The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-07-13

10. II, Il, IL, II ana approximately
four and forty-four hundredths miles
Of the eastern part of road No. 1, Of
Special Road and Bridge District No.
>. for DcSoto County, Fla. be accept
cd the Board 7eserving the right to
Withdraw any roads or parts Of roads,
and the right to specify what portions
Of said roads shall be paved with the
materials bid on. The asphalt used
shall be acceptable to the Board, and
the said W. p. Kennedy Construction
Company is hereby required to enter
into contract secured by good and suf-
ficient bond for the faithful perform
ance Of the conditions thereof.
Moved. seconded and carried, that
the bid Of the Edwards Construction
Company on approximately sixteen
miles Of road No. /. and al Of roads
numbers ., /. ,. II, Is 90 and % Of
Special Road and Bridge District No.
>. If DcSoto County. Florida, be ac-
ucptcd the Board rcserving the right
TO withdraw any roads or parts Of
roads, and the right to specify what
portions n said roads shall be paved
with the materials bid on. and the as
phalt used shall he acceptable to the
said Board. The said Edwards Con
-truction Company Is hereby required
10 enter into contract, secured by
good and sufficient bond, for the
faithful performance of the cOndi-
lions thereof
Moved. seconded and carried that
the viewers report Of Ralph Blair F.
c. Ready and c. McKimpson, be ac-
coptod and that the following he de-
dared a public road to be opened to
a width Of forty feet as soon as funds
are available: Beginning at the CEN
ter Of Palmdale mt the south confer Of
section 81. township 10 south range
30 east. thence east one and a half
miles TO the southeast corner Of sec
tion 80. thence north two miles to
the northeast corner Of section 90
thence east eight and half miles to
the south center of section 20. town
ship 40 south, range 80 east, thence
south one.half mile to Lakeport Hotel
near center of section 20 township 40.
range 80.
The clerk wa. instructed to adver-
tisc for sealed bids for rrubhine and
clearing roads numbers 3 ana /, from
Asa Bailcy's place to the Little Char
lie Creek. If the Special Road and
Bridge District No. .. BIDS TO be re-
ccivod until noon Of Saturday. July
20. 1916.
The clerk was instructed TO adver-
tisc for scaled bids for not less than
three thousand pounds Of dynamite.
for Special Road and Bridge District
No. ., bids to be received up to noon
Of July 22nd.
The following resolution was. by
motion duly made, seconded and car
riod. adopted:
Whereas. There was road laid out
from Motifs to run in an easterlv d.
rcction to !. NJ. Alderman's place
and was voted for in the bond election
on June %, 1914, for the construction
Of improved roads in Special Road
ana Bridge District No. 5. and,
Whereas, The citizens Of the Friend
ship and Moffitt communities did pre-.
sent a petition to the Board Of Coun.
ty Commissioners Of DeSoto County.
asking that this road be located on a
certain route, and,
Whereas The district road engineer
did survey and locate said road on
said route as asked for i'm said petit
ton, and,
Whereas, The county commission
ers did open said road on the route
asked for in the petition and as sur
yeyed by the district road engineer.
and,
Whereas. A certain portion of said
road did cross the land belonging to
The Friendship Methodist church for
purposes, and,
Whereas, Since said road was on
ened by the county commissioners
here have arisen objections to said
'oad crossing the Friendship GENE.
cry land, and,
Whereas, There is a petition before
he board, asking that the part of the
aid road from the new Sweetwater
md Holfo road to J. NJ. Alderman's
lace be discontinued said part being
cross the Friendship cemetery land.
nd therefore,
BE it resolved that, 1t is the opinion
# this board that this road should
ct he discontinued, same having
cen established 10y a vote Of the dis.