The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-05-11


Present: l.. w. Whitehurst, chair
man; John Hagan, w. M. Whit
ten and w. G. Welles.
Minutes of previous meeting
read and approved.
Resolution presented by W. Al
Whitten, adopted.
Whereas, On the 7th day o
February, 1916, this board re
ceived bids for the construction
of canals GA" and "B" of tht
Fort Ogden drainage district
(after duly advertising therefor)
and,
Whereas, The bid of S. MEG
Carraway at 10 1-2 cents per cub
ic yard for the excavation of said
canals was declared to be the
lowest bid by responsible bidder
for said work, and that the con-
tract for said work would be a
warded to said bidder after the
! bonds of the district have been
sold," and,
Whereas, Said bonds have been
sold to P. w. Meadow, now,
therefore,
Be 1t Resolved, That the con-
tract for excavating and con-
structing canals" and "B" of
the Fort Ogden drainage district
be and the same is awarded to s.
NEG. Carraway at 10 IL cents
per cubic yard, said work to be
done as per specifications for said
work as established by this board
January 4, 1916. a
Clerk was instructed to publish
the following notice two weeks IN
the Punta Gorda Herald. (See no
tice elsewhere in this paper.)
Upon motion by William Whit
ten, duly seconded and carried,
report of A. j.. Gusman, R. j. Nc
Curdy and O. Vanselow, commit
tee appointed to view and mark
a proposed public road forty feet
wide from the northeast corner OF
section rs, township 40, south,
range 26 east, to the northwest
corner of section 80, same town
ship and range, was received and
placed on file, and the said road
was declared a public road, and
the clerk was directed to post no
tice of same as required by law.
The tax collector was given au-
thority to give credit to b. l..
Coker for the personal tax on
forty head of cattle, the same be-
ING an erroneous assessment.
The contract of the Cornwall
Construction Company to do GER
tain paving in the Punta Gorda
sp2cial road and bridge district,
was presented to the board for
approval, and upon motion, sec
ondcd and carried, it was ordered
that the same be turned over to
the attorney of the board for in
vestigation to be reported back to
this board at this meeting.
BY motion duly made, seconded |
and carried, the petition of H. M.
Davis and twenty-five others for
the widening to forty feet of the
road beginning at the fourth mile
post on the west line of section 5,
township Al south, range % east,
and running thence east to the A.
C. L. Railway, and thence along
their right of way of said rail
way to Howard street, Punta Cor
da. was granted and John A.
Walsh, Joel Bishop and c. G..
Brown were appointed to view
and mark said road and report at
the next meeting of this obard.
Moved by w. M. Whitten, and
seconded and carried, that the pc
tition of +. f. Goodno and twelve
others, asking that division No.
16, of the Punta Gorda special
road and bridge district be con-
structed on the south line and the
east line of the south half of sec
ton q, township AZ south, range
90 east, instead of on the north
line and the west line of said half
section, be granted, on condition
that the change to be made with
out expense to the county, and in
time that shall not delay the grad
ing of the road, and DR.. G. E.
Weaver, A. B. Tucker and j. S.
Banister were hereby appointed
TO view and mark said change,
and report at earliest date practi-
cable.
May 2, 1916
All members present.
The petition of c. L. Howell
and twenty-three others to change