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

Texas leads as a producer Of natural gas and, ac-
ccrding to the director q the Texas Public Service
Information Bureau. $500 miles Of natural gas pipeline
we're built during 1880 al a cost Of slooOooooO and
brought The total !. 10000 miles Gas statisticians
predict the total win 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 OF $50 billion cubic feet
against 400 billion for Cklahcma, N second place
Much Of the new construction q pipeline Is for Texas
gas and since the first Of the year plans have been
announced for a new line from the Panhandle fields ~
Colorado and Nebraska and Montana. Consumption
Of natural gas IN 1880 was two tTillion cubic feet, a
gain OF So billion feet over the 1928 total
Texas has four towns nearly or quite 200 years old
ssn Antonio. IT'S. Goiad. 1859. Laredo. 1855 and Mac
ogdoches. I77s. Texas is a relatively level country. hlt
has more than a hundred mountain peaks of 500 fee;
or over and four Of more than 5000 feet. Guadalupe,
$500 feet. is the highest. Texas had eight capitals
Washington -Brazos. Harrisburg, Galveston. Velas-
co, Quintanna. 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 3.425.367 inhabitants. classi-
fled IS rural Pennsylvania. 100000 behind, holds sec
ond place.
Few OF the smaller Tsaxs cities break into the
monthly reports AZ building permits but their con-
tribution TO the 1880 total have buikcd large. A NUM-
Der have totted up their totals tor the year. including
Balinger with 100000, Tyler with SS75OO0, Brown
wood with s7as 900. corsicana with $4,000, Red River
county with $500 O00. Denton ull si75000. Gainesville
with $4,000 as just a faw and As typical of the
scores Of other III. 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
Ssociations-Da Mountain. 20fo0 acres. Palo-Duro
Canyon. 10000. Carlsbad Cave. $1,000 and Caddo Lake.
10000 acres. Appropriation 81 ~sl,l25.OoQ for the ac-
QUESTION OF the acreage and beginning Of needed i'm
provcments will be sought from tho present session OF
the Texas legislature. Donation of 1900 acres az 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. 27. the city cour-
Gil was authorized 20 negotiate for the purchase OF the
gas utilities serving that city. provided 4 can obtain
a contract with responsible parties for building a
natural gas pipeline. According 20 the manager OF the
Public Service Information bureau. before any final
action can be taken looking TO the acquisition " The
privately-owned Gas properties. the people must pass
a bond issue Of more than five million dollars ard IT,
addition secure a contract for acquiring a supply az
natural gas and building : pipeline AZ a cost estimated
AZ rot less than ten million dollars. The agitation
grew out o. a controversy over rates and proponents
promised that If the results were favorable L would
bring q reduction therein.