The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-13
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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public roads, but that all neighbor-
hood roads are protected by law but
redress for citizens in latter case
rests with the court and not commits
sioners.
The clerk was instructed to write
the comptroller that the board of
commissioners favors some law under
which certain state certificates, say
about fifteen years old, be cancelled
and other certificates be redeemable
without interest, and ask him for sug-
gestions on such law.
The clerk was directed to send TO
Senator Terrell and Representatives
Crosby and Henderson copies of pro-
posed laws, and request them that if
they find that the bill in the matter
of log carts and log wagons will not
be likely to pass in its present form
that they modify it so that it will be
operative in any county only when
put in force by county commission
ers by advertising for thirty days in
newspaper published in that county.
Resolved, that the board of county
commissioners do present protest
against any division of this county
and assert that the people of this
county as a whole are unalterably OPP
posed to any such division and earn
estly request our representatives to
oppose to the utmost any such divis-
ion if attempted; and the clerk is
directed to send copy of this resolu-
ton to our senator and to each of our
representatives
Discussion of mater of building
road at Eastlake on basis of citizens
paying one-third cost was deferred
until next meeting owing to the alb
sence of Commissioner Pyles on ac-
count of sickness.
Mrs. Moorhead's report of canning
club work was received and filed.
Mr.. J.. R. Moorhead, county en-
gineer, filed his report which is as fol
lows:
Ocala, Fla, April z, 1915.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners, Marion County.
Gentlemen: l herewith submit re.
port for March as follows:
District 1. Built on Blitchton road
1913 feet sand clay road IA feet ir
width; made cut and fill of 700 Inca
feet, moving 415 cubic yards of earth
This includes one-half mile of sand.
clay road being built under supervis,
ion of the u. S. government engineer
Cost, 1873 cents per lineal foot OF
1902 per mile.
Repaired Grahamville causeway anC
bridges; graded 1890 feet and repair.
ed all bridges between and 10-mi1t
posts. Graded 600 feet on Daisy road
Scraped Blitchton road from 7-milt
post to 11-mile post. Repaired An
thony road from city limits north t.
4-mile post with lime from Broom pit
Cost of feeding prisoners Is cents pei
J man per day. Cost of feeding mule.
69.1 cents per mule per day.
Built on Fairfield and Flemingtor
road 1888 feet sand-clay and grave
road and 2181 feet lime road; graded
1850 feet and grubbed 600 feet.
Built on West Lowell road 855 fee
sand and gravel and $50 feet lin,
road. Cost cents per lineal foot o.
1864 per mile Graded 440 feet, mad'
fill 80 feet, $50 cubic yards. Cost o.
feeding prisoners Is cents per maj
per day; cost of feeding mules 46.O
cents per mule per day. Total, 81,
1886.
District 2. Built 1866 feet sand
clay and lime road and repaired $685.
feet on Dunnellon road; scrape,
Blitchton road from district line nortI
to near 11-mile post; removed bridg
and put in pipe drain between II an,
12-mile posts. Total, $455.90.
District 8. Report of work dom
carried over for further investigation
Amount of fixed charges $43.91.
District a. Repaired Fort Gate
road and graded $50 feet between i
and 16-mile posts; strawed 215 mile
on Fort Gates road and 115 miles Of
Electra and Salt Springs road; cos
of strawing per mile $11.30. Repair
ed bridges on Connor and Pats Isl
and road and Norwalk road. Repair
ed main bridge 184 feet at Eurek
ferry, putting in SIS pile with new ca,
sills, hubbard and rail; also repaire
fifteen other small bridges and file