Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-01-12

the last contract was made without OBJ
servance of the stipulations specified
~ the county's agreement with the
highway commission. The Mercedes
Tribune. publishes the following con
,ernng the road situation in that coun-
ty.
~Division engineer. T. Il. Spence of
the State Highway Department and r.
VI. Johnson Of the United States Bu-
rcau of Public Roads met with the
Commissioners Court of the County on
Monday of this week and il is under
stood that the county will either have
a representative before the Highway
Commission ar will write them before
the date of Mondays meeting concern
ing their future action regarding this
contract
Courses Of Action Open.
.IhGSp vcT~cd III highway affairs
state that there appears 10 be three pos
sible courses Of action for the State
Highway Commission 10 pursue. name
ly,to withdraw from the county al
together. cancellng what state and fed
eral aid has already been granted on the
hard surfaced road: ?. To withdraw
from participation in that part Of the
road covered by the contract with W. Il
Pearson and co. and let on December
between NalNcrde east 10 the Cameron
County line and I'harr west 20 the
Starr county line. and participating IL
the Edinburg 70 NalVerde project which
contract was let according 10 agreement !:
,. To request the cancellation Of the
W. l.. Pearson contract for the con
structon of the remainder Of the road
and then proceed according 70 the A.
greement between the court and the
Commissioners.
1T appears from the records Of the
Highway Department that Federal aid
to the amount of 100000 was granted
IN June 1922 on the IL miles from Nal
Verde 10 the Cameron county line and
$4,000 from Pharr To the Starr county
line. AT the time Of granting this aid
Capt Fauntleroy. State Highway engi-
neer. wrote County Judge George
Brown advising him of the allotment
made. stating that while the county had
asked for S354 600 aid On the II miles
from Val erde TO the Cameron county
line, the Federal appropriation for 1923
was not large enough 10 permit the
granting of the aDn asked. H. stated
that II consideration of this fact. the
Highway commission had granted the
Siu0. 900 aid which was considered suf-
fieient to finance the road until the
federal appropriation should become
available ON Julv l. lu13 A similar
statement was made regarding the
S20.000 granted on the road from Phars
tc the Starr county line. the allot-
ments being made for the purpose of
establishing these a. federal aid pro.
jects.
Projects Granted Aid.
state and federal aid granted the
county 10 date is as follows:
"On the calichc road north of Edin-
burg 20 Val erdc. Si52.O
"On the ~ miles from Edinburg u
Val Verde. s2si 600
ION the IL miles from Val Verde To
the Cameron county line. 100000.
'On that portion between Pharr ana
the Starr county line. 100000
'Should the Highway Commission de.
eide 70 Withdraw from the county alto
gethcr. the county wodld lose the aio
already granted on the last three items
total Of s354 900. The sl52 900 aid IL
the caliche road is due the county now
The limit of aid which will ~ gran.
ted any one county for its road pro.
gram now stands at $G25 900. 40 that IN
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