The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-29

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/ Sl05.60 per milo of nine-foot road.
With this maintenance he states
I that the life Z. the road is indiii-
/ Rite When ather material is worn
lit must be replaced at the origina!
ent time 2 strctch of 80 miles is be-
ing built IN Lake county which read
experts have pronounced to be as
me road as they have ever seen.
having withstood the recent un-
precedentei rainfall there while the
brick in the adjoining county was
torn up anu washed out by the same
rains.
No. 11-WLt did not .l,e Asso-
citation ask for the construction of
ether roads. also important, but not
included IN the system outlined Gil
accompanying map?
The Association. did ask fer othcr
roads than these shown on the map
/ int were denied the county COM
missioners refusing to consider n
/ This time anything but the main
roads for reasons stated in answer
70 question No 3
No t. What is the route Of me
Dixie Highway through Polk
county?
Tho route ot tho Dixie Highway
through Folk county Is from the
| 0sce0la county line thrnIGn
toushman. Davenport. IIaincs City.
.ncerne Park Florence Villa. Win
ter Haven Barlow. Fort Meade ~
| Bowling Green connecting with the
! nd threr4h u, Soto county south
NO IL Caraot the plcd2e Of t.t
commissioners to build this portion
/ i the na>.c III hway be fulfilled
ithout lond:ps the county?
The eounty commissioners haze
4 pledged the caiunrtion Of the DiNio
Highway .hroseh Polk county ~
! May ~, 1916, ard A. this roal y
approximately ~ miles in iongth ii
cannot ~ liil' without a bond Isl
sue.
No. II What would be the proh
lie resul, OF failure to carry the
bonds so far as the Dixie Highway
| is conceraod2
A faillre to carry the bond issue
would doubtless result in special
road district being formed in the
north end of to- county by the dis
ricts of Winter Haven and lake
land cdiat1ly after failure to
carry tho count -wide bond election.
and a petition made to the Dixie
Highway commission TO accept tiis
road to connect with Tampa and
from theaCe east to Arcadia as a
substitute for the route mentioned
in answer to question ., and 1t is
considered that the north end of the
county could eaGily carry such IN
election.
No Is WV has brick not baan
considered fayorably?
Brick has not been considered |
favorably on account of cost and be-
cause the Association after thor
OUCH Investigation believe that as
phalt will serve the interest of the |
county just as well, if not better,
than brick, the latter being hard on !
all Kinds of vehicles, while asphalt /
involves no wear and tear On them
at all
No. l6 Why should Polk county
taxpayers thus put a burden on their
nosterity?
Polk county should no more hest
tate to put so called burdens on
their posterity any more than our
ancestors hesitatoc to place them or
rs The great public utilities we en-
bonding in the last generation
railroads, tclerhCnes, telegraph and
other convCniences- their poster ty
1--WE of this generation enjoy, III
Guiding the goc! roads which they
built and left. not as burden bu.
as heritage, to their postcrity and
hy means Of which people have cot
ten together aud formed thickly set
tied and prosperous communities.
No. l. Why is so much nor
To be constructed in one
district than anoth-
or?
Nor mileage Is called for in one
commissi oner's district than others
for the reason that one-third of the
entire county Is embraced in that
one district, and the plan of con-
Meeting every town in the county
with every other town in the county
simply calls for that much mileage.
In this respect all the districts have
been treated alike
y. . 1S-Will this burden not fall
heavily on the small landowner?
10 Every member OF the Assoc
cation is a property owner aud tax
payer, just as vitality interested in
toepins down taxes as any onc Use II