Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-09-20

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x TO .se crooks coun-
!. 80 miles, is already com
Y. said 20 he by tourists visit
.alley. the finest and smoothcst
Il in the state. The contract of the
w. L. Pearson & Co. with the county.
calls for the completion Of the roads by
November 1. 1924. and involves the ex-
pcnditurc Of approximately s20O0.00
Will tIL.soes o. road to be built. ac-
Il hway engineers and
f332 a@# hiding contractors. is
9$psssso" 1Ps5s& } none. its cost will be
1S;::.3.ae. ably k'ss than most others by
reason of the county owning its gravel
pits end caliche mines within the coun-
ty. the quality of which beng pronounc-
I'd Al.
By reason OF an abundance Of this
road building material within the coun-
ty. and owned by the county. and that
only local contractors and laborers arc
to be employed. il is argued that a
large percentage Of this enormous sum
will rema in the county.
This big road building program would
have already been far advanced, but on
account Of probable interference with
court deemed il advisable TO delay the
work until the crop was gathered. Tn
explains the great activity along this
line during the past few days.( when
three sub-contractors with full crews
were put to work.
In addition to this work. ". L. Pear
son & Co are building a li-mile tretsh
from Edinburg to Pharr and from Pharr
20 valverde which is progr, ssing rapid
IL. being fifty per cent completed. Like
the other sections of road building now
gong on within the county. only local
contractors and local labor are being
used in this stretch of road. as well a
county product. with the exception of
the asphalt. sand, cement and steel go
ing into the curbinc. This stretch Of
road when completed. will have IL
foot asphalt surface and two feet Of
concrete surface, making an ls-foot
road for the ent re distance.
The specifications of this road calls
for six inches Of gravel with = caIiche
binder rs feet wide. thoroughly wet and
rolled, and on top OF this is TO beplaced
reinforced concrete curb % in. widr
and 7 inches thick on each tide Of the
road. Between the curbing i placed an
additional six inches Of crushed lime
stone rock approved by the state and
federal highway engineers, which Is
also thoroughly wet and rolled and then
filled with limestone screc nings and
again thoroughly wet and rolled until u
has been cemented together. making
natural concrete. or what is termed. a
water bound mscadam base. On top Of
this water bound macadam base and be-
tween the curbing. there will hc placed
two inch hot mixed hot rolled rock
asphalt pavement.
The finished work. or rather the
placing Of the hot mixed. hot rolled
rock asphalt pavement will be done by
Smith Bros. Of RalIas. the lowest bidders
as was the bd of W. l.. pear on & Go.
on the base and curb work
A regular monthly inspection If the
road work now going on in the county II
made By T. r. Spence. division enEineer
for the State Highway department and
Ok. sheppard. district eng \ or for the
u 8 Highway REPAYMENT The last in
spection was made on the II and II ~
this month in company with + s. De-
vine. county engineer. On this 'nspec-
tion trim Messrs Spence and Sheppard
not only expiesscd theit nearly "Pp
citation for the splendid cooperation
given them by the county comm ssion-
ers' court. hut added that Hidalgo's road
building program was advancing more
rapidly and satisfactorily than N most
Of the othtr counties Of their distr e.
The recent heavy iains throughout the
county. not only benefited the farminr
and livestock industries. bu' the road
construction work as well and incident
ally put pep INTO every line Of endeavo'
with a very bright future ahead.