The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-25
GOOD ROADS
MASS MEETING
To Be Held in Mum Park, Lake
land. Wednesday Afternoon.
May !.

The public is showing much inter
.st in the work for good roads. Nine
miles of new roads in Polk count!
are almost completed The county
commissioners are doing splendid
work. Every citizen has a vital IN
l., rest in this matter and should put
his shoulder TO the wheel and make
Polk county the best in the State in
the WAY OF roads. Every citizen of
Polk county should join the Lake
land Highlands Good Roads AssO-
cation, whose field of operation is
| in the TRIANGLE between Lake
land. Mulberry and Barlow.
Every citizen OF Lakeland and Vi
entity is urged To attend this mass
meeting. Come and show your in
tercst. Show to the county commits
sioners that the good work they hay"
done in the past is appreciated.
There is no one item of public i'm
provement that plays such an inn
por,ant part in the upbuilding OF a
county as that of work for good
roads. Good roads are of far reach
ing interest to all property owners.
Tie merchant. manufactures. farm
cl, hotel proprietor. liyeryman and
Tourist know the value of good roads.
II is said that the hotels and good
roads of the east coast are the prime
factors in attracting such a large
number of tourists to that section
OF the state. We. ON the west coast
have the hotels. SO il behOOvcs MS To
work together for the securing OF
good roads.
Money spent for good roads is nj
the greatest benefit TO the greatest
number of people. No other eXpen,
dilurc of public or private money l.
appreciated and enjoyed by as larg,
Il percentage of the population as is
that spent for the building and main
ttnance of a good system of road
ways. There is no other line Of pub
liz Improvement which SO rapidly ad
lanccs the value of property in 4
community, as does the building OF
sood roads
II is known fact that propcrt!
located upon II good road which gives
easy access to markets. is worth
$JO. 900 more per acre, than Is SAINT
quality of land located on an in
icrior road. Not only is property IL
the outlying districts enhanced il
value, but city and town property l.
greatly increased In value when con
, nected with suburban property by ;
system of well laid and well main
tanned rOadways.
: Polk county from 1900 to l9lt
shows an increase in population O
/ $50 per cent Has the increase II
he building of good roads kept pac,
with this increase in population?
We must put forth every effort Il
see that during the next ten year.
from 1910 to 1920 our population
, shall increase more rapidly than IL
I he preceding ten years.
No one item will tend to SO Undue,
( he coming of now settlers to Poll
: county as that Of the building of ;
: system Of good roadways.
The prOgrcssivcncsS of the citi
zcns of Lakeland has been shown an,
proven in the various Improvement
which have been made and whicl
are now contemplated within on
city limits Let us not in the figh
Tor larger and more beautiful Lake
land lose sight Of the great bcnc
fits to be derived. not only by us. bu
, ty our country ncighbors in the up
building and maintenance of goot
: roads.
; DO not fail to be in attendance a,
the mass meeting i'm the iCty park
: the mass meeting in the City park
Wednesday. May I, 1: 80 .. m