The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-02
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS
SHARE COST OF WOODEN BRIDGE
FERECTED ABOVE DANGER ZONE
EscaIN bia-Santa Rosa Commits
siOners and Good Roads Men
Direct Survey Be Made
FERRY PASS is DROPPED
Proposed Bridge Will Span Es-
Gambia From Cedar Ham
mock to Thompson's Bayou

In accordance with q report from
the engineers of the United States
Road Department and the State Board
to the effect that the state and gov
ernment will not spend money on a
wooden structure across Escambia
river unless the bridge is built above
the storm center zone, the county en-
gineeers of Escambia and Santa Rosa
counties have been ordered to make
a preliminary survey of the site which
will be acceptable to the government.
Commissioners of Santa Rosa and
Escambia counties met at the federal
courtroom at o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon and discussed the bridge ques-
ton thoroughly. Chairman j. r. Poore
of the Santa Rosa board reported that
the Only site acceptable to Messrs..
Grover and Mortland would be from
Cedar Hammock to .Thompson's Bayou.
This route would make the journey
from Pensacola to Milton about a mile
longer than by way of Ferry Pass.
The bridge itself would be about TO-
600 feet long and would cost $50 n nus
cal foot, or s500,ooc. Part of the
bridge, Mr.. Grover says, can be built
by making a third fill.
Mr.. Poore reported that he had been
informed by Mr.. Grover that so far
as the government is concerned it will .
not spend a cent on a wooden bridge
from Floridatown to Ferry Pass or
Milton to Ferry Pass. II will co-op-
crate in building a wooden bridge
above the danger line, however. and
will proceed Immediately with prelim-
mary surveys just as soon as the two
counties agree on a site and make ar
lrangements for right of way.
In view of Mr.. Peore's report Mr.
Hardy of tho Escambia board moved
that the engineers of the two ,o,insies
be instructed to make surveys Of
lroutes which would be acceptable 10
1.-THE two boards and the government
lengineers and submit a formal report
on their joint findings at joint r,eet-
ing of the two boards and interested
citizens to be held at the federal
courtroom, Pensacola, March 25, 1T
2:so o'clock. The motion was second
ed by Commissioner Soderiind aud
was carried
F. w. Marsh, secretary of the Es-
Gambia County Good Roads Associa-
ton moved that it be the sense Of The
meeting that If the route suggested
by Engineer Grover proved to be the
most practicable IL would be accepta-
BILE to the two counties. The motion
was seconded by AIr Poore and car
ried.
/ Commissioner Keene of Santa Rosa
explained that the wooden bridge pr,.-
posed by Engineer Grover would be
built OF all creosoted material and
would have n decking of by 4, Iata
edgewise and coated with an inch
! thickness of asphalt and sand so as
to be watertight.
| 5. c. Collins, chairman of the SANTA
Rosa Good Roads Association, spoke
briefly on the proposed site and urged
that <f 1t We're the only one on which
the government would spend money
for wooden bridge. it would be
adopted. TT is Dutchman's choice
he said, .and we might as well get
i busy and accept it. 1t is either that
or no bridge"
/ Yesterdays meeting was presided
over by Chairman j. Geo. White of
the Escambia board of county commits
sioners and G. C. Baldwin was elected
secretary. Organizations represented
at the meeting were the county boards
of both counties. the joint commission
from the various Pensacola CONNER
cial organizations, the Escambia and
Santa Rosa County Good Roads Asso-
iciations. and the Escambia Santa
Rosa Bridge Association.
The Santa Rosa county commission
ers will be guests of F. w. Marsh and
Lucky Baldwin at the Kawanis Club
luncheon on the day of the next meet
ling.