Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

lection Of the hayhor entrances. The
cost Of ~excavcting the channel, which
viii bs approximately IL miles in
length. with n bottom width Of 100
feet anda depth OF 10 feet Is esti-
mated att $500 the channel to
have q top width nc sen level Of 200
feet, the long slope Of the aides as
surfing minimum maintenance cost
The turning bosin, which viii be
1000 feet square Ia estimated at
$4,000. Cost OF all rights OF way.
including 400 acres at the turning
basin, Is estimated ut $4,000. "A half
mile right Of way from the turning
basin to Brazos Pass will be secured,
ard several OF the land wner have
agreed 20 deed the land 70 the dis
trict without cost, Judge Yates said.
Construction Of the channel and
turning basin will necessitate the
moving Of approximately e,O0O,cOu
cubic yards Of dirt, according TO en-
Eineers' estimates.
Provide Straight Channels
The plans Of the district corten-
plate a channel straight from the
turning basin. approximately five
miles northeast u the city. 10 BraSos
Santiago Pass. running about q mile
south OF Point Isabel. All Of BraTos
island, the tip OF Padre, and Brazos
Pass are included in the district.
Relative TO taxes, Judge Yates
stated that upon present county val
nations the district tax rate would
be approximately rs cents on the 500
valuation. He said the government
appropriation might be available in
In July. 1929. which would require
sale Of the first million of bonds. In
that event the first tax payments
would be due in 1880. il is very prob
able the government will not call
upon the Valley for its part Of the
construction fund before 1880, which
would make the first tar payment in
1851. II is very improbable that pay
msnt Of tax on the full amount OF
the bond issue will be made before
1882, he said, adding that by that
time development Of the city and
contiguous territory would doubtless
reduce the tax rate very materially.
Mexican Development
Construction of the Brownsville
ship channel and port will bring i'm
mediate development in the mining
and agricultural sections Of north
eastern Mexico. Judge Yates pre-
dicted. He pointed out that there
Is a gradual down grade from the
I Monterrey mining region to tidewe-
ter near Brownsville. and that ore
from the Mexican mines could be
delivered here ct 20 per cen OF the
cost of transportation from Monter-
rev TO Laredo. and that from the
latter point they have q long raj.
haul to Corpus Christi or Calves
ton.
"None but the high grade pres are
sent cut" he said, "due 70 the high
transportation cost. The Browns
Vile port will provide an outlet for
these ores at a fraction Of the pres
ent cost and will assure develop
ment Of the mineral OF
| Nuevo Leon and T~amsulipas."
lie also predicted that a railroad
! down the coast 10 Tampico would be
| constructed as soon as the harbor IS
opened.
deep water is needed 10 round out
the many advantages Brownsville
possesses Judge Yates said. The
Laredo fields supply Us with natural
gas, climatic conditions are ideal, Ia
Dor Is abundant, and there Is no rea-
son why, with water transportation
and low freight rates. Brownsville
should not become the most impor-
tant industrial and commercial cen
ter on the Mexican border. We have
everything except the port and low
freight rates, and IL Is the objective
of this navigation district TO provide
these"
Urges Heavy Vote
Judge Yates appealed 70 the voters
% turn out ennasse Saturday and
vote for the district and bonds. He
said that certain interests are oppos-
ing the port project. "They ere try
ing to kill il from the inside" he
said. They dare not work openly.
The only thing that can hurt US is
an inside job. The way TO meet this
opposition Is TO return a vote for the
district and bond issue that will
prove beyond question that the peo-
PIE OF the Brownsville navigation
district ars for the ship channel and
port"
c. L. Hunter, manager OF the f.