The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-14
TO BUILD BRIDGE
AT CENTURY FERRY
Plans for Construction Made at Joint
Meeting Santa Rosa and Eseambia
County Commissioners.

| over the Escambia river at McCurdy's
! Ferry, Century, We're tentatively made
at joint meeting of the Santa Rosa
and Escambia boards of county COM
missiolers yesterday.
The Escambia county board agreed
to pay $4,000 towards the canstruc-
ton of the bridge, the Santa Rosa
board agreeing to bear the remaining
cost.
The Santa Rosa board expects to be
able to build the bridge with an adj
ditional $4,000 from that county and
to build the causeway to the bridge
on the Santa Rosa side with an addi-
tional $4,000. The causeway is to be
about two miles long and is through a
swampy region. The Escambia side of
the bridge requires no causeway. San
! ia Rosa has 30-year bonds for SIS, 000
and hopes to have $4,000 remaining
after the bridge and causeway are
built to be used in improving other
roads in that county.
Bids for different types of construc-
tion are to be advertised for Jointly
by the two boards and will be opened
and awarded in joint session. Winston
E. Wheat, county engineer for Escam-
bia, was authorized to arrange all ne
cessary details with the war depart
ment and to proceed with the plans
and specifications in the absence of
the Santa Rosa engineer, c. H. over
man, who leaves shortly for Detroit,
to be absent until August. The Santa
Rosa board authorized Mr.. Wheat to
obtain engineering help in making the
plans and specifications at a cost not
to exceed $50. The board to take ac
ton on the matter officially at a reg
ular meeting.
Before tentative plans were made
| yesterday a general discussion was
! held when questions to bring out GER
tain points were asked the two county
engineers present and the county at
torney for Escambia. Members of the
Santa Rosa board present were: +. II.
Cobb, Jr.. chairman; w. NJ. Bronson
and w. b. Dobbs, c.. II. Overman,
county engineer, Santa Rosa; and II.
L. Campbell, Jr., of Jay, a prominent
Santa Rosa county good roads booster.
All member sof the Escambia county
board, engineer and attorney were
present, and DR.. j. S. Tuberville. Ed
ward A. Hauss and F. c. Heckor, in
terested citizens from Century.
Work of construction on the bridge
is to be begun as soon as possible. It's
building is expected to aid materially
in the commercial development of that
part Of Santa Rosa and Escambia
counties and will greatly facilitate
, travelling in that section.
Yesterday afternoon, the following
resolution drawn UP by Mr.. Reese,
was adopted by the board in joint ses-
sion and by the Escambia county
board in session following:
Whereas, in the year 1920, the two
boards of county commissioners of
Santa Rosa and Escambia county, in
joint meeting held at Pensacola, made
a tentative agreement to biuld a per-
manent bridge of steel or other per-
manent material at the site of Nc
Curdy's Ferry over Escambia river near
Century, Escambia county;
Whereas, Santa Rosa county through
it's commissioners in joint session at
that time agreed with the commission
ers of Escambia county that if Es-
Gambia county would furnish $4,000
toward the building of the main struc
ture of the bridge across Escambia
river. Santa Rosa county would fur
nish the remainder of the money to
build the main structure and would
build a causeway or approach from
the foot of the bridge in Santa Rosa
county to the highland, a distance of
Whereas it being understood that
the site where the bridge is to be built,
the approach on the Escambia county
side has already been provided for by
nature; and
Whereas, the tentative plans and
agreement of the two counties for the
building of the said bridge have never
been put in definite form and shape:
Therefore, be it Resolved, by the
two boards of county commissioners
in joint session at Pensacola on this
the 18th day of July, that the county |
of Santa Rosa and the county of is
Gambia agree to build a permanent |
bridge of steel or other permanent ma
terial at the site of the McCurdy |
Ferry near Century, over Escambia riv !
county, Fla.
And be it further Resolved, that it |
is agreed that if the main structure |
across Escambia river approximately |
$40 feet in length. shall cost $4,000 or
more, Escambia county will contribute |
SIS, 900 towards the cost of this main
structure. If the cost of this main t
structure across Escambia river shall
be less than 100000 Escambia county
agrees to pay one-half of such cost.
Be it further Resolved, that Santa
Rosa county agrees that as soon as
the main bridge or structure across
Escambia river is completed, or sooner
if the same can be done, to build and
causeway or approach
from the eastern end OF the said bridge
on the Santa Rosa county side to the
highland, distance of about one and
miles, at its own cost and
expense and Santa Rosa county agrees
to keep up and maintain the said couse-
way or approach on the Santa Rosa
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