Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-13
BROWNSVILLE
MAY GET HUGE
COLD STORAGE
SzSO,O00 Plant Is Pro-
posed Adjacent To
Bonded Warehouse
On S. p. Tracks

W a
announced this week by Roy sethman
OF the Valley Bonded Warehouse Co.
winch Is completing a $500 o con
crete warehouse on the Southern Pa
eiiic lines near Los Eranos addition.
associated with Mr.. Sethman in
the project are DIR. II. A. Burns,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, capitalist, G. ID.
sutton of Mason City, ILL.,, and J. NJ.
Nix Of San Antonio, builder of Hotel
II Jardin and the Capitol theater.
Mr.. Sutton and DR.. Brrns also have
extensive interests in Brownsville
and vicinity.
The capital stock Of the company
VIII be $l5O,000, and the organizers
propose to issue bonds in the amount
ol 100000. Financing Of the pro-
gect, MIR. Sethman stated, will be con
tngent upon Brownsville interests
taxing $4,000 of the capital stock.
The structure, for which plans
nave already been completed, will
DC located adjacent to the bonded
warehouse on the north. the two
structures to be joined. II will be a
two-story building 100 by gao feet
IN size, with a cold storage capacity
OF over 100 cars. The upper floor
viii be utilized for dry storage, but
can be converted to cold storage by
the addition Of the necessary equip
ment, bringing the total capacity to
approximately go cars.
The bonded warehouse nearing
completion, to which the new struc-
ture will be Joined, will make the
total length Of the building 800 feet,
the largest storage and warehouse
project in South Texas.
Refrigeration Engineer Secured
j. A. Taylor OF Houston, refriger-
alton engineer, who erected the huge
Santa Fe cold storage plant az Dali
las. one Of the largest in the South.
has been retained by the promoters
Of the project, and will be in charge
OF the construction work. He has
already made the preliminary sur
veys and approved the general con-
struction plans.
The entire building will be con-
structed Of reinforced concrete and
brick, resembling in all architectural
features the warehouse structure On
which the brick work will be COM
pleted next week. IL will have con-
crete floors, q sprinkler fire system,
the same as the bonded warehouse,
and will be equipped with every mod
ern appliance.
Plans for the structure contem-
plate large loading docks along the
Southern Pacific tracks on the cast
ern side of the building, and truck
and wagon loading docks on both the
west and north sides, with a large
covered drive between tire cold stor-
age plant and the bonded warehouse.
The foundations for the cold storage
y plant will be the same s those Of the
warehouse-constructed to permit
the building of a third story in the
event IL should be deemed necessary.
Organization Of the company is
. we'll underway. and 4 Brownsville
interests subscribe Immediately for
the $500 O0 in stock allotted to this
city, the plant will be completed
early this autumn, Mr.. Sethman said.
The promoters OF the project stress
the Importance Of having the plant
in operation by October in order to
handle the large quantity of seed po-
tatoes which would be shipped in and
which would be stored in Northern
plants az considerable loss to the
growers in the event the local plant
Is not available.
Storage For Fruit
One Of the features Of the plant
will be the large storage facilities
fer grapefruit. approximately so
per cent of the total space will be
equipped for the storage Of fruit.
using the double refrigeration air
ceoling method which rs used almost
exclusively in California and Florida
plants. The rest of the plant will
be equipped with the circulating
brine refrigersting system which is
deemed best adapted for vegetables.
The fruit storage sections will have a
capacity Of $4,000 boxes, or approxi-
mately so cars.
Another feature will be six freez-
ing rooms for the storage OF meats,
butter and eggs, these rooms to have
q total capacity of $4,000 cubic feet,
or 1000 cubic feet to a room.
There is a demand for cold stor-
age twelve months of the year" Mr..
Sethman said. October, November
and December are the months when
the farmers OF the lower Valley de-
sire cold storage for their seed po-
tstoes, and during the rest Of the
year the plant should be filled 10
capacity with fruit and vegetables.
The freezing rooms for the storage
Of meats, butter and eggs would
prove especially valuable TO the Val.
ley.
Warehouse Nearly Finished
The huge bonded warehouse, upon
which the promoters OF the cold Stor-
age plant started construction in
March. will be completed June /.
This structure, erected at a cost OF
$4,000, Is constructed entirely OF
reinforced concrete ard brick with
white stone trim, being the largest
- structure of the type IN the Valley.
Tt Is being equipped with a sprinkler
fire protection system, large ele-
vators and all modem equipment.
The second floor and roof are con-
structed of reinforced concrete sup
ported by 20 huge concrete columns.
The entire structure gives an i'm
pression OF extreme massiyeness and
strength, combined with arehitec-
tural beauty displayed in the p~aneled
brick work and white stone trim.
ave are ready to put this project
aver rs soon as Brownsville interests
subscribe for $4,000 cf the $4,000
stock" Mr.. Sethman ssid. 1T is .
Rrownsville project, designed to
rsrvs Brownsville and the farming
community adjacent, and we want
Rrownsville interested in il. We
have thoroughly investigated every
rhase OF the cold storage proposition
= n applies to the Valley. and are
~cnyinced that q plant such as we
ryonose 10 erect Is essential 20 the
development Of the agricultural and
Horticultural interests Of this sec
.,.r. n must be thoroughly modern to
rect modern requirements; it must
~ adapted to the storage of both
fruits and vegetables. and We are
making provisions to supply Browns
,;IIe with n plant that can meet
.vevv present requirement and can
4. scuipped mt very moderate cost
- meet any requirement Of the fu-