Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04

also consulted with a committee of
representative citizens from San
Benito. The result of these confer
ences' was an agreement concurred
in by all parties that a navigation
district be formed consisting OF the
city Of Brownsville and approx
mately 250,000 acres Of land ada
cent to and tributary to said city.
This district was to issue bonds
sufficient to meet the government
requirements and to dredge a chan
mel on a direct route from Brazos
Santiago Pass to or near Browns
vile, dredge a turning basin at that
point and to furnish adequate ter
minal facilities; all conditioned
that a review of the existing project
could he had and same so modified
as to carry out the above agree
ment; also the fund provided by the
government for maintenance was to
be diverted to the new project.
Point Isabel and San Benito were
to form a navigation district and to
vote sufficient bonds to enable said
district to dredge a channel con-
Meeting Point Isabel with the
Brownsville channel and furnish
their own terminal facilities. The
boundaries Of both OF these dis
tricts we're agreed upon at these
conferences and these districts were
organized and created in compl1-
ance with this agreement.
In consideration Of the Browns
vile district melting all the govern
ment requirements the Point Isabel
interests agreed to assist in secur-
ing the modification desired and did
cooperate in securing the resolu-
ton Of the rivers and harbors CON-
mittee Of october Is. 1923, request
ing your board to make the investi-
CATION and survey en- which Major
Fox's report is based.
Pursuant to the aforementioned
! agreement the Brownsville naviga-
ton district and the San Benito-
Point Isabel navigation district were
organized, the former voting $1,000
COO OF bonds and the latter 100000
OF bonds. The Brownsville dis
trict's bond issue was specifically
voted for the purpose of cooperating
with the United States government
and all departments thereof for the
navigation Of the coastal waters Of
the United States and specifically
for the purpose of dredging an in
land channel terminating at or near
Brownsville and connecting direct
ly with deep water at Brazos San
tiago Pass.
Pursuant to the resolution of the
committee on rivers and harborS OF
the house of representatives above
mentioned Major Milo P. Fox, dis
trict engineer in charge at Calves
ton, Texas, made a survey and re-
port on the proposed modification
suggested in said resolution. This
report was favorable in practically
| every particular except as to cost,
it being the report of the district
engineer that a channel and turn
ing basin at or near Point Isabel
would cost less than the pro-
posed by Brownsville interests. In
this connection we wish to state
that the cost Of the inland channel
and all incidentals connected there
with will be borne by the Browns
vile navigation district and the
| $1,000, 900 bond issue of said dis
trict was voted specifically for the
purpose Of meeting all government
land channel and turning basin
requirements and dredging the In
without additional cost to the
United States government. In view
of the partially u~nfavorable recon-
mendation by Major Fox the
Brownsville navigation district has
asked your board to further con-
slider their proposition and to al
low it to submit additional AAta IN
support Of its contentious.