The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-11-04

1864 and the total expenditures s1s-
| 1892.
me war projects IN DeSeto ceun-
y, roads TO CarlstEnsn ana Dorr fields
cost s57,el5.ss. Eliminatins the
military roads N BeSoto county. the
table shows that the expenditures ID
the north and west Florida counties
aggregate $51e,5 IS. and the expen-
| ditures in the south Florida counties
j the ritiful sum Of s2s 1926.
/ VIII south Florida ever get a square
deal n the handling OF state affairs
1T Is enough to make the people Of
1.-THE progressive southern counties
stand unitedly for state division.
t The JASPER News INDUCES IN some
VERY strong criticism based On the
facts which it has presented. OF sew
Iera1 editorials bearing on the sub-
ljecIs The Times repr.duces the fol-
/ lowing:
we believe ID criticism. and con,-
mendation, Of public officials when tfav
deserve i. We think criticism should
be lair and definite Therefore We
propose TO be definite about the pres
e1t road department It has been in
once nearly ten months; it has had
time to outline policy and get ready
LOT work. The work it has outlined
IS falr Indication of what will have
been accomplished when its present
program IS completed and all the
federal aid money allotted to Florida
spent. Considering that program and
looking ahead We say, the present
road department. has failed to meas
lure up to its responsibility because
When its present road program
IS completed there viii net be a com
plete highway anywhere in Florida:
north Florida viii not be connected
10 south Florida nor east Florida ia
west Florida.
The money viii have been seat
tered all over Florida in grading and
sand-cIaying and very little actual
connected hard surfaced viii have
been done.
i 8. 1t has laid out, or continued,
fplans for seven brick or similar pro
Ieets on road No. I, and only two On
road No. 9.
1t has changed the speeifcz-
items OF the Wayeross road from ma
lcadam to gravel
5. 1t has changed specifications Tor
road No. in Hamilton and CoIum-
Ibia counties from bituminous maca-
dam. which it contracted to build. to
sand clay and graded
s. When its present program is
lconplefed south Florida will not have
Ia completed outlet TO Georgia either
10y the Wayer0ss route, or road No.
2 This in the face of the fact that
tine Waycross route is short, and that
road No. only needs To be completed
Through four counties to tap the en-
tire road system of south Florida (
land these four counties are ready to
tpay, and two OF them have elready
paid, their share OF the total cost
z. BY changing the specifications
Iof rea No. 2 IN Hamilton and Co
1umbia counties the state road de-
partzns1t Is violating a contract with
these counties, and Ignoring the spirit
of every contract which calls for per
farmanee within a reasonable time.
8. The department IS building ex-
pensive graded r0adbeds all over Flor
ida and letting the rain and elements
destroy them and waste the money
before putting on hard suFfacing. in
stead Ct building good roads az they
60
9. Because the department Is con
tinuing the same scattering. frirter-
ling methods all over Florida that made
the Cats road administration uni
versalIy condemned
10. We think the department com.
posed IN the main as we believe Ct
earnest. honest men, is permitting It
self to be weans away from con,
structive program, allowing itself to
defer hard s1rfaeing on road No. 2
permitting itself to change specin-
cations on road No. 2, and the Way.
Ecross route. by the lack Of harmony
and policy engendered by Capt Hill
mans determination TO route road
mo. 2 as ne wants it to 60. We 90 not
Ibelieve the department has definite
IpoI1ey on road No z We think L Is
Itemporizing, doing some WORK now