Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19


nsr at which several hundred were
served.
Grading Asshe Paroles Line high
way began eaficenls27. W. W.
vann securing the ~srsets for for
was completed in the earlNi pmer
and contract for paving was Az %
to Dodd & Wedegartner on Sepcy
Der 8. Paving started on OctoBy
26. and work was delayed over six
weeks by u~nfavorable weather after
seven miles Of the highway had been
paved. Work on the last three
miles was started in January and the
last paving was laid February 3. The
q elf sSs fine es' p s : & & rT'csiSs nv y;
ing in the south. 4
The new loop is ex GAHkl
considerable traffic
highway. The diI"eu pres,--,
Brownsville city limits light be- a
nos is 1915 miles and froiis, Ohio e
nos to Barreda 6.5 miles, mas. NJ
total of IL miles. The distance fEe-'
Barreda to Brownsville owe the-vNr
ley highway is Is miles, making a
loop 80 miles in length.
Tandy Welcomes Visitors
Cleve Tandy welcomed the visitors
on behalf of the people of Los Fres-
nos, and expressed their apprecia.
ton for the Highways which have
assured excelleYb connections with
market points. Gnr. Tandy spoke OF
early development of the Los Fres-
nos tract, recalling that his brother,
Clyde, planted. the first crop on the
tract; land we have been planting
every year since" he said.
He commended the cooperative
spirit of the Los Fresnos growers
citing the fact that Los Fresnos is
one CT the largest potato producing
sections of the Valley, and predict
ingkhat the entire Los Fresnos Sec
tic would eventually be producing
large crops.
For thirteen years we have been
endeavoring to build up this com
munity under the handicap Of almost
impossible roads," he said. 1--WE
have shown what can be accomplish
ed under such conditions. and it now
remains to show how this section
can be developed with the aid OF
highways and railroad transports.
tion."
Built First Road
Frank Robertson of San Benito
nag of the San Benito irriga-
tion district and n of the pioneer
engineers of the Valley, told OF
building the first road into the Los
Fresnos tract. This road extended
from San Benito to the Alice road,
and from that point \ road was
-Ina~nl %hwnr-h @ha hruuh 81 pnfrr
Isabel, the work being completed in
1912. The commissioners court
gave $500 toward the fund, the re-
mainder being raised by San Benito
interests who desired a road through
to the coast.
"There were no roads here 81
years ago when / came TO the Val
ley" Mr.. Robertson said. ITO ge;
to Brownsville we were obliged t.
20 to the military road and there
was no way of getting to the coast
except through Brownsville. The
objective of the first road into the
Los Fresnos tract was to secure q
connection with the Alice road and
from there to the coast"
Col. Rufus Lakeland, who acted as
master Of ceremonies, then intro
duced II. A. Nelly, assistant indus
trial commissioner of the Southern
Pacific Lines, who congratulated
Los Fresnos on the acquisition of q
loop highway, and gave the assur.
ance his railroad desired TO coop
crate with them in the development
of the territory.
s. G. Tucker Of Brownsville, presi-
dent Of the Los F~resnos Gin com
pany, spoke briefly On the cotton
situation, and stated Los Fresno:
would have n gin that would fill ev-
cry requirement of the section. Ma.
chinery is now being installed fol
one of the best equipped electric
gins in the Valley. he said.
Commends Cooperation
Judge A. v. Logan, commissioner
of the San Benito precinct, said the
highways had been built through the
cooperation of the Los Fresnos, Sau
Benito and Brownsville precincts
and commended the spirit OF coop.
Grafton which made these highways
possible. he urged that this CO.
operation be extended 10 build the
highway through to Point Isabel.
Judge Logan also touched upon the
situation which caused the commits.
sioners 10 request four of the irri-
CATION districts to change THEN
form Of organization in order not to
interfere with the highway program,
and urged that this be done without
delay.
"The commissioners court has nc
intention Of issuing more than an.
other million OF bonds to add to the
1928 tax Commissioner Logan said.
s-It would be unjust to stop our
highway program now"
"Fair Play for Santa Maria"
Fair MAY for Santa Maria, Briggs
Coleman, Browne tract, the river
road country and other districts
which have not secured highway
was voiced by County Judge Dancy,
who stated: at would be an injus-
tice to those taxpayers to halt our
highway program"
Judge Dancy said that unfavorable
action by the Harlingen and San Be-
nito water districts upon the propo-
sition Of converting to water control
districts would probably result in
abandonment of the road program.
II am speaking for those people in
the Santa Maria district, the people
Of the Briggs-Coleman tract, Browne
tract and along the military high.
way.p he said. "They have sup.
ported every road program ever ad.
vanced by Cameron county. They
have been paying taxes since 1915
~ build these concrete highways
other parts of the county are en-,
loving and will continue to pay
taxes for 10 years. To deny them
highways would be unjust. It is g
moral question, and | am confident
Cameron county will never permit
selfish interests to divert her from
a. nafh of fueticau