Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-10
DANCY OFFERS
new PROPOSAL
Two Plans For Completion
OF Needed Roads Given
In Proposed Orders

In an effort to satisfy critics OF his
original plan to issue warrants for
the completion OF gaps In the Mill
taory road. to provide q road from
Harrington TO the pumping plant of
that district with paving TO the Mill
tary road. and to construct two and
one-quarter miles Of additional paw
ing on the Boca Chica road. County
Judge o. G. Dancy has issued a new
letter TO members OF the commits
SiOners court.
With this letter he offers two al
tentative proposals In the form of
orders. One or these orders con-
templates the sale Of $4,000 worth
OF the remaining $4,000 o or un-
issued road bonds authorized I'm the
S6.O00.000 issue.
The second proposal Is the voting
OF 100000 worth OF bonds under the
Is cent statute.
Judge Dancy says he does not
claim credit Of authorship for. either
OF the proposals as they both are
based on suggestions made to him.
He says ne win favor either or them
that the entire commissioners court
can agree upon.
The first proposal follows:
Re: Road Policy OF the Commits
sioners Court for 1929 appertaining
to s6.0O0.00O.0 90 Authorization.
Be IL unanimously resolved by the
commissioners court:
That it is declared TO be the pol
lev OF the Court to only sell $780,
10000 more Of Cameron county road
bonds authorized January 20, 1927.
during the year 1929. same to be
Series E" and to be distributed as
follows. to-wft:
To commissioners precinct No. 7 itE
proportion OF said $4,000 which its
valuations for the year 1929 justifies
as per the Harlingen resolution
adoDted by the commissioners court
in November 1929 as per minute
book IT.. said sum TO said Precinct
at this time estimated TO amount 10
approximately 100000.
OF the remaining s450.000.00 or
approximately that abOunt. the sum
Of S375.000.00 Is appropriated for The
purpose OF closing thdwtwo gaps in
the Military road between the
Brownsville precinct line and Blue
Town, near Santa Maria said pave
ment to be 10 feet wide and esti-
mated to cost around S250.00G.
Supplement the contract OF Dodds
and Wedegartner on the Rangerville
road with such sum estimated not Co
exceed SIPS 900. as being necessary
In order TO extend the pavement OF
said road is feet wide on to the
Military road. Said contract with
Dodds and Wedegartner covering the
Rangerville proportion OF the six
million dollar bonds issue and now
being held in escrow.
he remainder after completion az
the foregoing estimated TO be about
$4,000 to be distributed between
commissioners presinct Nos. ? and A..
in the proportion OF their 1929 valu-
alton.
The moneys herein allotted "a
precinct l to be used as a credit on
the Indebtedness or said precinct "a
the balance Of the county as per
order made financing recent paving
from east end of Water District 6.
to the Junction. which moneys were
to be repaid out OF said precincts
proportion OF the fifth million.
The second proposed order says.
In the Matter OF $500. 10000 Road
Programme under the 15ctS. Statute:
In connection with ordering an
election for the purpose Of passing
upon a 100000 bond issue under
the IS cents statute. In the event
said bond issue carries, the following
is declared to be the policy Of the
Court with regard To the expendi-
ture of the moneys received from
the proceeds of the sale of the bonds
so voted, If voted. To-wit:
4. Give TO commissioners precinct
No. /. whatever percentage Of said
bond issue that its 1929 valuations
justify as based on county wide
valuations, same now estimated %
be 10 per cent or approximately
$4,000 out OF such bond issue. said
sum to be used by said precinct In
extending pavement OF state high
way Nc. 100 from end or present
pavement eastwardly towards the
coast.
?. Put in the grading and struc-
lures and also pave the two gaps III
the Military road aggregating ap-
proximately 10 miles from west line
commissioners precinct No. 2 "a
what Is known as Blue Town" said
Improvements including Ia foot
pavement estimated TO cost approx
mately S25o.000.
3. Supplement the contract oI
DoddS e. Wedegartner on tht
Rangerville road. said contract COW
ering the Rangerville estimate OF
proportionate valuations out OF the
six million. now held in escrow so a:
to extend such paving 10 feet wide
TO the Military road. such supple
mental contract estimated 10 cost
approximately $4,000.