Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-03-21
MAYOR COLE FLATLY DENIES ANY
THREAT FOR ROAD INJUNCTION
Brands AS Entirely False Story in
San Benito Newspaper in Re-
gard to Highway Project

Mayor n. Is. Z ole mas ISSUED state
ment fatty denying. as alleged in the
San Beniio Light. that he or any one
else representing brownsville before a
meeting Of the board of county commits
sioners threatened to enioin the court
or otherwise hinder il in the road build
ing program. or that anywhere in any
negotiations had he attempted to secure
the approval OF the court for any plan
To build 1000 feet of road inside the
city limits He declared that nowhere
n any of the negotiations with which
he mas been connected was there any
mention of injunctionS. He said there
was no committee other than himself
County Judge Oscar q. nanry. Coun-
ty Engineer w. o. Washington, Sam
Robertson of San Benito and others
have gone To Austin with the commits
sioncrs' court application for federal
aid of S130.NG0 in building the highway
through the water districts west OF
Harlngen. a total Of about eight miles.
Brownsville. Mayor Cole SAID. has a.
Piled for slightly less than 1900 feet cf
paving within the city limits Of Browns
vile. the route Of the highway carrying
the road through a section Of the "ity
that is not populated. He said that
committee Of MAYORS. including himself.
Scott Brown. the next mayor Of San
Benito. Mayor Thompson If iIarlingen
and La Feria representative. agreed 10
apply To the court for certain amounts
of paving within their city's limits. Both
Brownsville and San Beniin have paw
ing programs under way To connect up
with county paving. and the position OF
the commissioners court was desireu 10
he known at this time in order that the
cities might make their plans according
ly.
The city of San Benito now has 2g69
feet Of concrete paving within the city
limits. paid for by the county. and wants
1920 more. IIarlingen also has con-
siderable amount. and there will he
more under the next bond issue In
Brownsville. at this time. there is not
one foot of county pair paving.
Indignation Manifested
Considerable indignation was mani
Tested by members of the directorate Of
the Chamber of Commerce last night. in
connection with the story published III
the Light.
:. G. Tucker. who said he was fam
iliar with what had transpired. declared
that there wasn't 'one word Of truth in
the entire story from beginning t. end"
The commissioners court minutes con
tains only one definite vote taken. and
federal aid for the next work. on which
the county judge has gone to Austin.
Mayor Coles Statement
Mayor Coles formal statement fol-
lows:
For some time I have had up with
the commissioners court proposition
Of the county. state and federal govern
:nents extending Highway No. L. from
the city limits of Brownsville To Eliza
beth street. distance Of approximately
1900 feet. and along which are no
houses or improvements of any charact-
er
In discussing this proposition | ar
gued that il the county constructed
highway through any of the three towns
through which il passes. -. namely. San
Benitc. lIarlngen and La Feria. it would
be- only fair to make this extension in
For some time the county
Judge and the Brownsville commissioner
that inaSmuch as Brownsville
had funds with which il could do the
itself the county should
not he required Ia do same. and they
the belief that oil of these
towns would be able IL finance at least
one-half of such construction. securing
state and federal aid for the remainder.
FIRST" Construction Not Con-
cerned
ON last Friday attempted To have the
mayors of San Benito. IIarlingen and
la Feria meet with me i'm Brownsville.
for the purpose Of seeing if We could
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