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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1927
Page
7
Feature on the San Antonio flood prevention detention dam notes its unrivaled architectural beauty and scenic approaches. Engineers say it is the most beautiful large project in the Southwest, drawing sightseers and spurring major residential development around parks and damside driveways.
The automobile industry in Bexar County continues to flourish with a rising number of second hand car transfers. In 1926 the license department registered 19,010 transfers, up from 18,589 in 1925, with an estimated 50,000 automobiles registered in the county.
J Grover Wells president of the Texas Abstractors Association cites title insurance as key to secure clear ownership and protect buyers from undiscovered facts. He says insurance offers more than legal opinion, backed by company capital and surplus, with service, financial strength, and complete organization as core community value.
County Judge Augustus McCloskey and the Bexar county commissioners push for 1827 road work to shatter prior records and set a new standard of achievement in public works.
A flood prevention dam on Olmos creek is completed to guard San Antonio as heavy rain threatens floods. Gates stay open when river is below bank full, then partly or fully close as water nears the limit, with police notified to assist. Channel corrections below the dam will address floods originating downstream.
A wide, OCR clutter of names and addresses shows real estate firms, banks, and individuals with offices on Brady Building, Gunter Building, Travis Street, and surrounding streets. Notable entities include Campbell T. W. at City National Bank Building, Dickinson Co on Fredericksburg Road, Fort and Central Trust, and Perry-Conway Realty Co at 502 Brady.
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