Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16
Texas Facts for Texans

Taras leads as a producer OF natural gas and, nc
cording to the director OF the Texas Public Service
Information Bureau. $500 miles Of natural gas pipeline
were built during 1880 at a cost Of slo0.OO0.O0o and
brought the total to $4,000 miles. Gas statisticisns
predict the total viii be 10000 miles within the mex:
decade. Texas. which went into the lead in natural
gas production in 1929. more than held its place IN
1880. with q total output o. 59 billion cubic feet
against 400 billion for Oklahoma, In second place.
Much Of the new construction Or pipeline IS for Texas
gas and since the first Of The year plans have been
announced for a new line from The Panhandle fields 70
Colorado and Nebraska and Montana. Consumption
Of natural gas In 1880 was two trillion cubic feet. a
gain OF 50 billion feet over the 1929 total.
Texas has four towns nearly or quite 200 years old
san Antonio. IT'S. Goiad. 1879. Laredo. 1855 and Mac
ogdoches, I779. Texas Is a relatively level country. but
has more than a hundred mountain peaks Of 500 feet
or over and four Of more than 5000 feet. Guadalupe,
$500 feet. is the highest. Texas had eight capitals
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Harrisburg, Galveston, Velas-
co. Qulntanna, Columbia. Houston and Austin. three
OF them being temporary seats OF government during
the Santa Anna invasion. Texas leads the nation
In rural population with 3.425,36I inhabitants. CLASH
fled as rural Pennsylvania, 100000 behind. holds sec
ond place.
Few OF the smaller Teaxs cities break into the
monthly reports Of building permits but their con-
tribution TO the 1880 total have bulked large. A num-
Der have totted up their totals for the year, including
Baninger with $4,000. Tyler with ss75Ooo. Brown
wood with $1,000. Corsicana with s5liO0o. Red River
county with s3n0OO0. Denton WITH slT5000. Gainesville
with 100000 as just a few and as typical Of the
scores of other like communities which have done
their bit In a building way during the pas. year.
Creation OF four state parks with combined acreage
Of 10000 acres is proposed by the four major park
associations-Davi Mountain. 90 400 acres. Palo-Duro
Canyon. 10000. Carlsbad Cave. 10000 and caddo Lake.
10000 acres. Appropriation Of si.l25000 for the ac-
QUESTION OF the acreage and beginning OF needed i'm
provements will be sought from the present session Of
the Texas legislature. Donation Of 1900 acres OF land
required for construction Of the scenic highway out
Of Fort Davis has been made BY interested ranchmen.
AT an election in Fort Worth Jan. p, the city cour-
eli was authorized 70 negotiate for the purchase Of the
gas utilities serving that city, provided Il can obtain
a contract with responsible parties for building a
natural gas pipeline. According to the manager Of the
Public Service Information bureau. before any final
action can Be taken looking 70 the acquisition Of the
privately-owned gas properties, the people must pass
a bond issue Of more than five million dollars and in
addition secure a contract for acquiring a supply Of
natural gas and building a pipeline AZ a cost estimated
AZ not less than ten million dollars. The agitation
grew out q a controversy over rates and proponents
promised that n the results we're favorable Il would
bring a reduction therein.