The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-16

out a public road, leading from Fort
Mccoy to Eureka, and Strengthening
up the river road from section 16-13-24
to a point in section S-13-24, beg to re-
port that we have gone over the
routes with Mr.. Alex Moorhead, coun-
ty surveyor, commencing at the half
section line on the south line of sec
1888. thence east along the sec
ton line to a point 1885 feet east of
the northwest corner of the northeast
quarter of sec 1S-13-24, thence 1920
it, thence east on the quarter sec line
where it intersects the present coun-
ty road in sec S-13-24. The river road
commencing at the sw cor of the swA
of sec 16-13-24, thence north on the
section line to the to the ne cor of
the nell of sec S-13-24, thence west
on the half section line 1870 feet,
where it intersects the present coun-
ty road, we find these routes both very
desirable, free from ponds and
swamps, and easily built We would,
therefore, highly recommend these
routes to your honorable body as be-
ing very practical and desirable for
county roads. Read and on motion
of Commissioner Proctor, report was
received and proper advertisements
ordered made
Letter by Mr. Frank A. league to
Mr. George MacKay as follows:
Lady Lake, Fla, Aug. l, 1912.
Mr. Geo. MacKay, Ocala, Fla:
Dear Sir-The county commission
ers of this county have asked me sew
eral times lately why the commission
ers of Marion had not complied with
their promise to complete the hard
road from North Lake Weir to the
county line. The commissioners and
people who assisted in building the
hard road from Lady Lake to the Ma
rion county line feel, and justly so,
that Marion county is in honor bound
to complete this road.
You We're a member of the board of
county commissioners of Marion
county at the time, and will remem-
Der that the commissioners of both
counties recognized the Importance of
completing this road, as it was a part
OF the most prominent highway
through central Florida. You will
also remember that both counties
promised to complete this road to
their respective county lines. Lake
county has complied with this prom
Use, building it's road to the county
line two years ago.
Will you please remind the commits
sioners of Marion that their part of
this road is still unfinished, and as
sure them that the people all along
the line from Gainesville to Orlando
will be grateful, when this, the only
unfinished gap in the central high
way, is completed.
Yours very truly.
FRANK A. LEAGUE.
Letter by Mr.. George MacKay to
Mr. w. j. Crosby as follows
Ocala, Fla, Aug. 5, 1912.
Hon w J. Crosby, Ocala, Fla.
My Dear Sir-Herewith | enclose
letter received from Mr. league,
which is self-explanatory My inten-
ton was to go before you, and | have
so promised in my letter to Mr. TIA
que, but | find that | save to go away,
and that I will be very busy, and it is
just possible | cannot go to your
meeting. | would therefore, appreci-
ate it if you could bring this matter
up. The old board will recollect the
circumstances. We undoubtedly made
such promises to the Lake county
board as influenced them in coming
to the line with their hard road. And
possibly, as you know, the new road
would be of little value to me person
ally, as | rarely use it. at the same
time a great many of Marion county
tax payers would use it. and it is I'M
doubtedly a missing link on that
route. l would appreciate it if you
would take this up, and personally
write me a note of the boards decis-
ion in order that | might send it to
Mr. league.
/ recOnect that Mr. league, one day
at Leesburg, asked me the question,
| if Marion county really meant to
come to the line, and | advised him
| that Marion's commissioners meant
exactly what they wrote
Yours truly.
GEO. MACKAY.
Letters read and filed.
On motion of Commissioner Proc
tor it was ordered that the clerk in
struct Mr. league that it is the in
tention of this board in few months
to begin work on and finish this road
to the Lake county line to connect
the North Lake Weir road to the
Leesburg- Orlando hard road
Petition by Frank Isabel ct al, as
| follows: We, the undersigned, re-
| specially ask your honorable body
| to lay out and open up a road as fol-
| lows: Commencing at NV cor of swH
of sec u, tip II, %, e. thence south
on section line for one mile, where it
| intersects with Summerfield and LIE
Won highway. Read, and on motion