The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-19
|AVORS ISSUE
ROAD BONDS
/. 0 Hardee Writes Interesting
! # tiard-Surfaced Roads
MI DECREASE TAXES
,..s Past Attempts to Get Roads And
n.,oos,rates How Values Will In
...,.e with Road Improvement
Jensen Fla, Nov. 18th, 1909.

Jensen Fla, Nov. 18th, 1909
q% s,d congratulated myself that
, rssehed the point when ! would not
.,.sr to the public through the news.
!Isr for it seems that when thus
n in on the scene of operations,
~ i a spirit of uneasiness that
.~sates the atmosphere, and feel.
Of charity and forebearance had
..ss,eJ my soul to such an extent,
had allowed my trusty "Foun-
4 Recorder" to take a vacation.
IN this day of activity, no one who
II an interest in things progressive,
1 hng endure the inactivity of a
IN Van Wrinkle" relapse; but to
~ who dislike to see things in the
res with my name attached, | will
E~don't get excited, for | am only
n to talk about good roads in this
Ihrdly can bring myself to believe
4 any, argument needs to be brought
bear on any one to convince them
n we need good roads we simply
,rss to the best method of getting
m. We have, or will have presented
w in very short time, the matter
bonding st. Lucie county for $780,
10 build hard surfaced roads. We
know what taxes we are paying,
have been paying for road purposes
he know also that the taxes have
b Increasing, and we also know that
roads have not been improving.
Ne the road from Fort Pierce to the
6th end of the county, and after the
enendous amount of money that has
h spent on them in the past fifteen
Is, it is a fact, that the road rs
he than it was when the land was
cleared. The money was spent on
road generally. but there was no
Rem, and there never was enough
ey In the treasury at any one time
y the work in a business like man.
and as result, it has been a
khod Of attempting to accomplish a
2 Undertaking with inadequate
pment. The result has been dlsas-
pm, and it is now up to the voters
our county to make the only effort
can possibly accomplish the de-
I'd result.
here are all kinds of reports going
rounds as to the increase OF tax
M i bonds are vOted-l want to say
t here, that while | have not the
ues at hand, that / have, in the
View years, gone into this thing
carefully, and satisfied myself
that taxes were going to be a
~ deal more without bonds than
y them, and if you will examine
Wax notices for this year, you will
mat they are pretty we'll up, but |
y 70 tell you another thing, and
Is this, hard surfaced roads can
@ built throughout lSt. Lucie
IVY by our present system of tax
they can be built by bonding
4 WIN no increase of taxation.
true. that certain localities,
sfs they have material for hard
'selng close at hand, can in time,
Neal roads, hut even then, it is
% cost them as much as if we
@oded and all gotten our roads at
Ime time and placed ourselves on
Us progressive county and de-
'ne benefit of an increased popu-
winch means an enhancement of
Y, Drought about by other people
y mere who will develop property
Up 10 pay the taxes, instead of
~ through to other counties
are wise enough to understand
"a people want who come from
xnere they have good roads. /
mat ! am safe in saying, that
= ssn N this way be lowered in
y bonding.
owned 1000 acres of land and
small portion Of it was in cult
snd | was taxed a very heavy
.ne Improved part and low on
Az improved, land we all know that
improved property that bears
west taxi, which do you think
~ - tne most business like plan
a 70 follow-keep on paying this
ih YAK on the small Improvement
M small tax on the unimproved
=, -. ~. never have any roads, and
y. ses any settlers in to develop the
se Ui tne property; or does It not
4 10y, that it would be a better
oond for good roads and get
NJ ~ mat | could dispose of the
- Suimproyed part AMI get it de-
.a other parties 80 that the
yu!d be raised on that which
x which from the very nature
rissp statioh would make it possible
" oe reduced? 1t would work
Ty-lf | owned LOCO acres,
~ 70 not, but of which there
"A !. thousand in st. Lucie county,,
e, Say 81 acres (which | have)
laying $685. on the 81 acres.
s sm this year., and was pay.
O.OO on ths remsi,ir0 060