The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-31

/ - easily Hohc dfu "AtHOut expert az
sistance. This makes the average
yearly cost OF maintenance Jess
than two cents per square yard or
S105.60 per mile of nine-foot road.
With this maintenance he states
that the life {. the road is indiii-
rite. When nther material is worn
! il must be replaced at the origina!
ent time strctch of 80 miles is be-
ing built ii Lake county which road
experts nave pronounced to be as
ene road as they have ever seen.
having withstood the recent ul-
precedentei rainfall there while the
brick in the adjoining county was
torn up and washed out by the same
rains.
No. l1-WEy did not The Asso-
citation ask for the construction Of
other roads, also important, but not
included IN the system outlined on
| accompanying map?
The Association. did ask for Other
roads than those shown on the map
but were denied. the county COM
missioners refusing to consider at
this time anything but the main
roads for reasons stated in answer
to question No 3.
No. 12--What is the route of the
Dixie Highway through Polk
! county?
The route of the Dixie Highway
| through Folk county is from the
Osceola County line through
Ioughman, Davenport, Haines City.
aucerne Park, Florence villa. Win
ter Haven, Barlow, Fort Meade TO
Bowling Green, connecting with the
rad through DtSoto county south
No. 1S-Cacnot the pledge of TIE
commissioners to build this portion
| # the Dixie Highway be fulfilled
! v ithout tonding the county?
The county commissioners have
pledged the completion of the Dixie
Highway through Polk county fy
May 20, 1916, and as this road is
approximately so miles in length it
cannot be built without bond is
sue.
No. 1i-Wnat would be the prob
able result of failure to carry the
is concerned?
A failure to carry the bond issue
would doubtless result in a special
road district being formed in the
north end of tee county by the dis
riots of Winte, Haven and Lake
land Immediately after failure to
carry the county -wide bond election,
and a petition made to the Dixie
Highway commission to accept tAs
road to connect with Tampa and
from thenCc east to Arcadia as a
substitute for the route mentioned
in answer to question 10, and it Is
considered that the north end of the
county could easily carry such IN
election.
No. 15-Wny has brick not been
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 burden on their
rosterity?
Polk county should no more hesl-
tate to put so called burdens on
their postcrity any more than our
besitatcc to place them or
us The great public utilities we en-
Joy today were :he result If such |
bonding in the last generation
railroads, telephones, telegraph aId |
other convt nienceG their nostcrIty |
TIVE of this Goncration) enjoy, III
Guiding the GOO! roads which they
built and left, rot as a burden but
as heritage, to their postcrity and
by means Of which people hay" cot
ten together and formed thickly set
lied and prosperous communities.
10. IL Why is so much norr
To be constructed in. one
district than anoth-
er?
More mileage Is called for in one
district than others
or the reason that one-third of the
,ntire county is embraced in that
Ine district. and the plan of con-
lecting every town in the county
With every other town in the county
imply calls for that much mileage.
n this respect all the districts have
,een treated alike.
No 1S-Will this burden not fall
leavily on the small landowner?
10 Every mernber of the Asso-