The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-06


ering to meet Lee county at any point
on the county line that Lee county
should designate, provided Lee coun-
ty would agree to continue the road
to Fort Myers. Lee county accept
ed the offer and selected the quarter
post on the north lime of section five
township forty-three, south range
twenty-four, east, as the point tt
which both counties would build
Both counties have located and es
tablished the road to that point
District number three of DeSott
Icounty has grubbed and cleared the
right of-way sc feet wide to tht
county line at an expense of over
-four thousand dollars. Lee county
has issued $4,000 in bonds to com.
plete her part of the road. This
county is, therefore, morally bound
and so far as boards of commission
ers can bind their respective counties
lit is legally bound to hardsurface its
share of that road and to refuse to
do so now will certainly be an act or
bad faith if not an act of actual re-
pudiation of an obligation on the part
of Charlotte county. Nor can 1t be
pleaded in extenuation of such an
act of bad faith or reputation that
this obligation was incurred surreptl-
tiously and without the knowledge
and consent of citizens and taxpayers
affected thereby, for no action TAX
en- by the commissioner who repre-
eanted district number three during
term of six years has met Wrth
such universal approval by MS con-
stituents as his efforts in favor OF
this short cut to Fort Myers. AT
Cleveland and even Fort ogden the
sentiment seemed to be unanimous III
anprovaI of his action and when the
question of awarding the contract Tor
clearing the right-of-way was uhoer
consideration the m m er
sought the advice of representative
citizens and taxpayers and at "eh-
attended meeting the Commercial
Climb of Punta Gorda a motion was
carried with but one dissenting vote
advising him to let said contract ana
In exclamation of his negative vote
the voter stated that he favored the
road hut was afraid Lee count!
vould fail to come up with her snare
, lof the work. In all the discussloh'
relating to this road the fact that III
} construction could not be PAID 10
from the general eight-mill road TAX
but would require an issue OF ponuS
: was fully explained and generaii
c understood and ignorance OF TINS Oh
6 LEGATION cannot be pleaded as an e'
/. ouse for its non-fulfilment by tn
Il county
% "The second of the especial an
y controlling reasons which apply
&c the Tamiami trail, but which do n
= amply to general system OF roa
y for the county, is the fact that Sar
u sofa county has made provision
. bardsurfacing that highway to
:, Charlotte county line and 1t is
- omen secret that unless this coun
~ makes provision to meet Saraso
" county at the county line, that hlg
,way will be diverted to route II
ther north, and Englewood, Murdoe
- Charlotte Harbor and Punta COR
70 and Acline will ee left off the rou
of that celebrated highway and O
of the chief advantages to be derlV
: from the construction of the Cha
:, lotte harbor bridge will be 1rretrle
ably lost. Moreover, if funds be
- provided for keeping the $lZ'o'
worth of machinery at work on sta
road number five, we are liable
lose that machinery, as is on
loaned to the county, and II we doh
use il the State Road Department WI
probably find some other county th'
will use it on State or State-ald ROAD
e This work. between Punta Gorda an
y the Sarasota county line, like u
e sbort cut to Fort Myers, cannot .
IdnnP ont Oh lut tlSht-Ai'AA
: and if done at all will have to be don
by an issue of bonds.
"This Tamiami trail is destined
:, become a part of a great cross-s'a'
; bigbway connecting Tampa on III
lculf of Mexico, through this count!
with the Atlantic ocean, ana the VI
,, cent necessity for immediate action
> = order to secure it is, in the opinion
:, vorr committee, sufficient justlnc'
= = lion of the action heretofore take
nreparatory to calling an elec'ion
: authorize county bonds Tor tne pul
/; nose of hardsurfacing that hign"a;
: while declining 20 take the respD%
hilitv for the much larger ooa3
. sue asked for in the petitio2
Ia consideration.
n "your committee is a