The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-18

dSEuuS Adu 4IOiH S4gA( " I"UAAhs al
ches of lime thoroughly packed and
just what the Dixie people are seek
ing to do. Yet our new manager
hauls off all Of this lime foundation
Why? 1t has been suggested TO level
the street. You know streets can only
be bricked in Florida when very, very
level! The sand basis may be better,
for soft brick, but what Of the con-
Iditions five years hence? This sand
basis for brick streets has been test
ed over and over again for fifty years
in Florida and exploded.-Carney.
The Dixie highway, Mr.. Carney,
will not be paved with brick, and that
makes all the difference in the world.
We have a number of good streets in
this town, Fort King avenue, Main
from Fort King to Washington, Mag
nolia from Fort King to the union
station plaza, Broadway from Os-
ceola to Lime, Oklawaha from Osceola
tc Magnolia, all of which are brick
laid on sand ten years ago, and SEEM
ingly as good as new. AS for this
question, chow about five years from
now" we can only say we will be
burned if we know. We hope you and
lus, Mr.. Carney, will be walking on
golden streets by that time. We see
where Hillsborough county has let a
contract for asphalt block laid on the
natural sand and only Is feet wide
They may need Mr.. Carney's advice
and foot foundation. This paving in
Hillsborough county is almost the
same amount as Oklawaha avenue
with no base and no engineering. One
Florida city paid to a contractor $3.50
per yard for asphalt block on sand
base this year. There is lot of diff
ference between the Dixie Highway
sixteen feet wide on a new, green fill
and no curb and Oklawaha avenue be-
tween curbs and thirty-six feet wide.
The Seaboard is putting 90-pound
rails on the main line-why not the
same on the Oklawaha Valley rail-
road. If $4,000 on Oklawaha avenue
saved to the city was not enough, how
much does Mr.. Carney expect on one
street? The asphalt block and curb
alone cost 81 per yard. Does he ex-
pect it laid for nothing Editor.
Most of our citizens suppose that
the certificate bond business has an
end Or limit, but not so, only at the
sweet will of our city council. The
statutes of 1917 provided for our
present city charter and this charter
does not require that all city bonds
/ shall first be submitted to and voted
upon by our citizens before being
Ilegalized, as we have heretofore been
led to believe. But that bonds can
be issued at any time and in any
quantity up to 20 per cent. of city
assessed valuation backed by certifi-
Gates (as collateraD issued against
abutting properties worked by city
Carney.
We are afraid you are slightly mix
ed in this, Mr.. Carney. Better go ask
the city attorney, or some other good
lawyer.-Editor.
The majority of our present city
council was elected with the expec-
tation that the council would be con-
sentative and economical and now we
find our taxes have gone up one-thirG
hi
. ditures have reached the legal limits
if not gone beyond. 1t seems that oul
charter grants all powers of city
management to the heads under five
hats with the privilege of sub letting
most of the powers to a manager. L
there any remedy for this condition
OF affairs? 1t is true that our char.
tel provides for a recall but the con
ditions of this clause in the charter
can avail us nothing at this time. The
, majority of our recent former council
Not on account of what they had don,
| or left undone, but the citizens wer,
, afraid of what they might do ant
7 Oklawaha avenue was one of the bis
: issues in this fight We were afraic
that we would be mashed by tn,
J thumb pressure of that council ant
I here we are almost mashed to deatl
: by the foot of an elephant.-Carney.
/ All towns and cities in America
4 Mr.. Carney, put their government!
}. under certain hats, all the way from
= three to 200 in number. It's the fav
! orite form of municipal government
= in this country. No objection to you
taking around recall petition if you
4 feel like it. We have a vivid remem
e brance of last years election, but a.
e for the reason why the majority O.
/ the ancient board of aldermen wa
5 defeated, we say, let the dead rest il
= Epeace.-Editor.
2 Had our former council been re
;. elected I am satisfied that the cit.
/ of Ocala would have saved thousand
: of dollars of useless expenditures
The old council would have carried
out the instructions given them t.
!, asphalt certain streets, etc, unde: