Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16

hundreds Of visitors to the Rio
Grande Valley, people from all pcr-
tions OF the country, come here
each week for a trip TO the salt
water and TO enjoy the surf OF
the Gulf of Mexico on the beauti-
full. clean beach Of Padre IsInd.
But the business Of the people Of
this community itself, necessarily
carried by auto and truck over this
stretch of unpaved road. is greater
than that Of many of the outlying
rural communities Of the county
which have already been connect
ed with the principal highways by
paving.
In the 1929 school census, recent
" completed, Point Isabel shows a
greater increase in school popula-
ton, In per capita and in percent
age. than any other school district
in the county, save only In the case
Of its neighbor. Los Fresnos. No
other town in the Rio Grande Val
ley has made greater growth this
year than Point Isabel. and, port
or no port. this growth Is destined
to continue.
The greatest area of c.Lrus grove
development in the Rio Grande
Valley. at the present time now
under way and soon to be commenc-
ed. is in the Point Isabel territory.
within a radius of ten miles OF
this town. and the volume of traf-
fic over the unpaved portion OF
highway No. 100 is something more
than a "burro trail
AS for the Brazos Santiago har-
Dor, which Mr.. Carpenter refers to
as away over there 1t has al
ready been approved by the gov
ernmental authorities, and a staff
Of engineers has for months been
located at Port Isabel. continually
at work upon the details of survey.
and the collection of data relative
to tide flow, ETC., which must be
completed before actual work of
construction, interrupted eighteen
months ago, is resumed.
The rivers and harbors bill, pend
ing in congress. carries al appro-
priation for completing the ~jetties
and the dredging Of the channel
from the pass to Point Isabel. and
this bill will doubtless become q
law during the coming regular ses-
sion Of congress. making the fumes
available as soon as the engineer
ing work is completed.
Point Isabel. however. hopes that
it viii not have to wait for the
closing Of this gap Of twelve miles
Of unpaved road until the rivers
and harbors bill is passed. True.
the five miles Of new paving. re-
Gently completed on Highway 100
east from Los Fresnos. eliminates
The long stretch Of bumbo bog holes
which for weeks blocked travel last
fall. but there Is still considerable
Of the road which is both diff
cult and dangerous to negotSce
following a rain.
Until about eighteen months ago
the territory within the Point Isa-
bel road district had been almost
entirely undeveloped land Of low
valuation. and the allotment to this
district Of its share Of the proceeds
OF Cameron county's SIS. 900 900 bond
issue has been upon the basis of
this. meagre valuation. But the
year 1928 ond the first half OF 1929
have witnessed a great transforma-
ton within this district, and 81
ready several thousand acres have
been planted to grapefruit and are
in a high state Of cultivation, while
many thousand additional acres
will also be soon set out IN citrus
orchards taking rank with the
highest valued lands in the county.
Thus, the Point Isabel road dis
trict will contribute In taxes a
greatly larger proportion OF the
interest and principal of the coun-
TVS road bond issue than Is rep
resented by the allotmnet OF the