Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-22
MELWRATH IS

projects is preparing to start crews
at once
Following are the bids on the va
rious paving projects:
Commissioner precinct l.
Old Alice road trom state high
way No. 100 to the San Jose ranch
road. I miles: McElwrath. s46.963.
Dodds & Wedegartner. S50.604. This
will be a 9-foot road with the ex-
ception Of 1000 feet CONFLICTING
with the Barreda-Po:nt Isabel road
which will be Is fest wIde.
Paroles Line road from highway
No. 100 TO the San Jose ranch road.
1 miles; F. P. McElwrath. 1929;
Dodds G. Wedegartner. $51,270. This
win also be a 9-foot road with the
exception Of 1000 feet connecting
with the Barreda-Point Isabel nth
way.
Commissioner precinct 3
Bluetown and military roads, from
end Of present concrete at Arroyo
bridge south Of La Feria, via Blue
town and Santa Maria 70 the HI
dalRo county line. on miles: Dodds
& Nedegartner. Sl5S,544; T. 2. Me-
Elwrath. S1S4.710; Joe Ballenger,
s~l3545l. This will be l6 feet in
width.
Commissioner Precinct 3
Military road vtst fifm Browns
willie city limits to west line Of
commissioner precinct No. 2. o.
miles; T. p. McElwrath. 2O6,6S2;
Dodds A. W~edeEartrer. S207 $50;
Texas-Wilhite Co, S.SI.566; Joe Bal
lenger. S2i0,6i3.
Southwest road from Brownsville
city limits to South Point. approx
imately 7-2 miles; r. p. McElwrath.
S143.670: Dodds g. W~edegartner,
s145.19s: W. W. Vann & Co.. $685.
100. This will be IS feet in width.
Commissioner precinct a
Briggs road from Harlinren-Rio
Hondo road northwnrd. 2 miles: r.
p. McElwrath. s50.4s5: Dodds &
Wedegartner. $50.990; W. W. Nann
& Co.. s55.420. This will be Is feet
in width.
South line Wilson Tract from
state highway No. 81. via Bchimer
corner and Primera 70 Tanberg's
corner. 5 miles: r. ?. McElwrath
S94,7ll; Dodds & W~edeVartner. $780,
400; W. w. Vann & Co., Sl0I,9s0.
This is a l6-foot road.
Combes-Santa Rosa and Santa
Rosa west roads. from Combes. via
Santa Rosa, TO the Hidalgo county
line. s miles; McElwrath si56,649;
Dodds & Wedegartner. sI57,i65; VI.
". Nann & Co. Si71.C55.
Grading and Structures
The following bids were received
on grading and structures:
Pennsylvania avenue from San Be-
nito river road 70 La Paloma road,
81 miles; Chas Ingram. s10,730;
Cage g. RUBY. s9,9o2.
Oscar Williams road from state
highway No. IL northward 3 miles;
Chas. Ingram, 1884; Cage & Ruby,
$4,000.
Military road from San Benito
river road to Los Izdios, 3 miles;
Chas Ingram, $3.50; Cage & Ruby,
Ss.7i7.
Line M" road from tate highway
No. IL TO the San Jose ranch road, ?
miles; Chas. Ingram, $3.50; Cage &
Ruby. ss,704.
Fresnal road from San BeEfdRio
Hcndo road 10 the east Browne Tract
boulevard. 2.5 milcs: Chas. Ingram.
$l1.793; Cage & Ruby. $i2.53s.
The Brownsville precinct ~ the
only one of the four in which the
contracts will exceed the amount
ap%portioned after the sale of the
last million Of road bonds. Con-
tracts for the Brownsville precinct
total S350.362, and the precinct will
have approximately S225,000 in its
road fund: contracts in other dis
tricts total S93 1926 in precinct No. L;
1901. SIS In precinct No. 4, and $780,
102 in precinct NJ. ).
Members OF the commissioners
court expressed themselves. as well
satisfied with the letting, engineers
stating that it was between 100000
and $lOO.0 900 lower than all esti-
mates. The price for paving will
average around $3.50 per yard, in
GLIDING the 9-foot roads, and the
lowest bid ever received In the VAL
ley prior to this letting was 1896
per yard.
"Orders have been rlaced for ad-
ditional machinery and equipment"
F. p. McElwrath stated Thursday
night, "and we will b. prepared to
start work on the military road by
July g."