Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-30
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CAMERON COUNTY. with the
aid and assistance Of SG000.eO0. is
going TO pull itself out Of the mud.
Farmers, within "a or 80 months,
viii be hauling cabbage, beets and
carrots to>loading points. over paved
feeder roads.
im other words. Cameron county
Saturday decided. By vote Of
about three and one-haif 70 one,
that IL will issue S6.000.000 in bonds
for feeder road system that has
been demanded BY the farmers Of
the county for the last year.
The vote. precinct BY precinct. in
dicates that the farmers themselves
were the most interested in the
outcome Of the balloting.
The general interest is. best shown
by the total vote. 2y9iy not includ-
ing mutilated ballots. which is
about half the vote ef the county.
Ordinarily bond issues do not bring
out large percentage Of the total
vote fiotIy contested elections ~
fill offices rarely bring out as much
rs two-thirds of. the total.
THE RESULT OF Saturdays elec-
tion reflects the power Of TIE peo-
pie to secure what they want
Generally speaking. the commits
sioners' court favored a bond elcc-
tion. but wanted a bare $4,000. 600,
The farmers themselves IL was who
demanded S5.000,o00 Or nothing.
They are getting what they want
cd.
Il feel mighty good about II" was
the message 10 The Herald last night
II Mayor Finley Ewing Of Haflin-
gen, who was ehairman of the
countrywide road committee.
"The credit goes. II course. %
the people and the representatives
Of the various communities who
served on the committee" he sid
"Thcy attended county meetings
They wen. Back % their reople and
told them what happended. Their
neople approved What they has
done. Now the county has the re-
suit"
1T rs A REMARKABLE feat. thii
thing of comparatively young coun'
~. one of the smallest vet most
productive in the state. deciding Il
pour sG.00e 900 into feeder roads
II II, IN fact. N hitherto unhcard
hf thinr anywhere In these broad
United States
N fixes precedent that II not
likely 70 bc reached BY any Other
county in the state for some time
to come. unless Il is Hidalyo county
also in the VALLEY
m means ribbons of concrete 81
other hard material. stretching over
almost every section of the county.
poaht whether any county IN
california. cais;dr NJ Los Anrcle'
county itself. win have ANYTHING
hetter than Cameron county. Texas
when this nrcaram y completed
which should be IN four or five
; years.
i HrnALGo COUNTY some tim,
, lgn voted $4,000 900 Cor more roads
The issue tccraic involved In con
troyrrsy. and 81 Is now il the
courts.
Va doubt Hiinivo eonuty viii AL
inst its difficulties When i doe.
4 means sa.500.00 for roads IN tn
valley. which with the sG0nnug
voted b. Willacy ronntv. makes foi
Grand total of S9.S90.o .ono Just
100000 short Of Sioo0o,00a-
that lots ~ money.
Much taxes will have to pour in
"a the county treasures 70 care TO-
interest and sinking funds Th'
money must. of course. be repaid
FL. JARDfN recently voted $500.
0on for drainage
Brownsville recently voter $500.
eoo for municipal improvements
pronases sSso.oo0 little later foi
more schools.
other communities IN the Vale,
have programs. including the eitie'
=. well as the rural communities.
growing country. one such q
mis-. requires that mach money y
put into IL.
II is with growing industry
wh.ae IA l. IA the making. that i
Lar Il ne~eds the capital for ~
s,.rroxemcntg Upon which Il hore
). sfash IN" later.
THAT il what moved the Camerol
fcontinucd On paHe swel