The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-01

construction. A fine concrete steel
bridge has been completed over Eleven
Mile creek, and it is now the plan to
construct a cut off beginning at about
the Muscogee turnout and running di-
rectly west to Nunez ferry, thus saw
ing about two miles in the distance
to the ferry. Escambia county and
Baldwin county, Ala, have granted a
franchise to construct toll bridge
across Perdido river at Nunez ferry
and providing very reasonable tolls.
The county retains the option, Tin con-
nection with Baldwin county, Alabama
of purchasing the bridge at any time
upon an appraised valuation.
Project No. g. The commission has
tentatively located a course for "a new
road from the head CT Bayou Grand
to the Lillian bridge across Perdido
bay. This road will connect with the
Gulf Beach highway and use about IL
of a mile of clay road already con-
structed from the bridge end easterly.
The advantages of this site for the road
connecting Lillian and Baldwin county
with Pensacola are manifold.
First Road materials are abundant
mad within easy haul.
Second. The road bed itself firm and
vastly superior to the sand along the
old site on the east shore of Perdido
bay. This old site has no available
road materials which must be hauled
from Baldwin county, Alabama, or from
Myrtle Grove.
Third. The distance is shorter and
construction cost much lower.
Fourth. The new road opens UP a
farming territory Of considerable pos
sibilities, with quite number OF good
farms already located. and vast guam
titles of dead and down timber for
wood supply for the city. ss....s
The importance of this road is very
great, and it's advantages have been
neglected too long. We owe it to the
farmers of Baldwin and Escambia
counties to open up the market OF
Pensacola to their produce, and at the
earliest possible moment.
A survey by the county engineer is
now going forward and full de-
tailed report will be submitted to the
board of county commissioners, when
the question of financing the project
will have to be worked out.
AS to project No. a. There was avail
able to the county from the state au-
tomobile license fund about $4,000,
which under the law was required to
be expended on state aid roads. 1t was
decided to use this on a concrete
bridge over the Pine Barren creek, and
the excess in building streatch of
permanent surfaced aroad up the hill
to the south of the bridge. This will
be used as a practical demonstration
of the benefits of this kind of construc-
ton; and in making this decision we
had in mind propaganda work in the
interest of a county bond issue for con-
struction of road of this character
he entire way to Flomaton. The con-
sent of the state road department was
obtained for this use of the money
md the work is now going forward,
he survey having been completed and
accepted.
Project No. 5. We are not outlining
.s,very extensive campaign in this
,oitnty in the interests of the proposed
amendment authorizing
he bonding Of the state for not ex-
feeding twenty millions of dollars. Be
ore taking up this matter with our
,wn people we thought it wise to put
before the state road department and
he Florida Automobile Association |
proposition for the calling of a state
conference of county representatives |
With view of agreeing upon an outline !
If road development and decide upon
system of trunk lines of highways.
rhe state road department already |
las such a system planned which will
with every county seat in the |
tate, with two exceptions). The plans !
lad drawings of the system will be in |
,rint about August 5, 1920. Our propo-
ition to them for the state conference
net with instant acceptance and hearty |
.pproval and they are now putting the |
Ian into practical shape for calling |
he conference for July 20 at ST. Au-
justine. At that conference plan will |
'e submitted for SO revising the tax
avs relative to road improvement, that |
he auto license tax and tax on gaso-
inc consumption will take care of the
tate bond issue, leaving to- the coun-