The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-23
MR.. H0LWORTHY REPLIES
TO MR.. CROCKETT

ment that cit takes but little intel
ligence to see that Mr.. Noteworthy !
is trying very hard to put sandals
phalt on the streets of Lakeland" !
desire to repeat that I have no in
terest whatever in any particular
kind of material. BY direction o.
the Polk County Good Roads Assoc
citation, more than year ago, did
commence thorough investigation
OF sand-asphalt construction and re-
ported these findings from time to
time to the Board, since which time
almost the entire membership of the
Association, and two or three times
that number outside, have spent
time and money investigating for
themselves. In fact, it was not un-
til after the county commissioners
had gone into the sand-asphalt ques-
tion for themselves and had decided
il was good practical material.
that the Association asked for the
five pieces of demonstration road.
The Polk County Good Roads Asso-
! citation has not even yet asked the
commissioners to use any particu-
lar kind of material This inveseti-
cation and the data and other in
formation obtained. together with a
belief that the county commission
ers will adopt the sand-asphalt con-
struction, urallSysuggested its
POSSIBLE use on the proposed paving
of the streets leading from the city
to the county roads. which woult
thus make them uniform, at least "
, type of construction.
8 In comparing the cost of sandals
I phalt and rocmac, 1t should perhap
y have been made clear that most q
the sand asphalt construction, up t
o the present time, has been tire
a inches in the center running dow
It to a feather edge at the shoulder:
averaging two and one-half inche
IS through, which, on clay, Is consid
J. cred to be thick enough. Mr.. Crock
IS EFT knows well who suggested to m
n the thickness of the rocmac surfa'
a ing. | am not prepared to say whet'
" err three inches of rocmac would !
superior to two and one-half inch'
to of sand-asphalt or not. ! do M
~ think the individual property owl
Is err could decide intelligently wit
a out further information and | a
IN sure Mr.. Crockett could not give
c. satisfactory decision after statir
r. to the city commissioners at the
by last meeting that | knew more abo
nd rocmac than he did.
&C. The bid on sand-asphalt is as bol
fide as is Mr.. Crockett's.
Mr.. Crockett has advised that
did not seem to him practicable
put down rocmac without no
foundation. The Eustis road W
- lut down, not on clay, but on t
natural sand grade and il is in pt
go feet condition after more than t.
and one-half years wear.
have no fault to find with bri
- not at all Good brick, not cul
Simply question of whether we C
Ray the bill. If so, let's have bri
If those who have to pay for it
want it.
~ Mr.. Crockett knows that ] ha
"a already advocated the hearing
EI the property owners on this subje
Isl but do hope that in order to era
81! each individual request, there "
. not have to be as many differt
types of paving on one thoroughf'
as is represented by the different
diyiduaI tastes and desires of
property owners.
Mr.. Crockett. rocmac surfaci
looks good to me, but that is !
the point. Neither of us know mt
about it, but what I hear from
sponsible parties leads me. with o.
little intelligence, to believe d
IL is. when properly constructed,
excellent paving material, and
more intelligence is required Gil
nm man is open to conviction and '
thoroughly investigate for himse
to realize that sand-asphalt, prope
constructed, is an excellent paw
material. 1t is a question of pre-
dice.
~, In conclusion, viii Mr. Croci
admit that have offered in ev
way possible to assist him in {
- ting a sample block of rocmac
at once.
It might easily be thought I