The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-26
TO KEEP
IN MIDDLE OF
FINE ROADWAY
COUNTY COMMISSIONER ARE
GOING TO INSIST THAT AUTO
MOBILES BE OPERATED IN
CENTRE OF, CEMETERY HIGH
WAY.

Report of the manner in which some
automobiles are driven along the edge
of the national cemetery road as far
as Bayou Grande was brought to the
attention of the board of county COM
missioners last night by CommIs-
sioner Davis. and as the discussion
resolved to post notices in the future
to inform autoists that they must
keep to the centre of the road. The
action was decided upon and will be
later complied with. There was no
way of forcing the automobile drivers
to observe the rule, but it was the
opinion of the board that a request
would be ample, as the autoists de-
sired good roads, and would he the
last to Intentionally damage any high
way. Commissioner Brown said that
it was his opinion if notices as sug-
gested were posted they would. be
willingly complied with as the drivers
would know it was for the life of
the road that they were thus being in
formed.
Wheels of the autos, the board was
informed, had cut down into the
edges of the roadway and had started
to force the gravel out into the sand
and grass. In a short time, it was
represented, large, deep ruts would be
cut, damaging to great extent, the
road.
Whose Is It?
Talking of the auto damage to the
road, which is the national cemetery
roadway from the city to the Barran-
cas- cemetery, the opinion was ex-
pressed that there were trespassers
on the roadway, and this brought out
another question of interest. 1t was
a question just who had the right of
regulation there, whether the govern
ment or the county. The right OF
way, as the minutes reported 1t, had
been given to the government by the
county in 1898, in the month of Feb
ruary, and at the time it called for a
right in conformity with a survey
of Civil Engineer Owen, of the War
Department. The right had original
" been given so feet wide. When
the question of trespassing came up,
it was then asked who was to stop it,
whether the government or the coun-
ty The minutes of the proceedings
were Drought lIOHl Inc vault anu
consulted. The boards attorney said
that the right of way had been estab-
lished all right, and 1t was his opin-
ion that there were some trespassers,
as Commissioner Davis reported that
in at least one place the roadway had
been narrowed by fences to forty
feet or less. Then it was the county
attorney asked that the road super
visor procure names of these alleged
trespassers and present them to the
board It was stated that road to
connect with the cemetery road, and
which passes the Knowles residence,
is being trespassed upon, one man
having constructed a house near the
roadway centre. All this, however,
will come to light when the suits as
at present in contemplation are
brought to an issue.
Warning to Autoists.
The board was informed that the
government on the other side OF
Bayou Grande, which is the govern
ment reservation, has posted notices
warning autoists not to speed above
thirty miles on that stretch under
penalty of being handled by the mill
tary authorities. The board also
heard that no such notice had been
posted on this side of the bayou
named hence it was the conclusion
that the government exercised no
right on this side, or between the two
bayous. That it was the county's duty
to protect the right of way was ap-
parent, the board thought, and served
the order above noted on the road
supervisor.