Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-21
IN OUR

BIZ G. vi. HALL
FOLLOWING the call for a bond
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issue for $780, 900 for a new fill
trstion plant for the city, many
in Brownsville are Of the opinion
that acting in an emergency, the
city commissioners have not gone
far enough.
BY many it is held that the city
also needs an incinerator. and that
in building the new filtration plant
the commissioners should look far
ther ahead and build a larger plant
with more facilities than they con-
template in the present proposed
I bond issue.
AS these views are expressed The
Herald will present them, as 1t be-
lieves that an adequate water supply
to be of primary Importance.
Brownsville is looking forward 70
deep-water shipping, with an at
tendant greater ratio of increase
in population.
Should the city continue TO grow
at the same ratio 1t has In the past
normal expectation is that 1t will
double again within the next ten
years.
THERE has been ON talk Of ar
trsian water or a well supply
o. surface water. This might
be well enough as a supplemental
supply, II found feasible. But the
history OF most cities points TO many
complications where underground
water Is entirely depended upon.
Many cities have lately impounded
water In lakes to get away from the
underground supply, which has
proved either inadequate or too ex-
pensive.
Reports from state authorities on
file at the city hall are to the eff
feet that Brownsville will find many
solids in solution in Whatever I'M
derground water she may obtain,
which will greatly add to the ex-
n OF purifying before using.
These few ideas are roughly pre-
sented for mastication both by the
voter and the city commissioners.
nOLITICS IN Texas today enters
the home stretch OF many a
heated lap. There are eleven
candidates for governor, and so Tar
as the engineer Of this column al
gather from the candidates them
selves, there are exactly eleven lead
ing in the race. Then adding up all
the figures they say represent the
. number of votes that will be cast
for them we find that the voting
strength OF the state Just about
equals the population given IN the
last census. II any n Of them
gets over-ambitious, first thing you
know they will be showing a total
of more votes than we have per-
sons in the state. Then we viii
have to 70 through a congressional
investigation or something.
MINATED Annie says she has
"a helped out by telling all Of the
- candidates she will vote for them
and adds that she does not hold a
poll tax receipt, so none OF them
will be hurt.
ALONG with their steps to solve
~ the water situation IN the city,
An the city commissioners are pre-
pairing to see which way they are
headed II general city building.
z. A. Wood Of Dallas has been
imported to make a study OF the sit
uation and present his findings 70
the board. The need of such work
has been felt for some time, Mayor
r. 3. Rentfro having pointed out
several times the need for such guild
ance.
one question which will soon be
facing the city IS how traffic can
be directed over Fourteenth street.
The turning basin Of the port will be
ia that section OF the city and Off
hand il seems that Fourteenth street
will either have TO be widened. OF
another street made ready for one
way traffic on the two.
TOR the first time in many, many
weeks, weekend casualties show
q comparatively small number
If deaths from automobile accidents.
Texas had a number or other acct
dents, but Il seems her citizens drove
more carefully.
: AS we sit and write, a cooling
IN breeze from the gulf comes
- blowing into the window. If
the remainder Of the heat stricken
nation knew Just how cool for this
season of the wear. settlement ques-
tons in the Rio Grande Valley
would be solved.
FOUND on THE WIRES