The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-29
Recognition Given State
Road No. 8 Which Will
Have Bridge Across
Kissimmee River and
State Roads Nos. | and
2 Will Both Be Com
pleted AS Soon AS Pos
sible

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Tallahassee Fla, Oct 29.-Practi-
cally every important section of For
ida was included by the State High
way Department when in session
here Friday contracts were awarded
for at least half a million dollars
worth of new work and arrangements
made FIJI the construction within the
shortest possible time of projects tina.
will cost more than a million.
Recognition was given State Road
No s, recently designated as begin
ming at Haines City and running
down the Ridge country of Polk and
/ Highlands counties and then east
ward to some point on the Dixie
Highway either at Fort Pierce,
Stuart or Jupiter This recognition
IS in the form of the bridging of the
kissimmee river between Okeecho-
Lee and Highlands counties, the most
important item on this route and the
Cnly real obstacle to another ecross
State connection.
BY its action Friday the road dt..
partment also insures the completion
OF Road No. | Between Lake City and
jacksonville and State Road No. 2
abOu' which there has been so much
d ScuSsiCn. On the latter route Ma
zion county appropriation of $780,
600 will be supplemented with what
ever funds are needed to complete the
highway. Other projects arranged
for included finishing the various gaps
in Volusia and Putnam counties on
the east coast road to jacksonville;
and calling fer bids on the road be-
tween Columbia county line and the
FDuval brick road.
Following adjournment at o'clock.
the following summary of the days
work was available:
Resolution passed to finish State
Road No. within Marion county,
supplementing the bond funds
amounting to $450.000 which Marion
county will put on the project. The
work will begin at once apd a convict
camp will be moving within the next
week to begin operation
Resolution passed authorizing the
chairman to advertise for bids for
four forty-foot spans reinforced con-
crete for use on the western ap-
proach of the Apalachicola river
bridge
Resolution passed authorizing the
appropriation of $4,000 to be used in
conjunction with county funds now
on hand in repairing road from Wood
Vile to Wakulla county line.
Resolution passed authorizing
chairman to advertise for bids for
surface on State Road No / from Co
lumbia county line to the end of brick
road west ot Jacksonville and alsD
tor surface on project No. Is be-
tween Cisco and the Volusia county
line in Putnam county and the sec
ton of State Road No 3 in Volusia
county Between Putnam county line
and DeLeon Springs, also for surface
on project No. SO in Alachua county
between Burnetts Lake and Gaines
Vile
Resolution passed appropriating
$3.50 900 of the first federal aid avail
able to be used in the construction OF
the road in Escambia county
Resolution passed authorizing $10,-
600 to be used in construction of that
part of State Aid Road No. 109 be-
tween Perry and the Lafayette coun-
" line Ill Taylor county.
Resolution passed authorizing the
construction of bridge across the Kis-
smmee river on State Road No. s be-
tween Highlands and Okeechobee
counties and the chairman instructed
to have prepared plans and specifica-
tions for the work.
Contracts were awarded as follows:
Clayton and Mitchell, Thomasville,
Ga. was successful in bidding on
projects numbered IL, 21, %, % and
a. drainage construction covering
about ffty-two miles of road in Du~
val, Nassau, Baker and Columbia
counties. Contract prices: Propect
No. IL. $23, ,462.64 project No. 81, '$45
40S30; project No. %, $5,61303; pro-
ject No. 23, 6,8S732; and project
Nc "a. $3,597.10.
Clayton and Mitchell, also, were
awarded contracts for drainage con-
struction work on projects Nos. &c
and 80. These projects cover dis
tance of about twenty-one miles In
Columbia and Nassau counties and
the contract price amounts to, No. 26,
$11, $3.50; No. 32, $35,4S6.S3.
Luten Bridge Company, York,
Penn. was awarded the contract for
drainage construction work on pro-
ject No. 33, Burnette's Lake to Gaines
vile, amounting to about twelve and
one-half miles of road for $26 ,53407.
! This firm also was awarded the
contract for drainage construction
work in Volusia county from sDeLeon
Springs to the Putnam county line.
for $26,219.
The Florida Engineer and Con-
struction Company Of 0Viedo was
awarded the contract for drainage
lcOnstructiop work on projecf No. ~.