Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-03-31
MARK HIGHWAY
TO Lower RIO
CRANDE VALLEY
Colorado to Gulf Highway
Proposes Personally Con-
Quoted Excursions Over
! Route This Year

The first marking of the Colorado To
u Highway. extending from Denver
brownsville. has been completed. ac-
cr'ing 70 J. {. Wells Of krrncS. Texas.
an official Of the highway. who arrived III
Brownsville Yesterday in company with
his SON. Franklin. They have made the
long trip over the route. and on their
return trip. which will be made immesI-
iatry. will give NIL markings the second
coat of paint. Later in the season the
letters. ~C. X g." will be placed in the
marks. completing the marking Of the
highway The markings are white aud
red. with the lettering in black
There will only be one gap III the
improved highway from San Antonio ID
brownsville when all the projects now
under way are completed. Mr Wells
stated This gap is in Wilson county
and - about II miles in length How
ever. officials Of that county give the
assurance that they are going to hold
bond election in the near future. and
viii close the rap. The fifteen miles
OF unpavcd road in karnrs county will
also probably be paved. providing Wilson
county makes Sood' on her section of the
highway.
Many improvements Being Made.
Highway Improvement j. under way
~ all parts of South Texas and par,iru-
larry in those counties fraverscd bv the
Colorado 20 Gulf Highway he runtin-
urd. Bee county has a splendid inn
provrmenf program under way. aud
Nucces county is building a. fast a.
weather conditions will permit. Ia
A.
will lee placed on the calichr section IF
the highway. according To county Off
cials. and that section. which has been
IN rather poor shape for several months
will be better shape than when il was
first constructed. llidago county T.
getting busy on her road program. and
has work under way between Edinbufg
and Val Verde. and l. also grading pre-
parafory to paving the main road FROM
the Cameron county line to Mission
Cameron county is giving them all an
example of good highway construction
aud the people of Cameron county have
every reason 10 feel proud OF the sl,icn-
did concrete highway which will be c0m-
pleicd IN few more months
Personally Conducted Excursions.
\ feature whrh the Colorado 90 Gnlf
Highway will inaugurate this summer.
aud whi'h j. distinctly original will be
personally conducted excursions over the
route from Brownsville to elpnver. \
Pilot ear and service and repair ear
will be- provided by the a>>ociaiion. aud
the caravan OF sxrmrSoni>tS. which will
start from this city will be- continually
augmented By those from ether points
along the route. As soon a. the eNrur-
sion reaches Denver the pilot aud re-
pair ears will return Ia Brownsville afd
start north with anether excursion. and
in the fail and winter months the same
process will be repeated in bringing
tourists and exeurSioni~t~ from the north
into the Valley
"A believe these personally cundnried
excursions will prove very popular Mr..
Wells stated. The pilot of the rxrnr-
sion will know the route thoroughly. can
pick the best camping or stopping places.
and under his guidance the tourists will
have an opportunity to get more pleasure
ont of the trip than they would other
wise
Will Advertise The Valley.
The highway association has printed
thousands of maps of the route. aud they
now propose 70 divide the trail into
six sections and print the principal al 4
fractions Of each section on the back II
the maps. sending them out to all parts
of the United States. The section from
Corpus Christi fo brownsville. known
as the Lower Rio Grandr Valley SER
ton will have a large spare in this
ndvrriising.a the asSuciatInn considers
The Valley one ~ the biggest attractions
on the route. The Valley will also have.
splendid opportunity % secure some
,',od advertising on the excursions If
proper literature = supplied for diStribu-
tion along the roilie.
The Colorado to Gulf highway pro-
misses TO be big factor in diverting the
California tourist traffic H. the Valley.
Mr.. Wells stated. Everybody knows
that the average tourist uf Kansas.
Nebraska Iowa. and other northern and
central states have become - acruS-
toned to going 10 California to >pend
the winter that inany of them have the
and south II tiI be the object Of tb~
highway asSocii bn To- show them their
error Coloral Texas and the Lower
i,io Grnndr yaI Z 4rr the greatest show
places IN the lt,se.'1 States aud il those
tourists ~ north ever make The trip ~
the Valley during The winter months
there will not be much danger If them
eyer again going 10 California for the
winter