Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-12-01

TOHELP BUILD
COUNTYROADS
County Commissioners Desire
to Secure Complete Sys-
tenn Of Graded Roads in
Cameron County


A complete system Of graded roads
for Cameron county will be one Of the
principal objectives Of the county com
missioners' court in the coming year
and plans are now being made to in
terest the road overseers in every sec
tioh Of the county In connection with
the road improvement plans Judge
Dancy today is sending to each of the
30 road ovcrseers in the county the
following letter:
"The county now has three tcn-ton
and one-five ton Holt tractors with
large graders to match. We also have .
large number Of small graders with
slips and drags. Three of these tractors
were obtained from the highway de-
partment upon our assurance that we
would keep them going. Right use OF
the tax money will do this but for the
court to undertake to do the clearing
of rights Of way. grubbing. etc. will re-
suit IN these tractors being idle and
possibly being given to some other
county. To keep them idle is in my OPP
inion almost criminal inefficiency.
1T Is suggested that each road pre-
cinct or community. desiring one Of
these big outfits to grade up roads
first see its commissioner and ascer-
tain from him what roads he would con
slider as being such that should be
graded up, then through your five days
road law or voluntary help do the nee
essary clearing OF rights Of way. NOV
ing fences and scraper work and espe-
cial1y make arrangements by which the
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arc graded. II does very little good to
grade up the roads of community un-
less they are to be kept dragged and
from now on we expect To be very care
fui in ascertaining this fact before
working them with big outfits.
THE hest time to drag roads is when
the ground Is too wet to work in fields
and arrangements can be made so that
all the work done by the communities
can he done at such time as will not
interfere with farm work and not be a
firancial burden to the farmers. With
TINS years small truck crop the oppor-
tunity is better than ever before To get
this work done.
Don't use the little graders tina. we
have scattered throughout tHr county
tain that the big outfits will be una
vaiiablc. II takes Just as many men to
handle the little outfits as the big ones
and dollar behind the big ones will
70 farther than three behind the little
ones. but the little graders will he ideal
to use in maintaining the roads after
the big outfits have done the grading.
Such graders will do two to three
times the good that drag will do.
Communities having drainage ditch
es have big opportunity to get roads
that will be passablc when other roads
are impassable on account Of mud by
icvciiing down the banks Of the drain
age bitches. These piles Of dirt are 50
unsightly at present by using for roads
lands otherwise useless will be utiliz-
ed believe II would require very little
effort to get the farmers along these
bitches to 50 utilize them. You could
arrange in many instances fer The far
mers to put in their five days working
down these embankments.
Don't neglect to fully enforce the
five day road law and "a case of anv
trouble yyu will find the cou-. holdino
mp your hands. hut bv having work
done a' such times as will not inierfer.
with farm work we should have very
little trouble.
You cannot have good roads without
our help and we cannot have good roads
without Your help. Let's work together
and let each community vie with IL,
reighhoring community as to which can
hav" the best roads
You can depend or the commission
ers court giving the most hclp to tha,
community that shows the mort disno
sitior to help itself
when in Brownsville call in and
talk over any road problems YOU may
have