Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
VALLEYS JULY
CONSTRUCTION
SHOWS Squirt
Building Work In Pro-
gress Reveals Wide
Variety of Struc-
lures Rising
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building in the lower Rio Cfrande
that promises to give the section
a good showing for the latter half
Of the year.
Development, headed by I-pid
construction work in the many new
sections being opened, includes such
structures as canning factories,
packing plants, ice factories, cotton
gins, schools, business locations Of
various kinds, houses and other
buildings.
Construction work running we'll
into millions is being started. Plans
are being completed on a $4,000
building at the Valley fair, to be
used as a home states club. Con-
struction work on an airport at
San Benito is expected to start,
following closing of a deal with
the department of commerce.
The Central Power & Light COM
pany is starting ice plants at Mer-
cedes and Elsa, the Mercedes plant
representing an outlay Of approx
mately $l50,000.
Work has been started on a $780,
OVO DdChll1b P1d41U VI liz "a
Citrus Growers exchange at La
Feria, and another such plant at
McAllen is contemplated. An or
~ganization of growers of citrus IN
the Edinburg and McAllen sections
is planning a smaller and less ex-
pensive plant at McAllen.
School Building
School builC- rg is on the upgrade
again, with contract awarded at
Harrington for a 100000 structure,
and buildings to cost a similar
amount being planned at San Be-
nito. Mercedes is planning a bond
issue election in the sum Of $780,
600 or more, and contract for the
construction of two smaller build
ings costing a total Of $4,000 at
Weslaco has been let.
At Rio Grande City considerable
municipal work has been done, and
the Central Power & Light company
has done Improvement work.
Construction of a large filling
station at Mercedes by the Hum
BILE Oil & Refining company is to
be started.
The store of l.. H. Buck near San
Benito, which aS destroyed re-
Gently by fire, being replaced by
a larger and more expensive Struc-
ture. At McAllen remodeling work
has been started on the Texan The
alter building.
Stores Going Up
A number Of stores are being
built in the smaller cities Of the
Valley, including Elsa, Harg1ll, San
Perlita, and others in the newly de-
veloped sections.
Construction work will b" Under
way soon on two new stores for J..
G. Penney company, n a Meal
len and one at Weslaco.
Brownsville building which is be-
ing started will include construc-
: ton of a railroad spur to the mu-
nicipal air field, an expenditure
of 100000 or more in buildings at
the air field, The runw-.--S will be
paved, and other improvements
mFe there.
Construction work on a brick bus
inesS building in San Berito for
w. L. Kilgore las been practically
completed, while a warehouse built
by August Ehrhar-t for the Ford
Motor company is nearing compile
ton.
A large two-story duplex is being
built by Walter F.. Chambers, and
remodeling and enlargement work
on a business building for Joe Bal
lenger in San Benito is nearing
completion.
Nurses Home
In addition to construction on the
school building in Harrington,
sketches are being drawn for a
building for the Jones Storage and
Transfer company, and remodeling
work on the johnson buildir- Is
nearing completion. Construction
work on a nurses home at the VAL
ley hospital is we'll under way.
An addition to the Sharyland
school building near Mission is be-
ing built at a cost of SOS, 900. A
canning plant Is contemplated at
Mission, by w. H. Lowry, Pharr
fruit and cold Storage plant opera
tor.
Construction work on a Christian
church at Mission Is to be started
soon.
Willacy county building has pick
ed I'D considerably. Raymondville
2 recently voted $4,000 in bonds to
purchase a site for an emergency
landing field.
Canning Plant
A $4,000 canning plant has been
started at San Perlita, new town
near Raymondville. The latest paw
ing contract awarded in the county,
n S350.OO0 Job, to F. P. McElrath Of
HarIingen, is being held up pend
ing outcome of an election contest,
and election having been declared
void by District Judge A. M. Kent
recently.
Railroad construction work in
cludes two or three new stations,
snd an extension track Of the Mis-
-ouri Pacific from Edcouch to Wes-
Iaco. About three miles Of this
track has been built.
Work has been started on approx
imately $500, 900 worth of paving in
the Alamo district in Hidalgo coun-
tv., w. L. Pearson & Company OF
Houston having the contract.
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