Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
Dancy Point Isabel
Reply to Carpenter
On Highway Plans

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market their crops. that Is, loss Of
the use of the roads.
Every tax payer in this county
has a direct. selfish interest in
having this road program complet-
ed just Is rapidly as possible. con-
Sistent of course with efficient
handling of the money. We could
90 too fast and waste money, just
as We waste money every day by
going too slow.
What ought TO be done is to give
the commissioners court leeway to
use their own good judgment. in
stead Of having to bow TO some
body else's judgment. and then hold
us TO strict responsibility II we do
not use good judgment.
Now. as TO the Point Isabel road.
Let's forget all about a port. When
we issued U first bonds and put
the road through the county, not
a cent Of the first moneys was
spent in the Point Isabel precinct.
The building of this road increased
the values enormously. 1t gave the
balance of the county the jump on
the Point Isabel precinct SO far as
getting values to divide under this
six million dollars is concerned
and we ought all to have the moral
courage to do fair by minorities.
However. there is considerable diff
ference Of opinion on that, but I
cannot conceive where there should
be any difference Of opinion from
any citizen of the county on the
Importance Of closing the two gaps
on the military road. Our levees
r built of dirt. If we had had
sixty or seventy million dollars, we
could have perhaps dug down to
the base of the river and put in
reinforced concrete levees that
would stand till Gabriel blows his
horn. but these levees are Of dirt.
therefore vary vulnerable. The
most vulnerable section Of all Is in
tn La Paloma country. 1 am GER
tain that no citizen of the county
would want TO see the Los Fresnos
and La Paloma communities flood
ed out. II would iniure every citi-
zen Of the county. Besides
RIGHT spells RIGHT. and it is
not right 70 let this be done.
The next most vulnerable spot is
from Los IndioS to Blue Town. and
in there we have a water district
pumping plant serving two water
districts and serving Mr.. Carpen-
ter's neighbors on the north side
Of the Arroyo. that Is without even
a good dirt road. Common every
day justice. as we'll as common bus
mess sense. demands that we get
a ribbon of concrete from the east
end of Water Improvement Dis
trict No. 5 below Brownsville to the
Hidalgo county line Just as quickly
as possible. in order that men and
material NAV. when rises in the
river come, be rushed Immediately
TO protect our levees.
There Is another very important
proposition. and that IS. every tins
we put down q million dollars of
concrete roads actual property VAL
ues increase around $4,000. 900.
meaning 100000 on the tax rolls
Of actual values-not inflated VAL
ues. This three million dollars does
not simply pay road tax. but 1t
pays taxes into the general fund,
the school fund. the drainage dis
trict funds. and every other fund
that we have in the county: and
those who are holding back the road
program thinking that they are
keeping taxes down. are in reality
keeping the tax rate up. If we
had the two million spent and six
million more to pat on the tax
rolls this year. il would enable us