Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23
KINGS RANCH

ton made to the court by repre-
SentativeS of the King estate to
change a designated road through
the King property to Red Fish Bay
which had been chosen by the peo-
of Willacy county in a bond issue
voted by such people to construct
such road. The proposition so
submitted provided among other
things for the adoption Of a route
to Red Fish Bay different from
the one so designated by the peo-
pie in the election at which the
bond issue was voted and that no
other road should be opened
through the King estate in Willacy
county for a period of ten years.
Commissioner E. B. Baldridge, who
states that he did not understand
this "tel years" provision or that
he would have been the first one
to start fighting against the adop-
ton of the proposition, made the
following motion: THAT the propo-
sition made by representatives Of
Kings estate to the effect that
Il I'll estate would deed to Willacy
an 80 feet right Of way
NJ 2 present road to Red Fish
b. feeing to fence said right of
way but reimbursed by the county
by agreement to be later entered
into be accepted said road be fl
nanced by the county"
Rap Ten Year Clause
"Now, it will be noted that the
above motion contains no ten
year provision for opening up an
other road through Kings estate in
Willacy county, but it was stated
to the court by representatives Of
the King people as a part of their
proposition that there were to be
no other road opened up through
their said estate in Willacy county
for a period Of ten years, and this
provision was to be contained in
the agreement to be later entered
into" as mentioned in the above
motion.
"The vote Of the commissioners
court on the following motion
stood: z. B. Beldridge and B. E.
Earl for the adoption of the mo-
ton, while E. B. Baldridge and
F. H. H. Duelberg voted no, leav-
ing the county judge to cast the
deciding vote, who voted against
the King proposition.
"It Is pointed out by the County
Judge that for the Commissioners
Court to have adopted the Kings
proposition it would not only have
denied the people who vote the
bond issue in Road District No. 2
their right to have such bond
money expended where designated
by them in such bond election, but
would have also, prohibited the
people residing in Road District No.
! Of Willacy county from building
their road through the King estate
from Lyford to Red Fish Bay for
which they have voted a four
hundred thousand dollar bond is
sue, until the expiration Of ten
years from the date of the adop-
ton of the proposed King PROPOSE
Ecn.
To Study Values
at Is further pointed out by the
county judge that as neither of the
above roads 20 designated by the
people in such road districts to Red
Fish Bay are state highways and
expect neither state nor federal
aid, no court in the land. not even
the supreme court of the United
States, has any right to direct or
even consider a petition to direct
"A re-designation of such roads
which the people have SO desig-
mated. and that all this matter was
finally settled by voice Of the
voters at said road bond elections.
"a jury of review has been ap-
epointed and it is only a matter of
a few short days until we will
4 again travel to Red Fish Bay over
La public road designated by the
people and all of that public wa
-ter front necessary to make that
portion Of such bay the Valleys
choicest resort will be used for
that purpose.
at is also the opinion of the
county Judge that the Commits
sioners Court of Willacy county
while sitting SIS an equalization
board next month should give due
! consideration to the values placed
by the King people on the land
sought TO be condemned for these
roads s4the basis for taxing the
King estate in Willacy county.
Signed, r. S. DORSETT,
County Judge.
S. r. LYNN,
Commissioner, Precinct 2.