The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-04-25
THE COUNTY SOLONS
HOLD EXTRA SESSION
Important Action Taken About
Charlotte Harbor Bridge
SELL $33O,O0O ROAD BONDS
Bondsmen of Contractors Notified
that Work has Ceased and Re-
quirements of Contract Called
to Their Attention.-V o t in G
Precincts Consolidated.

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Precincts Consolidated.
The county commissioners with
Chairman Welles presiding and
Commissioners Whitten, Skipper,
Bullock, and Whitehurst present.
Bids having been received up to
noon for the purchase of the bonds
of Special Road and Bridge Dis
trict No. 4, as per advertisement,
and it now being past the time
when further bids can be received
under the terms of the advertise
ment, the board accepted the bid
of the United States Trust & Saw
ings Bank, of Jacksonville, for the
$330,O0O.00, 6 per cent, Special
Road and Bridge District No. 4,
Bonds, for the sum of $316,833.OO
and accrued interest to date of de-
livery of the bonds,
Voting precinct No. %, North
LaBelle, was consolidated with
precinct No. .34, Palmdale, the vot-
ing place at North LaBelle being
discontinued; voting precinct No.
90, Citrus Center, was consoli-
dated with precinct No 81, Moore
Haven, and the voting place desig-
mated as Moore Haven, the voting
place at Citrus Center being dis
continued.
Z. V. Camp, engineer in charge
of the Charlotte Harbor bridge,
made the following report:
81 beg to state that the work
has been stopped in connection
with the construction of the Char
lotte Harbor Bridge, by the con-
tractor, and practically nothing
has been done on that work with
in the last ten days. Some of the
construction and equipment on the
Job are likely to depreciate if left
in the present state and something
should be done as early as possible
to get the work started again. "
Whereupon the following reso-
luton was introduced by Commits
sioner Whitten, seconded by Com
missioner Bullock, and carried,
Commissioner Whitehurst voting
no:
Whereas, The engineer for the
construction of the bridge across
Charlotte Harbor Special Road
and Bridge District having given
notice that the contractors, f. j,
Stamm & Son, have done practical
ly no work on same during the last
ten days; be it
Resolved, That notice be given
the United States Fidelity and
Guaranty Company, of Baltimore,
Md, surety for said F. j. Stamm &
Son, that said bridge construction
has been discontinued and that,
unless work is resumed within al
reasonable time, the board will
consider the contract existing be-
tween the county and said f. j.
Stamm & Son void, and enter upon
the work and have same COM
pleted as provided by the terms of
said contract with bond attached |
thereto, which says: "16. In the
event the contractor, at any time,
abandons the work, or any part |
of it, or, in the event he fails to
keep any of the provisions of his
contract, or, in the event that the
progress of the work at any time
indicates that he is not progress
ing at the rate specified, and the
engineers notify the county of any
unnecessary or unreasonable de-
lay, then the county shall have the
right to and may declare his con-
tract void, and enter upon the
work and carry said work to COM
pletion, with any tools, material
and equipment found thereon; or
they may enter into another con-
tract. In either case, all expenses
for completing said contract shall !.