair.
The Intra- Coastal Canal Associa-
sion TO meet in Harlingen and
Brownsville.
The South Texas Chamber of Com
merce to hold its first annual con-
vention in Brownsville.
The Valley Mid-Winter Fair at
Harlingen in the latter part Of No
vcmber.
The Hidalgo County Fair at Mis-
sion in the early part OF November.
All of which are events calculated
60 bring a large number Of visitors
20 the Valley.
Ten thousand tourists in the Val
ley in one season would spend a
thousand dollars each. That's a ten
million dollar crop. And with roads
and more golf courses. improved
beaches that arc available in all
weathers, these figures are not in
the least out Of reach.
Facing Retirement,