Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-10
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a DhlIhI, snappy day 10 good
asy Tor an argument about interna-
uonal air mail matters.
Laredo Times insists that Laredo
70 Mexico City route is safer than
the Brownsyille-Mexico City route.
VI course, Laredo can make claims.
but facts are facts, however Laredo
may use them.
The Laredo to Mexico City route
10 continually over mountains, and
flying, to be safe, must be from
1000 to $4,000 feet above sea level.
From Brownsville to Mexico City
Tying may be an low as fifty feet,
except for about one hour Of flying
near Mexico City.
An air route from Laredo TO Mex.
leo City doubtless would follow the
rail line.
Distance by rail from Laredo to
VAexico City, about 500 miles.
Distance from Brownsville to
Mexico City, via Tampicc, about 400
miles.
There's the matter Of operating
cost.
The Laredo route would require
planes with 400-horsepower motors.
Two hundred horsepower motors
would serve the Brownsville route.
HARLlNGEN. San Benito and Rio
Hcndo Wednesday will celebrate the
opening of the recently opened loop
road connecting those towns.
The loop will form a drive about
twenty-five miles in length.
And it is all through very fine
country, though some Of il IL not
yet under development.
Later there will be another loop
drive in Cameron county. IL will
come when the Brownsville-Los Fres-
nos road is opened. the Io,t te being
Brownsville to Los Fresnos, then to
Barreds. and back + Brownsville
over the state highway.
Cameron county is fortunate, in
deed. that it is being so well taken
care of in the matter Il first class
roads.
Hidalgo county, which has ar even
larger program than Cameron, is
rapidly shaping matters to begin con-
struction of its new program. After
which il will be possible at all times
to see the Valley under very COM
Portable motoring conditions.
A VALLEY farmer figures this
ways
A carload Of good butter. fifteen
tons, at forty cents pound. would
bring $4,000.
IL will take a hundred carloads Of
cabbage, fifteen tens to the car, at
So a ton, to realize the same amount
sss one carload OF butter. he says.
And il would be necessary TO send
the cabbage to northern markets and
nav freight on the hundred cars.
After which he asserts that farm
rs can't do any dairying on ninety
lay money.
And he urges the banks TO loosen
10 where dairying is concerned.
pairying is another way out for
he Valley farmer. There's not
nough butter produced in the Val
lev to anywhere near meet the Val
ley demand.
And chickens.
Poultry industry has really a
bright future ahead Of il in the
Valley.
BROWNSVILLE nc- has two sub
urban fire stations.
Each equipped with motorized
numper. a crew Of chauffeurs and
nine nen, with a captain in charge.
The suburban stations are very at
tractive, and we'll built.
Would be mistaken for suburban
bungalows.
In the meantime the central sta
tion is crowded into small quarters
IN our aging city hail.
No place for the hook and ladder
when il arrives. Doubtless il will be
given convenient quarters some
where.
No doubt . central station will be
an early undertaking In Brownsville.
In addition. to gain a further in
I x,rance rate decrease. there will have
"a be a standpipe of some 100000
Gallons capacity. That's for a sur
rlY. water supply. in case Of fire.
brownsville is heading for one Of
tbe lowest insurance key rates IN
We state.
Another thing, a fire alarm sys-
TEN.
FLORIDA grapefruit loses out in
comparison with grapefruit from the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
That's according to letter reeelv-
Al bv A. NJ. Jessup Of Brownsville
from Robert Scott Of Iowa >aty,
Iowa.
Here's an excerpt:
aThe box (of grapefruiO came
\ <v,.t = day before we left for home
tnew they would freeze II left
.hen,. so | loaded them into a gunny
| .srL and took them home with me,
- folks might share them with me
for Christmas
aThen took them into the house
Al. folks said that my uncle had
.art = box Of grapefruit from Flor
-. ard I said would match my
TsTas grapefruit against the Florida
variety. -
...v had eaten one Of mine they
tbe others away and had none
kr;rv back with me. ! was glad
.S.t the folks could enjoy some real
s~snefruit, although they say they
=. row spoiIed for any other kind"