The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
WHITE WAY FOR
LAKELAND IS
ASoUM|NCSHAP?E
BOARD OF TRADE GOVERNORS
WILL GO BEFORE CITY CoUN.
GIL TOAORROW NIGHT
Secretary Holworthy Makes Report
OF What Has Been Accomplished
Looking to Its Installation

At the meeting of the Board of
Governors of the Lakeland Eoard of
Trade, held last night, the secretary
made the following report relative
10 the installation Of the White
Way, which we publish for the in
formation of the public, as it gives
comprehensive account of the
status of the matter. The Board of
/ Governors adopted the report and
decided to 50 before the City Coun-
ell in a body at the REGULAR meeting
tomorrow night, to solicit the sup
! Fort and aid of the city admnistra-
tion in carrying out this admirable
project. The report follows:
10 the Board OF Governors of the
Lakeland Board Of Trailc
Gentlemen Herewith beg to
present you detailed report of
what | have been able to accomplish
With the proposition to install a
White Way for Lakeland.
The rlan to install White Way
for Lakeland was introduced on
March Z of this year and the work
in connection Herewith has been
slowly but persistently pushed since
that time until the present. Seven
city blocks were intended to be in
cluded in this Improvement, but the
secretary would recommend, in view
of certain circumstances he will ex-
plain, that the installation for the
present be confined to fine city
blocks, namely: Main street, from
Massachusetts to Florida avenues.
and Kentucky avenue from Main to
Pine street. More than one hundred
and thirty business men and proper
ty owners have been interviewed
lsomc of them great many times)
80 far as the original idea Is con-
cerned, and nearly one hundred are
involved in the five block area. Two
thousand, two hundred and twenty
five feet of property frontage is in
cluded in this area, which at a cost
.of $3.50 per front foot, calls for an
expenditure Of S3,63750, of which
six hundred and ninetyfive feet is
for FRONTAGE on city property. acst-
ing $1,O42.5O, leaving S2,595 as
the amount actually subscribed by
the property owners and business
Ren for a fro'.ea,,e of fifteen hun
died and thirty iact excepting eour
items on Main street and two On
Kentucky avcnIe 1t is expected
that the KENTUCKY avenue items will
come in with favorable action on tie
part Of the city Cornell and tre
Sln may be said with regard % one
or possibly two o. the items on Nam
street, while, with REGARD to the
other three, the secretary wo"ll ad-
wise dropping out one post, which
tan he done wi'hol very seriou, ci-
fc,t. TIL 'ustallation, as nov pro-
1r.,d ana recommended coils fer
for,y-S"yen posts, or seven more than
ihe minimum specified in he con
tiacts.
The secretary Woun respectfully
ask for the approrr of The work
done and a resolution that the mat
ter be laid before the City Council
at their next meeting, with view
to securing their cooperation, first,
ia the matter Of mabiua an aDpro-
priation or subscription covering
the amount necessary TO" installa-
tion Of the system on cit" property,
and, secondly, after the remaining
installation shall have becn Paid for
to take over and hereafter maintain
the same as part of the street light
ing system of the city.
There has been some criticism of
the proposition in certain quarters,
which, while insi" nift9nt IN 9 way.
has tended to retard s0mr '"at the
matter of universal c' ~}tion.
The action of the Poe ''s been
misunderstood. AS hae 'tated
before this Board and ""etary
h I'VE never had IT," So lea OF
ignoring the City ccui ~ this
matter. They would 70. he IN po-
sitien to do so in a case like this,
where they are relying upon the CO.
operation Of that bod Up to the
present time the Board has not been
IN a pasition to know whether they
he'd anv proposition worthy the at
tenticn of the Council or not ana
fro,ti,unI on Pare ID