The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-07
COUNTY BRIDGE TOLLS
HAVE BEEN DOUBLED
By County Commissioners
Merchants Making
Big Kick.

At the meeting of the board of coun-
| ty commissioners on Wednesday
resolution introduced by Commission
er A. d. Curry and seconded by Com
missioner E. B. Perry, doing away
with the sale of season and all re-
bate tickets for toll on county bridges
was passed, though Hancock and Tur-
ner voted against it. The following
il the resolutions:
Whereas, the time has come when
our toll bridges must be rebuilt, and
whereas, the law provides the toll
shall be at such rates as shall be suf-
nclent to meet the expenses OF such
rebuilding and necessary repairs; and
whereas, under the present system of
giving rebates on tickets we are Who'll
ly unable to meet the aforesaid eX-
penses; resolved, that the bridge ten
ders Of toll bridges be and are here
by instructed to sell no more annual
passes and no more tickets at low
er price than the face value of said
fares, and that the proceeds from
each bridge be kept separate and a2.
piled to such bridge from which said
fund is collected, to be put in sink
ing fund for the repair of said bridge.
There is some bowling in Palatka
among business men over this action.
1t will more than double the price Of
tolls and they believe this will drive
business from the city.
But possibly the resolution was
passed as a war measure.
The county commissioners did some
other things.
They reduced the assessments on
the Palatka Gas Light & Fuel Co.
from $4,000 to $1,000; reduced the
Putnam National Bank to $4O,237;
the East Florida Savings & Trust Co.
to $41,237; State Bank of Palatka to
$4,000; the Bank of Crescent City TO
$4,000; the Stanton Foundry & Ma
chine Co. to $4,000; R. H. Hanley TO
$4,000; H. L. Miller to 5000, and cut
$500 off the personal assessment OF
Col. Hilburn.
The board bought Sway road
drag for $54.O0 and ordered it ship.
ped to Bostwick.
The board also on motion of Mr..
Curry refused to pay the claim of Geo.
b. Selden for services as a member
of the County Board of Bond Trus.
tees. This claim amounted to SI5O.OO
and was only presented last month.
The printing of the county finan-
cial statement was awarded to the
Times Herald,
Good Morning, Judge Haskell.
\ Commissioner Curry evidently was
not feeling well. He introduced this
resolution. which was also seconded
by Com. Perry:
of tho
plants that have come to this ooard
of the frequent absences of our coun-
tv Judge, whereby the business OF the
county pertaining to that office is de-
Lived at the inconvenience of our cit
liens and a financial loss to the coua-
tv. this board deems it to be its duty
to bring these matters to the atten-
ton of our Honorable County Judge.
and ask him to remedy these condi-
tions."
A resolution by Mr.. Curry and Sec
onded by Mr.. Hancock, approprlat-
ing 1925 to supplement the S675 given
bv the U. S. government to promote
AGRICULTURAL interests of the county
was laid on table.
Hon. Bill Hicks was made deputy
sheriff. His bond with s. J. Hilburh
and Geo E. Gay as sureties was sign
ed and approved. :,
Commissioner w. C. Alvers tender
cd his resignation as chairman of the
hoard, giving as his reasons the hard
work attached to the honor, and it was
reluctantly accepted. Mr.: d. T. HaE-
cock, the member from the BostwlcK
district was elected to fill out the un-
expired term as president OF the
board. -,
Commissioner Curry did not re-
resign.