Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-09
DANCY OFFERS
Continued from page one.)

w aRl0AANNAN AAAFN ~ R0NGA W
compel one commissioner to spend
any part of his precincts proportion
Of the six million outside Of his own
precinct, and / have come 70 the
conclusion that the enclosed plan,
or some similar plan by which time
warrants are issued is absolutely the
only possible way to break the dead
lock and let the program so forward.
Il am looking for ideas and con-
structive criticism, and will appre-
ciate any suggestions that any tag
payer Or any newspaper sees III 70
make"
Plan No. 10 submitted by Judge
Dancy, which contemplateS only
grading and permanent structures
on the military road and the Ran
gerville road TO connect with the
military road. is embodied in a court
order as follows:
In the matter of financing road
Improvements on the military and
R%angerville roads:
1t appearing TO the court that
there is an immediate public neces-
sity for putting in grading and per-
manent structures ON two gaps IN
the military road between the west
line of commissioners precinct No.
2 and what is known as Blue Town,
for that said gaps cover the most
vulnerable portion of the levee sys-
tenn Of Cameron county. and the
court finding that there Is an imme-
date public necessity TO construct
a passable road in order that the
levees along the Rio Grande and the
pumping plants along said river may
receive immediate protection: and
1t further appearing to the court
that there is also ar immediate pub
lie necessity for the grading with
permanent structures of q first class
road from the Spiderweb railroad at
Rangerville 70 the military road in
order to connect the headquarters OF
Cameron County Water Improve
ment District No. ! at Harlingen
with its pumping plant on the Rio
Grande: and
II appearing to the court that said
grading and structures should be
placed ON said roads at the earliest,
reasonable. possible moment. and
II further appearing TO the court
that there Is approximately $4,000
in what Is known as the general
road and bridge fund Of Cameron
county. consisting Of moneys re-
ceived and TO be received from fines
and Cameron coInty's proportion Of
automobile license fees, and that
said sum will be continuously sup
piemented by future collection Of
fines and the county's proportion Of
automobile license fees sufficient TO
finance all of said Improvements
II is, upon motion duly made. sec
onded and unanimously carried,
Ordered by the Court:
That w. o. Washington. county
engineer. be. and he IS hereby or
dered and directed to Immediately
prepare plans and specifications for
the improvements OF said aforesaid
roads. and that upon completion Of
such plans and specifications, with
out further orders of the court.
that j. j.. Bishop. county auditor. be,
and he Is hereby. ordered and d.
rected to advertise for bids for all
Of said improvements; and that
when said improvements r made,
that all warrants for the payment
of said improvements shall be
chargeable against and payable out
Of said general road and bridge fund.
The other court order, which en-
bodies Judge Dancy's plan No. III, is
as follows.
IN the matter Of road program UNI
der the Is cent statute:
II Is declared to be the policy OF
the court TO put on aFoad improve
ment program for the balance Of the
year 1929. in the sum Of approx
mately $4,000. the money 10 be
distributed as follows. to-wit:
First. Supplement the contract
Of Dodds a. Wedegartner on the
Rangerville road, said contract, COW
ering the Rangerville estimate OF
proportionate valuations out Of the
six million. and now being held in
escrow. SO as 10 extend such paving
is feet wide on to the military road,
such supplemental contract esti-
mated to cost approximately $780,
600.
Second: Put In the grading and
structures and also pave the two
gaps IN the military road a~ggregat-
ING approximately 10 miles from
commissioners precinct No. 2 TO
what Is known as Blue Town" said
improvements including l5-foot
pavement estimated to cost approx
imately S250,000.
That in order to finance said pro-
gram u is declared to be the policy
or the court to appropriate from
what Is known as the general ROAD
and bridge fund. consisting OF
moneys received and 10 be received
from fines and the county'S part OF
automobile licenses during the years
1929 and 1880. the sum Of one hun
dred thousand Sl00.000) dollars.
The remainder estimated TO amount
to approximately two hundreo Il
eighty thousand ts280,00O dollars 70
be financed by issuing county road
time warrants bearing a rate oil IN
terest not exceeding 8 per cent 10
be used as collateral TO loans Tor
such improvements.
The court reserves the right. upon
the consent Of all members OF the
commissioners court, to repay said
loan of approximately S28O,O0O' II
nanclng said program out Of the
proceeds of future issues OF the re-
maining 81. 900. 900 of the s6,0OO,OOO
authorization OF January 20, 1927.
In the event any member OF the
court shall not 20 consent or II Tor
any other reason i Is not practical
to pay for said loan out OF the sly
million authorization aforesaid, then
IN is declared to be the policy Of the
court TO have such time warrants
refunded into bonds either by vote
of the people or by special legisla-
tive act before placing such securi-
ties upon the open market.
IN the event the foregoing I'M