Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-04
FINAL
EDITION
in OUR
VALLEY

BROWNSVILLE now has fire
insurance key rate of 2l cents
This places this city on par with
other cities of its size and larger
throughout the state.
New fire equipment resulted II
the state fire insurance looping OF
seven cents a hundred On the key
rate, the reduction having beeh
from 20 cents.
But the city does not plan TO stop
at this point.
The necessary central fire station
TO house equipment now in small sta
tions and in rented quarters, Is fore
seen.
Doubtless il will become fact
within a short time. on property al
ready owned by the city
And there II the additional plan
for installation Of fire alarm sys-
TEN.
All Of which will carry the key
rate 10 several cents below the pres
ent rate.
SOME FINE WORK going on in
Brownsville.
Numerous contracts being let for
sidewalk construction.
Particularly noticeable along
streets now being paved.
Brownsville should have hun
dred per cent sidewalk record, at
least along streets that are paved.
The new campaign inaugurated by
the city seems to be bringing results.
Property owners are falling into
line.
This sidewalk construction rs bad
" needed. II is a safety facility,
for the lives Of school children are
constantly endangered by their being
forced to walk in the streets, espe-
cially during rainy weather.
No pedestrian should be forced to
walk in the street, and particularly
I so children on their way TO and
from school.
Sidewalks will d. much q lessen
the hazard.
POSTMASTER G. ". BENNETT
of Brownsville is taking the bull by
the horns.
/. "A. He is recommending to the super
intendent Of railway mail service
in Texas. NJ. Gaines. Fort Worth,
that bus line service be establish
ed for the towns of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
A facility that is badly needed.
Mail service could hardly he i'm
proved between the Valley and San
Antonio and Houston, each about
10 hours away.
The service between Brownsville
and La Feria, for instance. J. not
80 good.
Although the distance II hardly
more than thirty miles from Browns
Vile.
And requires longer 10 deliver mail
than to San Antonio and Houston.
A bus line mail service between
Brownsville and Mission, once each
way daily, will do much 70 improve
business service in the Valley. And
doubtless will greatly increase use
Of the mails.
TIE VALLEY CITIES a. . great
deal Of business with each other.
This business requires a great deal
Of correspondence.
Bank clearings in the Valley will
run around s25.o00,000 T. s5o,000,o0
= month.
An additional mail service of some
kind will benefit every angle of bus
mess in the Valley.
The Valley is entitled n il.
Should have IL.
Yep, the Valley wants more fire.
auent mail distribution ur and down
the territory.
We JOIN the Laredo Times in
wondering whats become of Big
Tim" Murphy. Chicago ex-political
boss and former unwilling resident
Of state institution.
Particularly does the Times won
der what happened 70 Murphy's plans
a 10 colonize some lands in the Val
ley with some his. shall re say.
constituents ?"
Says the Times:
"Wonder what ever became Of Big
Tins idea for colonizing South
Texas? The last tire | saw him he
was glowing in his tribute 10 the
hospitality of this section and was
going to bring raft Of the poor
working class Of Chicago here and
give them a chance in the open.
"He spoke abo-t fried chicken and
country gravy.
Anyway. if Big Tins compat-
riots were going 70 revert back 10
tyre after getting here, il is fortu-
nate for the Valley that the colony
fell through"
And. so far as We have been able
10 learn. there's been no wholesale
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