The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-03-16

from Blitchton road to Martel, to wit:
Commencing on south side of Ocala
and 3litchton hard road where same
interseets sec. line dividing sections
and 4 of township Is 5, of range p
e., thence following said section line
south between sections and 4, 9 and
10, ID and Is of township 10 of
range q e., 70 where said section
line intersects north side of Ocala and
Martel hard road, and appointed the
following gentlemen as commissioners
10 view mark and lay out the route of
said road. Messrs. Frank Abate, A. s.
Pickett and ". L. Hall. All the ex-
pense OF opening the road, etc, TO be
borne by the petitioners.
Commissioner earn and County En-
gineer Moorehead made report IN the
matter of the request Of Mr.. Tison and
others as to the west Anthony road
and the road from the Wire road TO
west road. that neither road seemed
: to be q public road. The matter was
+ laid over for further investigation
/ The Levon and Belleview road as
/ follows: Beginning at a. point about
the center of section IA, running ne
( through sections IA and II TO inter
section with the Wright and Lucius
road, township II, r. %, is hereby de-
clared abrogated-
The following: Beginning at sw cor
section u, run sw one mile to inter
sect with Wright and Lucius road in
township II s, %, Is hereby declared
public road, all legal steps in the
premises having been heretofore COM
piled with.
The board ordered that three split
log drags be obtained and the matter
is placed in the hands of the county
engineer and Commissioner Pyles.
/ The request to change the Eureka
and Orange Springs road was referred
to the citizens of the community who
will have to make the change in the
regular manner by petition and de-
fray all expenses involved.
The offer of citizens of precinct No.
10 10 place In the county treasury In
the hard road fund, $1,000, or more
with the understanding that the coun-
ity of Marion should expend it on
Strengthening out and hardening the
road from the post office at Stanton
to Starke's ferry and in addition the
icounty to expend for the same pur-
pose an equal amount in 1915 and an
equal amount in 1916. The said ex-
penditures by Marion county to con-
sist not of county money except the
money placed in the road fund by cit
liens of precinct 10, but of work by
Ecounty convicts, teams, overseers, etc
Notary public bond of w. H. Palmer
was approved.
Notary public bond of D. H. Sey-
mour was approved.
Deputy sheriff bond of J. S. Wills
was approved.
Pistol bond of Noble w. Harrison
was approved and permit granted.
Report of Mrs. ]. R. Moorehead
was filed.
Report of county engineer, ]. R
Moorehead, as follows:
i Ocala. Fla, March 5, 1915.
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners, Gentlemen:
l herewith submit my report OF
work on public roads for the month
4 of February as follows:
r District No. /: Repaired Silver
( Springs and Grahamville road be
tween z and 10 mile post; repaired
: Burbank road north to Ii mile post
: Total $235.42.
= District 2: Built 1888 feet and grad
: ed 1920 feet on the Dunnellon roac
,
river; built 1855 feet sand-clay roaC
). on Fairfield and Pennington road, alsC
2 constructed concrete culvert acros!
E Smith branch and completed fill; cos
a of road As cents per lineal foot or a
the rate of $242.9 per mile; cost OF
: feeding prisoners 1874 per man pc
d day; cost of feeding mules IS cents
r per mule per day ;built 1900 feet O
sand-clay road on Blitchton road, COS
: CT cents per lineal foot or $353.7 pc
: mile; cost of feeding prisoners 16.i
S cents per day, per man; cost of feed
5 ing mules Gil per mule, per day. To
tai S1,089.48.
: District 8: Repaired Heather Islam,
d causeway and strawed l mile from
i same to Gambler; opened u miles an,
n built 1 II miles fence on the Adam
Vogt road; repaired $50 feet causewa,
c on the Oklawaha and Orange Ave
: roads; cost $40 per mile, total S484.07
+. District 4: Repaired Orange Ham
f mock and Altoona road, strawed 81
h miles on Moss Bluff and Sharps ferr,
1, road; graded u mile on Henderso
road; repairs on Eureka ferry bridg
% underway. Repaired miles on Nor
n walk road and l mile on Astor an
o Daytona road; strawed 3 miles o.
Lynn and Astor road; cost of straw
IS ing $17.55 per mile. Repaired 1 mil
: on Ft. Gates road; total $586.33.
District 5: Built 4437 feet grave
n and sand clay road on Fairfield an
: Pennington road; cost 6.76 per Inca
r. foot or S356.9 per mile; cost of feed
i ing prisoners 1874 cents per day pc
d man; cost of feeding mules 45 cent
: per mule, per day. Scraped Anthem.
e and Citra road from Spar to Citra
: repaired two miles and strawed AZ
i miles on Anthony and Fl. Mccoy road
il cost of strawing $30.71 per mile
Strawed 81 miles on Fit. Mccoy AM
e Eureka road; cost SIS per mile. To
r. tai S713.44.
: Total for the month S3,198.74.
e Respectfully submitted,
JAS r. Moorehead, Sutp. Roads
t was filed.
d Report of S. J. McCully was filed.
d John p. Galloway, sheriff, filed IN
report to the state auditor.
Y County Judge w. E. Smith, filed Ger
! tifcates of convictions during mont
Of February.
o Communication from j. B. Simontol
h read and filed.
n Communication of H. NJ. Hampton
p on behalf of Mrs. Pauline William
t was read and laid over until the mex
h meeting Of the board.
d Communication of R. S. Rogers con
+ corning plats. etc. read and filed.