The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-17
Sand Oil A Good
Roads Suggestion

good as the best, is the opinion
OF +. Q. Miller, president OF the
Florida State Good Roads AS
sociation, and r. L. Boyd, a wei
known citizen OF this city. Mr.
Miller in an interesting manner
yesterday explained the saving
OF two-thirds in cost as we'll az
the fact that at Eustis such high
ways have proven to be most
satisfactory.
From a recent trip to that sec
ton OF the state Mr.. Boyd re-
turned with a sample of a road
there which has been in use for
three years. 1t is shown that
the roads as constructed harden
and improve with age. AS a re-
suit of the showing made there
by this road there will be half
million dollars or SO spent
around Eustis on the country
roads. The bonds for this pur-
pose have been issued and sold.
May Means a Campaign
That the showing made by
properly constructed sand-oil
roads in this state will offset the
prejudice created against the
same as the result Of an improp
erly constructed road in this
county some years ago is the be-
lief of those who favor the same.
1t is stated that a well known
Floridian states that he would
be glad to contract to construct
sand-oil roads at $4,000 per mile,
while brick construction usually
cost at least $4,000 per mile.
1t is believed that this type OF
construction will become fea-
ture of the good roads propagan-
da which is soon to begin in this
state. The roads are construct
ed by means of mixing asphaltic
oils with the native sand of the
state. The winds in addition
to this spread from time to time
a coating of sand over the roads
so constructed. Recoating such
roads now and then with asphalt
tic oils is matter of only nomi-
nal cost it is shown.
History of the Movement.
The movement for sand-oil
roads started in this county with
the construction of about two
miles of roadway in the year
1907. This road, it is said, was
not properly constructed and
for this reason it was later COW
cred with shell. This, it is
believed caused a prejudice
against the construction of sand
oil roads.
The movement was proposed
in an address by the late Hon.
A. S. Mann, "the father OF the
Florida good roads movement, IT,
in an address before the board OF
county commissioners. Follow
ing this a commission to investi-
gate the sand-oil roads of Cali
fornia was authorized by the
board of county commissioners.
This commission was compoed
of Hon. A. S. Mann, DR.. w. M.
Stinson and Charles H. Mann
On their returning from Cali
fornia they made favorable re-
port on such road construction.
Basis of the Movement.
The basis of the movement for
the building of roads in this
state after the sand-oil method
is the practical nature OF the
road already constructed at Eus-
tbs and also of the report of J.
w. Abbot, United States rep
resentative, at one time of Cali
fornia.
Judge H. B. Phillips, DR.. w.
M. Stinson and F. o. Miller in
spected the sand-oil construc-
ton at Eustis two years ago and
found the same satisfactory in
their judgment for all practical
traffic proposes. The delivery of
a sample by R. L. Boyd of this
several year old roadway makes
President Miller and others Off
GERS of the Florida State Good
Rroads Association believe that
sand-oil is the proper type OF
construction for the future roads
of this county at least.-Times'
Union.