Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-03
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BUILDING OPERATIONS are
not at standstill in Brownsville
figures in the office of Building In
spector George Hillyer prove.
IN fact there is every possibility
that the record of 1928, which was
$1,031 ,424 in permits issued for con-
struction inside the city limits, will
be equalled by the record of 1929.
For the first six months Of the
present year permits have amount
ed to $336,586.
For the same period during 1928
permits amounted to $549,224.
A little squirt of activity in the
last half of 1929 would enable the
city to meet the record of the year
before.
Permits for June, 1928, amounted
to $80,215. For June Of 1929 they
amounted to $49,975.
This indicates gain already is
being made and that it is not un-
reasonable to expect that a total
greater than that for 1928 may be
sestablished by the close of the pres
lent year.
If it were possible to claim credit
for building just outside the city
+. limits the figures for this year al
ready would be above those of the
former. year.
The airport, built by the city, but
,outside the city limits, cost nearly
100000.
Many fine homes have been
erected in Los EbanoS.
Other homes have been built in
West Brownsville.
All this is outside the city boun-
Diary and thus does not count in
the building permit total. Yet the
smaterial was bought in Browns
K.lle for almost all of the buildings.
MEXICAN immigration regula-
ttions are going to keep at least one
winter visitor away from Browns
Fville-if the regulations are en-
hforced.
G. w. Nixon of West Baden, Ia,
writes:
"Your issue Of June 26 contains
an item about citizens of the Unit
ed States being taxed 81 to visit
Matamoros, and this is good for
one trip only. &g~1t4 9sza
This does not meet with my ap-
proval and I will not spend my
vacation in Brownsville if this re-
mains effective. I had intended to
spend two months in Brownsville
this fall"
THE FOURTH OF JULY is to-
morrow and the celebration to be
staged in Brownsville is to SurpaSS
anything ever attempted locally in
magnitude and grandeur.
Floats have been built by one of
the most noted designers of such
things. These to appear in the
afternoon.
Then there Is the Dawn of Gre
alton" parade which Cuban Mon
sees is predicting will fill the hos
WILL RCOp4C VIII A4ehfO 1AVSA-
ally split their sides"
Boat races, fireworks displays
and many other events will fill the
day to overflowing.
But the real thrill of the day will
come with the presentation of the
pageant ''The Court OF the Far
East" and the crowning Of the
queen.
Miss Dorothy Stokely, popular
young lady, will be crowned in the
pageant to be staged at an open
air theater at Fort Brown.
Then in the final event of the
day the queen will reign over ball
to be staged at Hotel FL Jardin.
Almost every person in the town
heS given Of time or money to make
success of the celebration and
forecasts indicate the efforts have
- been in vain. A record crowd
" anticipated and apparently every
visitor will return home thoroughly
satisfied with the entertainment
that is to be dished up.
Up at McAllen a three-day festi-
val already has reached its second
day. But the climax is to come on
Thursday.
There a bull fight in the after
noon and a prize fight at night,
both to be staged at Reynosa,
across the Rio Grande, are the
feature attractions. But this is not
all the entertainment that is to be
provided.
McAllen is offering parades,
dances, barbecues, Legion con-
vention, fireworks, and an almost
endless variety of events for the
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