Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-06-17
Over Million in Road Contracts
I'm OUR.
VALLEY
RAIN. RAIN. everywhere'


All over Southwest Texas.
Creeks are full and oyerflowing.
Bottom lands are flooded through
out the area between Corpus Christi
On the east and san Antonio on the
west.
At the same time cotton crops
are looking splendid.
Only IL there is not too much rain.
At least, the protracted drouth has
ended.
Southwest Texas had been wonder
ing for weeks, even months, when
is it going 10 rain?"
Now let's hope that. since il has
arrived. il will have balance enough
10 stop.
CAMERON COUNTY has disposed
OF a million dollars worth Of bonds.
Will be- used for n million dollars
worth Of highway construction, out
OF the $6.0OO.0OO program.
Will take some weeks. no doubt,
LOT contractors 10 get liitN UP AhA
the actual construction.
In addition TO which construction.
there will be something like n mill
lion and a half dollars expended by
the Southern Pacific this summer
and fall in building its ROAD from
fiarlingen to Brownsville.
In the meantime the cotton crop
will come into being.
No reason why the county
shoIldn't be IN an extremely pros
porous condition in another Few
weeks. This doesn't take into ac-
count the large sums being expend-
ed in Brownsville. San Benito and
Harlingen for Municipal improve
ments. And for new buildings.
BETWEEN CORPUS Christi and
San Antonio. and east Of Flores
vile. there are some thirty miles Of
dirt road.
Mostly in Wilson county.
Otherwise there Is completely
paved highway between Corpus
Christi and San Antonio.
Wilson county folks drag their
road but they are not inclined TO
spend any money on making il n
hard-surfaced highway.
Probably can't reason WHY they
should spend their hard-earned dol
lars for tourists TO pass through
Wilson county.
May be some sense in that. vii
county figures that il does not ebrc-
fit in any way from folks who merely
pass through at thirty to fifty miles
an hour. rarely hesitating. except TO
slow down for the city limits
But that sort of condition
wouldn't please a resident of the
Lower Rio Grandc Valley.
q
THE WILLACY COUNTY News.
Raymondville. u agitating ar east
and west highway.
With a view ro doubt Of connect
inc the towns along the Raymond
Vile Edinburg line of the Missouri
Pacific.
wiilacy county hopes soon to be-
gin building its north and south
highway.
When the benefits OF that highway
have been realized. there will be
more Of an inclination to proceed
with the east and west highway.
Cameron county and Hdalgo are
"cashing in" daily on their hard
surfaced roads
Their success brought about the
approval of SG.o00.O00 IN bonds for
extensions Of existing roads and
system OF feeder roads
Highways and railroads are max
ing the Lower Rio Grande Valley
THE FRUIT ard vegetable deal
- have come and gone.
There is no doub; but that they
were conquered by the Lower Rio
crande Valley.
A good time was had BY all.
Their coming has been benefit
20 the Valley.
Likewise il mas been benefi, 70
them.
They now have seen the section
from which large part of their
winter vegetables i received.
They will come again. Perhaps not
rs an association. hut certainly in
dividually.
How can they resist it7