The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-03
Suggestions of Association

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Suggestions of Association
THAT the Hon. Park Trammell by
proclamation set aside one day in
each year to be known as Florida
Highway Identification Day; that
on this day every man, woman and
child living on or near an improved
highway or on tributary or branch
of an improved highway, turn out
with shovel and plants and aid in
the general improvement and beau
LITIGATION of the hi.hway by plant
ing trees, shrubs flowers, etc, and
by grading the roadsides, repairns
and painting, and cleaning up the
promises and lawns AUDITING on the
highways,
"'That every commercial and civic
organization in every citw or town
in state cooperate with neighhor
ing organizations in adjoining towns
and cities in an effort to improve
and boautiiy the hi-hWay connecting
eacl other; that these various
Boards of Trade, Chambers of COM
mercc. civic leaeues, women's clubs,
ctc., offer cnticing prizes for the
loautifcation OF certain portions or
sections of the highways; and that
tie county commissioners in addi
I on to the State Identification Day
to b. set aside by the governor, de-
clare special County Identification
lay for the general improvement of
the roads in that county
That the county commissioners
of each county should utilize the
labor OF the inmates of the county
poor farms In almost every county
there is a poor farm. Thece are oc-
cupied and each county is urged to
start a nursery on the farms for the
shrubs, such as live oaks, eucalyptus
of the robusta variety, oleanders,
easily grown and suitable for high
way Identification.
That wherever possible there
should be a uniform width of the
highway. In some places the high
way is thirty feet wide and in other
places it is from forty to seventy
feet wide. Therefore, it should be
within the power OF each county to
secure deeds from abutting prop
erty owners for from five to ten feet
additional land on either side of the
highway. And wherever a property
owner refuses to deed Unnecessary
lane that the county commissioners
take steps to purchae such land if
the price asked is not prohibitory.
THAT members of the Central
Florida Highway Association and
county officials shoald work for the
elimination of oying cattle from the
highways because of their menace to
motorists and injury which they
might cause to CROWN. plants, trees
and shrubs which will be planted
for the Identification of the high
ways.
That the Central Florida High
way Association take the necessary
steps toward securing quantities OF
the official sign OF the Dixie High
way Association. and that these
markets or signposts be sold at cost
to the variou counties pierced by
the wetern branch of the Dixie
Highway or feeders to it, and thai
the highway be designated every few
miles by the signs as the wisdom O
the county officials may dictate,
The committee would sueges
that in addition to the natural beau
tification. methods which may b,
used for the highway, that recours
be rad to all means OF artificial
adornment and beauty. Where town
and cities lie close to one anothe
electric lights could be utilized a
night for a simple White Way sys
TEN of illumination. In this con
nection Winter Park and Orlando
in Orange county, four miles apart
have under contemplation strini
of electric lights every 100 or 80
feet apart. the expense OF operation
equipment and installation to b
met jointly by the city Of Winte
Park the city Of Orlando and Grams
county.
Regarding the nature Of tn
trees. shrubs. plants or flowers L
be used toward tile Identification o
the highways, the committee ack