Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-17
DEVELOPMENT
IS FASTENED
Monte Crande Will Move
Forward Rapidly As
Bonds Voted

With the Monte Grande irrigation
district voting a $3.50 900 bond issue
Friday for ar elaborate irrigation
and drainage system, development
or this tract will be continued by
the Al and Lloyd Parker, Inc. and.
according to information Saturday
afternoon extensive work will be
done Immediately.
The development, which began
Feb. IL OF this year. when 400 acres
were purchased north of Rio Hondo,
hand adjoining the Browne tract.
has already become the largest
transaction ever handled by the
Parker firm.
1T has become the most popular
development we have ever undertake
en-. and we have the largest sales
organization we have eve had in
the field" it was said Saturday.
Drainage and irrigation canals
have already been constructed. and
when the extensive program is COM
pleted every acre OF land In the tract
will have full facilities, a company
official explained. All main canals
will be concrete lined, or will be
underground concrete pipes. En-
gineers consulted have sNid that
seepage and waterlogging Of land
Will be impossible. Other experts
who were retained to test the land
have claSsed the soil as Laredo fine
sandy loan and Laredo silt clay
loam. both classes adaptible TO citrus
and potatoes and truck.
Is Families Settle
Already Is families are settled on
the Monte Grande development.
these being from all over the Unit
e6 States. It was predicted today
that by the end of another IL
months at least 100 families, or 500
people, will be settled there. Those
families nov IN Monte Grande are
from Queener, Tenn, Biggerstaff.
KY: Tottman. Mo; Sawyer. Wyo.:
Breeder, Wyo.; Godsman. Ohio;
robert, Tenn; Ross. Tenn; Jasper,
Miss. Harrison. Miss; Knight,
Miss; Winters, Mich; johnson. KY;
and Meyers, Nc.
After the first Of the year. two
new school buildings are to be 10
Gated in Monte Grande. one on the
townsite itself, the second near the
present Las Yescas school. Roads
have already been graded in the dis
trict, and many bridges have been
constructed. The company's de-
velopment program calls for a seven
mile graveled road. running north
and south, which will be built as
soon as possible. II was said today.
Light and water facilities will also
be additional features in the i'm
mediate future.
@~ Well Kept Orchard
A showplace on the tract at pres
ent is a well-kept 63-acre citrus
grove managed and owned by Syl-
wster Biggerstaff. 1t was explain
ed that total citrus acreage so far
Is better than 200 acres, and that
during the coming spring an addi-
tional 500 will be planted. Potatoes
have been planted on 500 acres, and
800 more acres have been devoted
TO other vegetables.
The organization which IS handl-
ing the development is headed by
Lloyd Parker, president Of AL and
Lloyd Parker, Inc. w. w. Huitt is
h.IF PlCcAlEllL dAld kCAlCAd o. cd4CS
manager, Will Amthor, construction
and designing engineer and w. z.
Anderson. consulting engineer.
During the past year persons from
the north and east have been
brought here each week, and the
Parker company claims to be the
only land company in the Valley
which has brought parties to this
section during the entire summer.
Each party is in charge Of a trip
manager. and a trip secretary. these
being Q. c. McSpadden. manager,
who is also vice president of the
1 company. and G. $. Thompson. an
tother vice president and trip sec
setary.