Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24
I'm OUR
VALLEY

MEXICO CITY wants Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh TO fly the first air
mail plane over the Mexico City
Matamoros route.
This is the air mail route con-
tract that has just been given to the
Mexican Aviation company.
Colonel Lindbergh, il he accepts
the invitation, will do much toward
helping the new line off TO a good
start.
When he made his Washington
Mexico City flight in December,
1927, he blazed the trail for the New
York-Brownsville-M Mexico City air
mail route.
Incidentally, Brownsville would
like to have Colonel Lindbergh make
at least one landing at the Browns
vile municipal airport.
As time goes on, Brownsville is
beginning to think mighty well Of
this airport as a business venture.
SRIDGE BUILDING will become a
first industry shortly in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
The house at Washington has
passed bills permitting construction
Of bridges across the Rio Grands at
Los Indios, Donna, Rio Grande City,
and at a point about ten miles
southwest of San Benito, to be
known as the San Benito bridge.
These bills now 10 to the senate
for action.
Doubtless the senate will approve
the measures.
A few years ago there was a sin
gle bridge across the Rio Grande
east OF Laredo. That was the rail-
road bridge here.
Now there are two bridges at
Brownsville, one near Mercedes, one
NJ Hidalgo. one at Roma. The four
new bridges will make a total of
nine.
which beats the ratio Of the two
blades Of grass several times.
LESS THAN A WEEK remains in
which TO pay poll taxes.
Cameron county prospective voters
are very slow in their efforts TO
equip themselves for voting during
this year.
There may be bond elections. there
most certainly will be a city cleo
tion in Brownsville; there may be
annexation elections in Brownsville
and possibly other towns.
County Tax Collector J. J. Fox
declares there should be not less
than $500 voters in Cameron county
this year.
But so far only a third OF these
have actually qualified.
Why wait until the last minute
20 stand in line?
STATE SENATOR Archer Parr
OF Benavides has introduced a bill
IN the senate which provides for a
South Texas co-edueational college
that would combine the facilities Of
the A. a NJ. college and the College
Of Industrial Arts.
His plan is to change the South
Texas State Teachers college, with
r.,erty valued at more than $780,
.into such an institution.
seseut property and equipment
would be used as the beginning OF
the new institution.
This measure is outgrowth of a
movement started last November at
.hs meeting Of the South Texas
Chamber Of Commerce at Laredo.
The Brownsville Chamber Of Com
merce, the San Benito chamber and
others assisted Kingsville in its
ambitions by adopting resolutions
urging the establishment Of the pro-
posed college.
CHAIRMAN DEMPSEY OF the
rivers and harbors committee in the
house at Washington, has announced
that il will not be feasible 10 at
tempt TO pass the rivers and harbors
measure at this term Of congress.
This measure. which includes the
Brazos Santiago item for si.000,000.
and Is therefore Of interest 10 the
Valley. was reported out Of commit
tee last spring.
IL there is a special session OF
congress the bill may come up in
that session.
III Mr.. Hoover. on taking office.
decides not 70 call the special ses-
sion. then the measure will not come
up before the next congress meets,
which will be in December.
In the meantime. Brownsville
navigation district awaits the report
of the district. engineer at Calves
ton on its channel proposal.
Once that report is in. further
activities may he expected.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC Trans
portation company is now the owner
and operator Of bus lines serving
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
lt is said to be the first move on
IL part OF q Texas railroad 20 ex-
HrH its operations 20 the bus field
Railroads are IN the transporta-
tion business II would seem a
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