Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-10-12
Program for Roads and
Bridge Revised at the
Last Meeting
AIRING PETITIONS
Will Be Two Separate
Issues for Roads and
Bridges

Approving a Program which will Ell
tail the expenditure of $1,025,OOO the
general road committee yesterday af-
ternoon prepared to submit the pro-
posal to the taxpayers of the districts
concerned at the earliest possible mo-
ment. AS soon as the description of
the roads, with correct mileage can
be secured, the petitions will be drawn
and circulated and the Board of
County Commissioners will be asked
to call the election.
The bond issue, if approved by the
tax payers, will be in two sections,
one for $650,000 for roads embrac-
ing the entire county with the excep-
ton of the Rodman, Florahome and
Crescent City districts, and one for
$375,OOO for bridge across the St.
Johns river embracing only the Pa
latka and East Palatka districts. The
bridge will have the toll system ard
will not have to depend on taxes for
payment of interest or sinking fund,
as well as operation.
Since it's last meeting the commit
tee found that many problems had de-
veloped. Among them was one of
connecting up the city paving with the
Rice Creek road, a very important
matter, it was pointed out. The city
has promised, on numerous occasions,
it was stated, to make this conection
but thus far has failed to do so, and
about the toughest portion of the
journey between Palatka and sJack-
sonville over road No. 8 is to be found
within the city limits. There was
considerable discussion over this
matter and it was finally decided to
ask the city to do its part in making
this connection, and in the event the
council cannot do it, provision will be
made in the bond issue to take care
of it.
The matter of hard surfacing the
Interlachen road all the way to the
Alachua county line came up, and it
was the unanimous sentiment of the
committee that this sould be done
now, so that there would be no ne
cessity for another bond issue in a
short time to complete the road.
1t was also found that in the orig
inal estimates the amount per mile
for paving was too low, that the item
of $4,000 for attorneys fees, advertis-
ing and engineering was totally in
adequate and that there were other
contingencies that required the in
creasing of the total amount of the
issue.
Provide For Permanent Bridge
1t was also the sentiment that the |
bridge should be twenty-five feet
wide, five feet of the width to be de-
voted to sidewalk, that it should |
have a load carrying capacity at all
points of forty tons, with jack knife !
lraw, made with arches and of con-
,rete. Plans and estimates were sub
nitted showing the approximate cost
If such structure to be about $780,
700 to $375,000.
A competent engineer has already |
agreed to furnish the committee with
he necessary information for the pc
,ition, and as soon as this is received
within the next day or two, it will be
,urned DER 10 ]. V. Walton, who will
prepare the petition for circulation
among the tax payers.
During the progress of the discus
sion yesterday attention was called
o the great number of bond issues
hat are being put over in other coun-
les of the state, and that Putnam's |
bonded Indebtedness now is lower,