Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-22
FL CENTRIC IS
IN COLD
on HIGHWAY
BOARD REPORT.
Supervisor Declares This
District Gets but Two
Miles of Road, Against 30
for Other Towns.

That the Ell Centre supervisorial
district has been jobbed by the Lack
Beal Highway Commission in its re-
port on the roads to be built under
the proposed issue of county bonds,
visor Brooks of this district.
He declares that while all other
districts Of the county are given from
twelve to thirty miles of paved roads
under the commission plan, the local
district has been awarded but two
miles of highway.
Unable to prevent an acceptance of
the official report, Supervisor Brooks
made strong protest against the in
justice of the proposal and submitted
suggestion for the building of a
road from Ell Centre to the County
Farm and via Silsbee to the Mt. Signal
district.
As a sop to Ell Centre, the board
majority permitted the introduction
into a resolution of plan whereby,
if there is any money remaining from
the bond issue after the construction
of the roads recommended, the pro-
posed Mt. Signal highway shall be
built.
The report of the Brawley chair
man of the committee vas accepted by
{, vote of four to cne and the follow
ing resolution adopted:
"Moved that the Highway Commis-
sion be instructed to prepare neces-
sary surveys and specifications for the
proposed county bond issue as per
relative map prepared ana presented
and conforming generally to the con-
struction of a road from inland to
CaleXico; road from the Trifolium
canal over the state survey to West
moreland and Brawley; a feeder east
of Brawley to the east side of Tract
121, Township IA South, Range 10
East; read west from the main Nj
land -Calexco boulevard, two miles
north of Imperial and extending west
to Tract $50 in Township Is South,
Range 13 East; a road east from
Eighth street, Imperial, over Mcknl
bridge to Holt avenue; a road east
from Ell Centre to Holtville and east
to the east line cf Section 27, Town
ship Is South, Range 16 East; road
west from CaleXico along the north
lines of said city projected west to the
corner of Section 16, in Township II
South and Range Is East; a road east
from a point one mile north from Ca
lexico city to Bonds Corner and a
road north from Bonds corner, north
erly, intersecting the Holtville- Ell Cen
tro road, the ImperialMcKim bridge
road and the Brawley- Alamorio road
and northerly to the Third Standard
Parallel Ia west road from the State
Highway west of Brawley, two miles
to the center of Section "a, Township
IA South and Range Is East, S. B. NJ;
and further, in the event that por-
ton of this system be constructed by
the state and funds available remain
in the proposed bond fund for further
construction, said funds shall be used
in constructing a west side road from
the Mexican border north to the Third
Standard Parallel through Water Dis
tricts Nos, 6. 8 and y, and further,
the commission is instructed to survey
and prepare specifications for said
west side road"
Some time ago, editorially, The
Press gave public warning OF the
scheme being hatcfed on the Board
of Supervisors by Brawley interests,
but it is no consolation to say:
81 told you SOP
Another prospective protest to the
proposed highway system is rumored.
from Seeieye. ..
Residents there are asking that
more attention be given the West
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