The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-25
[0N7ORAISE
I ROAD MONEY
..,;.h Definite Results Be-
'' ',' Calling Bead Election.
VITAL PROPOSITION
o,, If vero, interestingly Pee.
s .,s' The Good Roads o"Fs'''"
IN An It's Phases.

Er TRIBUNE ..,,, dian, n,
M, is and will be great oeal OF
. .~ on the buying of the road ma
'..,y at Oslo. the other day, both for
'l,,,inst. Personally | was not in
..,@f the move. My decision was
''J0n ny knowledge of the condl-
'.,,h,t this machinery must over
,in order to become a success.
/ Gems that the majority present at
lo,h meeting were favorably i'm
.,,.i with the machinery and ! feel
',a,he rest of the people can stand
ss also. be il Il success or failure,
N hope the others will have the
~ do likewise. 1t is not II ques-
fife or death. Simply Il ques-
,,aS.OOD. That is a lot of money,
I'M will not break the county should
| Investment be bad, and if it proves
mh will not only pay for itself but
M the county many times the pur-
| ~ Orce. We must look at these
| w in right spirit and in a business
+ w and Il will venture to say there
| n not many men in st. Lucie county
| N have not made a mistake and some
ms bad ones too, 50 if the citizens
+ NJ insisted on the county commission
|nasing the machinery made Il mis-
|he We must not condemn them for
Bin action, or the commissioners for
|knng to the voice Of the people. As
|I.Mertand it the commissioners are
ke to do the will Of the people and
|kn they are informed of that will
|rihen do not abide by it they are
|sa to criticism, and not till then.
Lce will say the people were not all
kr, This is true, but. they all had
opportunity to show their interest
SIi they did not care enough to at
xd, then they had better abide by the
pigment Of those who did attend.
noticed the absence Of some of our
Mt prominent writer's upon such sub
sh men who | felt sure could not
w being there.
Now that we have this machinery.
" hBt thing is TO provide money
sGey, that most ncedful Of all things,
M Tor this ] see no other way than to
KY special road tax, 1t is evident
a'a proposition t. bond the county
ANn this machinery would be lost,
aaagaln It will hardly become neces-
NY to raise an amount sufficient.
live are to bond am satisfied from
ae number of people | have talked
Win It must be for definite PROPOSE
va and the only way to arrive at that
No have the roat built by Il contract
v Let the coun' ) advertise for bids
complete all the roads under contem-
fta'0n' and when such bids are accept
@Sseem best acI most reliable, then
aus call a bond election for the fixed
'"an1 OF these bids, and let the coun-
zee that the contractor builds the
@S according to contract, and then il
A"es no difference whether the con
4*'of does the work with mules OF
'*uOn engines. All we have to do Is
'''ee mat we get what we are paying
~ ihen, and then only, can we gel
~ y O0nas' When the people know
!" an absolute surety what they are
"'* 70 get for their bonds, they vii
Nu' out not until then. When any
!, a,Ss OF bonding for running tn
! pant and machinery they are talk
\ \ 'or a failure, because no one knows
' !, ", u can do, will do or anything else
!, !. 'aere Is no one here to guarantee
s~!put or even to tell us what it cal
:. '" 10, Tor no one has any exper
!. ns' and as | understand it, is nov
~ y, Without any guarantee whatever
-. sac u that Mr.. Neal does not guar
n. u 70 90 anything, but he tells u
y. ne thinks, which as he is an ex
n road man, would be worth some
/. u We're not that he is selllnl
\ machinery. Hence when you begi1
!. "'a Tor an unknown quantity it vii
.,a Useless But make the quantity an
\. 'S certain then bonds will succeed
NJ uSchlnery can have a piece o