The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-04-28
Hioee Than Fifty Charlotte Count,
ROxd Boosters Attended Meeting
Of Road Department

trail through Punta GOrda to Fort
Myers via the short route as state
road. to be included in the system of
primary roads and entitled to receive
Federal aid. This is a big victory
for the Tamiami trail boosters, who
were represented at the board meet
ing by Captain W. H. Johnson, OF
the Punta Gorda Commercial Club,
and X. S. Windham, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners of
Charlotte county and in addition del
agations from Fort Myers and other
west coast points. This action by the
road department paves the way for
a bond election in Charlotte county,
the only thing now remaining to be
done before calling the election be
ing the securing of definite estimates
of the cost of the work to be done
by this county, which will require
surveys by engineers.
1t was by motion of Mr.. Schiiling
seconded by Mr. Clark, that state
road number five from High Springs
TO Fort Myers was included in the
list of primary roads, which are en-
titled to Federal aid under the law,
which is understood as follows;
The act OF congress provides that
federal aid will not be extended until
the road authorities of the state have
designated the roads upon which the
same shall be applied and the roads
designated must comprise percent
of the road mileage of the state. OF
this percent three-sevenths of the
mileage constitute primary roads and
four-sevenths secondary roads. At
least so percent of the federal aid
must be used on the primary roads
and the designation is subject to ap-
proval by the federal bureau of public
roads.
State-aid road number 1928, which
is that part of the Tamiami trail be
tween Fort Myers and Miami, was in
Ciuded in the list of secondary roads,
which are entitled to Federal aid.
Concluding their routine business
in Tallahassee, the road department
adjourned to meet in Tampa Tuesday,
Captain Johnson and Mr.. Windham
accompanying the board there. Tues
day these gentlemen, were joined by
a delegation of Charlotte county
people TO the number of SO, the most
of whom made the trip in cars.
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Others went on the afternoon train
and still others started about two
O'Clock Tuesday morning. All OF the
county commissioners, except Mr..
Gottfried, attended the meeting. Mr..
Clark, this ristrict's representative on
the state road board having asked for
A large delegation to be present at
the Tampa meeting, Chas. Cochran
was delegated by the good roads COM
mittee of the Commercial Club to or
ganize the delegation, which was
probably the largest ever sent toI
such a meeting by any town of this
size. Following are the members.
Lee Knight. county commissioner;
Thomas Hobson, county commission
er; w. M. Whitten. county commits
sioner: M. C. Price, J. w. Shelley
and wife, R. K. Seward and wife,
John Sands, j. G. Cooper, Joshua
Mizell, H. w. Smith, Ed Smith, Mrs.
H. w. Smith, J. NJ. Lanier, Luther
Koon. G. c. Carleton, A. F. Dewey
Robert Carleton, Jas. Goff and wife,
l.. G.. Hendrix Chas. Steele. Norman
Hewitt, Clarence Hewitt, Alice Man
son. Wallace Mobley, wife and child
rem. Captain Geo. Stewart, Chas. |
Cochran. E. Keen, Vance Douglass,
Harry Goldstein, Lloyd Davis and
daughter, Clay Chadwick, II. c.
Bitch, Ralph Chadwick. Jas. Lips
comb, Al Dewey, O. May Chester
Blount, Ira Adams, H. l.. Blakeley'
Norman Cochran, Geo. McLane, MT
Miller and wife, Lyman Parker, Wiie
and son, II. C. Sheffield, j. H. Han
cock.
The net result of the Tampa meet .
ing, so far as Charlotte county is con-
cer-ned, was to secure a pledge from
the State-R Road Department that II
would give this county $4,000 Just
as soon as available, engineers to sur
vey the route and make estimates, I'M
mediately, and an informal assurance
that if this county bonds for $15O,OOO
to build its portion of state road num-
ber five the money will be repaid
by the department, and it is under
stood that this agreement is to be
incorporated in a resolution grant
ing the $4,000 and services of the
engineers.
A number of the members OF the
Charlotte county delegation addressed +