The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-25
COMMITTEE REPORT
ON ROAD PROJECTS
Wheat and Candy Give Detailed State
ment on Proposed Federal Aid
Work In County.

1
The Journal has published summary
OF the report made by Winston Wheat,
county engineer, and Commissioner II. E.
Candy. before the county commissioners,
at their meeting of Thursday. but in
view of the Importance of the work. and
the interest throughout the county in the
J progress on the county roads, today pub
fishes a verbatim report, with accom-
panying letter from Charles A. Brown,
state highway engineer.
The report and letter follow:
December 81, 1921.
/ Honorable Board Of County Commission
.ers, Escambia County, Pensacola, Flor
ida.
Gentlemen:-As your committees re-
port was made only verbally on last
] Saturday. and as some OF your members
1 have expressed wish to have a more
] detailed statement of what was accom-
plished by the committee on the proposed
/ federal aid road work in Escambia county.
and a statement concerning the present
status OF these projects, the following is
submitted
/ After going over the estimates and
maps which we submitted and reviewing
with us the conditions of traffic and the
4 engineering considerations which prompt
/ ed the recommendations made. the state
| road department officials gave their APP
I proval to the program recommended by
! the county. The chairman directed the
state highway engineer to prepare "Pro-
| Ject Statements" on three proposed fed
era1 aid projects in Escambia county and
to submit them TO the federal engineers
| Immediately, asking prompt action on
them.
Your committee then assisted the state
highway engineer in the preparation of
the three Project Statements, copies Of
which were furnished us for our work
her4 The government engineer, Mr..
Morrison. was requested by the state to
come to Escambia county at the earliest
possible date and go over the proposed
projects with me, making any sugges-
tions he might think advisable to ex-
pedite the final approval by the United
1 States authorities. I submit a copy of
! Major Brownies letter, herewith
| I have not heard from Mr.. Morrison.
as yet, but am expecting him at any time
now. / have written him of the sale of
the county bonds. urging that he come
/ over at the earliest possible date.
/ Getting Mr.. Morrison's approval of the
/ project statements before submitting
them to the government will expedite the
! matter materially as they would be re-
/ ferred to him later by the United States
port 20 Washington.
Briefly, the procedure which is followed
in all federal aid road work and which
| is now being carried through on these
| projects in this county is as follows.
First, a preliminary statement, request
ing the ALLEGATION Of federal aid to a
specific piece of work, is submitted by
the state road department to the secre-
tary of agriculture. Washington. D. c.,
i FTsHxs L.
ment," and consists of a general state-
ment Of conditions which make federal
aid advisable. approximate estimates Of
quantities involved and funds required
and is accompanied by Project Statement
Maps, showing. in general, the location
| of the proposed work.
/ This Project Statement is then re-
ferred to the highway engineers OF the
Il. s. bureau of public roads. who in
vestigate the project and report upon it.
When their report is in his hands, the
/ secretary of agriculture reviews the mat
ter and IL 1t meets with his approval the
state road department is so advised
Detailed plans and specifications are
then drawn UP, a close estimate of the
amount of federal funds required is made
and contract between the United Stsses
and the State of Florida is drawn up
This contract is known as the "ProIect
Agreement" one being executed for each
project allotted aid.
We were given to understand that the
state might be allowed to proceed with
the work as soon as the secretary of
agriculture approves the project State
ments" on our projects. BY getting the
engineers approval first. we win prob
ably avoid the necessity OF making
changes to meet objections raised by them
later and so eliminate the delay involved
in submitting our statements twice. The
highway engineer expressed the opinion
that If no unforeseen difficulties were
encountered in the government offices. we
could hope to have our work advertised
for contractors bids within thirty days,
or some time in January. These adver-
tisements viii be placed and bids received
by the state road department as is re-
quired by the federal aid road act
The three projects approved by the
state road department and now awaiting
government approval are as follows:
l. Paving one and six-tenths miles of
state road No. 1 (the Nunez Ferry road)
from the Pensacola city limits on West
'Cervantes street. to the Lillian road forks
at West Pensacola eighteen foot pave
ment OF reinforced concrete. or its equal.
.. Paving ten miles of state road No. I
(the Pensacola Flonlaton road) from the
Pensacola city limits on North Palafox
street to Roberts Standardization foot
pavement of reinforced concrete. or its
equal,-except that the first forty-two
hundred feet. or from the city limits to
the Ferry Pass turnout at Goulding is to-
be paved twenty foot width.
B. Replacing with reinforced concrete