The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-09
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proper moves are made at this time to
match such Federal Aid moneys as
are necessary to Escambia County's
road program.
6-That the. roads Of Escambia Coun-
ty which it Is proposed to construct
under the authorized Road Bond issue
Of 100000 which are subject to State
and Federal Aid and the Roads known
as the Flomaton road, the Nunez
Ferry road, and the Ferry Pass road.
THAT another road, known as the
Gulf Beach Highway which it is pro-
posed to construct from moneys OBJ
tainable from the authorized 81 600, 900
Road Bond issue is not designated as
a State and Federal Aid Highway.
Therefore, your committee review
ing these facts makes the following
recommendation.
THAT 1t is essentially necessary
that immediate action be taken in the
road building program of Escambia
County and that 1t Is also necessary
that the County Commissioners provide
in their budget of the fiscal year end
ing October 1, 1922, for a tax levy
sufficient to care for the interest and
sinking fund charges on 10000 of
Road Bonds.
2-The committee is of the opinion
that 100000 of Road Bonds should be
Immediately advertised for sale, and
that advertisement for bids for the
actual construction of such portion of
our Road program as may be immedi-
ately constructed be made. That the
balance amounting to 100000 or as
much as is necessary be sold during
the tax year 1921 and 1922 as soon as
Federal Aid project agreement or
agreements shall be effected on one
or more of the Federal Aid roads, now
known as roads Nos. l and of the
State Highway System and in order
| that no delay in securing Federal Aid
maintains the committee urges the i'm
mediate appointment of strong active
committee to confer at once with the
! State Road Department officials and
! take such action as may be necessary
! to procure an immediate agreement for
such Federal Aid, so that the work on
, each and every road as authorized
under the County's Road program may
be started at the earliest possible mo-
ment
Discussion
The decision to recommend to the
County Commissioners that a tax levy
be made TO provide interest and sink
| ing fund for 100000 of bonds at this
! time was arrived at after a very seri-
Gus consideration of all the facts. II
was realized that the levy would be
/ a heavy burden on the tax payers
amounting as it did to 100000 in in
terest and $4,000 in sinking funds,
or total of $4,000.
At the time of bond election a tenta-
tive schedule was arranged as follows:
$500, 900 of Bonds TO be sold January
/, 1921.
$500, 900 of Bonds to be sold January
/, 1922.
$500, 600 of Bonds to be sold January
1, 1924.
At the time of Bond election, Sep
TEMPER %, 1920, it was believed that
the necessary legal moves could be
made so that the sale of Bonds could
go forward on January l, 1921, but it
developed that the months of October,
November and December, 1920, were
necessary to complete the canvassing
of the returns; passing the necessary
resolution for the issuing of the bonds
and in the validity proceedings before
all the judges of the Circuit Court of
Escambia County.
| 1t was also found necessary to have
the opinion of experts in regard to
/ the legality of this Road Bond issue
before the sale of these bonds in any
amount could be made to purchasers
thereof and therefore the validity of
the Road Bonds were submitted to
Wood &, Oakley of Chicago.
| The Investigations of Wood & Oak
| ley into the validity of these bonds
seems to have been unduly delayed
| by them, although the County Attor-