Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-07
I'M OUR
VALLEY

HIDALGo COUNTY Tuesday de-
eided against the proposal 10 issue
S6,000,000 in bonds for construction
OF a system Of paved and graveled
highways in the county.
The prediction campaign was
not one IN which figured the ques-
tion of whether or not more good
roads were essential or necessary.
II was pitched rather on political
angles and fought out to the end
along that line.
No one attacked the amount of
the issue. No one said that il was
too much or too little.
II was considered by the opposition
to the issue as a fight on the county
administration.
And true 70 prediction state
ments, the county administration
seems not 10 have taken any active
or organized part in the campaign.
At the Edinburg courthouse the
statement was made repeatedly that
the petition for the election came
from citizens-that ii did not en-
anate from the administration.
TWO ROAD DISTRICTS were au-
thorized by the last legislature, for
Hidalgo county.
One of these districts took in
certain territory which included
the towns Of Edinburg and Mercedes.
The other incorporated Weslaco
and certain territory surrounding
that town.
The formation cf these districts
makes possible the development Of
n road system in the eastern half OF
the county.
THE DEATH OF Frugencio San
Roman Lopez, In his bachelor quar-
ters over his office on Elizabeth
street, comes as a shock TO the old
time residents of Brownsville.
Tuesday night he sat and talked
with friends, as has been his custom
for many years.
Wednesday morning a friend, call
ing on a business engagement, finds
him dead in his bed. Apparently a
peaceful ending.
Always the gentleman, his friends
will remember him best for his char
ities and various philanthropies. Al
ways calm, always courteous. And II
was said Of him that none came 70
him in trouble but that he helped.
SAYS think" in San Antonio
Express:
Building which will cost $4,000
In Edinburg. TO house an automobile
agency. means that the automobile
business is good-and a good demand
for motor cars shows prosperous
times in Hidalgo. Does anyone, by
the way. recall any 32-thousand-eol-
lar buildings in towns the size OF Ed
inburg to house carriages and bug
gies in the days before gasoline
transportation? :"
No one does. of course. Ninety
nine times out of a hundred they
were ramshackly frame buildings
that housed the carriages and the
horses and the wagons and trucks.
or else very poor brick buildings.
There Is a relic of those early
DAYS just a stones throw from
where this is written. A half brick
wall. evidently what remained after
. fire Of years ago. With little win
downs from which horses looked out
onto a curious world; through which
came sunshine and air One seems 70
hear the neigh Of a horse in passing
oy. II is the stable that is said once
o have housed General Zachary
Tsylor's mount At least, it appears
hat old.
FOURTEENTH STREET. or that
section az IL from Elizabeth 70 the
belt line railroad. is Said TO be one
Of The heaviest traffic bearing
streets in Brownsville.
II Il declared 20 vie with West
Elizabeth street in the matter OF
traffic.
In fact. Fourteenth does seem
more crowded. The fact that Il Il
paved TO a narrow width and has
no sidewalks may account for that
So. with Fourteenth crowded, the
city viii open up Thirteenth street.
bridging the resaea. Pave II as soon
as possible.
The new Catholic church stands AZ
Thirteenth and Lincoln.
The beautiful church is visible
from Elizabeth street. Lincoln street
IS 70 be paved Thirteenth Will BE-
psved all the way out 10 Lincoln.
II will relieve Fourteenth i'm
measureably. As il is, Fourteenth
is the Only outlet to large popula-
tion. and to the coast. In addition.
Thirteenth will be widened.
WHOSE DUTY is 1T to remove
dead animals from the state high
way:
Dogs and other animals are killed
bodies allowed 20 remain where they
lie, is the complaint Of a Donna res
ident.
Looks as IL the two counties con
xsrned will have TO employ white
sing" corps fer he highway.
III