Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-14
Seen About
Matamoros
BY OSCAR CASTILLO

Today we have truckloads of lum-
Der . being cleared in the Aduana
Fronteriza i. interested bystanders
watching the customs inspectors
taking inventory =. yes there are six
trucks 4. . all loaded to capacity -.
and here comes another one loaded
with roofing materials :. a building
boom seems TO have started in Mata-
moros :. and we hear remarks on
how the lumber will be used ~. some
say 1t will 20 to the ranches to help
In the development that Is going
on =. others venture to say IL is for
the new baseball park J.. they say
II will be used to build bleacherS
with >. be 1t as 1t may the fact is
that building materials are arriving
in the city =. and changing the q b.
ject We find that on some OF the
city by-streetS cement curbing Is
being built . preparatory to the
building Of sidewalks and of paw
ing =. driving along the railroad
yards we discover piles and piles Of
gravel . . on inquiring we are told
that IL will be used TO hard surface
some OF the city streets . . we hope
so anyway -. since some OF them
certainly need 1t .. others say that
the gravel will be used in the build
ing of the new cement plant "a. re-
turning TO the main thoroughfare
we find i. Owen M. Combe II. con-
crete pipe factory manager from
Brownsville !. driving lazily along
T.. surveying the city It seems 4. in
his brown-colored coupe y. he is
headed up the street \. bound for
Sr. Roberto F. Garcia's office j..
perhaps 20 discuss plans of the new
concrete plant they are planning TO
build =. and which will be another
addition TO the industries now OPP
Grating in Matamoros I. and here
comes Jose Sanchez :. well known
In Brownsville \. driving along in
Manuel Abrego's a ~. yes Abrego
Is there too . Y. Sanchez Is wearing
a panama :. blue coat and white
breeches :. and horn trimmed spec
Jacles too =. looks important +. says
he feels fine . anyway he looks
IL =. and Abrego E. photographer
:. he is wearing a dark felt hat -.
says 1t is too cool for straws and
panamas (. he is wearing a new
summer suit also =. says that suits
him best =. he says that where San
chez Is 10 be found he Is TO be found
also J.. these two seem TO pal along
together lots !. driving on We dis
cover DR.. Joaquin Galvan . board
ing his car =. In q hurry \. sans
chapeau . he Is looking fine J..
now he Is lost in the traffic e.. ar
irving at the Plaza and lounging
around for q while we hear different
opinions being expressed by by
ISLANDERS . (. on the escape OF three
prisoners from jail last night J..
some are saying how they would
have prevented 1t n. and 50 on /.
and turning off the Plaza we take
a drive towards the Plaza de La
Capilla :. and find a car bearing
a license number from Tennessee
=. parking alongside We meet the
owner F.. =. j. B. King and family -.
says he is from Covington. Tonnes
see, drove down 10 the Valley =. he
has been in the Valley two weeks
and today he crossed ove lured
by Old Mexico to see Matamoi y N.
says he J. having a grand time u.
will remain in the Valley a few more
days =. says he likes the climate
down here i. and maybe he will re-
main permanently in the Garden OF
Golden Grapefruit.