Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
INCREASE TAX
FOR FINANCING
new HIGHWAYS
1overnor Gil Assures
State Aid on Tam
pico-V Vic Sec
ton; Work Starts

Inc state Of Tamaulinas will in
efease state taxes 3 per cent to fl
Aance construction of state highways.
vas the information received in
brownsville Monday from the Amer
ran Chamber Of Commerce Of Tam
80 which is sponsoring construc-
ston 81 a highway from Tampico to
'iSeofia and northeast to Matamoros.
construction Of the Tampico-Vic-
IN1ia section started last week, the
contract having been awarded by
Moyernor Portes Gil of the state of
1amauiipas to Martin a Company Of
1ampico- The state will appropriate
-Iona 10000 to 10000 pesos each
month To this highway work. Govern
81 Oil announced. The grading is
underway, and s~urfacing will be APP
Phed IN the autumn. The entire
highway from Tampico to Victoria
Will be surfaced with gravel or
crushed rock. The road TO Altamira
Niil be completed within two or three
months.
Information from Tampieo indi-
Gates that no funds for the paving OF
the proposed highway from Victoria
20 Matamoros will be available inn
medistely, but the state and federal
governments expect TO start grading
within a few months. The route
from Victoria will be via Guemez,
Padilla and San Fernando. passing
through the Encinal and Tres Palos
yanchos. This follows the foothills
Vnd will present no serious engineer
ink difficulties.
Culverts and dips are 10 be con-
structed as the road is graded, the
Tampico report states. but the state
government has indicated that call
for bids on the three principal
bridges viii not be issued immediate
~, and the travelling public will prob
ably be forced TO utilize ferries in
crossing the Conchos. Arroyo del
Tigre and other large water courses.
At a recent meeting Of representa-
tives Of the National Chamber OF
Commerce. and the American Cham
Der Of Commerce, the necessity Of Sc
committee from the Tux7am Cham
Der Of Commerce. the necessity Of Sc
curing connections with Matamoros
and Brownsville was discussed. and
the matter placed before Governor
Gill. The governor could give no as
surance that the Observation-Disclosures
section could be paved in the imme-
date future, and suggested that the
Matamoros and Brownsville interests
make a reconnaissance of the proposed
route from Victoria north. In the
event this road is paved the northern
part Of the state will be called upon
to aid in financing.
Governor Gil informed the repre-
sentatives that he also had in mind
the construction of a highway paral-
telling the border and extending from
Matamoros 10 I'll Paso. The states OF
Nuevo Leon and chihuahua have indi-
Gated considerable interest IN this
propect. ID was stated, and engineers
have asserted the border road could
be constructed at small cost. as road
materials are abundant in close rrox-
.suity to the route.
4ampico and Tuxpam are greatly
Interested in the road program. The
Mexican national highway. o under
construction, extends from Nuevo
Laredo, through Victoria and Pa
chuca TO Mexico City and thence due
south to the Pacific port of Acapulco.
Both Tampico and Tuxpam will be on
connecting roads. one extending
rum A1MfAN' "
and the other due west. connecting
with the Mexican national highway
near Quintero.
If a highway can be promoted from
Victoria to Matamoros, il will pro-
vide an excellent tourist loop a. well
as handling an immense amount Of
commercial traffic, the American
Chamber Of Commerce ut Tampico
points out. and would be 4 very valu-
able highway connection for Tampico.
Matamoros and the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.