Growth in Harlingen and San Benito Spurs Big Building Boom
Harlingen in the Rio Grande Valley rents space for a major construction surge with five story and two story hotels, a nine story office block, a dozen business structures, municipal works around 300000, street paving, sewer and water upgrades, plus new Christian church, city hall and schools. San Benito shows similar vigor with a new hotel, theater, bank building, and other business edifices under way or planned, signaling a robust year of development.
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Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
Stors
Christian Hrch
San Benito
Inl
Olmito
Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce
Building boom ends as U S housing needs stabilize nationwide
The article notes no current housing shortage since 1925, with wartime scarcities fading. It highlights rapid growth in Harlingen, San Benito, Olmito, and Brownsville, including hotels and schools, plus new railway stations, chambers of commerce, and extensive municipal paving. Housing demand remains in some localities while national needs average about 450,000 new buildings annually. The Valley sees major highway spending, new subdivisions, irrigations, and cities forming as prosperity rises after strong vegetable and cotton seasons.
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United States
Texas building and loan associations hold hundred million in savings
Herbert J. Hayes of San Antonio notes Texas building and loan associations totaled 100 million dollars in savings at year end 1926 with about 25 per person or 125 per family. There are 125 associations lending mainly for homes, keeping most funds within Texas and boosting local circulation and taxable wealth while creating better citizens.
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Texas
Herbert J. Hayes
Manu
San Antonio
Mr. Hayes
New Public Golf Course Plotted for Olmos Dam Park
A possible 1927 addition includes a public golf course to accompany the new Olmos dam park. The rolling hills near the dam and Olmos creek would supply water hazards. San Antonio currently has four courses, two private and two public, with Olmos Creek likely adopting Brackenridge’s public operation model.
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Olmos Dam
Olmos Creek
Brackenridge
Spinach crop yields cited in Winter Garden district
A land promoter cites a renter who earned 5700 from spinach on a rented farm in one year, claiming yields in the Winter Garden district show unusually high investment returns and suggesting no place in the country matches it.
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Winter Garden
Buildings for 1927 planned in San Antonio section
Front page graphic from The Light highlights 1927 building plans by architects Phelps & Dewees and others. Projects include Protestant Hospital, Bexar County Courthouse, Plaza Hotel, Gunter Hotel, City National Bank, Ambassador Hotel, San Antonio Casino Club, Plaza area structures, and Travis Investment Building among listed firms and individuals.
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San Antonio
Phelps & Dewees
Protestant’s Hospital
Bexar County
Atlee B
Robert Mr. Ayres
Plaza Hotel
Harrington
Turn Verein
Adams & Adams
City National Bank
San Antonio-Casino Club
Ambassador Hotel
Kelwood Company
George Willis
Travis Investment Building
Herbert S. Green
Gunter Hotel
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Raymondville
Credit
Retail Credit Men’s Ass’n
The
Safe Investments
J. E. Jarratt Company
Frost Bank Building
SAN Antonio—Crockett
Republic Bank Building
Dallas
Frederick Terrell
W. A. King
J. E. Young
W. W. Collier
B. A. Bond
D. Ansley
R. L. Dalton
R. E. Porter
Central Trust Company
Th City National Bank
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