Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-19
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SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT in
connection with the contiguous coast
development scheduled to take place
early tonight.
They are going to break ground
for the first modern hotel at Point
Isabel.
1t is to be a steel structure, to
contain 21S rooms, TO be five stories
in height.
Point Isabel 10 to hear for the
first time the noise of a riveting
machine.
incidentally, 1t is 70 be the first
steel-framed structure TO be erected
in this section of Texas.
+. NJ. Bartholomew, of Indisnap-
oils, Ind, is the man who will build
this hotel.
The Puget Sound folks who erect
ed the new Gateway bridge at
Brownsville will put the steel frame
together.
It's an event that will mark new
milestone in the history Of the
Valleys coast.
THOUSANDS of acres Of new
1zEGs being brought under a state
of development in that section be-
tween Brownsville and San Benito on
one side and the coast on the other.
And there are rumors of large
de-ls pending which nay mean the
transfer Of many thousands Of acres
of unGeveloped lands, which will be
thrown into development.
The growth and development Of
the Valley, from Point Isabel to Rio
Grande City are sill in the stage
of husky youth.
There is much to be done. There
are thousands on thousands Of new
people to be la.ated. There are
thousands Of acres TO be cleared for
farming and for orchards.
There are new buildings to be
erected. New homes to be built.
New public buildings to 90 up. And
some sl5,O0O,000 worth Of new paved
roads to be built.
CAMERON COUNTY, this week,
Is scheduled TO open bids for con-
struction Of many miles of paved
road.
These contracts 10 be awarded
under the recent sale Of sl,00o,000
worth of bonds out OF the county's
$6,000,000 issue.
When these contrasts are awarded
there will still be s3,000,000 worth
Of bonds to be sold tor additional
construction.
That may not come until next
yrar, however, depending upon in
ereases Of taxable valuations in the
county.
p. p. PRUDDEN, bond buyer Of
Toledo, Ohio, Is thoroughly sold on
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
He has so informed County Judge
Oscar c. Dancy, after having visited
this section and looked it over.
And now he 10 busy inducing Miss
Frances d. Partridge to pay q visit
20 the Valley.
For which there Is a reason.
Miss Partridge is mead Of the
woman's Benefit association.
This association invests large
amounts of money in bonds Of va
rious kinds.
Has bought heavily of bonds in
The Valley.
Mr.. Prudden believes that il Ns
will see this section for herself,
that she will also become an en-
thusisst in addition to knowing that
the associations money has been
well spent.
THE MISSION TINES has set it.
self fright" with this column.
A few weeks ago the Times pub
lished a road map setting off the
importance OF Mission in connec-
tion with certain highways.
In this particular map the south
ern section Of Cameron county, in
cluding Brownsville, was not shown.
Not intentional on the part Of the
Times, il now appears.
For the Times publishes an
other map Of roads. still showing the
importance Of Mission as to roads,
but also showing Brownsville in
small. but bold and easily read
type.
Which concludes that particular
fontrovergv.
THE TINES also talks about bus
yness district lighting and its ef-
fects. as follows:
'In Our Valley in the Browns
willie Herald the other day touched
on a subject which would be we'll for
several Valley towns TO consider
although he was writing for the
benefit of his home town-Browns-
vile. It is said that clothes do not
make the man, still il will be noticed
that clothes sometimes set off tlr
man so that Others realize Just how
nice he can look, and that is lust
the way with lights m . city. The
city may have the worth and the
buildings and the peopie, but il
there are not good looking signs and
plenty Of lights at night, the visitors
there never know It.
"Plenty of lights IN a town give
the impression that it is proud Of
itself and might be compared with
-the fellow who looks his acquaint-
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