Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-03
SUBSCRIPTIONS
OR BONDS FOR
ROAD UNASKED
SAN BEMiTANS ASK ONLY FOR THE
MORAL SUPPORT or BROWNS
WILLIE CITIZENS.
CAMERON COURTY'S PART is AR
RANGED FOR, OTHERS MUST
PE ASSISTED.

Cameron c0unty- part of the Diamond
Loop Highway j. either already beng built
or Il beng arranged tor I'm the county
commissioners through whose precincts
the road Will run, and uo special tax lcsirs
nor bond ISSUES will ha asked, at least III
the next few years, nor will any -ub-rrip-
tionS for the bnildlng ol thc road w Cam
eron county bc asked. County Cummi~-
sioncr James a. Graham. president III the
Diamond Loop Highway Association. an-
nounced ut the meeting III the federal
building last night. The meeting was at-
tended TN ~ixty-tyc citizens of San BE-
nto, who arranged thc meeting. and I'm
half that number uf Brownsville men.
The San Benitau- arc already enthu--
iastic Diamond Loop Highway men and
they came ID Brownsville to arouse hp in-
terc-i and enthusiasm III thc Brownsville
people, and to Obtain their moral support
n the carrying out ui the plan, which il
D. claimed viii bring according III W =.
West, 4 speaker a. tile meeting. IA crop
Of thousands IT tourists annually. u crop
which ~ been sadly neglected. \ crop that
needs no irrigation, that makes no ven
dor's lien notes, and " crop that always
brings the money"
The meeting was one chock fun of glow
inc prospects that would accrue to tile
Lower Rio Grandc Valley should the high
way b. completed III al i'll stretches. ana
some speakers forecast that thirty thou
sand tourists annually would be cncour
aged g. ma ~ -al4tomehilc-tftr - ca Nal-a
ley. that NJ least - per cent ~ sam A
tonio'S 50.00n tourists annually would
make the trip 10 and down the border. ana
that the number that would visit this -cc-
tion On the occasion ~ the San Antonio
III centennial fair III 1918 i~ incsiimah bic
Also. one speaker declared that highway
~ induce this monicd element III visit thi-
section would force thc construction III alf
the tourist hotels the country would need
that capital would "-inply stand upon w
hind leg- and beg tor an opportunity III
build"
Addrc~-c- were made TN james a. Gra-
ham IT San Bento. president pi the u~-
Sociation. George a. Tooau WI san Rcuito,
secretary IT the association; WIiam ~
West NJ Brownsville. Il. N. Butler WI
Brownsville and Chicago. who spoke GLOW
inely ~ the Valley climate a~ compared
with the climate If other sections under
the American flag; n. II. Tucker WI
Brownsville. president ni The Lower Rio
Grandc Valley Progressive League George
H. Niu-or ~ San Bcuito. general -uprrn-
tcndcnt NJ the san Rcnto n Rio Grandc
Valley railroad. and who -aid That hi-
raIlroad IN with tlc good road plan strong
and Il. II. Ic--up. who gave facts and fr-
nrcS showing how California had hcne-
fitted hN IT, southern ami Continental high
way. and Florida with t- Dixie and Can
tn highways. the Dixie leading ;o Florida
from Chicago and IN bc completed th~
yct'~, and the Capital beading from Wash
inrtou. y. III, ~ Florida.
The meeting was cuIivcned with chorus
lcd IN Secretary Teolan. which sang w
take or on ~lt'- Long Way to Tin
pcrary." ard sans music sounded some
thing like ''It'~ 4 Long Way Through tho
Sands" aud \ boost tor the Diamond Loop
T. the tune ~ "Thc Battle Hymn ~ the
Republic"
The crusaders reached Brownsville iu
fifteen automobiles and Ford~ III mid-att-
ernoon aud raradrd tho streets in the
business district Each automobiles wind
shield was labeled Loop" while some VI
the boosters themselves wore Diamond
Loop Highway hanncr~ on their arms.
President Graham announced that the
-ncxt booster trip for the highway will IN
made ID Mercedes next Thursday. one week
from today. and ~ invited Brownsville ~
send along 4 delegation to help encourage
the Hidalgo county people i'll their effort
for their part of the highway M TIN
seven men agreed to take the trip and take
friend along. and II i probable that 9th
er> will ioin in.
The splendid road In existence between
Brownsville and San Rcniio. which l. cred
tied 70 the energies IT County Ccmri..
sioner James \. Graham ot San Rcniio art
County Commissioner Sam Bell If Browns.
vile. came in for many compliments durin.
the meeting.
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