Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-23
ROAD PAVING
PLANS GIVEN
Dancy Tells Commissioners
OF Various Highway
Projects

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miles. extending the Barreda-Point
Isabel road TO Point Isabel, q dis
lance OF about Il miles, completion
OF the Harlingen to R~angerviHe
road and construction OF about
two and one-fourth miles OF adj
ditional paving on El Jardin boule-
ward toward Boca Chica are pro-
posed by Judge Dancy In a letter
TO members OF the commissioners
court.
The letter was released for pub
LEGATION today.
Judge Dancy suggests that war
rants be issued 70 finance the pro-
1ectS which 1t is estimated would
cost about 100000, and that these
warrants eventually be refinanced
out OF a county wide bond issue 10
be voted under the IS cent tax
statute or by special act or the
legislature.
Under the plan proposed by Judge
Dancy the warrants would be held
of the open market and thus would
not act TO depresS the price OF Cam
eron county securities. He explains
his desire TO issue bonds by. stating
that q five cent bond will bring a
better price on the market than a
six per cent warrant.
Judge Dancy proposes that the
gaps in the Military highway be
closed on the countrywide basis
ana that the Rangerville to Har-
lingen and the Point Isabel projects
be financed out of the same war
rant issue. He estimates that a few
thousand dollars would be left out
OF the issue and that this be pro-
rated on a valuation basis.
The Brownsville precinct portion
OF this money could be used, along
with some money still due to this
precinct out OF the portion OF the
S6'OOO,OOO issue, TO finance addi-
tional construction on the road to
Boca Chica, and he proposes that
this be done.
Construction of the Harrington TO
Rangerville road would give the
Harrington water district a road to
the pumping plant and this Is the
only plant in the county at this
time without this facility, he saws.
This road would comply with the
request OF that district and would
result in the conversion OF the dis
trlct in such a way that additional
bonds could be issued from the I'M
issued portion Of the $4,000, 900 Is
sue. he points out.
BY doing this money would be
available 70 Brownsville precinct for
paving OF the Boca Chica road.
When all the money from the re-
naming S2,000,000 of bonds unsold
out OF the big issue is available all
roads outlined in the original plan
OF this precinct a be handled, he
says.
In the opinion OF Judge Dancy
the Harrington Water district is not
asking more than it is entitled 10
in insisting that the Rangerville
road TO its pumping plant be inn
proved.
Frankly, I think they are en-
titled to everything they are ask
ing and if they get their D
ton out OF the valuations Of the
City OF Harlingen, Just as their
valuations are being allotted BY the
San Benito precinct, this request
Will be complied with" he said.
The water district Is not attempt
Ing in any manner to dictate where
-Ee money for these roads ONE
from; they are satisfied just to get
ha roads"
Judge Dancy's letter TO the com
Ii-siOners follows in part:
With $4,000 more bonding capa-
"'y out Of the 81. 900, 900 authoriz-
M but not issued, we are coming
p the end OF III road program and.
1 am sorry 10 say, We are coming
TO the end with some Of the most
important roads OF Cameron coun-
" not paved. / would say that one
Of these is the most important road
Of ali and that is the Military road.
Every n Of pumping plants
that supplies the IS water districts
in the county IS on the Military
road and we need the road paved
III order that the levees can be
maintained efficiently and the
pumping plants protected. This
road when COMPLETED also will re-
lieve quito a little OF the conges-
ton on state highway No. Il: and
since the completion OF the levees
opens up one of the most fertile
sections Of land-not only or the
Valley. but Of the entire world
BY all the rules this road should
be paved at the earliest possible
moment.
Has Comfy Wide Attributes
While as a feed.- road II has
local bearings, this road also has
countrywide attributes, and / would
say that, considering the import
alce of protecting the pumping
plants and the leveeS, a fair and
equitable adjustment would be TO
pave this road approximately so
per cent countrywide and so per
cent by the Brownsville and San
Benito precincts on an equitable
basis to be worked out by said
Brownsville and San Benito pre-
clncts.
This road should be improved at
the earliest possible moment. The
most vulnerable spots in our entire