The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-04
WORKING FOR
GOOD ROADS
Continued from Page ID

the center OF the TRIANGLE. be-
tween Banana, Seward and Scott
lakes. there has been and is being
made a large improvement in the
building OF Country Club house,
boat houses, school and chapel, golf
course. tennis courts and other in
door and outdoor amusements are be-
ing developed, and the district known
as Lakeland Highlands of approXi-
mately 5000 acres is now open for
settlement in ten and twenty acre
farms which will. within the next
year or two pass into the individual
ownership of approximately five hum
dred families, all of which will make
This section one OF general interest
TO the citizens and property owners
in the TRIANGLE, also to strangers
visiting this section of the county.
This development work has already
enhanced property value for several
miles around. and the geographical
location is such as to make it feasible
10 connect with your established
roads AT comparatively small expense.
ard in doing this you are opening up
a very beautiful and attractive sec
ton of the country. and you are serv-
ing the interest and adding to the
value of all property within the TRI-
ANGLE including the towns of Bar
tow, Lakeland. Mulberry. Christina.
Medmlla and Haskell.
In order to demonstrate our faith
in this project. we have formed our
selves together into Good Roads AS
sociatiOn for IA period of five years
t. cooperate with you in substan-
Iial way in the construction of roads
in this district, if our assistance and
cooperation is acceptable to you. We
nave started on "A five weeks cam
paign for membership and subscrip-
lions in money. labor and teams.
We have secured the services of a
competent engineer to lay out the
roads on proper lines, and the result
OF our first weeks efforts amounts to
$1,000. which We pledge to this in
terest.
We have seen only a few people
but the sentiment for this movement
among them is very strong and We
believe 1t will be possible to increase
the subscription to several thousands
dollars during the next four weeks
campaign. at the end Of which time
we desire to meet with you again to
report results.
We desire to place this fund In
your hands, to be used under your d.
rections, and we have the promise
from . number of our subscribers Of
a much greater support In placing
our funds with you and securing a
liberal county allowance to be. used
on the roads In which we are inter-
ested and a further assurance that
our subscriptions will be used eco
nomically and judiciously.
We desire the work to begin and
to be carried out as nearly as pos
sible as shown in our description and
maps attached hereto and marked
Exhibit "A" and "B'
We beg to inform you that "A part
of this petition may be included in
former petitions to your honorable
board but whatever is included or
duplicated in our petition meets with
the approval of former petitioners
who are members of our Assoriaii ion
and who are cooperating with ms
Respectfully sumbitted,
LAKELAND HIGHLANDS GOOD
ROADS ASSOCIATION,
Per the following authorized COM
miitce
JOHN L. M'CLELLAND
JOHN ID. POLLACK.
e. r. GWYNN.
G. II. ROOT.
g. w. ENGLISH.
&c. WILCOX.
NOAH H. DAVIS.
e. F. BRUSH.
W. F. HALLAM.
DR.. r. r. SULLIVAN.
D. NJ. PIPKIN.
l.. NJ PTPKIN.
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