The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-10-26
Wednesday, October 18th,

The County Commissioners me
in adjourned session with Chair
man Whitehurst presiding anc
Commissioners John Hagan, d. l.
Skipper and w. NJ. Whitten pres
ent.
The hour having arrived, bids
for the construction of the bridge
across Charlotte Harbor in Char
lotte Harbor Special Road and
Bridge District, were opened.
The following firms and individ
uals filed bids: Luten Bridge
Company, Virginia Bridge and /
ron Company, Austin Brothers
Converse Bridge and Steel Com
pany, Bryan & Company, F. w
Long & Company, and Frank j.
Stamm & Son. The bids were
read in open session before the
board, and were referred to the
engineer for the said district for
tabulation to be reported back to
this board on Thursday, at 10 o.
clock a. m.
The bid of the Kennedy Con-
struction Company for the con-
struction of wooden bridges in
special road and bridge district
No. S was laid over for considera-
tion at the regular meeting of
this board in November.
The ballots for the general G.
lection in November were pre-
pared, and the contract for the
printing thereof awarded to the
DeSoto County News at $40 for
the complete job.
The following election officers
were appointed to serve at the
general election ON November 4:
Arcadia: Harley Watson, &C.
Carlton and G. p. Lamb, inspec-
tors; Clyde Mauck, clerk, and Ed.
Garner, deputy sheriff.
Gardner j. L. Griffin, T. w.
Coker and A. w. Pearce, Inspec-
tors; T. 0. 0. Baldwin, clerk; j.
$, Lunn. deputy sheriff.
Brownville: S. C. Pearce, j. F.
Baldwin and H. L. Hollingsworth,
inspectors; Roy Saxon, clerk; E.
c. Sharpe, deputy sheriff.
Nocatee: j. A. Reynolds, Har-
ney Carlton and j. B. Cochran. in
spectors; A. B. Stroud, clerk; Tom
Peterson, deputy sheriff.
Lake Sterns: c. l.. West, j. L.
Moore and U. S. Shumard, inspec-
tors; E. A. Bingham, clerk; and
w. B. Leonard, deputy sheriff.
Passenger: Dock Pearce, Sam
on Pearce and +. B. Pearce, in
spectors; w. j. Pearce, clerk; and
Willie Williams, sheriff.
Lakeport: L. j. Robinson, S.
p. Hooker and John Pennington,
inspectors; Frank C.Ready, clerk
and John Beck, deputy sheriff.
Palmdale: w. B. Spurlock, o.
A. Carr and j. III. Peoples, inspec-
tors; Lcmucl Ross, clerk and Ralf
Blair, sheriff.
Adrian: F. S. Smith, Charles
Horst and Gustave Wendell, in
spectors; j. P. Wentworth, clerk
and E. S. Stribbling, sheriff.
Venus; M. A. Miller, j. N.
Smith and r. H. Smell, inspectors
Sam T. Langford, Clerk; and Z.
Il. Waldron,- deputy sheriff.
Fort Ogden: w. F. Martin,
Bernhart Lettering, L.O. Milbraith,
inspectors; J. f. Williams, clerk,
and Teke McLemon, deputy sher-
iff.
Bermont: Steve Kurtcn, Ray
Berke and Ed. Edmonds, inspec-
tors; George w. Gatewood, clerk ; /
4. A. Stoll, sheriff.
Punta Gorda: George McLane,
C. Porter and j. j. CcCann, in
spectors, A. Dewey, clerk; B. A.
Wachob, deputy sheriff.
Cleveland: T. OR. Jameson,
C. Jones and D. L. Huckeby, in
spectors; C. C. Hendricks, clerk; ;
j. G. Stokes, sheriff.
Citrus Center: T. B. Redwine,
Henry B. Miller and D. G. Nc
Cormick, inspectors; j. c. Will
liams, clerk; and II. Hurst, sher-
iff.
North LaBelle: George Cason,
OH. Hanz and George Howard,
inspectors; DIR. G.. E. Weaver,
clerk; L. H. Clark, sheriff.
Ona: J. N. Rainey, R. L. Co.
wart and G. w. Williams, inspec-
tors; ]. L. Sauls, clerk; T. W.
Whidden, deputy sheriff.
Fort Green: G. Fl. Gill, W. +.
Harriss and w. w. Morris, in
spectors; L. R. Skipper, clerk, and
W. A. Alderman, deputy sheriff;
Bowling Green; I. j. Powell,