The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1909-05-29
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MET At THE ARMORY
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Friday Afternoon of Last Week
to Investigate Matter Of
Bridge Tolls.
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! Four members of the Board or
County Commissioners and the
clerk met at the Armory Friday at
terncon of last week and for two
hours or more listened to the argu-
ments pro and con regarding the
bridge question on the subject OF
the reduction of tolls on the Central
and South Bridges, which had been
brought before them some time age.
The members present were DR.. Geo.
". Fisher, chairman; J. G. Cade, OF
Emporia; J. w. Owens, of Oak Hill;
W. D. Bradshaw, Of this district,
and the clerk, S. D. Jordan, of De-
Land.
There was quite a large attend
ance for this season of the year, in
dicative of the interest of the citl-
zens in the subject.
The meeting having been called
! to order shortly after 200 O'Clock,
! the clerk read the petition which
had been presented to the Commits
sioners signed by some fifty or more
j representative business men and
citizens of the city. and the
chairman stated that the object of
the meeting was to give the CON-
missioners better insight of the
matter by h caring both sides OF the
; matter presented.
Attorney T. f. Fitzgerald, whose
! name headed the petition, was called
! upon by Chairman Fisher. Mr..
! Fitzgerald stated that many signers
of the petition were not in the city
having gone north for the summer.
He thought the Commissioners
should have access to the books
: and they could only get at fair adj
: Iustment of the matter by seeing the
: said books.
Mr.. jordan read a communlca
ton from the bridge companies in
: regard to the proposed coupon
I tickets good on all bridges and :
I letter from B. L. Armstrong on thu
: subject.
!: Mr.. Fitzgerald said the letter wa'
! evasive and did not state the dlvl-
. dends or show the surplus on hand
= II. y. Stillman next took the floor
He stated that he wished it under
. stood that he was acting as stock
: holder, as he had been enjolned b!
: the court from acting in the capaclt.
: of director. He spoke at consid
: cradle length, giving conditions a
: he understood them and approx
: mate figures only as he said b
y could not gain access to the book
- nf the company which were in til
= office at New London, Ct, an
! neither could he obtain complet
! statement of the affairs of the con
I pany. Mr.. Stillman said he believe
! the present tolls could be cut i
: half and still leave fair interest o
: the investment He thought tt
: lbooks should be kept in Dayton
I the headquarters Of the compan
Z instead of at New London, Ct
I S. II. Cove, manager for tt
( bridge companies, followed. M
: Cove made general denial of tt
~ statements made by Mr. Stillm;
- and SAID the public was laborir
under mistake as to the profits
2 the companies. He said the Cent?
z Bridge WAS the only one that ]
= turned surplus and that much
Z the receipts were eaten up III
: pairs,
Z DIR. J. II. Pierson, W. H. Pete
z IT. F. Williams, DR.. J. A. Van V
: zah, Elmer Oliver, F.. J. Mills,
: F. Burgman, +. G.. Clark, H.
: Thompson, K. l.. Smith, G. B. S
: man. Mayor +. W. Greene. Attorr
Z F. W. Pope, Jr., and others took
2 hand in the discussion.
Z Mr.. Pope, who spoke in favor
- the bridge company, said MIR. Go
- was the most competant to g
facts concerning the matter as
had personal knowledge of
affairs of the company, while "
+ the others it was merely guess VIC
Mr.. Fitzgerald scored a hit vi
he made the statement that
bridge company never submitted
change uf schedule to the conn
~ sioners until forced to do 80
popular clamor. They simply