The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
Pertinent Questions Regarding Proposed
Bond Issue For Good Roads Answered
By Polk County Good Roads Association


yearly cost OF maintenance less
than two cents per square yard or
S1O5.60 per mile of nine-foot road.
With this maintenance he states
that the life c. the road is indiii-
mite. When nther material is worn
il must be replaced at the original
ent time g stretch of 80 miles is be-
ing built in Lake county which road
experts nave pronounced to be as
t!ne a road as they have ever seen.
having withstood the recent uii-
precedented rainfall there while the
brick in the adjoining county was
torn up and washed out by the same
rains
No. 11-Why did not the Asso-
citation ask for the construction Of
other roads, also important, but not
included in the system outlined on
accompanying map?
The Association. did ask for othcr
roads than those shown on the map
but were denied, the county CON-
missioners refusing to consider at
this time anything but the main
roads for reasons stated in answer
to question No. 8.
No. 12--What is the route of me
Dixie Highway through Polk
county?
The route of the Dixie Highway
through Folk county is from the
Osceola equity line through
Loughman, Davenport, Haines City.
nucerne Park, Florence Villa, Win
ter Haven, Barlow. Fort Meade TO
Rowling Green, connecting with the
rad through DeSoto county south.
No. 13-Cannot the pledge of the
commissioners to build this portion
If the Dixie Highway be fulfilled
without bonding the county?
The county commissioners have
pledged the completion of the Dixi"
Highway through Polk county by
May 20, 1916, and as this road Is
approximately so miles in length it
cannot be bull. without bond is
sue
No. 14-Wnat would be the prob
able result of failure to carry the
bonds so far as the Dixie Highway
| is concerned?
A failure to carry the bond issue
| would doubtless result in a special
rDad district being formed IN the
north end of tee county by the dis
riots of Winter Haven and Lake
land Immediately after failure to
carry the countrywide bond election,
and petition made to the Dixie
Highway commission to accept this
road to connect with Tampa and
from thence east to Arcadia as a
substitute for the route mentioned
in answer to question u, and 1t Is
considered that the north end OF the
county could easily carry such IN
election.
No. 15-WnY has brick not been
considered favorably?
Brick has not been considered
favorably on account of cost and be-
cause the Association after thor
ough investigation believe that as
phalt will serve the interest of the
county just as we'll, if not better,
than brick, the latter being hard on
all Kinds of vehicles, while asphalt
involves no wear and tear on them
at all.
No. 16--Why should Polk county
taxpayers thus put burden on their
nosterity?
Polk county should no more hesi-
tate to put so called burdens on
their posterity any more than our
ancestors hesitatcG to place them or
us. The great public utilities we en-
| Joy today were the result Of such
| bonding in the last generation
railroads, telephones, telegraph aId
other convenienceG-their rosterity
| 1--WE of this generation) enjoy, in
Guiding the good roads which they
built and left, not as a burden bu;
as a heritage, to their posterity and
by means of which people have got
ten together and formed thickly set
tied and prosperous communities.
No. 1-.-Whv is SO much more
mileage to be constructed in one
commissioners district than anoth-
| err?
More mileage Is called for in one
commissioners district than others
for the reason that one-third of the
entire county is embraced in that
one district, and the plan of con-
Meeting every town in the county
with every other town in the county
simply calls for that much mileage.
In this respect all the districts have
been treated alike.
N 1S-Will this burden not fall
heavily on the small landowner?
No Every member of the Asso-
citation is a property owner and tax