Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-11-02
COUNTY COURT
ENDORSES ROAD
TO GULF COAST
Commissioners Bell Auth
orized to Use Fund Of
S28,O0O For Bridges
And Grading

Endorsement Of the plan to build a
good road from Brownsville to the Gulf
Of Mexico. p miles in length. was Civ
en- by the board Of county commission
ers Monday morning when the board
authorized Commissioner Sam Bell to
use s28,000 in road money he now has
on hand for permanent structures and
other preliminary work on the proposed
road.
The court authorized the county en-
gineer to start work on the project to-
morrow morning, if he is prepared to
do so.
This decision of the court was made
known, through Attorney Harbert Daven-
port representing the Chamber of
Commerce. following brief executive
session in which it considered the pro-
posal Of the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce that such a project be under
taken.
The matter was presented to the
court in the, form of resolution, in
which the Chamber of Commerce agreed
to supply right Of way and assist the
county in arranging loan of $1,000, if
necessary to carry on the work Judge
Dancy said, however, that it would not
be necessary to finance the work in this
way at this time, securing the prom
ise of Chamber of Commerce officials,
however, that the assistance would be
had if found necessary later in main
tenance in the Brownsville precinct
Approval is Cheered
Following the reading of the resolu
ton, Mr.. Davenport explained the pur-
poses Of the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce in asking that the improve
ment Of the road be carried out, and his
talk was supplemented by brief talk
by President S. G. Tucker of the Cham
Der of Comerce. Later, in the exec
utive. session, Mr.. Tucker was invited
into the room to clarity some details
Of the proposal.
A crowd of half hundred Browns
vile businessmen attended the session
Of the court and handclapping greeted
the announcement of, the courts action
IN endorsing the Brownsville to the
Gulf project.
eve are, Of course, highly pleased
with the action Of the court" declared
Mr.. Tucker following the session. !" 1t
is long step in the direction Of
first class road over, the nearest route
to the beach, at Boca Chica inlet"
In his appeal to the court, Mr.. Daven-
port said that the project being foster
ed by the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce has no relation whatever to any
private enterprise that may be under
way along the coast He said that it
is well known that agitation for sucn
road was started long before the
start of the private enterprises.
See Future Bond Issue
I'VE believe that in time there will
be at least three first class highways
to the coast, in Cameron county alone"
Mr.. Davenport said We are pushing
this road at this time because we be-
lieve that it is the shortest and cheap
est route by which to reach the Gulf
if Mexico We believe in view of the
situation in Florida that it will be good
advertising to bring this beach to the
people of this section and the tourists"
When the time comes, Mr.. Davenport
said. Brownsville will be ready to join
San Benito, Rio Hondo. Harlingen, LIE
Feria and the other communities of the
county in putting over a good sized
bond issue for the construction of feed
err roads,
Mr.. Tucker said, We wanted to get
to the coast long before private beach
enterprises were thought Of" He said
that property owners there have agreed
to set aside five acres for parking pur
poses, and he believed another five
acres could be secured if desired. He
called attention to the fact that the
beach, from high to low tide marks is
free.
1t was announced that the court had
authorized Mr. Bell to work with the
Chamber of Commerce in Carrying out
the plan for the road Improvement to
the coast, the county engineers assist
ance being at their disposal.