The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-11-30
ENDURANCE
RUNFORAUTOS
Proposed Route is from Jackson
vile to Miami
A BIG WINTER EVENT
Motoring Interests tnquiring Conditions
OF Roads Along Fast Coast-Sl.
iuCie's Needs Apparent.

The Florida East Coast Automobile
Association Is planning an endurance
test for automobiles as one of the fea-
lures of thewinters entertainment, and
the following letter enquiring the con-
dition of the roads through St. Lucie
county and the reply of Mr.. McCarty,
will explain themselves.
1t is hoped that before another win
ter is approaching that we will have
thorough system Of roads, not only that
automobiles may be accommodated
but that our own people will be bene-
fitted thereby, and plans are now being
perfected looking to that end.
Mr. C. T. McCarty, Fort Pierce Fla.
Dear Sir:--It is proposed by the
Florida East Coast Automobile Asso-
citation to hold an endurance run for
automobiles from Jacksonville to Miami
which will be a big ad for the East
Coast and all places the road passes
through.
viii you kindly let me know as soon
as possible how many miles and be-
tween what towns you are familiar
with. What kind of road, shelled, pine
strawed, sandy or fiat woods road;
whether wet during ordinary winter
weather. If there are creeks to be
forded, state width of each and whether
hard or soft bottom. In your opinion
could an automobile go over the part of
the road you are familiar with.
An early reply will be greatly appre-
ciated. Thanking you for any informa-
ton and assuring you We are still build
ing good roads" at this end and hope
to see hard road from Jacksonville to
Miami, and are working toward that
end. am, Very truly,
JOHN B. PARKINSON, Secretary.
Mr.. John b. Parkinson, Secretary
Florida East Coast Automobile Assoc
citation, Daytona, Fla.
Dear Sir:.-.Your letter of the 90 inst.
is at hand. take pleasure in giving
you all the information at my command
in relation to our roads.
Our county is st. Lucie, beginning at
the Sebastian River at the north and
extending to the St. Lucie River on
the south, total distance of AZ to 50
miles. On entering the county on the
north you are ferried across the Sebas-
tian River, there being no bridge con-
venent. Roseland is the first settle
ment in the north end of the county,
and at that point can be found Ercil-
doune Inn, conducted by Lawrence &.
Moore and one of our enthusiastic
good roads men. Col. II y, Rutfner
and other progressive citizens reside
there. For the first three miles to
Sebastian you encounter very soft
sand for the greater part Of the dis
lance. Fairly good hotel accomcda-
tons can be found at Sebastian and
facilities for supplies, repairs, etc.
South Of Sebastien or 8 miles mostly
good road brings the driver to Wah2ssc.
Continuing south 3 miles brings yen to
Quay over q fairly good .iat woods
road. There are stores at Quay and
WabaSso. In very wei weather some
wet places would be encountered be-
tween Wabasso and Quay, but in ordi =
nary winter weather it would be fairly
good. Southwark from Quay through
Clifford, VerO, Oslo, Viking and ST.
Lucie to Fort Pierce, the county seat
Of the county, the driver would encoun-
ter 6 or miles of very soft sand out Of
total distance of II miles more or
less. There are also some soft sandy
hills and some low rutty places of lin
tied extent in this stretch. All the
points named have postohces and most
of them are railways stations. This is
probably the most problematical pare
of the route through the county.
Mr., +. H. Fee, of Fort Pierce, en-
Joys the distinction of being the first
automobilist over the route from Fort
Pierce to Melbourne having just made
the round trip from Fort Pierce to
Melbourne over the route am describ-
ing. He might be able to give you
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