The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-04-07
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He proposes to work convicts in brick
wards and create material for the best
of roads. The bill contemplates these
roads to pass through 80 of the 40
counties in the State, and branches to
those not reached by through line
Ocala Star.
Bradentown held an election to deter
mine whether the ordinance prohibiting
cows in the town should be repealed:
1879 votes were cast, Ia in favor OF the
ordinance and Is for its repeal. we
are really surprised to know that there
are Is people in the beautiful city Oh
Bradentown who think cows Should
roam at large there. 1t is a great re-
sort for tourists, the streets and yards
are lined with beautiful shrubbery, and
there is really no town in South FLORIDA
more attractive
News has been received in st. Au-
gustine that the postmaster general AT
Washington has decided to establish
postal savings bank in connection with
the local postotiice. 1t is expected that
within few days Postmaster George
Alba will receive official notice of the
decision. Key West is the only other
poStofice in the State allowed such
bank. The last session of Congress
passed an appropriation bill making it
possible to establish several new postal
saving banks and st. Augustine was in
the winning.
Felix Faunt, chauffeur, of New
York, was killed, Misses Bessie Nc
Donald and Gertrude Pfeiffer, of Bos-
ton, fatally injured and Miss Emma
Laird. of Boston, hurt internally in an
automobile "joy ride accident on the
Port Orange road near Daytona Mon
day morning. The car was the property
of p. A. Warner, of New York, who
left for his home last Friday after
spending the winter season at Daytona,
He left instructions with Faust his
chaufeau, to ship the car to New York
Tuesday. Monday night Faunt invited
a party of his friends to take a fare
well "joy ride" and they were on their
way home when the accident occurred.
A large number of Confederate vet
Grams from Florida are expecting to at
tend the annual reunion, which will be
held in Little Rock May Is to Is. Those
in charge of the movement are arrang-
ing for special train to leave jack
sonville on the evening of May l3, which
will consist of Pullmans and chair cars
and will be operated through to Little
Rock solidly. A rate of Sl7.l5 has
been granted from Jacksonville to Lit
tie Rock and return and the special will
be operated over the Atlantic Coast
Line railway from there to Montgom-
cry, thence the Louisville and Nash
vile to Birmingham, Frisco lines to
Memphis and the Rock Island to Little
Rock.
Work on the Key West extension of
the Florida East Coast railroad has now
begun to concentrate on that unfinished
part between Bahia Florida and Boca
Chica. c. B. Coleby, foreman Of the
bridge work, with large portion of
the steel workers, is now at Bahia Flor
ida getting the steel at that place in
condition to start on the bridge span
ming Bahia Florida channel. This will
be one of the most difficult pieces Of
bridge work on the whole line, as one
of the spans will be 247 feet long. The
reason that it was necessary to put in
a span of this length at Bahia Florida
is that about midway the channel, the
engineers struck ''pot hole" so deep
that the estimated cost of putting down
pier was 50 great that it was figured
a truss span would be much cheaper
and just as safe.
After two days wait on account of
strong west winds, on Friday, Aviator
McCurdy rewarded the enthusiastic
crowds from far and linear attending the
aviation meet at Daytona by brilliant
series of flights during the forenoon and
afternoon. Taking one Of his mechani-
clans with him, McCurdy made three
flights Friday morning. starting short
ly after 10 o clock. The first two flights
were over the beach; in the third flight
he came across the beautiful Halifax
to pay his respects to Daytona. First
going as far north as the Clarendon, the
machine swerved westward and crossed
the river in direct line at point over
Voiusia avenue. and then turned south
ward. The wind being north of east,
the humming of his motor was heard
by those out on the river piers before