Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-27

II road bonds looms for october
80. It is series E or the fifth
million which will be offered.
Judging from letters being re-
ceived on the subject many buyers
will be present.
Judge Oscar Dancy this morning
had the following to say concerning
the sale:
while / am getting more inquir-
les in response to our first ad in the
Bond Buyer last Saturday than l
ever got before, We are lot kidding
ourselves with any idea Of getting
the fancy prices We received on the
first three issues. However a dol
Lar buys more now than it has in the
last ten years
n NENT the same subject r. C.
~ Morris Of the Frontier Lumber
company writes today TO say.
I'VE have Just discovered that
Cameron county has 1873 miles +
concrete highways which is more
miles Of concrete highways than
any other county In the state OF
Texas and more miles OF concrete
highways than any other county in
the United States Of the same pop
ulation.
I'm fact, Cameron ranks the 3Sth
county in the United States but
the 81 counties that exceed il,
throughout the United States. in
concrete road mileage, have much
larger populations"
PEOPLE UP San Benito way would
also appreciate 1t If Brownsville
would number their houses. AT
least so one letter received today
shows. This letter from @. l.. Nil
ner. secretary If TT Kiwanis club.
throws more light on the matter.
III part II follows:
And, now that you have finally
won out In getting your city's streets
properly identified TO us "out-of-
towners," maybe you will find some
thing in our experiences at San Ben
ito that will be Of value toward
furthering yosr house numbering
campaign.
"You will appreciate. of course,
that our first inteseSt pertained to
the mail service feature and, incl
dentally. the postal laws require
s.house numbers" where the delivery
of mail is involved. Second, our
fire department was directly cor
cerned and, naturally, interested
but We did not have TO call for their
services. Third. and the most i'm
portant. our city officials were in
terested and. for that matter, still
cooperate whenever called upon.
And last. don't eve overlook the
one organization in your cit that
can always be relied upon TO respond
when needed-the Boy Scouts.
"Very simple: The postmaster de-
termineS where houSenumberS are
needed: the mayor gets a personal
letter signed BY the postmaster; the
city engineer is instructed at the
next commission meeting to measure
and ~chalk" the CORRECT number
upon every house in a given block
o. street; a ScoutmaSter Is inter-
viewed. and the next thing We know
the boys have arranged with some
hardware dealer or variety store
manager 70 sell them numbers on a
margin that will allow them a profit
on sets Of numbers sold for the huge
sum of fifteen cents.
Team work, that's all-and /
might mention that the boys are
numbering the houses on several
streets In San Benito today"
(which causes Us to say that We
wv will appreciate any suggestion
" or method which will bring
about the numbering OF the houses
in Brownsville. We have I'll fine
street signs. recently erected. The
only thing We have IN mind is to
get Brownsville houses numbered 4or
our own convenience and to make
her streets appear as streets OF a city
with city ways. We are fully con-
yinced that 1t is a very small matter
greatly needed.
MINATED Annie says some peo-
II pie who do not know their own
minds have not missed much.
THE engineer of this column ap-
~preciates the letters of aid. He
Is still Of the opinion that one
OF the best ways to write a good
column is with a pair of scissors
and a paste pot.