Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-07
ACTIVE {.
CUTS EXPENSE
OF OPERATION
Financial Staten G n t
Discloses Organiza-
ton Well Within
Budget For Year

With an operating xpens Of
Successes for the first II months Of
the calendar year OF 1927, and an es-
timated expense Of $500 for the re-
n.Aining month, the Brownsville
enamDer OF commerce will end the
c1ienoar period with a total credit
81 $5s<.50 Tor the two and one-half
years the present body has func-
toned based on a two mill tax lew.
according to q statement Of finances
published in the herald today.
While the activities OF the cham
Der have been more intensive dur
ing the past u months, than at any
time since u was recognized, the
expenses have averaged considerably
lightey, the report indicates.
Y the $l1,665.95 charged TO US
as operating expense" says s. Z.
Tucker, president OF the o~rganiza-
si0ns q total OF S2336.50 OF this sum
was spent in Our activities in con-
nection with the entry of the South
ern Pacific railroad into Brownsville.
THIS sum includes money paid tor
options On r~ight-of-way. the expense
81 the committee securing the right
of~way, the expense OF q COMMITTEES
going 10 Houston 10 testify before
Examiner Burnside in the first hear
ing for the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and the expense of a
committee TO Washington to appear
before the commission in person.
Brought In s. T..
"Ihe com nittee going to Houston
was composed Of Cieve Tandy, x. a.
kosenthal, ". Z. MeDavitt, Mayor
"A. b. Cole, J. b. Scott and G.. q.
Richardson, manager Of the chamber.
The committee making the trip to
Washington was composed Of Mayor
Cole. Mr.. Scott, Jadge j. A. Graham
and NJ. Richardson.
while this was an unexpected
and unusual expense IL Is one that
we feel properly is chamber OF COM
mcrce work and the fact that the
Southern Pacific railroad now is op-
Grating into Brownsville is proof
that IL was effective. Despite the
spend this sum we still are within
our budget.
with practically all accounts in
and accounted for indications are
that the chamber Of spent
approximately $40 for the entertain
ment Of the South Texas Chamber Of
Commerce convention and the stag
ing Of the Southern Pacific celebra-
tion, which was put on in ccnnec-
tion with it. This convention cost
more than $4,000 but was paid for
largely by registration fees and
other sources of income.
although Brownsville and the
Valley have entertained more con-
ventions in the past year than ever
before in the history Of the section
only a very nominal sun has been
spent by the chamber in Matamoros
for entertainment. The total ex-
pense of the organization for this
purpose probably will not exceed
$3.50 for the year. The visiting bank
ers were given a big banquet across
the Rio Grande but this was paid for
by Valley bankers. The banquet
given earlier in the year for the
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Deal
ers Association convention, which
met in Brownsville. was paid for
by the Valley produce men and other
business interests. The chamber Of
has only entertained a few
high railroad officials and other inn
portant ~personages in Aatamoros,
and these we're invariably in very
small groups.
feel that this statement OF eN-
penditures is due to the citizens Of
Brownsville, as IL is for them that
she organization has been working
and as the bills have been paid by
the city government Mr.. Tucker
concluded.
Building Saves Rent
The financial statement shows
that a total Of S45,955.10 has been
spent for the operating expense Of
the chamber for two years and five
months; that a total Of $i9,9l2.65
has been invested in the building,
and that $2.126.13 is invested in fur
niture for the building. This build
ing IL located on a site leased from
the Missouri Pacific railroad for a
period Of 80 years at the rate Of SIS
per year. The building Is TO be paid
Tor over a period OF years. "The cost
Of the building win be saved 70 the
city before the lease expires as II
will save the necessity OF paying
rent" Mr.. Tucker said.
Another unusual expense charged
20 the chamber OF m &C
count for the year Is S3.0i4.6i paid
cut on new equipment for radio sta
ton KWWG nc the tiTne IL was re-
moved from lis original location on
Tenth Street 20 the roof Of the Ho-
tel Fl Jardin. This Il explained rs
an investment BY Accountant L.
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