The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-08
WILL RESTORE THE
BALDWIN TRADE
Road Which Passes Through
Private Property Was Re-
Gently Closed, Thus Pre-
venting Use of Ferry.
Matter Brought to Atten-
ton of Board by Com
missioner Saunders.

To protect the interests OF Escambia
county taxpayers as well as to facili-
tate the travel and business OF this
Baldwin county people and to restore
the big trade from Baldwin county
which consumers and business men Of
Pensacola were recently deprived OF by
the suspension OF traffic as the result
Of closing the hard road near Cum
ming's Point, which passed through
private property, the board OF countJ
commissioners at their regular meet
ing last night instructed the county at
torney to begin condemnation proceed
ings at once to allow the road to be
built through the land owned by Mary
Helton, who is, so far as the commits
sioners are aware, the only person whd
is standing in the way Of building the
road to the ferry at Lillian across the
Perdido river, in Baldwin county. The
latter was brought up by Commission
er Saunders and the motion TO begin
condemnation proceedings was unani-
mously adopted.
The land owned by Mrs. Helton is
near Cummings Point on the Escam-
bia county side, and was part Of the
road which touched the ferry on this
side Of the river
County Attorney John c. Avery was
instructed to begin at once to bring
condemnation proceedings to open the
road and as soon as he is in posses
sion OF aIlstae data, necessary, he VIZ
take me required iegaI sfers ~
r1latfer and Il ss csSpected tlf4t flfe proe
ceedings will be completed durinE neTt
December.
The ferry at Lillian was established
by Chas Barclay, the we'll known
Baldwin county developer and the man
who is pushing that section TO the
front. Mr.. Barclay is president OF the
Baldwin County bank and resides on
his large stock and dairy farm adjoin-
ing the town Of Lillian, fifteen miles
northwest Of Pensacola.
OTHER MATTERS.
The bid of VIM. Loundsberry Of SO
to furnish material and labor to make
repairs to the armory was accepted
+. NJ. Williams submitted a bid OF
S112 for the same work.
A petition granting a right Of way
for an extension Of the Olive hard road
from Whitmire's cemetery 70 connect
with the Ferry Pass hard road was re-
ferred to Chairman Barrineau.
A petition to finish the road front
Shiloh church to Hill Blanton's place.
at Bratts. was granted
Ben Seely will be asked to make the
county an offer covering the damage
sustained by moving a fence and al
lowing the county to build a road
through his field near Millview.
The board will hire twenty state
at $40 per month and main
tenance for each man. They will work
IN Chairman Barrineau's district NO.
{. and will supplement county convict
labor. The convicts will be hired 70
this county by the board Of commis-
sioners of state institutions.
c. w. Upp, of this city, told the
that under the state law
there are about 430 businesses and pro-
ressions which are subject to license
tax and that If the county would en-
ploy him as assistant tax collector or
license inspector at a salary Of 500
per month and five per cent Of collee-
tons, he would bring into the treasury
Of the county at least 100000 per year
additional revenue. The county attOr-
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