New Smyrna Daily News (Newspaper) - August 11, 1916, New Smyrna Beach, Florida NEW SMYRNA NEWS Si Volume 4, Number 11 NEW AUGUST a Year BIDS ARE ACCEPTED FOR ROAD BUILDING SPECIAL DISTRICT IS DIVIDED AND OFFERS OF FOUR DIFFER ENT CONTRACTORS ARE AC FOR THE The contracts for the building o roads in the New Smyrna specia tax district have been let am Indications are that actual construe tion work on the roads will be atari within the next The roads will be made 15 wide and hard surfaced with shel the greater of thi with the public thorough fares through the city of New Smyrna made of according to the specifications as called for in the bids accepted by the board o county at their meet ing held Monday and Tuesday this Instead of letting the contract to rone firm for the construction of al the roads in the the specia district has been subdivided into districts and the contract for building the roads in each district to a different No. 1 comprises the city the roads on the peninsula and the road north from New Smyrna to the other side of Rose where it joins the Daytona special District No. 2 takes in the road south from the city limits to the south county No. 3 is the road from New Smyrna to DeLand and district No. 4 branches from the DeLand road to the Bast Coast ferry on the St. Johns The contracts with the successful bidders will signed the last part this week or the first part qf next week and the bonds filed with the so that everything will be ready for the construction work to be It is believed that all the roads will be finished inside of six In contracts to four different bidders the board of county did the best thing possible for this special tax district and it insures having the roads com in a shorter space of time than if the contract for the whole district had been given to one It also insures the most possible road for the money to be as the bids were the lowest for the sub The streets to be taken in on the road district arc Orange street from the north city limits to Canal the full length of Canal from Hillsboro street to the place where the road to DeLand turns and Magnolia street to the south city The specifications call for concrete of inches in ness at the center and sloping to 5 Inches at the curb The con- crete will be laid 24 feet v The specifications call for a shell surfacing 10 inches thick outside the city letting the contracts by sub the total amount of these comes to a little over leaving almost 14.000 of the bond issue of In connection with the letting of for work In the New Smyrna the bids were accepted for completing the road In the district for to connect with the New Smyrna DeLand from point where it branches off from the Lake Helen road near Lake to the edge of the New Smyrna There is seven miles of this road and It will be faced with The contract for the concrete work in the city limits was let to Bryson Bryson for The ful bidders on the other work were Bryson II Lancston and Social Affair Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Magruder en- pleasantly at their country home at Day's grove Monday The affair was given for Mm. Magruder's brother wlw Is The time was spent In dancing and during the evening the hostess served The guests from New Smyrna Misses Mary Louise and Harriette and John ertson and Arnold Those Iran Oak Hill were Mr. and Mrs. O. L. L. Leon trader and Mrs. Johnson and MUs CANAL TO BE READY FOR TOURIST SEASON GENERAL MANAGER GIBBS SAYS PROTEST WAS MADE AGAINS DREDGE SWANN TRYING TO MAKE That the Florida Coast Line Cana and Transportation owner of the East Coast have spen on the waterway since No and that every effort will be used to have the whole waterway from the St. Johns river to bay In good navigable condition in time for the coming tourist season is thV statement made by W Gibbs of St. general mana a letter to the News this week Mr. Gibbs explains why the lias recently been blocked between St. Augustine and Daytona by the dredge and says that the owners of the dredge were notified by the canal company that there were several bad places in the canal be tween Matanzas and Ormond and that the canal company protested against the owners of the dredge at tempting to make the passage Mr. Gibbs calls attention to a re cent article in the News in which il was stated that the owners of the were assured there Hvas nt water in the canal for the passage f the and Knowing that there were several bad n the canal between Matanzas and which the had made arrangements to remedy at the owners ot the dredge Swann and the captain of said dredge were served with written notice notifying hem of this and protesting their attempting the this blockade was removed md as soon as the Swann got into he Halifax the canal company ent Its dredge to remove shoals at points obstructing and now has a temporary channel which will allow the Howard steamers to while dredge con to make permanent this November this company as spent some on its way and with the exception of two veeks has kept the dredge constantly jn the and every effort will be used to have its whole waterway rom the St. Johns river to Biscayne in good navigable condition in ime for the coming tourist Letter to Dredge Following is a copy of the letter written by Mr. Gibbs to the ioro Dredging dated June calling attention to the condition f the canal and protesting against lie passage of the dredge through he dredge Swann arrived in St and left this morning for Lake via East wish to call your attention to lie fact that the above named dredge rawing 5 feet 7 inches is entirely to use a canal whose re- depth is 5 I to your Mr. a few days ago there are I places along our canal which are ven and which shoals this is now taking steps to re- His idea that the Swann could lightened by pontoons I do not hink as the additional beam would be too great to allow of passage through or for le passage by dredge of other boats ing is also grave danger that he dredge may stick at some point totally obstruct I should be very glad to ender your company any aid in my In view of the I must rotest against the passage of your redge through our and this will hold the Hillsboro redging company responsible for ny damage to Its waterway or for le delay or damage of other craft assing or attempting to pass FLA. COAST LINE CANAL AND TRANSPORTATION W. General One of the largest hog farms of state soon will be established ear Palmetto by a which Is being by O. W. of Pa. A district meeting of Odd will be held In on the lent ot August the local lodge as host to the of Semi- Orange and CANDIDATE HUGHES ON A FERRYBOAT by American Fross Charles Republican frr on a ferry whilo on his to confer with leaders in New York With him are his and the William who was of public service commission when Mr. was nor of New HEATING PLANT AND THE HARDWARE ARE PURCHASED FOR NEW SCHOOL BUILDING CONTRACTS ARE LET BY SCHOOL BOARD FULL LIST OF TEACHERS EM- PLOYED IN THE COUNTY IS ANNOUNCED BY SUPERINTEND X DENT The board of public instruction of Volusia met in the county ANOTHER TEST WELL IS BEING EXAMINED WITHIN A FEW DAYS AND DEFINITE ACTION WILL THEN BE Samples of water taken from the test well recently sunk on the Ben office Monday night j about three vith all members present j sent to the Chairman Crouch and ent Sheppard reported the ory settlement of the dissatisfaction had existed with the ion of the Daytona school Commissioner Gould reported prog ess on the erection of the building Transportation was granted to the to attend school at Spruce Lucile Gertrude Ira Lee Roy Pearl Bessie Nettie Hiram Thelma W. B. Day was authorized to build toilet for the boys at the j tore a definite decision was school the cost of same hoard of health for analysis and a report on this analysis is expected a few As soon as this is received more definite action on the location of the supply of water for the new city waterworks will be taken In the minds of members of the council and the board of public works there is little question but that the quality of the water is ex- the supply sufficient for use in the city but the pre- caution of having the water analyzed taken in order to make sure be- tot to exceed Transportation was granted S. T. Vicholson tor six children to attend he Port Orange Bids were submitted for the trans- portation of the school children from he Flowers section to DeLeon as C. C. per D. G. per Accordingly the contract was let to D. O. McBride for the transportation t school children from the Flowers to the DeLeon Springs school or the entire school Mr. to use automobile and to keep responsible driver at all times and o be responsible to the board tor the afe and satisfactory execution of he A letter was read from J. M. The amount of water received through the pump sunk on the nett place indicates there is an abundance of water and that two or three wells will furnish all that will be needed in the city A joint meeting of the council and board of public works will he held next Tuesday night to hear the re- port on the analysis and take what further action can be taken in the matter of changing the source of Prices on the pipe necessary to bring the water from the wells to the big reservoir are being obtained by the city so that details in connection with the laying of the necessary pipe will be known as soon as the question of source of supply K of requesting that their bu same chool be established at that from presenting at the same time that here are 16 children of school age The request was with he understanding that the patrons f that place will arrange for a ng to be used for this and for the without cost o the school U was ordered that a new building 4x30 be erected at Seville for the and P. N. was to get up plane nd specifications for the when the superintendent was .to advertise for The at were an- to make any Decenary re- to be ol dis- A letter from J. R. and A. S. trustees of district No. 52, relative to certain com- plaints filed by J. T. Clinton at the last board meeting with regard to tain Individuals In that community using the school property for cow pen was and proving was ordered Chairman Crouch was Instructed to place Insurance on each of the new buildings now being erected In and to OD the new building being erected In on 8lx.> FRANCHISE IS ASKED DESIRE IS TO MAKE LONG DIS- TANCE CONNECTION WITH THE LOCAL TELEPHONE COM- Seeking a franchise for the can Telephone Telegraph company to place poles and wires along any of the streets or public fares of New Attorney Bert Fish of DeLand appeared before the city council at its regular meeting Tuesday night with an ordinance prepared for consideration by the council and explained that the com- pany is asking for this franchise in order to be able to connect with the local telephone As the proposed ordinance calls for the granting of a franchise it will be necessary for the council to pass the ordinance and then call for a special election that the people may ratify or reject the granting of the Attorney Fish stated that EXPERIENCES ON SHIP IN ALASKAN WATERS RAY VROOMAN INTER- OF HIS SERVICE ON THE SATURN IN THE UNITED STATES Experiences on board ship in the United States navy are interestingly told by Ray who has been in Alaskan waters for some time on board the U. S. S. in a ter recently received by his parents at The letter was ten from and July 14th, and is in part as believe Hit last letter I sent was from Dutch Harbor on June 17th, but the steamer which took the mail went on the and I do not know whether the mail was lost or any we left Dutch Harbor for the Pribilof islands on June 10th. It is only a 200-mile so we ar- rived at St. Paul island the next In the last leg of the trip we encountered heavy beam seas and did some mighty wild to 47 degrees once on my trick at the are four the company would bear all the ex- pense of the passage of the ance and the holding of the special The American Telephone Tele graph company has recently the stringing of its through this along the railroad are the 40 miles right of way and this work done and ib a wireless station without asking a as one- The largest seal wires are to be used by the Western the world are on these which has its and onb government islands in the com- i St. St. 1 Otter and Walrus St Paul and St. vessels may land there Every night here The company stringing new wires from i tile to West and when thp sometimes a herd of two dozen or more would come out City is reached a cable will be aid across to Havana to give direct wire connection with the island of Cuba The wires are to be used for aoth telegraph and telephone com- At no place is the company putting n local telephone but it is the intention to make connections with all local telephone wherever which will give the patrons local exchanges di- rect connection with the long dis- tance This arrangement will give long distance telephone con- wherever the wires of the Western go No action on the proposed ance and franchise was taken by the the matter being laid over consideration until the next ar meeting of that when At- and swim around close to the The sound of a human voice seems to attract them and they would come quite close if we yelled or whistled to government agents made several killings while we were at St. and one night we had seal liver for supper It was mighty good and all hands sent back to the tor I bought some teeth at St. George for two bits a and have been putting In spare time polishing them I also purchased several other souvenirs and native trinkets and will send them home when we get back to left the Pribilofs June 30th and tame to Dutch when made land that time we very nearly picked it up with the orney Fish will meet with the j 't a and the matter will be taken tof suddenly lifted and showed ip for KING DRAG KEEPS SAND CLAY ROADS IN Thousands of dollars are spent very year to make good roads while little provision made to ain Maintenance is the most part of the because vithout it the roads soon wear he money is gone and everybody is Failure to provide enance is the greatest fault of the good roads movement in many In many of the state clay ind sand exist in the right proportion o make good roads if a good crown s put Sand clay roads are the and cheapest maintained if hey are given the right The ting road drag is the only implement for keeping such roads in good It will not build a but it will keep it in shape fter it is If this drag is used after every rain t will keep the ruts out and no chuck oles will The work can be one when land is too wet to plow nd when teams and labor would be die According to E. S. district agent for the University f Florida extension the ime to use the drag is when the clav s still wet or moist so that it will or pack when it is gives the desired hard surface when it If the road is divided into districts nd each farmer is given the care of hat portion of the road along his or a section proportionate o the amount of his the oad can be kept in good shape at mall It does not take long o drag a tew miles and the right ime to do the work coincides with he time when the labor and teams would be Sand clay roads need most care during the rainy Tbe population of has umped from 260 In -ISM to In breakers ahead and close to Then n was lull speed astern and put the wheel hard but we did not suppose the charts of this part of Alaska are none too accurate and there is probably a great tion in the due to local dis- At any navigation in these waters seems to be a risky On several when approaching land we have let out one of the anchors in 30 or 40 fathoms of water and let her tow along underneath the ship so if we get to a certain depth of water we will know at As the mate is cheaper to lose an anchor than to lose the stayed at Dutch Harbor until July 9th. when we left and came to arriving here July Kodiak was our first port of call after leaving San as you will remember if you got my ter of May 31. forgot to mention that I re- your letter of May 25th the day we arrived the Was glad to get the Coronado but you can send the whole paper if you as it will be forwarded to a government vessel anywhere in the seven being my day I celebrated by going ashore in the afternoon and seeing the sights of It is quite a But It was cold and rainy and I did not stay very long. I we are due to leave here in a few days has been a great number ot whales in the bay here the last few They swim around close to tile ship and seem to be feeding on the kelp I believe they ara what are called whales and average about 35 feet In This afternoon I saw some ot them Jumping almost clear of the believe me. they made some splash when they we left Kodiak July 19th and arrived at Seward the next I J on nwe
