Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-08-26
THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
Dir. Peek Gives Interesting Figures
ReasrGinG tRe Enterprise.


What will it cost? Ask also what it
Is costing us to do without It? What
our losses are this season alone for want
of It? What they may be many seasons
10 come?
With all this alluvisl soil of Alligator
creek snd its tributaries drained, there
Nv draining also for safe cultivation the
thousands Of acres of fertile lands ada
ksnt whence the water flows into said
-ssek and it's branches, we would have
- Of the most attractive and profit
rtdncing sections in all Florida. The
radalating "fat-woods" pine lands,
I'D deep loan top soil and clay sub
10 IRE proving out as the best class in
is Bfste. Some Of our farmers have
srtady reached 80 to So bushels corn
II core, 1000 to 1900 pounds sea island
!, sxrtoa pr acre, 100 to 100 bushels straw
f5rriss per acre, and splendid crops of
: s6ts, hay, potatoes, and q great variety
4 vegetables. Our best soil, however,
Z that which requires the most drain
ses By ditching the fertile Iowlands
"a et the same time make safe the un-
arlsting upper lands and thus more than
dcuble the value of the whole.
here is the approximate estimate:
Commencing at Rowell lake and fol-
l1FiDg up Alligator creek and its sever
4 Dranches Is far east as the Clay coun.
- line, the drainage area would be about
80 acres.
niles canal 40 It. wide, 5 It. deep, &c
~ cnhtc yard iiJ go
ssnsiss canal 90 It. wide, 5 It. deep, &c
II cubic yard ------------.--- 3,aa
3sep &c per cable yd------------- 2,56C
sl7, Oe(
Allow for other bitches that may be
t,nnd necessary and make it &C ever
<fo,CC0. We would have six years to
5ay this by special drainage tax, psya
&c one-siXth annually. This would be
ally. Ss,S8S and interest annually
1fich, assessed on all realty in the
t1inage district, based on present as
<aneutP, wculd make individual annu
N payments small indeed when com
eEsd with the benefits arising from the
MANAGE. When engineers estimate thu
e scrip could be issued for the whole
&lscut, payable in six years at Pc
n. interest. This scrip could be SOLD
b, cash TO dig the canals and bitches a
he 4O-foot and 20-foot canals Womb
-nire . steam dredge. This dredg
.rat would cost whoever bid in the con
|.>et about $1,000. It would dig an,
ID out all stumps in the right of wa.
3 inmp them out on shore. The 10
4 literal bitches would have to be du
hand.
A. the great benefit 20 town and coun
Eouid exceed the cost 30 many time
sf, the drainage would simply prove
- and conservative business proposi
un fck the good and gain of all COZ
ssd.
re gain in land values alone woul
q least 100000 The gain on cit
Icperty values would be corresponding
kreat. The greatest benefit to on
s Nm would be the sewerage outlet til
.,al would furnish. The canal froI
~ lake up 70 the railroad could be 6u
hat the RowelI lake water woul
~ rp opposite the town, and give I
,et ccmmunication to Sampson Jun
81 a. well as sewerage outlet.
Ne can do this drainage right nov
5'use to wait. The quicker it is dol
easier we can pay the cost. The i
81sse and safety OF crops annual
<b1ld easily pay the whole cost in pO
by one crop year.
4 would Suggest that few citizen
no are most interested in securing Oh
fainage, meet in Starke Saturday, "a
40, ~ % U ClOCA u. ~ Va S"eAiN'S -
60sk AMI go to work, get up maps al
zcriptions of drainage district, prese
sessed values of all realty therein, a
t&oximate location of canals and ditch
ksposed and probable cost Of SAN
Have some good lawyer prepare the
e'ions strctly il accordanc with t
s1ssute relating to drainage distric
fhen solicit the signature Of every pre-
zkty owner in the drainage territory a
resent the petition before the board
bounty commissioners at their reguI
heeting on Monday. September 9TH.
Should the commissioners entertain
Ayorably, they will advertise, etc.
st forth in my first article on this 81
fiect-of drainage. 1t is great move
the good of all II You want to carry
4 through, give enough Of your time a
energy and do what the law requires
the premises.
G. L. PEEK
SeniemheP Examination.