Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-13
HIDALCO WILL
VOTEONISSUE
OF G MILLION
Comprehensive Pro-
gram of Road I'm
provement Planned;
Election Soon

EDlNBURG, Texas, July ia
S6,O00,000 road bond issue will prob
ably be submitted to the voters of
Hidalgo county the latter part Of
August or carry IN September. ac-
cording TO plans discussed BY the
county commissioners this week and
winch received the unanimous APP
poval of that body.
petition for the election has
been filed with the commissioners
court, and action on the petition is
expected to be taken at the next
meeting.
In connection with the petition :,
complete map Of the highways to be
improved, prepared BY the county
engineers office. mas been filed. and
VIII be made part Of the election
order when the order il issued.
thereby binding the court to i'm
prove the roads outlined in the pro-
gram.
The program proposed includes
~ miles Of paved roads. practically
all Of which are in the irrigated sec
tion, and approximately 124 miles Of
graveied or caliche roads in the un-
irrigated sections.
Plan Very Comprehensive
Ihe program outlined BY the en-
gineers, which has met the unan-
imous approval of the county com
missioners IS pronounced very COM
nrehensive. Practically the entire
hignly developed section Of the coun-
" VIII be supplied with paved feed
"r roads connecting with marYet
points, and the unirrigated sections
IN the western and northern parts
q the county will have gravel roads
designed to promote more extensive
a point between Cerda and San
now devoted largely to cotton and
stock raising.
The plan also provides for a paved
highway paralleling the present VAL
ley highway along the Southern Pa
cifie Lines approximately seven
miles 10 the north. This would tie
n with the proposed Harlingen-Santa
Rosa road in the Cameron county
program, providing an almost direct
highway between Harlingen and Ed
inburg.
The plan further provides for n
paved highway to connect with the
military road project in Cameron
county near Santa Maria. connecting
with the present Valley highway at
Mercedes.
Only two paved highways are pro-
posed FOR the unirrigated areas. One
OF these will extend northwest from
=. paint between Cerda and San
Manuel on the north Edinburg high
way to the Starr county line. term
mating at a point about five miles
south OF the Brooks county line.
The other will connect Hargill with
the north Edinburg highway.
North and South Feeder Roads
With the exception Of the Ia Re-
forma and Hargill highways in the
northern part Of the county and the
parallel highway which will run
from point seven miles north of
Mission through Edinburg to the
Cameron county line. practically all
the paved highways will run north
and south.
The program proposes four north
and south feeder roads in the Mer-
ceies tract, including Mile .. Mile Y
and Mile 2, which will be paved as
Tar south as the flood control chan
mel, the pavement extending to the
north line Of the tract. The base line
road, from Nile Is 10 Mercedes. will
hc extended south and west to con-
meet with the military road at the
fomer0n county lire. and a gravel
road south from Mile will connect
with the Mercedes pumn This ar
rangement would give three of the
new towns on the Mercedes tract
Elsa. Fdcouch and la Villa-paved
; highways in four directions.
One paved feeder road II proposes
for the Donna district This woul 4
exterd almost due north from the
Rio Grande. through Donna, 10 a
point two miles north OF the Soutn-
orn Pacific tracks At this point il
would connect with a gravel road
-unning directly north TO Hargiil.
The program also proposes bridge
over the flood control channel on
this read. providing an outlet for
The river country.
Three paved feeder roads will tra-
~erse the PhsTi-S@n Juan district
One Of these. the Tower road. which
forms the eastern city limits III Ala
mo would he paved from a point a
mile south Of the Spiderweb tracks
10 the Southern Pacific tracks in the
northern part OF the district. The
Stewart road from the river section
, north 10 San Juan. and the M road,
| just east of the Missouri Pacific
tracks, running 10 the northern part
o. the district. would be paved. An
other feeder road running directly
south from Pha-r % the Spiderweb
~ proposed. and this would Ne con-
nected with the raved road to Hi
islva b. an enH- and west road half
mile north Of the Sniderweb
Fer the McAllen district a feeder
road " pronoxed running directly
nr-fh from F-sllen and rorre~tinw
with TIRE -ara,'el road abort three
niles wes. III Eaiaharg -h.s with