Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
CITY TO
AIR AND OCEAN
Aviation, Shipping Expected
To Cause Brownsville To
Treble Population

Ports or the afr and or water arn
expected to become contributing
factors towards B~roxnsvsIIe's c01-
bling or even treblinE her pgrulNH
ton within the next decade.
This Is conceded bv cine rrrrh
conservative Or her citizens while
some OF the more optimistic have
visions OF Brownsville becoming tho
XII Paso OF the Lower Rio Grarde.
Coming OF water transportation
cannot help but bring with 10 rrw
sources Of wealth and prosperity 90
say nothing or the advantages to IT,
gained from further Developments
OF international aviation through
Brownsville. claim those leaders
who have been foremost III work
ing for the good OF the city.
Construction OF 4 narbOr ~ y
point near Brownsville Will bring
factories. warehouses and Other
new industries 10 nv nothing XXX
l~essening the cost of transporting
Valley products % market and rr-
ducing freights rates on articles
shipped tc this section. The chan-
Der OF commerce plans 10 90 after
the new industries made poSzih.s
and profitable bv the coming 81
water transportation. Advantages
10 be derived from locating here
viii he pointed cut ~ ail lines wv
industry which possibly could h~
interested In and profit from ~
Work For Their Coed
Brownsville's attitude towards A
port has not been that 81 hope
alone but OF agErFSSivenf1s. It's CIT
liens have not waited supinIey for
water transportation ED come but
have gone after IL. They have felt
not only that "a har5or ought tu
come TO Brownsville but that IN
must come at all cost. Whatever
expenditure Of energy and expense
necessary 90 secure IN harbor have
always been regarded ms Al neg
ligible quantity compared with the
benefits to be derived
This feeling on the part 0f
Brownsville's leaders has BEEN
shared with the citizens ~ general
who desire 10 see the city grow and
come into It's own. This unanimifv
OF feeling has helped Brownsville
secure what she was going after.
While looking forwards to water
transportation Brownsville has en-
ioyed the benefits of aviation. I'm
menSe benefit has accrued t0
Brownsville from its airport which
is the best equipped international
airport III the country. Lying. as "
does. on an International rou1a
between North and South America.
Brownsville has become m very Tn
portant city III the world ~ avta-
ton. Aviation has put Brownsville
on more maps than any other
| single factor. not even excluding
the marvellous winter fruit and
vegetable growing sections and
resorts advantages.
Bringing Money To City
Aviation has not been an alto
gether Intangible asset 10 Browns
vile. The aviation companies
operating through and out of
Brownsville have n daily payroll or
better than $1,000 or an annual
payroll or over s40O.O 200. This n Nv
far the largest payroll I'm Browns
vile and has added materially -
its prosperity and growth
The well-equipped airport n<Te
is capable not only RI s~ervicirv
the largest OF planes but even o.
manufacturing them. Machine
shops and personnel of ttf local
airport have been found capable
Of assembling the giant tri-motored
Ford planes. The Ford Motor Com
pany has given the local shops
permission % assemble the biw
ships. Similar planes also arc
turned out AZ intervals.
Aviation companies operating
through and from Brownsville are
the TranscontinentaI Air Transport,
which operates from Brownsville N
Dallas where ID connects with trunk
lanes: Compania Aeronautlca d.
Transportes. which operates I'D Mar
attain on the Pacific Coast w
Monterrey and other points. and
the Mexican Aviation company. a
division on the Pan-American Air.
ways. which connects Brownsville
with Mexico City. and other points.
Connections are had with Central
and South American cities.
Four Railroads Serve City
Brownsville also is well served Inv
railroads. Four lines serve the city.
There are the Missouri Pacific and
Southern Pacific connecting Browns
vile with all parts of the United
States. the National Lines w Mex
leo and the Port Isabel and Elr
Grande Railway connecting Browns
vile and Point Isabel.
Paved highways run IN every a.
rectiOn from Brownsville. The ratr
highway connects with the state
and national highways while other
{, paved roads run I'D the river. to-
wards Los Fresnos. into El Jardin
and other points. A road is under
construction TO Boca Chlca. popuIaf
beach resort.
Besides being in the middle of \
fertile agricultural area Brownsville
} has a number or factories and Other
industries OF which she is proud.
/. Concrete pipe, hats. furniture. bricks
and other clay products. work cloth
Ing, and q number Of other article.
are manufactured here
Adequate shipping facilities are
provided for fruits and vegetables
and there also IS q cold storage
: plant.
Schools Are Excellent
} Brownsville has one OF the best
high school plants IN the state, ont
OF the newest buildings being O sen
Tor high school-Iunior college Etruc-
: ture which is modern I'm every res
pect. There also are a number ~