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    1341 West Mockingbird Lane · Dallas, Texas 75247 · 972.647.6700 · www.txi.com

November 30, 2005

VIA EDGAR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

 AND FACSIMILE

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-7010

Attn: Pamela A. Long

         Re:

    Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness

Of Registration Statement on Form S-4

(Registration No. 333-128736) of Texas Industries, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 461 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, Texas Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on its own behalf and
on behalf of each of Brookhollow Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Brook Hollow Properties,
Inc., a Texas corporation, Brookhollow of Alexandria, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, Brookhollow of
Virginia, Inc., a Virginia corporation, Creole Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Pacific Custom
Materials, Inc., a California corporation, Riverside Cement Company, a California general
partnership, Partin Limestone Products, Inc., a California corporation, Riverside Cement Holdings
Company, a Delaware corporation, Southwestern Financial Corporation, a Texas corporation, Texas
Industries Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Texas Industries Trust, a Delaware
statutory trust, TXI Aviation, Inc., a Texas corporation, TXI California Inc., a Delaware
corporation, TXI Cement Company, a Delaware corporation, TXI LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, TXI Operating Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, TXI Operations, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership, TXI Power Company, a Texas corporation, TXI Riverside Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and TXI Transportation Company, a Texas corporation, hereby requests that effectiveness of its
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Registration No. 333-128736), be accelerated so
that it will become effective on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 9:30 A.M., Eastern Standard Time, or
as soon thereafter as practicable.

     The Company acknowledges that:

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    should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare
the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with
respect to the filing;

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    the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

November 30, 2005

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    the Company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by
the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

     Please advise Talmadge Singer of the law firm of Thompson & Knight L.L.P. (tel. 214-969-1374)
of such effectiveness.

    Very truly yours,

TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.

    By:
    /s/ Frederick G. Anderson

    Name:
    Frederick G. Anderson,

    Title:
    Vice President and General Counsel

    cc:

    Brigitte Lippmann

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