Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-02
CITY OF TALLAHASSEE
WANTS THE ROAD.
Will Cooperate to Get II
to the Gulf.
Run Straight Through
From Atlanta to the
Gulf Via. Americus,
Best Section of State.

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| Tallahassee is wide awake to The
advantages that would flow from the
construction of the proposed Ameri-
Gus ?Albany Thomasville Tallahassee
Gulf highway, bringing Atlanta, Ma
con and all North and Middle an.
| Southwest Georgia into direct an(
easy communication with the capita
of Florida and TIE bathing and fish
ing waters of the Gulf of Mexico a.
St Marks.
AS has been pointed out, the road
IS already almost constructed from
Atlanta to Thomasville, a few little
stretches needing to be improved Il
give a complete highway from the
Georeia capital almost to the Florid7
line.
From Tallahassee a road directly
across the north Of Florida, connect
ing the capital with the Florida me-
tropOlis, Jacksonville, would pass
through the most important section Of
that state and give a route from At
Ianta to Jacksonville far exceeding in
beauty and attractiveness, and proba
bility of actual construction the route
proposed through Southwest Georgia.
The Tallahassee people seem alive
10 the opportunity afforded then
through the proposed highway. The
president of the Chamber of Com
|merce writes as follows:
rimes-Recorder, Aemircus, Ga.
Dear Sir;-I notice in the evening
Metropolis, a daily paper published
ia jacksonville, Fla, dated Mollay,
August 18th, on page 14,a an article
calling the readers attention to the
-dtt t1at YOU nave Suggested through
our columns ~ automobile hig way
ON Atlanta o the Gulf, ghr3.ga Nh
on, Americas, albany, Thomasyi.lv,
"a, to Tallaha 9, e, Fla, than to the
~ If. am !p,l-cd glad t. know that
Fcu have stared this mAvament f1r
IS matter that I have been trying
Q stir some enthusiasm on for the
)ast few months at this end of the
me; there IS no question in my mind
about the route being the best in
he country, as it will connect Capital
with Capital, in addition to touching
The Gulf at point where there are no
better bathing facilities to be found
in this state. Should this route be de-
cided on and finally built, you ca
easily leave your city at six o'clock in
themorning, run down to the Gulf
take a salt water bath and have
fresh fish dinner, and return to yol!1
home by dark the same day.
| will be glad to know that you
have called tits convention to meet
some time soon in your city, Macon
or Albany. l suggest these three cit
les only because they are practically
in the middle of the proposed highway
Should this convention be called and
meet, ! feel sure that you could de-
pend upon this city being represented
If there is any information that
can furnish you from here in regard
TO the matter, kindly make your wishes
known, and it will be my pleasure tc
render you all the support l can.
Yours very truly,
H. F.. GAULDING.
President
There appears to be no reason why
some meeting of representative men
in the various towns along the pro-
posed route should not be called b,
the Americus Board of Trade. to meet
in this city some time in October OF
November, when the matter could
be fully discussed, literature arranged
for and stimulus given to it in the
counties where the necessary roads re-
main to be improved complete the
missing links. The Windsor Hotel
will probably have all Of its improve
ments completed by that, time, and
Americas can tender the visitors the
accommodations of the very best
equipped hotel in all Southwest Geo.
gia.