Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-11-26
IMAGES OF GOOD ROADS
4, Mann Talks Interestingly
on the Subject.

.onle OF 81. buclo "0"N' -,
c.ste has been rendered The
tor publication by the Jensen
Of Trade ,.
K. williams, Jrp Sec; -,
~ u The 10th just received. The
cannot see my way clear to
NAL shall be in the woods,
Ia sorne 5000 acres Of land be-
! sbout IL miles Of Jacksonville
s,o,dinO south beyond Middle
!. 4 Black river, and the parties
IN here from the west on Monday
AN are delayed I can wire you TO
sasct, and will come
IN write the articles spoken OF,
AoOe they will help you as much as
..me Those who settle up our
INV oct the advantage, for which
.ro willing to pay, and two and
!. dollars an acre land a few years
.Iopq our rock roads is today sell
,s,dIly at from 800 to $500 and
4 a acre. No man worth having
- TO settle on a place where the
ID Is deep or a makeshift road. Such
IA have had their day, and the ques'
\ with us and all progressive sec
M n the State is, what are we oldo
|hh such roads 7? They were better
Al the deep sand, but we are not sat
6sd With them. They have answered
.,If purpose but will not carry the
sis and travel of today and must be
,de over intoup-to-date, 10Th century
sds 1t Is therefore clear that 1t
ould be worse than foolish to build
i, more such roads. 1t is simply
lIosing money away. If my section
.sIres 10 entertain the tourists, and
4 is portion of the settlers coming to
, State, they must put their roads in
Il condition as will show a progress
,nirit, Il has been said "Show me
loads Of a country and l willtell you
Isl kind Of people live in it," Good
rs mean good schools, good church
good dwellieg houses and a pro-
DasIye, intelligent population. Good
Us may be said to be the metre Of
ilzation. You will find few people
bed hunting for home 10 land
ere the people are contented to live
heir ancestors lived, This the 10th
bury, and all are on the lookout fer
etler condition for amassing wealth
Increasing comfort.
ours is favored land. Nature has
h lavish in forming it, and with
hsportation the most sanguine would
dly tx value beyond the price wild
d would readily sell at II con-
led by an up-to-date road with the.
'lde world. Today, while they are
~ Of the world, they are really not
% lar as contributing anything is
'erned toward the owner or the
munlty. The little tax they pay Is |
aln on his income. With the in.
sed value they readily sell, and Of
bring, TO assist in everything, a
Mid citizen from another land who
gs the savings Of a lifetime, and In
J way such a settler lightens the
burden Of every other tax payer in
county.
Perience shows that the increased
q % any line Of road we have so
'pllt have more than paid interest
le money required 10 build them, |
.ne surplus went to decrease every
STAKES.
rs being the case, nearly every
posted man in Jacksonville voted |
~ bond issue Of one million dol
showing good business ability In
%. The voter in our city voued
'opds because he knew 1t would re-
MS taxes. He knew II the mill
o. acres of wild land, which today
sorth little or nothing, we're ever
valuable, they must have trans.
''lon With the outside world, and
roads, with the improved machin.
nay Is today used upon them. gave
9es' Of transportation and the
'esl possible value. in which case
could readily figure these wild
I. with the settlers upon them,
: pay fully half Of the taxes Of the
~ which would greatly reduce
- upon city property.
81 people should readily see that
ans results would follow we're Jour
'Ous1ructed and your millions Of