Venice City Council Awards and Presents Future Projects
Venice city government schedules four afternoon presentations on storm drainage paving needs and future funding. City Engineer Ken Anderson outlines planned projects while City Manager Dale Rieth cites several million dollars in potential spending. Chuck Smith reviews refunding options for water and sewer bonds. Gary Bennett reports on the Venice Fishing Pier concession operation. Insurance choices are presented from five firms with an Insurance Advisory Committee meeting set. Evening actions include Bird Bay Drive East easements and a Towers of Capri site plan for Caprich Isles.
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Venice
Ken Anderson
Dale Rieth
Chuck Smith
William R. Huff
Sentry Insurance
Arne Carlson Agency
William Toole Insurance
Earl Edge & Associates
Insurance Advisory Committee
Bird Bay Drive
Towers of Capri
Capric Isles
Phosphate Boom and Phantom Port of Punta Gorda
The article recounts a phantom link to Punta Gorda as a world phosphate shipping capital during a booming era. It notes a one sixth stake sold for 25000 dollars, ships and tugboats bearing the port name, and phosphate flowing from Peace River via rail lines to Hull. It also covers fake islands formed from wrecked barges, the agricultural value of phosphate, and the boom’s decline around 1890 with new towns rising and fading.
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Punta Gorda
Cape Haze Point
Florida Southern Railroad
Peace River
Liverpool
Hull
Charlotte Harbor
Polk County
Bartow
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