The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-10
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WEST FLORIDA
HAVE MEETING
GATHER AT D'FUNIAK TO DIS
cUss THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
FROM MouLTRIE TO PENsA.
coLA-cITY HOST FOR occA-
SION.
rhe DeFuniak Breeze says:

The DeFunfak Breeze says:
A meeting frought with more potent
results was never held In west Florida
than that which convened here >yes-
terday, when the county commission
ers of the various counties through
which the proposed National highway
runs met to discuss this and other
good roads matters, and to take action
which would place a definite PROPOSE
ton before Mr.. Aycock and his asso-
ciates in the matter.
The concrete action was the signing
Of the following pledge by the various
commissioners:
We, the undersigned county COM
missioners of Jackson. Washington,
Holmes, Walton, Santa Rosa and Es-
Gambia counties, respectively petition
your committee to locate the proposed
Moultrie and Pensacola Highway along
the route secuted by your committee
~, and offer you through each of our
counties, the route as outlined by your
scout.
We further agree to commence work
upon said highway at the earliest pos
sible moment, and to eliminate ferries
from said route and substitute bridges
as rapidly as possible.
Such in brief is the action taken
which was signed by each of the
counties represented through the COM
misioners and all of them were repre-
sented, and where a majority of the
board was not present the action was
based upon action taken before they
came here.
On the arrival here of the various
parties they were taken in charge by
our enthusiastic and hospitable citi-
zens, and trip was made south of
town to where some good road is be-
ing built, and to show Mr.. Christian
the class Of road material with which
we have to work.
The preliminary meeting was held at
the court house in the morning at
which Mr.. Richbourg acted as tenn
porary chairman and Mr.. Tomasselo
was chosen to preside and r. W.
Storrs was appointed secretary
Adjournment wa staken for dinner
at which those present were the
guests of the city at the Brown house,
where Mayor Beach babe them well
come in the name of our citizens and
the municipality, to which Hon. Hays
Lewis responded. There were calls for
Mr.. Aycock and Mr.. Christian, whose
work as superintendent of road work
in Sumter county, Georgia, has made
that county famous in good road build
ing, and they responded in brief
speeches.
In the afternoon there was a verita-
Die good roads feast, speeches being
made by Mr.. Aycock, Mr.. Christian
and members of the various boards in
which there was a perfect unity of ex-
preston that we must have the roads
and good ones.
We regret that we cannot go more
into detail as to the information given,
but we have 1t stored away for argu-
ment as the work goes on, and the
meeting closed with the giving of the
| pledge as given above.
On the suggestion of Mr. Aycock, a
| permanent organization was effected
with Mr.. Tomasselo as chairman and
j d. Russ as secretary, and the next
| meeting will be held at a time and
| place to be named by the chairman
! and secretary.
| Those present officially were:
| From Escambia county, NJ. Baggett
| From Santa Rosa, P. Tommasello, G.
W. Moore and Curtis Jernigan.
From Walton all the members ex-
| cept Mr.. Mcleod.
From Holmes, J. w. Register, NJ. NJ
| Carroll and J. E. Williams
| From Washington, J. T. Hightower,
]. H. Porter, ]. T. Gilbert and j. W.
| Williams.
| From Jackson, Jesse Jordan.
Unofficial but interested there were
representative citizens from every
county, list of which would sound like
a roll call of progressive citizens. We
| should like to give a more detailed
report of the meeting. such as it's i'm
portance justifes, but we are holding
up this issue of the Breeze until the
| very early hours of this Thursday
| morning that our readers may know
the result of this, the most important
meeting ever held in west Florida.