Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-13

tIldS II DSBlIulHlB 70 DC reCORnABSI
as a distinct asset.
What will Brownsville look like
then, In these days TO Gomez
There will be numerous sky scrap
ers, reaching far into the heavens.
Office buildings. factories. hotels,
apartment houses.
And because the streets are mar
row and will remain narrow, there
will be no street cars in the business
section, but elevated trains and sub
ways. Street cars will navigate the
residence sections, now under con-
struction, where the streets will be
wider.
Just a Dream?
The city will be supplied with ar
tesian water, because OF the large
population and the necessity OF rIy-
CIR water for irrigation. Riparian
rights will also be one reason Tor
artesian wells. Mexico Will object
TO the Americans taking all the wa
ter. Hall the Rio Grande is hers.
And because the city Will be a
summer and winter resort. hotels Will
be numerous as policemen. Tal,
sombre buildings in the city. beauti-
ful, cool. and isolated hotels in the
outskirts.
Office buildings will crowd one
another on Elizabeth and Levee
streets, and will extend out l4th
street TO meet the channel.
Warehouses will line the channel,
and that portion OF town will be rs
active as an ant bed, with trucks,
cars. trains, and airplanes giving Pc
destrians plenty OF trouble.
Factories Will spring Up, utilizing
the ore brought in from northern
Mexico. the produce grown here, the
OIL obtained in the northern portion
of the Valley. Low price OF labor
Will also be q dominating factor
which VIII cause many industries 70
locate here.
The airport will be triple its
present size, in order to handle the
business that will have increased
a h~undredfold. Planes will be able
to land in q much smaller space,
but the added number OF the ships
using the port will make an en-
largement OF the grounds neces-
sary.
An electric street car will travel
from Brownsville TO the airport
making several trips a day 10 carry
passengers, tourists and workers.
Valley a Health Resort
Somewhere near the city large
hosDitals. or Sanitariums, will bg
built. for invalids wishing to regain
their health in the Valleys climate
IN is known now that hundreds OF
persons have come to this section
in i'll health. some practically par
alyzed, and have become well anc
healthy because OF the climate.
The number OF apartment house:
viii be appalling.
The theatres in the city vii
offer stage shows, and daily vaude.
Vile from some nationally famous
circuit.
And there Is the bare possibility
mentioned in the past few yeas. o.
this section becoming a moving pic
ture center because OF the year
round sun and ideal weather. Pic
lures have been filmed here. anc
were successfully photographed
proving the adaptability Of tht
climate. The only thing lacking i
moutains, and a short jourey "tC
location" into northern Mexico vii
bring these. :
Foreign scenes can be made II
Matamoros, or sets built Sea pic
lures can be made on the Gulf OF
Mexico. Pictures Of metropolitan life
right here In Brwnsville, with IL:
population OF 100000.
Western films could be made or
the ranches, both IN the Valley anc
In Mexico.
South Sea classics on the island:
near here, with their palm tree:
and golden sand.
It's been thought Of before. anc
may become q fact. .,
National conventions will be helc
IN Brownsville. Several have already
met in the city. and a number are
MANNED for the near future. Wher
this Valley becomes developed. con-
ventions here will become as com
mon as they are at Atlanta now.
Valley a Vacation Spot
The nations rich will winter-oi
summer-here. Seasonal homes VII
be built. and the Rockefellers
Fords, vanderbilts and Astors VII
spend vacations In the Valley.
Club houses will be erected. VIII
grounds covering many squar'
miles. The clubs will include apart
ments for members. golf courses
polo fields. a landing field for pr
yate planes, swimming pools. ten.
MS courts, and other features
There is a possibility Of one Gu
being built south Of Brownsvill
embodving ali these features an'
an additional one OF another inter
national bridge crossing into Oh
Mexico. with a pleasure resort o.
that side OF the river.
With all this development. VIVA
will the traffic problem be. It VII
Be terrible. until buildings are bull
10 handle the parking situation
With Brownsville growing to sucf
Gargantuan proportions. will tn
remainder Of the Valley remain
idle? It will not.
Pharr and San Juan. now almos'
one town. will have melted together
and Joined with McAllen. formint
a city rivaling Brownsville In size