The Ocala evening star., 1911-06-22
BRooKsyILLE ON THE BOOST
Big Crowd of Good Roads Enthusiasts
Here from Hernandez Capital


six automobiles bearing over score |
of national highway and good roads |
boosters from Brooksville arrived in
OcaIa this forenoon to take up with
the local board of trade the PROPOSE
ton to have the road from Ocala to
Tampa to run through Dunnellon, In
verness and Brooksville
The delegation came to Ocala at the
reauest of Ocala to Tampa via Brooks-
vile boosters and they lost no time IN
making known to local good roads en-
thusiasts just what they wanted. Inc
word has gone abroad that influences
are at work which have for their oD-
iect the establishment of a route that
will not include Dunnellon, Inverness
and BrooksvilIe, and 1t was to offset
this rumor that fernando and citrus
county people made the trip.
Immediately after dinner the visitors
were given an audience by leading citi-
zens of Ocala and they explained their
position, which is substantially as fol-
| lows:
Barring about four miles there Is
now a good high and dry road from
Ocala TO Tampa via Brooksville, on
(which autos can make from 20 to 40
Irniles an hour Marion has seven miles
Iof fine hard road. five Of heavy sand
Iroads and about 13 miles of fine sand
land clay road to Dunnellon. From
iDunmellon to Inverness. Citrus county
has 20 miles of as good roads as Will
be found in the state, barring the pest
rock roads From Inverness to BROOKS
lviIle the sand roads are as good as any
natural roads in the state and the
same can be said of the road between
tBrooksville and Tampa.
| The county commissioners of Her
Inando county have started improve
ments on their roads which Will in
sure first-class highway through thai
county within another year. They have
10 miles widened. ditched and graded
ialready and a big force of convicts Is
| TO be kept at work until the road from
the Citrus county line to the Pasct
:, county line is completed. Citrus coun
2 ty has agreed to build good roaC
from Inverness to the fernando coun
: ty line, and Hillsborough count!
A (Tampa) has almost completed hare
4 road from Tampa to the Pasco line.
5 Recent developments indicate tha
n the Citrus county commissioners are il
t favor of hard road to connect tn
r fernando and Hillsborough road, an
= the Brooksville contingent has assur
n ances that the problem of extendin
I the route through Pasco has been solv
I ed by uniting the countys resource
4 with that of Hillsborough and Her
e nando counties, and the towns alon
e the west coast of HiIlsborough whic
: want hard road to join to.
: The Brooksville delegation explaine
e that they are to hold a national high
J. way convention at Brooksville ne>
n Monday when the matter will be take
l. up with representatives from Tamp
e Inverness, Dunne1lon, Tarpon Spring
/ and the towns down the west coas
l. Oca1a friends have also agreed to a
1t tend and if Brooksville is not hear
~ from in no uncertain tones his Satan
l. Majesty is a sheep.
ID The visitors told their Ocala aud
1T tors if the latter do not give them
II, hearing in this matter they lave tt
eff authority to boost for national higl
t. way which will extend from Live Oa
south through Branford, Newberr
Archer, Williston, Montbrook, Morri
ton, Dunnellon, Inverness and Brook
.s VILE to connect with an extension of
hard road now nearing completion fro
6 st. Petersburg via Largo, Clearwat
and Tarpon Springs to Brooksvil
They told the Ocalaites that trade fo
lows good roads, and Tampa is invit
- to make a note of the same consider
. tions. The Brooksville route fro
=, Tampa to Ocala has already been 5
- lected and posted by Tampa scouts a
- it is notorious that autoists comil
"a from Jacksonville and all points nor
never consider any other route. 1t
:, the only high and dry route along t
49, west coast and any other route wou
cost ten times as much for reconstru
- tion.
- Following is a list of the names
the Brooksville boosters: J. A. Je
- nings, chairman county commissions
w. NJ. McKethin, cashier Herman
" State Bank; III. D. Evans, turpenti
-. operator; d. H. A. Cox, in Mr.. Eva
~ Cadillac; Roy N. Chelf, druggist; Gu
man Warn, captain of convicts; L.
Hathaway, hardware merchant; A
'o Burns, president Brooksville Cigar c
Roy Reagan, lumberman, in Mr.. Var
'' Buick; 6. W. BrasweI, hotel man;
40 w. Lageron, real estate agent; G.
~ Freas, newspaper reporter and r.
!t-~ Flemming driving Mr. Braswe
me Buick; S. S. Petteway, naval stores
~ orator, and son, Charles; Hon. F.
tue Stringer, mayor of Brooksville: Char
Petteway, turpentine operator; Ja'
Armistead, in Mr. Petteway's Bui
ia Neal Law, deputy sheriff: Dune
y" Frierson, Andrew Law. Fred New
rn- To,o Iy;r,~ Iuara p.,osa,, rsorb II,
md sor ana prorr ~ EoraIt D.,