Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
COUNTIES have
SIS NILES OF
PAVED ROADS
500 Miles of Sur
faced Highways In
cluded In Programs
That Are Financed


over 800 miles when programs al
ready financed are completed.
Cameron county has 1873 miles OF
paved highway. with $2.000.OO0 OF
its bond issue unexpended. Hidalgo
county has 272 miles Of surfaced
highway and "a miles Of gravel
When the programs Of the eight
road districts are completed 1t will
have a total of 495 miles Of surfaced
highway, 81 miles Of gravel and -
miles of wide grade roads. Willacy
county has completed a 45-mile
paving program, and a third road
district has been organized to fl
nance approximately 20 miles addi-
tional. The Starr county program
includes an oiled gravel highway
through the county to the Zapata
county line, that section from the
Hidalgo county line to Roma hav-
ing been completed.
In the past two years Cameron
and Hidalgo have led all Texas
counties in road construction. Vot-
ing a $4,000. 900 bond issue in Janu-
airy, 1927, Cameron county started
on its program a few months later,
expending $4,000, 900 of the issue on
146 miles of concrete paving. In
Hidalgo county eight road districts
were organized, and bonds aggre-
eating approximately Sl0,OOO,oOO
voted. In Willacy county state high
way No. 96 has been completed
from the Cameron county line to
Raymondville, and two road dis
tricts were organized to construct
highways east and west from that
city. A third district has been or
ranized in the Lyford section 70
build an east and west road through
the southern part Of the county
State aid has been granted TO x
tend state highway No. 80 north
from Raymondville to the kennedy
county line, and the state Is eX-
pected to build north through Ken
edy county 10 a connection with n
Kleberg county paving, proVlolhs
the Valley a second outlet.
Road Districts Organized
The main Valley highway through
s5idalro county was constructed IN
1924. and the highway from Pharr
north through Edinburg TO the
Brooks county line was completed
che following year. These nam
hiehways with the pavement from
McAllen to the international bridge
at Hidaleo we're the only paving
procrams financed upon a county,
wide basis.
The acknowledgements sections
were the first TO organize as a roao
sdistrict. and included all OF hldaigo
county with the exception oil .
lands comprising the MISSION
Pharr-San Juan. Donna. Progreso
and Woodwin irrigation districts
end the western half of the Mer-
cedes irrigation district. The Wes-
laco district, comprising the west
ern part Of the Mercedes irrigation
system, and the ProgreSo system,
was the next TO organize. Within 2
few months six additional districts
were organized, including y
Alamo. Hidalgo, Mission, McAlien'
Donna and Pharr-San Juan Sec
ions. Bonds have been voted by
all these districts. The WeSlaco
district completed its program early
this wear. and the McAllen program
Is practically completed. The Mis-
sion program is approximately %
e cent complete, and Work Is IN
der way in practically all other as
tricts. The Edinburg- Mercedes dis
trict has completed approximately
no miles Of paving with approx
uatelv % miles additional prepared
Cor topping.
Provides Complete System
The programs Of the eight Ill
dalro road districts provide a COM
nlete system Of highways for the
entire county. The main highway
nj the Edinburg- Mercedes district
extends east and west almost the
width of the county, paralleling Il
southern Pacific lines from Eoin-
burg east and connecting the towns
If san Carlos, La Blanca, Elsa, Ed
couch and La Villa. This with n
main Valley highway. forms n
sThackbone- for the entire system
zach district has provided from u
a. four north and south connecting
roads. and their programs lncluae
several roads extending south from
the main highway 70 cohhec'Aoi
with the military road
The efficiency OF the programs
provided in the intensiveiy oe-
veIoped areas is demonstrated ny
the fact that in the McAllen road
Sistrict. which has practically com
nIeted its program, no farmer Is
r.ora than a quarter Of a mile ir-n
a paved highway. The "eslaco U.s.
trict. which constructed a system Oh
concrete main highways Win as
malt topped gravel on ieeosL
roads. extended its main highway
so,,th through the Progreso district
- the Rio Grande. East ana west
.rsd connections with this hign-
49, are being constructed py lnS
developers Of the Prosreso prolec1-
Highways completed IN Hloaiso
county include 222-2l miles q
S.s,.si with asphalt topping, Dup
..,ss NJ concrete and 1881 mics
- rravel. Programs TO be COM
o,s.sS aggregate 42-54 miles OF
r-svsi placed and ready for toppins,
miles of concrete, 1888 miles
# gravel with asphalt topping. 20
miles Of gravel and IS mics oi ""'
grade. .ns Fdinbure-
x---edeS district includes nign-
No. THROUGHOUT the non-irrigateo
wa most Of which will be con-
s.<s,S,sd Of caliche or gravel Inc
new town Of Hargin mas w. tI,as
nroved highways, q connecs
LEI Pisa on the districts main ca.