Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-12

week. but 1t is taking place never
tneiess. he said.
Parker. who is developing a IS
~ acre tract north of Laedna
alsScosa and other projects in that
Unity. Is appealing for the con-
~<<uction Of about six miles Of dirt
work n structures on roads
winch would give access to that
asst area of several thousand acres
,ylng north of the Barreda- Point
Isanei highway. He also is seeking
paving In two gaps through flats.
construction OF the paving, which
would nave a total length Of about
and a half miles. would give
residents OF that section practically
an an-weather road.
Wants Gap Graded
Parker said that when the So
OOO,0OO road bond issue was voted
al the land now being developed
was entirely undeveloped and pres
ent development plans had not been
worked out. Then all the land 10
DC served by the roads ne proposes
was assessed at a very low fig
ure- Since development he's started
2 assessments have been raised.
Under present valuations that area
VIII pay about Is per cent OF the
interest and sinking fund on the
road bonds and will receive almost
notning in return, he saws. The
entire Point Isabel precinct. in
which the land lies. will receive
only about 10 per cent Of the road
money from bond sales.
Roads have been graded and
structures built on a road north
from the Point Isabel road through
the Box ranch to almost the edge
OF the tract. Grading and struc-
lures have been put in on a road
which extends east TO Laguna Atlas
cosa and crosses a dam which has
been constructed by Parker. There
Is a gay OF a little more than two
miles between the ends OF these
two roads. This is one of the
structures on which Parker is ask
ing that grading and structures lie
completed. The other gap is abou.
two and a half miles on the road
which extends east and west from
the Parades line road. This road
ends at the line between commits
sioner precincts No. l and NO. 2.
He asks that this road be extended
TO connect near Fernando wi. a
road runni1g north OF Rio Hcndo.
Scenic Loop Drives
Tho ~ nxtfw1u wa~txnrknl w-~,.fI - -
a flat stretch between the Paroles
line road and the lake and on a
stretch Just north Of the Box
ranch.
The construction Of these roads
would provide two scenic loop
drives which would prove Of spe-
al interest to visitors and which
gould be attractive to Valley citi-
gems. Parker points out.
Starting from Brown Fille Il
would be possible to dr.' ! cut the
Point Isabel road. turn north,
through the Box ranch. drive along
the north side OF the lake. west to
the Paroles line and return to
Brownsville through Los Fresnos.
The other loop drive. which
would be much longer. would be
over the same route out of Browns
vile. north to the lake and west.
Instead Of turning onto the Para
dies line road. the driver would
cross this and continue west to
the road near Fernando. turn south
there. striking paving at Rio Hondo.
At Rio Hondo the paving could be
followed to San Benito and return
to Brownsville on the present
highway.
Dancy Would Help
To extend the drive further, leav-
ing Rio Hondo the driver could
follow the paving to Harlingen and
Back on the highway.
or II would be possible to con-
tinue south from San Benito to
the military highway and return to
Brownsville e that route.
County Judge o. G. Dancv has
agreed to try to close the gaps In
which Parker Is interested. The
grading and structure road north
from the Point Isabel highway has
been constructed at a cost Of about
$500 per mile and work on the
other road has been a little more
expensive on account OF the need
for larger fills.
BY constructing a dam across
the outlet from Laguna Atascosa.
Parker has created a lake which
will cover about $500 acres to an
average depth of six and a half
feet. The water in this lake rap
Idly Is becoming sweet and should
be available for use for irrigation
purposes by spring. the developer
said. A second dam is being built
nearer the end Of Cayo Atascosa
and q smaller lake Is being formed
between the two dams. Cayo Alas
cosa is the outlet between Laguna
Atascosa and Laguna Madre. A
third lake Is being formed by
throwing up a dam across a neck
at the edge Of Laguna Madre. All