Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-13
FIGURES SHOW
BROWNSVILLES
RAPID GROWTH
Building Activiti 9 .
Reach the Highest
Point in City's His
tory

Brownsville is in the middle cf
tuperdous building program which
nns far past the huHdreds of thru#-
nds of dollars into the two million
nd quarter neighborhood. So .2g5,-
200 60 be exact. 2 cording 10 the
figures gathered hy The Herald in n
comprehensive survey cf conStrur-
tiOn here.
or this total s25I 500 consists ~
business buildings completed since
the first Of the year, si,Ol9,O00 in
buildings either under actual con-
struction or under contract, SGbh .urn
in new buildings being contemplated
with every indication that they glll
be built. and 1865. 900 in homes either
built. under construction or ccntcm-
plated.
TIE figures were compiled from
information secured from owners.
building permits. contractors, lum-
Der yards, nrchitectR and other
sources and In collaboration with
vi. B. Clint. local insuranlA man.
whose files contain valuable dASa un
construction here.
Included IN the list Of buildirkx
Just completed Va the Spivev-KowaM
y sttrc building IA the corner On
Tenth and Levcc Streets nt N cost WI
$4,000. The Brown White building
M the corner of Tenth and Adams
Streets cost $4,000 and houses the
Stevenson Motor Company. The Mis-
sour Pacific hrnut. lust completed
hut not yet thrown opcn tr the pub
We. cost $4,000. and the Eiveraida
HafEI
Scott and thrown open 20 fha public
anriv In 'hA vrRr. cost $40. 900. The
Famas R. Wells hnfihir~ rn FIixn-
beth street. for which tenants nrn
row hein~ secured. cost 500 900, and
The J. J. Young estate building con-
rtrnr'eA nn fevee Street for occu-
rancy h~ fhe Dnrnrtt Motor Sales
Fnmrnnv cost $4,000.
The Chamber of Commerce has
been occupying for only y SHIRT time
$50 home on Levec Street. and
ne Hrndfn0t BUILDING ON the 0pno-
site corner from the federal building
cost The New York owner $4,000 IN
has been completed for just a few
davs. Jchn Gregg built y fiiliop sta
'ion for Gr0rrr Rall m Fi'yahafh
Street costing Fs Onn. the Grlf w.
timing C0mnHny iH uHinv filllr~
HfHtion ~ Elizabeth romrlpfeA ~ n
rost ~ ~ ma. and che MAGNOLIA Pc
'rnienm f0m~anv station. lust across
ihn wn" rrF' f- nm fr r~r~t. THE
TMMNN. MfMWMN niN Tr'r~ Y new
rilirr afrfirr rt fhn corner w Flew
enth and Madison street. opposite
the courthouse, completed at
cost of s7 Son
HIR Bride Started
The BIGGEST item in the "Hnder
construction rr under contract" list
Is the 100000 international bridge
heinz built hv the Gateway Bridge
romrhn" the lumber for which con-
Etitutri the largest order ever placed
w the Lower Rio Grandr Valley.
Contract vas ict Saturday " w. ".
McDaviit for ftcre building nt tho
corner ~ Tenth and WASHINGTON
Streets M hruRc The Bn~de-lanh
Hrrdwnrc fDmnAny and offices uf
"cDavitt Brothers. produce dealers.
Although Mr.. McDavitt would not
announce the construction price IL
IN understood to nv sHa mo.
Churches also arr dring large
amount Wy buildinv in BrnwBaviIlo.
Our Lady ~ Guadalupe shrine alons
will cot 100000 complete with fix
furea furniture and statnnry. The
p-nahvtrriHna have voted tc make
their new building nt the corner 0f
Palm Boulevard and Elizabeth
street on es6 0On edifiee and the
Church ~ the Advent fEpiscopalianl
has s7n nnO structure under way
Hcarrrlv w block away on Elizabeth
ma Wet Firrt Streets.
The =. y. Young estate N erecting
e3G 0o0 store building and anart-
rprf house az the corner ~ Ellzn-
10th NM Thirterath Streets. and Drr
vi D works w extending A2h 200 im
'hc construction tf home for the
McDermott Motor companv az the
corner Of FIFTH and Elizabeth Streets.
VI J Garcia ir exnerting the com
nIptinn soon uf hiM $4,000 twO-mtDrV
building wv Twelfth Street and wnrM
~ being rushed ~ a $1,000 filling
station at the corner Of Elizabeth
and Fourteenth Streets 20 he known
HH thr Texas COMPANY station N~ N.
Tn thc rear of Hotel VIII JardAm
work in pr0wFeAbinR On u t40.DUp
proposition. II Jardin garage and the
eeanish garden. The Peterson apart
menfs. under construction, are rcrt-
ng $4,000 and $4,000 in improve
ments have bern made At the
Brownsyille Country Club. A $1,000
building 20 house the Amaya Militia
NV shrp IA being built on Adams
street. The Central LiKht Al Power
Company viii in few days NV using
in its entirety "A new lee vault and
other improvements valued at $4,000
and tbs J. j. Young estate - putting
$40 600 into@ the European Hotel
building
Contemplated Structures
Among the contemplated structures
Il a high school 10 evst 100000 Or
more Jesse bennett IN crntemplats
lng improvements 0n hiM ADAMS
Street property t0 cost about S1h 900
and The Herald eontemplntah home
~ i,s own nearby 70 cost approxi.
mntely $4,000. The international
DruR company w planning a f2n.nou
warehouse near railroad trmrhaKe mnh
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