The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-01
MASS MEETING
ON SEPT. 5TH
Good Roads Association Will be
Organized Next tuesday
A NATIONAL HIGHWAY
Delegations will Attend From Miami and
Jacksonville and intermediate Points
Every Citizen Urged to Attend

The Good Roads mass meeting. to be
held in the st. Lucie County Court
house next Tuesday afternoon promi, es
to be most important occasion to the
people OF this county, and one in which
everyone interested in the building of
good roads and the declaration of a
route through St. Lucie county as the
National Highway between New York
and Miami should take an active part,
The Fort Pierce Board of Trade has
been active in arranging for this meet
ing, which will be attended bv delega.
tons from the Jacksonville Board of
Trade, the State Good Roads Associa-
ton, and hegood roads and automobile
associations from Jacksonville, Miami.
West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
1t is expected that these delegations
consist of more than one hundred peo-
pie, and it is urged that the people of
st. Lucle county in general and Fort
Pierce in particular attend enmasse.
so that the visitors can see that this
is live community, in which the cit.
liens will lend every effort to advance
its Importance.
The board of trade has also arranged
to provide smoker for the entertain
ment of the visiting delegations, to
which invitation cards have been issued
by the board. This will be held in the
Improvement club hall, next Tuesday
evening.
Final arrangements were completed
IN Miami at meeting of the Miami
Board OF Trade, which was attended by
Judge Andrews and j. X. Williams,
Tuesday evening, and is reported by
one OF the Miami newspaper as follows:
Judge j. E. Andrews and j. X. Will
Jams, Jr., of Fort Pierce, met with the
Miami Automobile and Good Roads as
ISOLATION at its regular meeting Tues
day night. The gentlemen were here
to make the final arrangements for the
tour to be made by the local associa-
ton from this city to Fort Pierce on
the fifth Of next month.
When called upon Judge Andrews
gave a very interesting account of the
trip made by himself and Mr.. Williams
from Fort Pierce to this city. In the
way he told the story there was a de-
;ided touch of humor given to The Or
1lnary difficulties encountered by the
average automobilist.
Judge Andrews said that the rough
places in the road would all be smooth
ed out by the day of the tour, and that
ne did not regard the trip as a hard
me. Such difficulties as he had en-
'ountered were the result of going ov-
Dr. the road in the night time.
He explained the difficulties that the
rood roads people of St. Lucie county
lad had in securing money for roads
Ind showed that the movement for q
,ond issue for 5000, 600 was tied I'D in
litigation, which has reached the su-
,reme court. He expressed the opin.
on that the decree would be favorable
o the bond issue.
He urged the local association to
ome to Fort Pierce and assist in crea-
ing additional sentiment for good roads,
which would prove of great value to
he country, in case another election
hould have to be held.
Full and complete arrangements, he
aid, had been made to entertain all
.uests at Fort Pierce on the 9Th.
Secretary Ward reported that the
GLOWING automobile owners had agreed
0 make the run next Tuesday: E. B.
Douglas, r. B. Einig. John Seybold,
)r. VanDyke, Miami Garage, r. A.
Bryan, E. A. Theed, A. E. Heyser, G.
}. Romfh, c. T. McCrimmon, E. B.
lOmfh, j. H. Tatim, The Metropolis,
Y. Van andingharn, A. j. KOlb, J. C.
looks, F. A. Bryan, r. l.. Mills, E.
|. Dudley and Jas. Paulson.
As tbs. nnlv diff,cnltv N ho ork;o;,,ot
q in the trip is the crossing of the St.
ucie river, car owners are urged to
art as early as 4 o'clock in morning.
The Fort Pierce newspapers have been
lshing the great Good Road meeting
'r September 9Th and urging all the
aOple of st. Lucie county to turn out
nd assist in the organization. The in
cations are that the occasion will be
rousing one, and that the association
} be organized there on that day will
> one of the very live wires along the
asst Coast in the matter of building
0dern hardsurfaced roads. 1t will be
,membered that sometime ago the Mi
mi association presented st. Lucie
,unty with twenty-five carloads of rock
" use on the roads, to be delivered
herever desired, and now that the
neapple hauling season is ended this
'ck will be received and placed where
will do the most good as soon as it ia
)ssible.
The meeting last night was most
teresting one and larger number of
embers of the association was pres
It, with z. B. Douglas in the chair.