The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-04

luan Two cents per square ydTu VI
$105.60 per mile of nine-foot road.
With this maintenance he states
that the life {: the road is indiii-
mite When nther material is worn
it must be replaced at the original
ent time 2 strc.ch of 80 miles is be-
ing built in Lake county which read
experts have pronounced to be as
ene a road as they have ever seen,
having withstood the recent uh-
precedentei rainfall there while the
brick in the adjoining county was
torn up anu washed out by the same
rains.
No. 11-Wky 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 othct
roads than those shown on the map
but were denied. the county COM
missioners refusing to consider at
this time anything but the main
to question No. 8.
No. 12--What is the route of the
Dixie Highway through Polk
county?
The route of the Dixie Highway
through Folk county is from the
Osceola county line through
Loughman, Davenport, Haines City
Iucerne Park, Florence Villa, Win
ter Haven, Barlow, Fort Meade 70
Bowling Green, connecting with the
Rad through DtSoto county south.
No. 13-Cacnot the pledge of TIE
commissioners to build this portion
If the Dixie Hichway be fulfilled
Without BONDING the county?
The county commissioners have
pledged the completion Of the Dixie
| Highway through Polk county by
May 90, 1916, and as this road is
approximately so miles in length it
cannot be built without a bond is
sue
No. 14-Wnat would be the prob
allie result of a 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
TOAD district being formed in the
north end of tee county by the dis
ricts of Winter Haven and Lake
land imme diatcly 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 theaoe east to Arcadia as a
substitute for the route mentioned
in answer to question IL, and it is
county could easily carry such IN
election.
No. 15-WhY 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 hest
tate to put so called burdens on
their posterity any more than our
ancestors hesitatec to place them on
us. The great public utilities we en-
JOY today were :he result IF such
railroads. telerhcnes, telegraph ald
other CONFERENCE.-The poster ty
1--WE of this geueration) enjoy, in
Guiding the coed roads which they
built and left, not as a burden bu.
as n heritage, to their posterity and
by means of which people have got
ten together and formed thickly set
tied and prosperous communities.
No. 17.-Wky is so much NOR ;
mileage to be constructed in one
commissioner district than anoth-
err?
More mileage Is called for in one
commissioner 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. D lS-Will this burden not fall
heavily on the small landowner?
No Every member OF the Asso-
citation is property owner and tax
payer, Just as vitality interested in
keepins; down taxes as any one else