Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-10
DANCY OFFERS
new PROPOSAL
Two Plans For Completion
Of Needed Roads Given
In Proposed Orders

In an effort to satisfy critics on his
original plan TO issue warrants for
the completion or gaps in the Mill
taory road, to provide a road from
Harrington to the pumping plant of
that district with paving 10 the Mill
tary road. and TO construct two and
ore-uuarter miles or additional paw
ing on the Boca Chica road. County
Judge o. G. Dancy has issued a new
letter to members Of the commits
sioners court.
With this letter he offers two al
tentative proposals IN the form OF
orders. One Of these orders con-
templates the sale OF 100000 worth
Of the remaining $4,000 0 Of I'M
issued road bonds authorized III the
100000 issue.
The second proposal is the voting
of 100000 worth of bonds under the
Is cent statute.
Judge Dancy says he does rot
claim credit OF authorship for eitlA, :
OF the proposals rs they both are
based ON suggestions made 10 him.
He says he will favor either of them
that the entire commissioners court
can agree upon.
The first proposal follows.
Re: Road Policy OF the Commits
sioners Court for 1929 appertaining
to $4,000. 10000 Authorization.
Be IL unanimously resolved by the
commissioners court:
That IL Is declared 10 be the pol
icy Of the Court TO only sell $780,
10000 more OF Cameron county road
bonds authorized January 20, 1877.
durt-g the year 1929. same 10 be
Series IL" and to be distributed as
follows. to-wit:
To commissioners precinct No. I It's
proportion OF said $500. 900 which It's
valuations for the year 1929 justifies
as per the Harrington resolution
adopted by the commissioners court
in November 1929 as per minute
book IT,. said sum TO said Precinct
at this time estimated TO amount TO
approximately 100000.
OF the remaining s450,OO0.06 or
approximately that abount. the sum
Of s375. 10000 Is appropriated for che
purpose Of closing the two gaps W
the Military road between the
Brownsville precinct line and Blue
Town. nea Santa Maria said pave
ment to be IS feet wide and esti-
mated 10 cost around $250,0O0.
Supplement the contract or Dodds
and Wedegartner on the RanEerville
road with such Suin estimated not 10
exceed Sl25 900. as being necessary
In order to extend the pavement Of
said road is feet wide on TO the
Military road. Said contract with
DoddS and Wedegartner covering the
R~angerville proportion of the six
million dollar bonds issue and now
being held in escrow.
he remainder after completion or
the foregoing estimated to be about
$4,000 to be distributed between
commissioners presinct Nos. 2 and 4.
in the proportion Of their 1929 valu-
alton.
The moneys herein all I'd to
precinct I TO be used as q credit on
the Indebtedness of said precinct TO
the balance of the county as per
order made financing recent paving
from east end Of Water District 8.
to the Junction. which moneys were
to be repaid out Of said precincts
proportion Of the fifth million.
The second proposed order says:
In the Matter of $500. 10000 Road
Programme under the i5cts. Statute:
In connection with ordering an
election for the purpose OF passing
upon a 100000 bond issue under
the 10 cents statute. In the event
said bond issue carries. the following
IS declared TO be the policy OF the
Court with regard to the expendi-
ture of the moneys received from
the proceeds of the sale of the bonds
so voted, II voted. To-wit:
!. Give to commissioners precinct
No. l, whatever percentage or said
bond issue that its 1929 valuations
justify as based on county wide
valuations. same now estimated to
be 10 per cent or approximately
$4,000 out OF such bond issue. said
sum to be used by said precinct In
extending pavement Of state high
way No. 100 from end of present
pavement eaStwardly towards the
coast.
2. Put in the grading and struc-
lures and also paFe the two gaps In
the Military road aggregating ap-
proximately 10 miles from west line
commissioners precinct No. ? to
what is known as Blue Town" said
improvements including 10 foot
pavement estimated 10 cost approx
mately S250.000.
3. Supplement the contract of
Dodds e. Wedegartner on the
Rangerville road. said contract COW
ering the R~angerville estimate OF
proportionate valuations out OF the
| six million. nov held in escrow so ms
TO extend such paving 10 feet wide
TO the Military road. such supple
mental contract estimated 70 cost