The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-14

tise for Bids; Petition Tor Gre
ating Bond District Dismissed
The county commissioners met
in regular session on Monday,
Sep. 4. Present: l.. W. White
hurst, chairman, and John Hagan,
D. L. Skipper, w. G. Wells and
w. NJ. Whitten, members.
Part of an unopened public road
at Palm Dale was ordered discon-
tinued because a street OF that
town serves the purpose and fur
ther because the A. c. l.. R.R.
wishes to locate its track and de-
pot OH site Of said road,
Report of John A. Welch, Joel
Bishop and c. G. Brown on the
establishment of a road running
parallel with the bay from Solana
to Cleveland was accepted and the
description of the road ordered
recorded in the minutes of the
board. Mrs. Mary Talley was
placed on the pauper list at $500
a month.
The board adopted the neces-
Sary resolutions for the issuance
of S 23,135.22 bonds for Special
Drainage District No, 10, the
bonds to be issued in denomina-
tions of $4,000 each, to bear 6
per cent. interest, be dated Aug.
1st, 1916, and mature at the end
of ten years. Any member of the
board who is bond trustee for
said district is forbidden to draw
any pay for any service he may
render Gin connection with said
special drain No. TO-"
Changes asked for the grades of
canals "a" and" B" in the Fort
Ogden drainage district were
granted.
At Tuesdays meeting, the
board authorized the chairman to
ask the A. C. l.. R.R. for a month
ly credit for freight to the amount
of $15,000,00, 10 apply at Wau-
chula, Zolfo, Buchanan, Avon
Park and Sebring.
Petition for a public road in
the neighborhood of Sebring and
Avon Park was granted.
Geo. w. Rollins of Joshua
Creek was allowed a pauper pen
sion of $500 month.
Moved and carried, that the re-
port of P. O. Hickman, Joshua Mi
zell and r. S. Windham, a COM
mittee appointed to view and
mark out road beginning at south
west corner northwest quarter of
northwest quarter section II,
township Al south, range % east,
thence north to northeast corner
of northwest quarter of southwest |
quarter section 90, township Al
south, range % east, be received,
placed on file and said road be es-
tablishcd to a width of forty feet,
and that the clerk be directed to
give notice as required by law, of
this action.
At Wednesdays meeting the
clerk was instructed to readver-
tise in The Punta Gorda Herald
for approximately 1000 cubic
Yards of shell to be delivered on
division No. 2 of Punta Gorda
special road and bridge district.
Said bids to be received up till
noon of October 2nd, the board re-
serving the right to reject any
and all bids.
Contract and bond of D. G.
Swami for road work in district
No. 5 was approved and filed.
Moved and carried, that Specl-
ficatiOns of the Peace river bridge
in the Charlotte Harbor special
road and bridge district be receiv-
ed and placed on file, and the
clerk be authorized to advertise
for bids for constructing the same
in the Engineering News, Manu-
facturers Record and Punta Cor
da Herald, to be received up to
noon of October IS, 1916. Plans
and specifications may be found
in the office of the engineer, Bar
tow, in the clerk s office, Ar~"dia.
and in the engineers office at
Punta Gorda.
The bid of the w. P. Kennedy
Construction Company for the
of concrete abutt- j