Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-02

ing place in Hidalgo county. In the
ProRreso section, near Weslaco and
Mercedes, a $4,000 school building
is being finished. and plans for a
$4,000 business building are COM
pleted. The j. c. Penney company
is TO build q BUSINESS building in
Weslaco, plans being drawn by r.
Newell Waters OF that city.
Contract has been let at Donna
for the construction of a SIS 1000 ele-
mentary school and manual arts
building. J. L. Dickey Of San An
tonic was awarded this contract on
low bid. and has started the work.
In McAllen the j. q. Penney COM
pany has purchased a lot and Is 10
erect a two-story building. Work
has been started there on a business
building for K. z. Phelps. and the
Central Power and Light company
has started a new ice station in the
city.
A new building for c. NJ. Rich is
nearing completion. and a new $685.
coo ice plant was finished recently.
AT Mission several new buildings
have been started. including one for
the First National bank. This
structure Is 20 be so by l40 feet. and
work on II has already been started.
The MARCEL Oil company has start
ed a wholesale and retail oil and
service station.
Widening Street
Remodeling work on several bust
ness buildings in Mission In the pro-
cess Of widening the main street
there has been started.
In Edinburg contract has been let
for a $4,000 garage building and
service station for the Humble Oil
company. and remodeling work on
an entire block of buildings. the
johnson block, in Raymondville has
been started.
throughout the Valley many fine
homes are being built. I'D Of the
largest being a $4,000 residence for
Il. @. Renfroe Of Kansas City In
the Commerce project in Hidalgo
county.
Various other improvements. in
Guiding club houses. are being put
in on new tracts. which are being
opened this year in ever increasing
numbers.
Some OF the largest irrigation pro-
iects in the Valley are under con-
sideration now. or have voted bonds.
81. 100000 System
Featuring these projects Is the
1919 .5CO-acre Willacy county dis
trict. which has voted s 7.5O0.O00 In
bonds to install q huge irrigation
system. The district Is to issue
S75O.OO0 OF this amount al once for
engineering and other preliminary
work.
Another large irrigation project Is
the Franklin project in northern
Hidalgo. although a bitter fight on
this go. 852-acre project has been
launched by all other irrigation IN
terests Of the Valley.
Concreting Of canals in the old
district Is continuing nc a rapid
pace. with many OF them changing
RAPIDLY 70 underground irrigation
drainage. The Pharr-San Juan dis
trict in Hidalgo county. which has
voted S3.500.000 in bonds, is work
ing on such a huge scale that II has
its own concrete plant and Is turn
ing out its own products.
Hidalzo county road districts arc
rapidly putting down paving
throughout the county. while in
Cameron county efforts are being
made to issue more of the remain
ing So 900 in road bonds for con-
tinuing the paving program there.
Willacy county's districts and the
county as a whole are paving In
most sections.
The rapid increase In building
throughout the Valley Is attributed
IN most sections to the good crop
season just ended, and 70 an nusu-
ally large influx Of homeseekers.
with the opening Of new tracts to ir-
rigation and cultivation.