The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-06-04

where it intersects with the Stokes
ferry road, which is as follows:
June 2, 1908.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentleman Of the
Board:-I visited the hard road that
is now in construction at DunnellOn
yesterday. l measured up 1850 feet
O.. "a miles Of said hard road that Is
hearing completion. l measured the
width Of the road in several places
and found the hard surface to be 10
f.. and in. wide. With pick and
shovel | dug through the hard sur
face at what 1 considered an average
thickness of the road in the center
and found it to be inches thick The
stumps and trees are not all removed
from the out edges of the road yet
but is being rapidly done.
The material used in the hardening
Of this road is a poor grade of clay
Of which / very much regret, but the
contractors tell me that after a thor
Cugh search, nothing better is OBJ
Ia Unable. Respectfully.
j. NJ. Mathews. Com. B
The following order was made: It
was upon motion ordered that an ad-
vance payment be made to the con-
tractors Anderson and Boswell as the
Payment under the contract $1400
IN accordance with report as filed by
Commissioner Mathews.
A petition was filed asking that the
public road be opened leading from
Smoak PostOffice to the town of Mar
TIN described as follows:
g,
and Smoak Postoffice road intersects
the discontinued Pennington and
Ocala road in section twenty-fo four
township thirteen, range twenty, and
running in a southeasterly direction
on the road bed of the said Fleming
ten and Ocala road. through sections
twenty four, twenty-five and twenty
SIX of township thirteen, range TWEEN
tA, and through and to the south
boundary of section six, township
fourteen, range twenty one thence
east on section line dividing sections
six, seven, five, eight, four, nine, three
and ten Of township fourteen. range
twenty-one to the northwest corner
Of lot one, town of Martel, thence
south through -- street 210 yards
to the intersection Of the Martin ami
Anthony road. Petition laid over un.
I'll the next regular meeting of tn.
Board.
Ed Richardson, an imbecile. was or
dered to be taken to the poor farm
and the assistance with which the
Board has heretofore been given him
was ordered discontinued
The Board thereupon approved
bends for carrying fire. and or
dered licenses issued as follows
George r. Johns, R. M. Long
Charles J. Rast, James H. Holford
Thomas H, Barwell
The following notary bonds were
approved:
L. l.. Dekle, with J. G. Ferguson and
:. G. Dekle as sureties.
n. S. Priest, with Charlton Priest
and c. A. Martin as sureties. Sam
ue! r. Hall, with Loren Squier and
Fred A. Hall sureties.
The Clerk of the Court presented
bis pay-rollsl for witnesses serving in
the Circuit Court, which were approx
ed by the Board.
The following persons presented ap-
r!lcations for pensions. Their claims
were examined and approved as fol-
lows:
w. N. Tucker, Rhoda A. Mcclure
Benjamin Crimson, Lew M. Baldwin
Eimira Wood, James L. Beck, F. NJ
Townsend
The Board having agreed to have
the gas fixtures put in the Court
House. the, following letter was filed
for information:
Ocala, Florida, May Goth, 1908.
The Board of County Commissioners
Marion County, Fla.
Gentlemen:-
We beg to confirm the price made
you by our Mr.. G. w. Hunter. /. e.
trat of one dollar and fifty cents net
FER thousand cubic feet, for gas con-
sumed in the Court House at Ocala
Florida. Very respectfully,
Citizens Gas Company,
Per c. w. Hunter
The Board thereupon adjourned un-
til tomorrow morning at eight o'clock
Wednesday, June 3rd, 1908.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
nent. All members present
communication was received from
Mrs. William Hooker, President of the
Women's Civic League, requesting
that the Court House janitor be in
structed to thoroughly cleanse the two
public drinking fountains round the
square every Monday morning. The
request granted and so ordered
petition was filed by Commissions
er Fort requesting the Board to grant
public neighborhood road, viz:
Beginning at a point on the Electra