The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-10
FOR PALATKA
ORANGE SPRINGS ROAD
Laid Before County Commits
sionerS For Action in
January. e.,

Rapid progress is being made in the
good roads campaign for sandals
phalt highway from Palatka to Or
ange Springs.
At the meeting of the county COM
missioners on Tuesday a petition with
the requisite number of signatures
calling for an election to vote on 4
bond issue for the construction of a
permanent road and bridge w;.s sub
ritted. This petition, under the law,
will not be acted on for thirty days,
when the authorities will pass on its
validity, and if they find that the re-
quired number of qualified voters have
signed the same, an election will be
ordered.
In general terms, the description
and proposed location of the road and
bridge to be constructed and the
amount estimated as being necessary
to pay for the construction of same
is as follows:
A road beginning at a point on the
present Palatka, Peniel and Rodman
road where same is crossed by the
East and West Quarter Section lines
of Sections % and 29of Township 10
south, Range 26 east, and following
said public road in southwesterly
direction as now located to Rodman,
then westerly following the present
public road running from Rodman to
Kenwood, thence southwesterly along
the present public road running from
Kenwood to Orange Springs to a
point where said road is crossed BY
the East and West Quarter Section
Lines of Section 20, Township IL s,
Range "a E., thence west along said
quarter section line to the east line
of section 49, thence west along the
quarter section line of section 20 to
the center of said section, thence
south along quarter section line CT
sections 10 and 30 of Township IL s.,
range "a E., to where said line crosses
Orange Creek, the said road to be
raved nine (9) feet wide with sand
asphalt and sand asphalt curbing to
be used. The said entire road is to
be eighteen and one-half Us l-2)
miles long
The estimated cost of grading, curb
ing and paving is forty-one hundred
collars per lille Npt,lUOJ'
The total estimated cost is S75,35O
A bridge to be built of concrete, one
hundred feet long, over Deep Creek,
where the above described road cross
es said creek, at an estimated cost Of
two thousand dollars ($2,000).
The said proposed road and bridge
are within the territory hereinabovc
described.
Estimated cost for engineers ser.
vices in constructing said road and
bridge is twenty-five hundred dollars
The entire estimated cost of con-
structing said road and bridge is
thousand eight hundred
and fifty dollars.
The cost of such construction is to
be paid for by the issue and sale OF
bonds to be issued according to law
on or against the special road and
bridge district when constituted. Pc
TONERS ask that said bonds be paid as
follows: $4,000 ten years after date
If issuance; $4,000 fifteen years af-
.er date of issuance; $21 800 twenty |
years after date of issuance; and
S2S,35O twenty-five years after date |
If issuance; and further, that said
ponds shall bear interest from date of |
ISSUANCE at the rate of six per cent |
Ter annum, the interest to be due and |
payable semi-annually and represent |
ID by interest coupons, and that each |
,ond shall be for the principal sum
If $1,000.
The petitioners further ask that |
aid special district be designated as /
Special Road and Bridge District |
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