Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-01-24
HIGHWAY Aid
FORTHCOMING
THEIR BELIEF
S. c. Tucker and c. L. Jessup
Return Home After At
tending Highway Meet

In Austin on different missions,
but both Of which had to do with
the Cameron county highway, 5. q.
Tucker. director Of the Chamber of
Commerce, and c. l.. Jcssup, mana
ger of the Chamber Of Commerce,
returnd to Brownsville today opti-
istic. in the belief that the objects
Of their trip to meet with the state
highway commission, now in session
will meet with success.
Mr.. Jcssup attended the meeting
BY invitation of CAGilmnn McCrory
to urge the route around the West
Brownsville lake to the Browns
Vile city limits instead Of the route
across the east end Of the lake, to
a poirt near jefferson street, at the
city limits. He said that the COM
mission heard him through on tho
proposition, ard he had every rea
son to believe that the commission
would adopt the around the lake
route in preference to that across
the lake.
Mr.. Jessup also brought the in
formation that Captain J. ID. Faunt-
leroy. federal highway engineer at
Fort Worth. was appointed to the
position of chief engineer Of thc
state highway commission. succeed
ing Rollin Windrow, recently re
signed to accept a road engineering
position in Missouri
Mr.. Tucker and County Judge
Oscar c. Dancy went to Austin on
a mission different to that of Mr..
Jessup's. Their purpose was to as
certain whether Cameron county
could expect to have its dollars
matched" in continuing the con
struction Of the highway The Cam
eron county situation was laid be-
fore the commission in full, Mr..
Tucker said, and like Mr.. Jessup, he
had every reason to believe that the
commission would act favorably. He
said that action on the Cameron
application was not expected to lie
taken before today.
Judge Dancy did not return to
Brownsville. having stopped over at
Corpus Christi.
There is absolutely no truth in
the report from San Benito that
our committee went to Austin to
have the commission refuse aid un-
less the road was connected up be
tween Brownsville and San Benito. =
said Mr.. Tucker. we went for the
purpose Of seeing how much federal
aid could be secured. So far as the
question is concerned of where the
money will be expended. that is a
matter that is entirely in the hands
Of theh ighway commission. If il de-
cides to assist in the financing Of
construction"
County Commissioner Sam Bell of
Brownsville today expressed the be-
lief that if the commission meets
the Cameron county money dollar
for dollar. that the funds will be
prorated in the three precincts,
Brownsville. San Benito and Har-
lingen, Just rs was done in the ori-
ginal work He pointed out that
the expenditures on the original
amount were coualized. one-third GO
ing to the Harlingen district, one
third TO San Ben;to and one-third
10 Brownsville, totalling a little
more than thirteen miles. As San
Benito and Harlingen were closer
together. he pointed ont. and we're
completely connected. they on the
surface Of the thing eened II have
gotten the major portion Of the
first construction when, however
he said. was not true.
Advices ere expected to re re-
ceivei tomorrow rs to the action al
the highway commission on both the
/ federal aid and the West Browns
| vile lake ~oute question:.