Valley News Summary of Willacy Drainage and Port Mansfield Projects
Willacy County plans a drainage survey in Hidalgo County by the US Reclamation Bureau in November and a port improvement program at Port Mansfield. Projects include dredging basins to 18 feet, a 12 by 100 foot channel to 18 feet, deepening to 22 feet toward the Gulf, and building jetties and bulkheads with shore disposal of dredged material.
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Hidalgo County
US. Reclamation Bureau
Port Mansfield
Gulf of Mexico
Chanel
Willacy County Navigation District seeks Army permit work in Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
The Willacy County Navigation District requests a Department of the Army permit for dredging in navigable waters. Proposals include deepening the existing turning basin, adding a new turning basin, a ship beat basin, and a small era area near Port Mansfield in Laguna Madre and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Department of the Army
Engineer District
Willacy County Navigation District
South 7Th Street
Raymondville
Texas
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Port Mansfield
Laguna Madre
Gulf of Mexico
Willacy County
Construction plan details for dredging and spoil placement
The proposal outlines use of 4%4-foot diameter pre stressed concrete piles with a concrete cap or precast concrete blocks. Dredged material would form a continuous embankment on the southerly side up to 2,200 feet from the channel, with a 5,000-foot spoil bank opening near the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Spoil also to be placed on the channel's northerly side at its eastern end in Laguna Madre. Plans are viewable in Room 604, Santa Fe Building, Galveston, Texas, 746 am to 4:45 pm, Monday through Friday, or at the Corps of Engineers Area Office in Brownsville.
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Laguna Madre
Santa Fe
Galveston
Texas
Corps of Engineers
Brownsville
Port Isabel Press publisher and office details
The Port Isabel Press is a weekly publication based in Port Isabel Texas with offices at 175 E Robertson Street San Benito Texas The paper is entered as second class matter February 7 1949 at the Port Isabel post office under the March 3 1879 act Publisher is Steve M Elam and editor is Jack L Merryman Subscription rates are 2 per year in Cameron County and 2 per year outside Cameron County.
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Port Isabel
Texas
The
News Publishing Co., Inc
San Benito
E. Robertson Street
Classified Advertisements for Used Barges and Cars
For sale three 2x10x30 steel barges with wood decking used as a unit for a yard drag line near Los Fresnos. Also for sale a near new Remington 410 shotgun $80 contact Bill Frisbey or dial WH3-2802. Reasonable sale of 1950 Olds 98 four door with radio heater Hydramatic or 1949 Plymouth two door call WH 3-2569 or contact E W Heinze.
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Los Fresnos
Bill Frisbey
E. W. Heinze
For Sale Items in Local Classifieds
Full sized cotton mattress for sale by M A Storey call Wit 23 2735. 1953 Plymouth two door with green finish radio heater tinted glass 19000 miles priced at 950 call WH 3 2802. Furnished one room bath kitchen electrically equipped near Masina Street orner Washington by school ideal for school teacher call B A Wilmot owner GA 3 1260 Harlingen.
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Call M. A. Storey
Wit
Masina St. Orner Washington
Call B. A. Wilmot
Harlingen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Valley News
Navigat
Willacy
Emeri Court
Port’. Mansfield
Dr. Hockaday
George Colley
Kiwanis Circus
Joseph Whitney
O. J. Clark
Kiwanis Club
Bill
Clark
Hunt
Sinclair
Hotpoint Appliances
Lectrical Contractors
E. Levee St
FDIC
Steve M. Elam
Jack L. Merryman
Cameron County
Dial
Helen FE. Williams
Office Harbor
J. W. Brown
Marine Mart
Call
Kenmore
Shell Craft Supplies
Free Museum AT
Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp
Port Isabel, Texas
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