Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-08
FINAL
EDITION
i'm OUR
VALLEY

for road purposes, IL getting reaus
to rush through its program.
Voted a million dollars for the
purpose a few weeks ago.
And has just let contract Tor ESQ ',,
miles of construction, which VIII
pretty well cover the McAllen terri
tory with paved highways.
Contract calls for expenditure oi
s7s4,527.
This adds another road district In
Hidalro county to the list alread!
busy on construction.
The others are the Mercedes-Edin-
burg district and the Weslaeo ais
trict.
Cameron county, out OF its issue
of $4,000, 900, is preparing TO let con-
tracts for another million dollars
worth of roads.
The Valley is spending. will spend,
or has spent, something like Slo,-
1000 for roads. includes the VII
lacy county figures.
All Of which, when completed, VIII
add materially TO the assessed valu-
ations of the Valley, already well
over $10O.0Oo,00o.
COLONEL BEN GORDON WHITE
HEADS paper, the Rio Grande Sun
of Pharr. says:
That Hidalgo county leads Valley
counties in taxes collected for 1927
That the total from October !
1927. to March 80, 1928, was sl,le6,-
009.57-
That the population OF Hidalgo
county is about $4,000
That employees of the tax collect
or's office says that the county's per-
centlge OF poll tax payments fol
population is the Valleys largest.
All Of which is all right.
But this column some time ago
estimated Hidalgo eounty's popula'
tion at $4,000.
Came along Leslie Neal, manager
of the Edinburg Chamber Of Com
rnerce, that the figure is an under
estimate.
Asserted Hidalgo county had l00,-
600 population.
Nov. what this column would like
TO know is. who's right.
The Suns estimate of $4,000, The
Herald's estimate Of 10000. or Mr.
Meals estimate OF 100000
VALLEY physicians, surgeons and
others have gone to Galveston 70
attend the Texas association annual
meeting.
They have gone determined to
bring with them the state eonven-
tion for 1929.
The invitation is extended from the
Valley.
The business sessions will be held
ia Brownsville, at other times the
doctors will range over the Valley.
The Cameron and Hidalgo societies
have Joined in extending the invita-
tion.
The Valley, with a liberal sprink-
ling OF hospitals, a fine corps of
physicians, and q wonderfully heal
thy climate, will welcome the medi-
COS with open arms.
TWO THOUSAND telephone sta
tions in the Brownsville exchange.
Which means that the limit of
the board capacity has been reach
ed, and the Southwestern Telephone
company announces that two new
operators positions will be installed
AZ once.
A steady increase in the number
Of telephones installed in Browns
Vile is being noticed.
An increase ranging from fifteen
10 twenty-five a month.
Brownsville should. according TO
its population, have a much larger
total.
The situation is due 70 the large
percentage of the population that
has not yet come to telephones.
Over in Matamoros there soon will
be a telephone exchange. Perhaps
il will connect with the Brownsville
system. After which the telephone
system may reasonably expect a
large number of new connections.
Business between Brownsville and
the Mexican city certainly will be
facilitated and largely increased with
the installation Of system in Mata-
moros.
SPEAKING of telephones in Mex
leo, il is now possible to communi-
cate with most Of the Mexican cities
of Importance by telephone.
The Mexican Telephone & Tele-
graph Co, a Bell telephone SUBJ
sidiary, is constructing numerous
long distance lines.
One is now building between Mon
terrey and Tampico.
Soon there will be a line between
Matamors and Victoria, connecting
Matamoros with the capital and with
Tampico. Also with Monterrey.
Officials Of Matamros who wish TO
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