Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28

The fight in this county Is be-
ing fought out in the court, how
ever, in marked contrast to the
fights in the west in early days,
when the cattleman's realms were
threatened with development.
The fight here is Centeripg over
the opening Of a highway through
the King ranch property to the
coast.
The latest step in the battle was
the granting of a temporary in
junction by District Judge A. M.
Kent, restraining the county COM
missioners court from proceeding
with the conder nation of right-of-
way through the King ranch on the
new route, as ordered previously by
the court.
Grounds Given
The grounds -0r granting this
temporary injunction were princi-
paIly that r. j. K1eberg, ST., one
of the owner of the King ranch
property, was not notified indivi-
dually of the hearing on condemna-
ton of the property. He was noti-
fled as a trustee, but his attorneys
set forth that he owned certain
mineral rights as an individual. and
that he was not notified Individual
ly as such.
The court on this basis granted a
temporary injunction, and the case
is set to come up for trial in No
vember in the November term Of
district court here.
However, the commissioners court
of Willacy county will not wait for
this, but will Immediately notify
Mr.. Kleberg as an individual, and
then will set a new hearing on the
condemnation, and ask the court to
dismiss the injunction, since the
condition on which the temporary
restraining order was granted will
have been removed.
Announcement Of these plans vas
made today Ivy County Judge r. 8.
Dorsett of Willacy county.
The projected highway would be
improved with funds secured from
taxes paid in the district, Willacy
county road district No. 2, and not
by the county as a whc-c.
No Division
Residents of the district declare
that there is no division Of any
consequence among the people with
in the district between the two pro-
posed routes, and they charge that
these matters have been injected
into it in order to impede progress
and to cloud the issue.
The road fight, which has been
marked by court action at almost
| every turn, was outlined in q brief
way by Char r. Johnson, who
was chairman of the re d commit
tee which worked out the districts
plans of road paving, and who has
taken a leading part. in the matter
since that time.
The residents of the district, &C
Cording to johnson, decided to sub
nit a bond issue Of $500, 00C to the
people to pave roads to the tract,
from Brownsville, and feeder roads
to the various sections of the tract.
Before the election a committee
consisting of Charles r. Johnson,
Cleo Gilliland, Judge B. S. Wright,
Judge w. H. Mead, w. A. Adding
ton, and Fred Raymond, all well
known property owners If the dis
trict, was named to lay out the
roads to be paved. This plan of
paving would be included with the
bond issue, and the court hence
could spend the money only on
roads designated.
Question On Route
The committee had no trouble
agreeing on all the roads except
the road to Red Fish bay, regarded
as an important road for the county
as a whole. On this projected road
the difference was not among COM
mittee members, but merely a ques-
ton of which route the King ranch
interests would favor-the old road,
running a mile and a half southeast
of the new development of San
Perlita, or a new route, running in
a direct line from San Perlita. The
new route would be between .,hree
and four miles shorter from San
Perlita, and shorter from Raymond
vile by about a mile and a half.
Johnson was named as a delegate
to go to Kennedy county and confer
with the owners Of the King ranch.
This he did.
THE trustees of the King ranch
told me that they were not sure they
wanted a road through their
ranch" johnson said.
Il asked them that in case it
became evident a road was to be
built through heir ranch, would
they prefer the old route or the
new. After considerable discussion
they said thev would prefer the new
route. They continued to explain,
however, that they were not sure
they would favor any route, and
said they would Let us know"
johnson said a little later he
received a letter from King ranch
owners, saying they would oppose
any efforts to put a road across
their proerty.
IL IL Miles
The new route called for about
IL IL miles of road through the
King ranch, and the King ranch
roperty is included in the road dis
trict.
The road committee Of the dis
trict then proceeded to submit the
bond issue, and designated the new
route to Red Fish bay.
The bond issue carried by a vote
Of approximately Q to 1, and the
bonds were sold, and road work
started by r. ?. McE1wrath, con-
tractor.
At the present time all the funds
of the district have been spent ex-
cept about $4,000.
This will be sufficient to pay for
right-of-way, total value of which
has been set at less than $700, to
grade the road, furnish it with a
naIicha base and nnssihlv To nut on