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

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port project were discussed. tbs
speakers including Judge II. L.
Yates, chairman Of the chamber OF
commerce port committee; County
Judge O. c. Dancy, j.. @. George. G..
L. Hunter, manager OF FL Jardin wa
ter district; J. 4. Canales, G. W.
bennett. representing the Kiwanis
club: Bascom Cox, representing the
Lions club, and others
Ccmmends Committees Work
Jesse bennett presided, and in
opening the meeting commended the
work OF the port committee or the
chamber Of commerce consisting OF
". J.. Yates, r. d. Rcntfro and J. G..
Fernandez. lie stated that no com
mittee ever organized In Brownsville
had worked more effectively, adding
that Brownsville and the entire
Valley owed them a deb. OF gratitude
for their efforts. lie referred to the
election 20 be held Saturday as the
most important in the history Of
Brownsville and urged that every
voter 20 to the polls and make the
majority fer the port overwhelming.
County Judge o. C. Dancy said he
was talking as a citizen Of Browns
Vile not a. county Judge" and that
1T will be a pleasure TO me 70 60
10 the polls Saturday and vote for
the pert bonds" He declared that
It would mean an increase in taxes.
adding that all progress increases
taxes and that every community
must expect to pay for such public
improvements.
Taxes are not what you pay;
they're what you get" he said, and
in this port Brownsville will get the
greatest and most necessary public
improvement the city and Valley
ever secured.
"A study Of the map should be
sufficient 10 convince anyone that
Brownsville occupies a strategic po-
sition. Developmen: OF the port will
make IL one of the largest cities in
the south. I believe that in the fu-
ture Brownsville and Houston will
be the largest cities In Texas, and
their growth will be due to their
ports"
Relative 20 the bonds, tire county
judge stated that the price would
depend upon the market. bu. that
the vote cas- at the election Saturday
would be an important point for
bond buyers 60 consider. IF the
market Is good the vote will make
little difference" he said. "If it is
not good, q heavy vote will prove
very valuable in bolstering up the
price.
aA1atL.~ S-. A. A.. a.. -
Of the district will show Washington
that we mean business. Nothing
i%mpresses congress more than a hea-
w vote. and you can be assured that
the rivers and harbors committee
and the army engineers will care
fully scar the election returns"
Brownsville's Advantages
Judge Yates, who made the prin-
cipal address of the evening. pointed
cut that practically all the most i'm
portant harbors are connected with
the sea either by streams or ship
channels, declaring that the Browns
vile project would assure n land
locked harbor. He also pointed out
that distance TO Atlantic seaboard
points Is approximately the same as
from Galveston and that the Browns
willie port would enjoy every advan-
tage that Galveston and Houston
now have.
Judge Yates has made a compre-
hensive study Of the Gulf ports and
declared that Brownsville due 20 L.
proximity 70 the Gulf and the level
terrain intervening can develop a
lsndlocked harhor at less cost than
any point on the lower Gulf coast.
According 70 the estimates Of the
port committee and engineers the
total cost will be $l.420,0o0, leaving
$3.50 900 FOR terminal facilities and
such contingent expenses Is may
arise. OF this amount 100000 would
b turned over to the federal gov
eminent ss the Valleys part of the
cost Of constructing the ~jettiez and
channel through BRACES Santiago
Pass. The government will also re-
quire approximately 90 acres on the
tips Of BRACES and Padre Islands,
the cost OF which is estimated at
$4,000. this land 20 be used for pro-