Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-28

lingen and other points, Is contem-
plated by the T. g. X.
New La Feria Plant
Wade q Newton will have eight
full units in the Valley, for handl-
ing citrus fruits. according to Davis
Wade of San Benito, one of the
partners. They will each have a
packing capacity OF three cars daily
and total sweat oom or coloring
room capacity Of 40 car
The only entirely new plant con-
structed by Wade e. Newton Is at
La Feria. The shed there will be
AZ IL by 10 feet, Of which 48 Ia
by so will be two stories. The ca
pac-.y there will be five storage
and three packing.
The Brownsville Wade e. Newton
plant has an increased floor space
of 1900 square feet. The ground
floor there now Is 40Xll0 and the
second floor 40x80 feet. 1t now has
a ripening room capacity Of five
cars and packing capacity Of three
cars.
al san 6EilALO NdQC n lNCNlOLA
have added 730 square feet Of floor
space. The sweat OK capacity
IS seven cars while the packing ca
pecity is three.
There has been a considerable in
crease In floor space of the Wade
Sc Newton Harlingen plant where
1900 square feet have been added.
This includes two sweat rooms. Civ
ing the plant a sweat roo capacity
Of four car and a packing capacity
Of three. The building is 40xl40.
Additional LOO square feet Of
floor space has been provided by
Valdez Newton at Mercedes. The
two-story shed Is 45xl00 feet and
has a capacity Of five ears in rep
ching roo mand packing capacity
Of three cars.
Sheds Rebuilt
Sheds Of this firm at McAllen
and Mission, the former 40x13O feet
and the latter 50xl00. have been
rebuilt. Each has a capacity Of
five cars iii the ripening rooms and
three packing.
All Wade & Newton sheds have
been equipped with ethylene gas
furnaces for ripening purposes. re-
placing kerosene stoves, together
with complete washing. cleaning
End processing machinery.
The firm has a subsidiary. L. ".
Jolly e. Co. Inc. which handles
containers and other supplies. "A
building 56x20O feet is under con-
truction in San benito for this
branch Of the business. OF this
,8x200 Is two stories. o. S. Wallace
IS the contractor.
The Valley Fruit Exchange, with
headquarters az Harrington, will
handle fruit at Pharr for the first
time and Is installing machinery
1T the plant for that purpose.
Heretofore only vegetables were
handled there. according to c. D.
wallace, general sales manager.
The ". r. X. also Is having a new
Shed constructed in Harrington, on
Mopac trackage which viii be used
Tor the vegetable deal while the
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clusively for fruit.
$4,000 At McAIlen
An investment Of $4,000 in 9 new
hacking plant az McAllen is report
ed by the Dcusal company. The
new plant IS being constructed on
the site Of the old shed. 1t will be
56x25O feet and is being built by r.
L. Moore. This firm plans to handle
citrus fruits for the first time and
has installed machinery
throughout.
In the same city the McAIlen Cit
rus Association has constructed an
addition, 32x62 which will give con-
siderable more coloring room ca
pacity. This addition has been
ready for some time.
The A. 3. q. Fruit company OF
Alamo has added new machinery
and flooring and ]. J. Beal Of the
same city also has added equip
ment and space in his building.