The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 301, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1935 Page: 11 of 32
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THE CUERO RECORD, CUERO, TEXAS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31,
iys Most Important
ractor In Development
ftra’ls that were olten seas of mud' ed roads on the state highway sys-j
tand across nvers and streams that item, and in addition some impor-1
| had very few ferries and no bridges.: tanfc lateral roads have been hard I
! T:'.o needs of moneer civilization, , , i
evoivad tLe UCPV express the 'surfaced The farm to market road-
t ■ cart and tile tvpicallvWestern ever- cf lhe county have not re‘!
Af CrkitiU TnvOC land stage. With the further devcl- celved th* improvement their un-
VI aMMJIII I CAClS empire opment of these transportation fa- glance deserves, but a comity-J
r ! ciiities came the urgent need for j Wlde PW™ « now being mapped Recoffnized
0.1 —- ood r ad end adequate brid„ec , out with a view of supplying the liecoSnizea
highways as ,^a2^d | Pi°*ieer settlements and tiding Hcwev^ , is noli?eabie fact ttati"**5 needs of our rural friends.
-colonists to , posts. In laid years tne 0,d In- ]itUe proe:f?ss in the improvement) The steady and continued growth ;
dates baci moie than i d»ancia read came m.o ax.en^n Qf rcada was raade frcm the era ot ; of the state highway department,!
Vvii g ore ».cit | ll. tne nrr.irip .schccncr up tc tiic dsv' the additicnsl milGCigG of psiv- .
K^g„Spanisl1 ex" i DeWitt cc*n*y was formed frcm cf thc ,rorsj. and buegy During the ed roads completed each year, come
established a well; parts of Gonzales and other caun-.^
BURNS HOSPITAL
AMONG LEADERS
of colonization and when Tex-
as the natural result of the state s
tSem nts ^"hteh! ^ t” th** ^ as was a Republic, the people were development and its increasing
Ifa an aggressive ef- »provement cf roads. Cn July 27th. of "^i^t
the Spanish Matter i that year c road war ordered sur- .ny J) , ot a frSU"over which to
frontier i that year a road wa- ordered sur
| vcyed and laid cut frcm Chisholm s i
travil. However, after being acimit-
needs for better road facilities. The
building of a system of highways
across and through such a large
state is a tremendous task, involv-
tecl to the Union in 18-16. and .a inS lots of money, time, and labor.
ob_ and all the people of Texas feel
and earnest colonists i Perry to Patrick Dowleam’s place,
.“Sf MrasS jthe Clinton Bridge to the Breeden real: of its growth and accomplish-
primative roads have Jai™ on the new section 01 , .he p«i.cgi,ain cf development and ex- ments. Extensive as road construc-
»me of our important Victor.a highway, to connec. v. ith aarsicn ^ necessity for good .tion in Texas has been in the past
highways. Among the cld 1La®ahia road on the north leads' at once became apparent and a11 who are interested in the wel-
Souih
ey, the Old San An- ■ rcad order was issued in BeWitt
»iid -the LaBahia road, county,-authorizing a .roadway :o be
g period between opened from the Gonzales-Victoria
the old Soan’sh trails road to a pcint net ever one mile
Texas highways we : irom N. B. Burkett’s place mar the
there is the colorful' present community cf Hcehheiffi.
romance of roads, °n this same date Jas- H Sikes
storv of the gradual!was panted a license to operate a . . . .
of a ereat state i lorry at Chisholm’s crossing; thc need i0r gccd highways became
the available histcrv i charges- for such services were mcre evident. By the year 1911. ou-
James Kerr was specified as follows: man on horse- temebile clubs and ether crcanlea-
survevor-gener- back, lCc; leaded wagon and oxen tiens were formed to promote tl}e
tt and set out from ^l-CO: empty wagons, half price; ccnstrucron of a system of bard
1825 wi^h a crew of s^v- cattle 5c per head; and sheep and! Slir^ace roads- The State Legisla-
aiwlayTuT a cfpl i togs 3c each. , i «>m at various time ccnsldered .he.
Locating at the Ferries were not always av^lable
now Gonaales, these for! crossing the Guadalupe river,
so molested by J and there were several “fords’’ be-
had to abandon tween Cuero and Victoria which
imed and effect- were frequently in use. One of ,___.. .. , r.t*u
! thf,~ —struction. the thiity-fifth
fare of our great state, dgree that
a uniform system of connected
Road taxes were collected and ex- highways is^f^f from complete, and
pended by the various counties up ^at this work must be continued to
until 1903, when counties were au- | care of our needs and continu-
thesized t c issue bonds for roaci im- fed development.__
. prevements. ' > t *
With the arrival of the automo-
bile and its increased use the real
by Dr. J. W. Burns, one of South |
Texas’ most famous surgeons and1
senior member of the Burns clinic,!
and today is recognized as on<5 of |
the major hospitals in the South-
west. •
j The Burns clinic is composed of
— Dr. J. W. Bums, Dr. Gillett Burns,-
As One Of and Dr- Arthur Burns, Dr. G. A.
. Texas’ Major Insti- .King a?d Dr: *■ “• Pridgin areTal^°
. 3 connected with the clinic. J. W.
tutions. Haak’ is business manager of the
hospital.
Recognized once more in 1925 as ; Sister M. Milada is superintend-
cne of thc leading hosnita’p of the j ent arid has a staff of five nurses
and four assistanf nurses.
state, being listed as approved by
the American College of Surgeons, j
he highest henor wriest can come
to ai institution of this kind, the
Burns hospital of Cue1a, now un-
der thc muriagemeh* of Sisters of
ON RUSTLERS’ TRAIL
DENVER. — (INS)— Cattle rust-
ling, one cf the most difficult crimse 1
o cope with during the early days'
The Incarnate Word of Shiner, ] cf the west, is to be stamped out in
made. further improvemens dur- Colorado by the state’s new courtesy j
mg the year just past j patrol. Nattily-uniformed patrol-i
Sale of the hospital to the Sis- j men, speeding along the -highways J
ters cf the Incarnate Word of j of the state in automobiles or on j
Shiner was closed in October of! motorcycles, have been instructed to j
1934. and under the efficient man- | check carefully all trucks bearing1
agement of the Sisters, the hos- ’ cattle. In this way authorities hope
pital has confirmed, to enjoy an en- to put an end to “rubber-tired
viable record. 1 rus ling.” the modern method of
The hospital was founded in 1912- -teal ng" livestock.
THE ADDITION OF
FINE MEXICAN FOODS
TO OUR REGULAR.
MENU
The many requests for Mexican Foods prompt-
' ed us to include them on our Daily MenuT We
also Specialize on Fine Sandwiches, Cold
Drinks, Candies, Cigars and Cigarettes.
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. j
THE DOLL HOUSE
Phone 69 Free Delivery E. Broadway
’taitiement in 1832.
to bring 400 set-
Texas colony
to have
bt safifng beats
; port of entry, which j
i at the mouth of
The overland trip
oitfte over a
r of the
i .point near the
y line, and
over'a-’ trail
out to Gonzales,
trip to DeWitt’s
overland Usually
territory through
1 traveled as slew
ges along the Old
, settlement had
* In the Green De-
of travel be-
outposts alcmg the
attrition,
in order that
-might establish
f communication,
each other in times
and other hostile
to receive
Lockhart
for DeWi
became of-
UeWitt’s Colony
opened some p+i-
the Gonzales com-
were made
h jroed* and al-
road and this
in con
matter of ersatihg a state highway
eemmissien but* final action was not
taken or. this important matter un-
til 1917. In order to take advantage
of Federal aid funds for road corv-
M v Texas
made prov!s,on tor
, . . . . ; ment for tne state. Under this act
bi-annual tramoinp's .across this, . , . ,
_ ... .___ . _.* .. . the control and management of the
«?
. way commissioners who are ap-
teamsters and herdsmen. This ford; . , , , .. _ ___,
. . _• „ , . . pointed bv the governor, and who In
was used by Sam Houston early m ; y - . 5. . ___„__.
ioa<s ™ v,c turn appent a State Highway Engi-
1836 when on hs way from Re- . .. . ..
neer to aid them m carrying out the
policies of the cpmmission and di-
rect the vast amount of work hi
charge of the department. Since
the establishment of the state high-
way commission, a number of legis-
lative measures have been passed to
aid its progress.
The extensive system of Texas
highways we now have, together
with the connections in the process
Of being built, tell just how well the
highway department is carrying
forward the tremendous amount of
work coming under its direction. Al-
most every mature person in Texas
today can remember the rough and
rugged roads we had to travel over
some fifteen years ago, and can well
appreciate the splendid paved roads
we have today.
DeWitt* county has fared well at
the hands of our state highway de-
partment because of the continued
activity of organized highway com-
mittees and because officials of the
county and the various community
ies in the county have cooperated
in every possible way. When the
eleven mile gap on the Hochheim
road is completed, DeWitt county
will have one hundred miles of pav-
t
fugio and Goliad to San Felipe on
the Brazos, he stopped and spent
the night with his friend, Arthur
Bums.
The method of financing road
construction in the early days was
somewhat of a contrast to that
used by our efficient highway com-
mission today. Surveyors during
those pioneer days were required to
finance the total expense of survey-
ing and “laying out” a road and al-
so maintain «a sufficient force to pro-
tect themselves from the Indians.
After the work was completed they
turned in their itemized bill and
collected for the entire undertaking
The remunerations, given for such
services were extensive grants of
land, and although such payment
might not have been negotiable at
the time, these holdings proved very
valuable in later years.
The use of Texas roads for com-
mercial purposes began with the
Mexican freighters and their slow'
moving oxcarts; then the covered
wagon days of the colonists who
came with Austin, DeWitt and oth-
._____ er colonizers.' Many of the early
San Fe- 1 settlers came in) wagons drawn by
other oxen, slowly making ther way over
.
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Yhanks!
Sometimes folks thuik that because C. j
P. and L. is a “big con^any" that we do .
not fully appreciate the business of our
customers. We may be “big,"-but we
are not too big to appreciate the busi-
ness you have given us during the past
year . . . So, Central Power and Light
Company and all of its employes gladly
take this opportunity to say “thank
you," regardless of whether your pat-
ronage has been- large or small. And,
during 1936, we pledge our best efforts
to bring you service that is constantly
improved.
(Signed)* O© T« McAllStCT
- 1 £ocal Manager
AND LOCAL EMPLOYES OF
Central Power and Light t'oiii|iaiiy
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Putman, Harry C. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 301, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1935, newspaper, December 31, 1935; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999409/m1/11/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.