Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-29
give VIEWS IN
over HIGHWAY
bennett Maintains PIT.
Isabel Off Es-
sential to Develop
ment of

The best interests of Brownsville
demand that the highways in this
precinct be constructed in the man.
ner and order prescribed by the
voters IN the bond election" i the
contention Of Jesse bennett, one of
the applicants for a temporary in
junction to restrain the commits
sioners court from awarding fur
tner contracts in the Brownsville
precinct except in compliance with
~ resolution adopted by the commits
sioners on January q, 1927, desig-
mating highways for improvement in
TINS precinct.
other applicants were A. ID. Dick
inson and Nellie Epperson Stewart.
The temporary writ Of Injunction
was issued by Judge A. N. Kent Fri
day afternoon.
i consider the development Of the
1ulf coast adjacent TO Brownsville
OF paramount Importance, and that
the cutoff from the Boca Chica
road TO Point Isabel will give
Brownsville a loop that will induce
al tourists visiting Point Isabel via
Lne barreda road to come back
through Brownsville" bennett said.
MY contention is that il we do
not have a road that strikes the
b~arreda-Point Isabel close to Point
Isabel the tourist on his return
from the Point will not double back
through Brownsville. As the Fres-
nos road is only six miles from Bar
feda he will naturally ga on up the
Valley without coming 10 Browns
4 vile.
Will be Important Port
Point Isabel in the near future
J Is going to be a deep water port,
and the city that can show it is
Closest to deep water will gain a
, great deal. Brownsville is the only
/ city in the Valley that can build a
road direct to the Gulf beach. and
| If we build this road as the voters
ordered the road built, we will have
! something that no other city in the
1 Valley can offer its visitors"
Mr.. bennett stated there was no
Intention on the part Of those Sc
curing the temporary injunction to
embarrass the commissioner court.
However. we deem il necessary that
this road be built as designated in
the resolution. The border highway
aH0 hNt AdEtutr Line IodC3 were
both in the second group"
IF we expect Brownsville 70 grow
! we must of necessity make II a
tourist city" Mr.. bennett continued.
"Any DEVELOPMENT IN the future
must bear this idea out and our
progrrris should be made accord
ingly."
C-oIpcd Designations
4
nate highways for improvement in
the Brownsville precinct. assembled
the highways IN four groups. Group
one included the Boca Chica road and
a connecting road 70 Point Isabel.
Group two included the border road.
Paredes Line and Southnoint roads
n and also the old Point Isabel road
4 to Pucrte Guadalupe. Groups three
\ and -four designated a number Of
short feeder roads. The Browns
Vile precinct was the only ore of
the four precincts 70 designate high
ways. and the resolution passed by
the commissioners court was enter
ed on the election order.
Approximately 6.5 miles Of the
Boca Chica road has been paved. and
dirt work and structures are approx
i imately 50 per cent completed on
the remaining 16 miles from the east
line Of FL Jardin to the coast.
Boca Chica Road Relocated
"The contract for dirt work and
/ structures or the Boca Chica road
east from the east line of FL Jar
din was let in September County
Engineer W. O. Washington said.
"Following the passing Of the reso-
luton by the commissioners court,
property owners in that section
requested a relocation of the road.
which took some time. The new
! road follows the high ground SO
far as possible.
"Several surveys have beer made
in the coastal area for a road 10
connect with the Point Isabel road,
but no safe route has been To-
Gated"
at was not the intention Of the
committee appointed 10 designate
highways for improvement to tie the
commissioners court down with un-
reasonable, unsafe or uneconomical
Designations" r. r. Rentfro, chair
man of the committee said in dis
cussing the injunction. "We did not
know at that time IL a cutoff in
the coastal area would be prac-
ticable, and for that reason the com
mittee designated the shortest prac-
ticable connection We wanted the
cutoff as near the coast as pos
sible. but no definite surveys had
been made at that time"
Says Move unfortunate"
at is very unfortunate that this
action should com at this time"
County Judge Dancy said. I'VE have
e~ndeavored to give the people of
every precinct In the county the best
possible service. We had in mind a
cutoff road near the coast from
the north bend of the river, if q
safe route could be found. The res
olution stated that the shortest
practicable connection should be
provided. No practicable route has
been located by the engineers after
o thorough survey, and we deemed
the Paroles line the most practicable
under the circumstances.
shy individual preference is the
road BY Iona Alta hill-the old
Point Isabel road. Part of il is
through the sacahuiste country, and
] think the farmers should be pro-
yided roads before this is built.
"The resolution calls for building
this cutoff road after the Boca
Chica road is completed. The Boca
Chica road Is not completed. but we
are pushing il as rapidly as is con
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