Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
MONTERREY IS
ALLURINC CITY
Duty Of City to Change
Minds of Visitors
About Mexico

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To the city OF Monterrey. Mexico
falls the big duty Of changing the
minds OF hundreds Of travellers from
the United States. as regards Mex
leo - and Monterrey is doing a re-
markable piece Of work in this res
pect4 For as you cross the Rio
Grande river and leave Texas at
Laredo, YOU sort Of have a show
me feeling. You ride for about
l65 miles, noting from time to time
a wonderful paved road near the
tracks, with palatial buses passing
and considerable auto traffic
and to your surprise. the farther
your train takes you into Mexico
the o dense the travel: and
you reach the outskirts Of Monter-
rey.
Let your heart dictate your opin-
ions as you approach Monterrey and
your heart will register a love for
that scenery that will live forever.
Old Bishops Palace
On your left you see, high on the
mountains. FL Obispado Viejo, the
Bishops Palace. And on the right
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y ink mountain. Blue. read blue.
Mountains and skies, all shades or
blues. as you sit enraptured. the
mountains seem to take the train in
their arms, and you alight IN Mon
terrey. a city almost surrounded by
mountains. but having miles of level
streets.
Monterrey. the industrial capital
Of Mexico, with 10000 population.
an increase Of nearly so per cent
in only the last 10 years. has 304
different industries. You Will visit
the biggest brewery Of all America
- here you Will see 1000 men at
work, and learn that a million bot
ties of beer and 1000 kegs leave here
every eight hours.
At Monterrey's refining plants
you will find that 0ne-siXth OF the
worlds gold. silver. and lead j. pro-
duced, five shoe factories. a big
glass works. and eleven furniture
factories, which bring IN 900 car
loads Of American lumber yearly IN
addition TO Mexico's big supply -
these and many other more modern
industries can. and should be visit
ed And you visit the biggest bag
factory in Mexico, and also three
new nail factories built in 1927. Mon
terrey makes just as big an effort
for new factories as does Toledo.
or any American city.
Iron Works Amaze
Really amazing Is the iron and
steel mill, biggest on this continent
south Of Pittsburgh, where 5000 men
are working. and live in a very fine
colony. Monterrey has 102 trains
daily. both freight and passenger.
and is the railroad center Of north
ern Mexico.
An American visiting Monterrey
can certainly feel the pulse OF that
city quickly by Immediately confer
ring with General Manager q. F.
Seixas OF the Monterrey Railway
Light and Power company. Ny.
Eeixas is a Canadian and has been a
great many years In Mexico. To sit
On the breakfast porch Of his home
With Mrs. Seixas and his family.
with flowers and fruits growing all
around you and happy servants rad
iating Monterrey's friendly spirit,
makes one realize California or
Florida are no more alluring.
AS you travel down through the
country 70 Mexico City you will find
that the pulse Of Mexico as ex-
planned by Mr.. Seixas is certainly
exactly as he stated. Incidentally,
Mr.. Seixas heads a most modern
company. Monterrey has over $500
OF the best type street lights giving
the city a real Fifth Avenue lighting
efefct IN all sections. over 5000
lights are used In private residences
and a fine street car system with
very frequent service covers over IS
miles Of territory in this city OF
lao, 900 population. The very modern
water works system is also under
this mans guidance and you need
have no fear Of drinking Monterrey
water.
Has Good Sanitation
A very clean sewage system covers
the entire city. and a sewage dis
poSal plant Is in operation. Briefly
IL is comparable in its public util-
tiles assets with the most modern
OF our cities In the United States.
An auto trip around Monterrey
is like a tour Of some Spanish city,
but you also feel that spirit OF pep
we like 10 associate ourselves with
here in our country. The traffic
moves with vim in Monterrey. work
men in the factories are exceedingly
alert, and everybody on the streets
seems just as anxious 10 get some
where as do the folks IN Chicago.
Monterrey has an eight-story
federal building. a beautiful struc-
ture so fine that Brownsville. Texas,
really envied It's Mexican neighbor-
ing city's liberality in erecting such
a real government home. and point
ed to this building as a reason why
their city should have q fine federal
building. Mexico Is a model for us.
Make Electric Bulbs
On another street you find q
big branch factory Of the General
Electric Co. the first bulb factory
In Mexico. more American faith IN
Mexico. And q group Of Mexican
girls are coming Up 70 Schenectady,
New York. to learn General Electric
methods and go back TO start work
in this new plant.
At night Monterrey Is beautiful
Such wonderful lighting with the
Bishops Palace outlined in lights.
while the b~ouleyards sparkle with
a Partisan air
Roses and commerce interningle
at the Plaza Zaragoza, business
seems to be a pleasure. And in the
evening at eight o'clock YOU 20 for
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