Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
HARLINCEN IS
THRIVING CITY
and GROWING
Located On Railroads
And Highway juno
tons, Is Developing
Entire Valley

Harrington. located at the juno
ton of railroads and highways.
holds q place Of distinction in the
development Of this rich section.
Headquarters for many wholesale
firms who distribute their wares TO
all Valley towns, equipped with a
modern and thriving business sec
ton, with fine homes. schools and
churches. the city has taken a lead
ing part in development OF the i'm
mediate section and Of the entire
area.
Railways center here and a ma
jority of the traffic through the
Valley passes through Harlingen.
Central offices of the Southern
Pacific and Missouri Pacific rail-
way are located here and a major
portion of Valley fruit and vege-
tables on their way to market pass
through Harlingen.
To handle refrigeration Of the
fruit and vegetables. one of the
largest ice manufacturing plants
and icing docks in the South has
been erected here by the Central
Power and Light company. Thou
Sa&pds Of refrigerator cars Of VAL
ley products are iced and made up
into trains in the yards here.
AT Highway Junction
State highway No. ~. the Valleys
main artery for vehicular traffic.
provides connection with all the
larger cities south and west. State
highway No. 96, paved to Raymond
vile provides connection with
northern Cameron and Willacy
counties. This road eventually is
TO be extended through Kennedy
county and VIII connect with high
ways to upstate points, providing
q new outlet from the Valley and
greatly shortening distances TO
some points.
Other highways to the number of
seven radiate out Of Harrington
serving the trade territory in all
directions and connecting with 9TH
er Valley towns. The feed road
program, still uncompleted. viii
make the road system radiating
from Harlingen one of the most ef-
flcient in the Valley
Because Of its easy accessibility
Harlingen has become an import
ant hotel center and in response to
the demand. excellent hotels serve
the transient public.
Building has continued. although
there has been a slackening OF the
pace set during 1927, when many
of the finest structures of the town
were completed. Large business
buildings, warehouses and similar
structures have been built and hun
dreds Of new homes have gone up
In the city and in contiguous ter
ritory.
Fine Schools
A low tax rate, brought about b.
sale Of the municipal light and wa
ter plant at a price sufficient TO
retire the entire bonded indebted
ness of the city, has attracted many
business firms and homebuilderS.
Highway improvement in the
Harlingen section has speeded ag-
ricultural development, as 1t has
throughout the Valley. and has
added many persons TO the pop
ulation Of the trade territory. In
tensive development of large areas
is under way and large acreages
being set to citrus fruit. The win
ter vegetable output also has been
greatly increased by development
Of farming operations.
Additional school structures have
been built in order 10 keep abreast
Of the rapid increase in the num-
Der Of pupils enrolled. At the pres
ent time a senior high school build
inc to cost more than $500, 900 and
70 be one Of the finest in the en-
tire South, is under construction.
This building when completed viii
be the pride Of the Valley. land Of
fine educational facilities.
Paved Streets. Parks
The city maintains a complete
system OF parks and is improving
and identifying them constantly
0fher public Improvements include
a 1uge municipal auditorium, To-
Gated In the Valley Mid-Wsnter fair
grounds. which are owned by the
City atcts
Practically every street in the in
corporated area Of the city has been
paved and one Of the most modern
fire departments Of the Valley has
been organized
The Harrington navigation district
has for its purpose Development Of
a waterway down the Arroyo Colo
RADIO from a point ear the CITY
The district ha- voted 100000 To.
provide funds for this development
It Is expected to connect with the
Intracoastal canal when that wa
terway Is extended south from
Corpus Christi. The arroyo chan
mel has q depth ranging from g
70 20 feet and proponents OF the