Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-04-07
ROAD May Be
CONSTRUCTED
BY STEWARDS
Toll Highway to Boca
Chica Considered BY
Houstonians Here to
Talk it Over

The Boca Chica road may be built
BY Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Stewart Of Hous-
ton as the result Of conference held
by the Stewards and their attorney.
Judge Lewis, at the Brownsville
chamber of commerce with the direc-
tors of that organization and other
Cameron county citizens interested in
the proposition Wednesday morning.
No definite announcement was
made by the Stewarts rs 70 whether
,Aey were considering the proposition
favoraaly or not but they declared
that they would take it under ad
visement and probably return the
early part of next week 10 give their
decision. The Stewards and their at
torney made the trip to Brownsville
following n conference in Houston
with Judge Oscar c. Dancy and 5. G.
Tucker. president or the Brownsville
chamber Of commerce.
Coming Some Time
That the road would eventually be
built by private parties because the
other end Of the county probably new
er would vote a bond issue to build
this highway was the unanimous
opinion Of the directors and they so
expressed their views at the Wednes
day conference. II was the consen-
sus also that If q toll road were
built to Boca Chica from the end Of
FL Jardin boulevard that it probably
would be the only one ever construct
ed over that route.
Desirability Of an immediate but
yet permanent road with a hard sur
face. preferably concrete. was pre-
dominating idea al the conference.
Mr.. Stewart doubted that permanent
highway could be laid down within a
reasonably short length of time and
Colonel Sam Robertson, who is inter
ested in a Gulf Coast beach drive and
ferry propositions at Padre and Bra
zos islands, outlined a plan Of build
ing the road by means Of narrow
gauge temporary construction rail
way to carry the materials needed
for the project Colonel Robertson
said that by using such n railway
that ne could start building the bad
places in the route first and make
travel easier from the beginning.
This. he declared. would do away with
long haulinEs by truck, which would
average II miles, and open the road
up much more quickly.
Other End In Bad Shape
Colonel Robertson brought out the
fact that the Boca Chica end of the
road was in the worst shape and that
that terminus should be taken care
Of first.
About 100000 people would visit
the Boca Chica beach the first year,
said Colonel Robertson who declared
that this was a very conservative es-
innate. There was an average traf-
fic of 1000 cars per week last sum-
mer and there would be an immense
increase if there were good road to
th beach, he continued. Over ZOO
cars were counted at Boca Chica OH
one day last year.
That he and his associates would
be willing to work out combination
rates for the toll road and his beach
Robertson. He asserted that the new
route would cut off 60 miles of the
route to Corpus Christi and that this
would draw motor traffic over the
toll road. He also visualized possi-
bic connection in the future with the
national highways Of Mexico, cutting
off over 300 miles in the distance
by road between Tampico and Hous-
ton. This would give a decided ad-
vantage to Brownsville.
Proposed tolls are s1.0o each way
on the road
Colonel Robertson stated that he
could build the road at the rate Of
quarter of a mile day by preparing
the girders 20 be used in the con-
struction of the road at some CON
centration point and then taking them
out and laying them down in the
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