Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15
ROAD BOOSTERS
READY FOR TRIP
AUTOMOBILE TRIP To IOG PRO
POSED MILITARY HIGHWAY RI
GINS At CHAMBER oF com
MERGE FRIDAY MORNING 80.
FIRST ACTIVE WORK
TRIP ENDS AT EAGLE PAS TUES
DAY NIGHT WHEN ElG MEET
IN GIOE TWO HIGHWAYS WILL
III HELD

The first actual escort in hrhnlf of
the proposed military highway from
Brownsville Nv III ra~u. distance of
more than a00 miles. which IL j. planned
hall bc constructed al the expense %
the United States government will he
gin at the Brownsville Chamber of Com
mcrce Friday morning IN ! 30 orlock
Automobiles bearing a party uf men in
tcr'Sicd IL the project will leave here
al that time for ihc purpose ~ logging
the route. test materials make surveys.
etc. and with The ending of the trip 40
Eagle Pass TUESDAY night. they will ~
IN position ~ >ahHit data that viii br
turned over 10 runmiiirr hat will 80
tn Washington III hth llt ui the project.
There arr vrd in ErnNn>NI 'r tOdnN
"a make he trip from BROW svilIc ~
Eagle Pass. ID. u. tnlp ~ Sin Antonio.
>ccrctar. ol The Highway League X. ~.
Whitaker. civil engineer of San An
touo district passenger agent for the
International AMI Great Northern I'm
road and T. Il Rice ~ Eagle Pass. SEE
rrtlry ~ the Eagle Pass Commercial
several newspaper men. II. II. lIarI~r
of the san Antonio Express having been
assigned ~ make the trip. AMI there u
expected in thr city ton ght a rcprcscn-
tativc each from the Galveston Tribune
aud the Waco Times, Herald Cob N
II. GaN ~ Brownsville Hon. Mason Mnn
cy 81 rcarSall. candidate for congress
from this didStrict. =. A. Pipes Scrrr-
tary of the Mission Commercial club
nlI " whom will make hr "trip ~ Eagle
Pass. and prphih =. II Briggs. sccrc-
tnrN ~ the Southwest Texas Progress.
i've League Who will 20 as far a. Mis-
Siun.
Automobiles for the trip from Browns
willie tD Laredo are being furnished bv
Brownsville pcupc. and after reaching
Laredo that city will furnish automo.
hilrs for the balance of the trip tn Eagle
Pass N T. expected that much larger
party Will leave Laredo for Eagc Pass.
than j. making the longer trip. Among
those who will join the party ~ Laredo
Viii IT, t. a king>lcy. of Little Rock.
Ark. highway engineer and one " the
best known experts in highway building
ia the +plth
The autnm"hic e, leaving Brownsville
FRIDAY morning ~ ! 80 o'rl"k plan a.
spend Friday Right ai Nilsson aud Sat
urday night they expect a. >pcad at La
redo. They will also take thl ir ease at
Laredo throughout SUNDAY. aud prompt
N Monday morning will begin the Frd
nous trip from Laredo to Eaelc Pass.
ending M Eagle Pass Tuesday night.
"Wednesday. January Il. ~ Eagle Pass
there Wi IT, held meeting ~ the
Southern National Highway association.
and With this meeting there viii hc
Joined the meeting in behalf of thr pro
posed military highway. \ committee
will W. appointed lt the cunvrntion a.
20 10 Washington ia behalf Il the pro-
posed highway. aIl NJ push tie matter
through the halls Of congress ~ FAR a.
H. possible. The support ~ senator
Morris sheppard j. already given. and
Congressman John N. Garner has also
been Interested
Mr.. Whitaker. The civil engineer who
goes with the party. N we'll known ~
he Rio Grand- VALLEY. having during
TIE period between 1906 aud 1910 been
member of the engineers who con
~irur:cd the many canals w this section.
lie will make the necessary soil tests
and attend ~ the other technical work
~ tho trip