Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-01
I'm OUR
| VALLEY
THREE MILLIONS OF dollars Of


dollar. ten dollar and other cur
rency he has been using in favor
of q new and smaller type of
currency.
The new bill will be about the
size of the checks commonly used
by banks for pocket checkbooks.
And much more convenient than
the present size.
They will reach the Valley banks
sometime early in July.
And the old currency will be re-
tired as fast as possible.
UNITED STATES secret service
men operating on the border have
in the past had much trouble with
pen artists" who find it profitable
10 raise the denomination Of enc
dollar and five dollar bills.
The new currency VIII be so con-
structed that raising bills won't be
easy. If al all possible.
All bills will be similar in de-
sign. with the exception that sacn
will carry the photograph of a dif-
ferent person.
The one dollar bills will carry On
their face a picture of Washington.
Two dollar bills will portray
Jefferson. five dollar bills win have
Lincoln's likeness: while the tens
will show Hamilton and the twenties
Jackson's picture.
What the fifties. the hundreds
the five hundreds. the one thou
. sands. the five thousands and the
ten tlolsands will carry won't con-
Germ most Of us. But II YOU want
70 know. they will show. respect
lvely: Grant. Franklin. McKinIev
;, Cleveland, Madison and Chase
MIAMI is the principal airport
ior air mails between the United
states. the West Indies and rhe
eastern coast of South America
What Il Is doing in an air wav
Is. therefore. OF interest here.
Hollis Bush of the Mupic,,,.,
aviation Board Of Miami estimates
that by the end Of 1929 Miami
district will have invested in air.
ports and fields something over
SoOC,O0O. mot including annrox,-
nately so planes that are ouartered
IN Miami. repaired by Miami me-
cnanics and buy supplies from
Miami dealers. and which are val
ued at over $4,000 0OO.'
Further. during the first ouarter
OF 1929 an average of 35 nIanas
from two to IA passenger capacity
were flying on an average Of mn
miles per day in and from the
district. 'iie
approximately 1900 pounds of
hall and baggage were handIa5
weekly and the Pan-American a.
ways handled 1900 passengers !,
renruary and about 1900 in March
average payroll on account ~
AVIATION activities in the distr,ct
since January has been % soo
uaiiy. VIII not continue tbro,,,,. 49,
out year. but total for wear is e.
pec.eo 70 be about 100000.
miami has recently added aho,.
20 acres to the 160-acre airport a..
auoitional buildings and to nrovida
additional area. saws the Manufac-
turers Record. The field Is ecuin-
pea with hangers. machine snons
ana lighting equipment. giving 24-
nour service to all planes.
WHICH FACTS indicate that the
Miami municipal airport does NOT
compare with the Brownsville porr
N some respects.
II Is used more, there is rnore
activity.
But the Brownsville field Is al
most three times larger than the
enlarged Miami port.
The Brownsville port investment
seems 10 be more than half as
much as all the Miami fields and
ports referred to by the Manurac-
surers' Record.
And Bush told the Miami XII
wants club:
We feel that the situation Is so
important and is developing 10
rapidly that ii deserves our very
pest thought and attention. ana we
teel that the most important and
significant thing is not the actuai
situation at the present time but
tne tremendous opportunity that Il
offered 10 this district to become
ne greatest international airporr
IN the western hemisphere"
brownsville should personally in
vestikate the Miami situation n
see what it has and does that is NOT
found or done in the Brownsville
port. - 'A'e
IL might set our minds az rest
on some important questions.
FREIGHT DIFFERENTIArs -
again receiving attention in south
Texas. 'eus4i
Proposals out to raise a fund -
tzu.0oO 10 carry on a fight.
OI this amount about s2Doo ss
expected from the Valley.
Which recalls the cifferent,a,
fight Of some eight years aro. WITH
Houston railroad rate attorney
handling the case for the Valley
BROWNSVILLE. San Benito and
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