Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-21
WOULD ISSUE
MORE BONDS
FORHIGHWAYS
Dancy Renews Move to
Change Districts In
Letter Ser. To San
Benito G. Of c.


Benito &. Of c.
SAN BENTT0. Sept. 21.-The ef-
fort TO induce the San Benito and
Harrington irrigation districts and
the San Benito drainage system 20
change their legal form in order
that bonds Of the county for road
paving may be issued at a more
rapid rate, has been renewed By
County Judge Oscar G. Dancy.
Indication Of this IL seen in q
letter from Judge Dancy to the San
Benito Chamber Of Commerce.
This time the plan presents new
angles of the situation, ccntering
partly around the probable change
In commissioners in one precinct.
The letter follows in part:
Frankly IL had been my plans
not 10 issue any more bonds this
year. 1925, and TO let the districts
change 70 conservation and reclama-
ton districts by legislative act. But
the change in the Los Frcsnos-
Point Isabel district completely
changes the situation
Would Issue Bonds Nov. ~
"As indicated in previous corre-
r~pondence, we were threatened with
injunctiors on the last contracts let
mt tho Los Fresnos end Of the pre-
cinct, and presumably Mr.. Pattee Is
going to insist on the money being
spent in the opposite end Of the
precinct from where il will do San
Benito the most good. You have be-
fore you copy of my letter 10 Mr..
Laroche which he assented to. /
had hoped TO get the cooperation
from your district SO that we could
issue the bonds on November I2,
and then let the contracts in De
ccmber. l am certain il would be
much better 10 do that, but IL We
a get the cooperation we can per-
haps date the bonds January LIST.
sell them in December for January
LIST delivery, and then let contracts
In December. as estimates will not
then come in until January. when
we viii have the proceeds Of the
bonds.
To Aid County
Now, / do not know Of any sec
tion Of the county that has a more
special interest in getting this road
program to going than San Benito.
aou want your road from San Be-
nito 70 Hollywood. OF course there
Is no use to kid you that Il can be
paved out Of the $751; 1000: but
II you a get a connection from
a Jose across to the Alice or per-
maps TO the Paroles Line road, You
Will have done wonderfully we'll.
n something that / fear might be
impossible to deliver III, BY the nc
ton OF your water district and your
drainage district, we can not 20 for
ward.
These suggestions of the change
70 issue the bonds this year was
what | consider in the first nlaee
70 the best interest Of the precinct
itself, n second, a friendly inter-
est IN both San Benito and Browns
VILE. As indicated in correspond
ence and shown on the map, which
4 Wall ask that y0u turn and refer
70, with the exception of abous one
mile at Olmit0, every foot Of every
one OF these roads Is closer to San
benito than TO Brownsville, and only
tomorrow, the 10th, the commission
ers court will pass upon orders put
ting thousands Of acres in cultiva-
ton In which San Benito merchants
have such a vital interest. hone
that ven will get your people to
give US the necessary cooperation. as
] think IL is decidedly to the best
interest OF San Benito to get this
going. | will be glad TO come up
70 San Bcnito and meet your road
committee and discuss this az any
time"
Shows Changes
Judge Dancy encloses a memoran-
Gun concerning the bonds, setting
out the original plan Of issuance and
his new proposed plan, and also a
letter TO the commissioners court.
dated Sept. 10. the same as his let
ter TO the San BenitO Chamber OF
Commerce.
The letter to the court says in
part:
Some time ago / handed 70 the
San Benito Chamber Of Commerce
petitions for the conversion Of
drainage district No. 4, in order that
we might provide for the issuance
Hbf more road bonds and thus be
enabled TO proceed with our road
work. -m
Yesterday, ! stopped over in san
Benito and was advised by Mr..
Ball, secretary, that the San Benito
Chamber of Commerce was opposed
to our issuing any more bonds this
year, and that nothing had been
done regarding the circulation Of the
petitions.
while I had preferred ard We
had discussed the ~advisability Of
dating Series ID Nov. ? this wear.
However, making the taxes against
next year.
Would Issue In October
Nov, favor removing the last
obstacle IN the way of securing full
cooperation all around, and l sug
gest that we, at the October meet
ing Of the court, issue Series ID
dating the bonds January /, 1929,
with the taxes Of course against
1929, making LIST coupon due Feb
ruary Is. 1880. l suggest that we
think over this at our next meeting.
on the goth, decide on this and
notify the San Benito Chamber OF
Commerce.
Snow. we have heretofore signed
an agreement and filed II with the
Of the Cameron County
Water Improvement Districts Nos.
eno and two, that we would only is
aue two million dollars against 1929.
being the fourth and fifth millions
and the sixth and last million
against 1880 taxes. unless Of course
the two boards setting as boards,
us from this.
snow, let's so just a little bet
ter. suggest that we issue the
last three million In two issues in
Of three issues, making the
issues $1,500,000 each, dating
ID as aforesaid January !,
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