Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08

and right would dictate that this
road. on rather that this II miles.
be paved az least SO per cent coun-
ty-wide. Commissioners precinct
No. ! has never received but a NOM
inai sum OF al the bond issues
voted In Cameron county prior TO
the S6.000.0O0. The result of this
was that the other sections Of the
county got the jump on this precinct
20 far as valuations are concerned.
and this precinct is. to q certain
extent. the red headed step child"
Of the county This precinct now
has an enormous development going
on and will perhaps receive approx
mately 10 per cent OF the $4,000. 900.
and during the 30 years when we
pay off the bonds will most likely
pay IS per cent or 20 OF the bond
issue. ! therefore take the position
that this IL miles should receive so
per cent county wide aid.
This. as well as the Military road.
is \ road OF countrywide attributes
and should be considered not only
locally but countrywide.
Boca Ch.ca Road
This road Is entirely In TIE
Brownsville and Point Isabel pre-
cincts: and frankly. I am not sug-
costing putting up countrywide
moneys on this particular road,
though perhaps 1 would be justified.
This road lies at the doors of
Brownsville. but the completion OF q
road to Boca Chica that would be
passable the year round would be
an asset to every single farm there
Is in the entire Valley. IN would be
a fine selling talk 70 a prospective
purchaser for the farmer to be able
10 assure such prospective purchaser
that every day in the year he could
get recreation by bathing in the gulf
without the expense of boat rides
and delays-that Is. could drive
right TO the gulf, as can be done
at Boca Chica.
The concreting of about two and
a half miles on this road would
make a pasSable road practically
every day in the year. as the bal
ance Of the road could in a way be
said to be a natural sand clay road.
The cost OF concreting this approx
mately two and a half miles would
be in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
and while a road OF special impor-
lance to Brownsville. II Is OF i'm
portance TO the entire Valley. as
Valley people are today going to
Corpus Christi and Galveston SIM
ply because the gulf beach az Boca
Chica is not available.
Finances n Question
The fact that the Harrington pre-
cinct has withstate aid built the
read from Harrington TO the Willacy
county line should be- taken into
consideration in the division of any
countrywide moneys. as while said
road is at the doors OF Harrington
and Harrington will receive the lions
share Of the benefits Of said road.
this Is calculated TO become one Of
the most important roads in the
state Of Texas, joining in as a part
OF the Hug-the-Coa highway fror4
Houston and Galveston to the VAL
ley.
Now. the question very naturally
arlSeS, Wnere 10 get the money 10
finance these propositions.
Now I want every commissioner
TO read and re-read this very
carefully. I invite constructive
criticism from anywhere and ev-
erywhere. My proposition does not
involve raising the tax rate Of this
county n cent. neither does it
involve placing Of county warrants
on the market. AS county var
rants bearing 6 per cent do not
bring as good a price as bonds
drawing 5 per cent. 7 am sure that
no commissioner would be willing
TO place county warrants on the
general open market.
Assuming that this years valua-