The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
Pertinent Questions Regarding Proposed
Bond Issue For Good Roads Answered
By Polk County Good Roads Association


Yearly cost OF maintenance less
than two cents per square yard or
Sl05Go per mic Of nine-foot road
With this maintenance he states
fhat the life Z. the road is inditi-
rIte. When nther material is worn
il must be replaced at the origiGa!
ent time ? strc,ch of 80 miles is be-
ing built III Lake county which road
experts nave pronounced to be as
ene road as they have ever seen.
having withstood the recent uh
precedentai rainfall there while the
brick in The adjoining county was
torn up anu washed out by The same
rains
No. 11-WEy did not tbs 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 fer othc,
roads than those shown on the map
hut were denied the county COM
missioners refusing to consider at
this time anything but the main
roads for reasons stated in answer
to question No. 3.
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 equity line through
Loughman, Davenport, Haincs City.
.4ucerne Park. Florence Villa, Win
ter Haven, Barlow, Fort Meade 10
Bowling Green, connecting with the
Rad through DtSoto county south.
No. 13-Ca2not the pledge of the
commissioners to build this portion
If the Dixie Highway be fulfilled
without bonding the county?
The county commissioners have
pledged the completion of the DiXi"
Highway through Polk county by
May 20, 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 failure to carry the
bonds so far as the Dixie Highway
is concerned?
A failure to carry the bond issue
would doubtless result in special
road district being formed in the
north end of tGa county by the dis
riots of Winter Haven and Lake
land Immediately after failure to
carry the county wide bond election,
and a petition made to the Dixie
Highway commission to accept this
road to connect with Tampa and
from theaoe east to Arcadia rs a
substitute for the route mentioned
in answer to question -, and it is
considered that the north end OF the
county could easily carry such an
election
No. 15-Wny has brick not been
considered fayorably?
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 besitatcc to place them or
us The great public utilities we en-
joy today were the result Of such
bonding in the last generation
railroads, telerhcnes, telegraph AID
other convenienceG-their posterty
I've of this generation) enjoy, ia
Guiding the coed roads which they
built and left, not as a burden bu,
as a heritage, TO their posterity and
by means of which people have got
ten together and formed thickly set
tied and prosperous communities
No. 17.-Why is so much more
mileage TO be constructed In one
commissioner district than anoth-
er?
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
No 1S-Will this burden not fall
heavily on the small landowner?
No Every member OF the Asso-
citation is a property owner and tax