The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-03
GOOD ROADS
RALLY HERE
Fort Pierce to be Mecca of An
East Coast Automobile Tour
RUN IN DECEMBER
Jacksonville and Miami Automobile And
Good Roads Associations Active In
Efforts to Promote Run

The Miami-to- Montreal Highway, via
the East Coast of Florida and Jackson
vile, is to be available to greater
extent this season than many suppose.
The citizens of Jacksonville. realizing
that there is no pretter drive in the
world, replete with scenic beauty, are
thoroughly aroused to the Importance
OF completing the link with line of
hard road al the way to Miami.
Tuesday afternoon committee met
in Jacksonville to perfect arrange
ments for great demonstration, to be
held in Fort Pierce, midway between
Jacksonville and Miami, probably dur
ing the month of December.
Already the Fort Pierce meeting has
come to the attention of the AGtOmo-
bile and Good Roads Associations, and
and it has been decided that an impress
sve line OF cars will start from Miami
and Jacksonville on the date to be
named and pick up cars on the way,
taking into Fort Pierce lineup of
automobiles that will convince the
most skeptical that something is doing
at both ends of the line. 1t is conSd-
cred that date in December would be
a most favorable time, or an earlier
date will suit if it should be decided
upon by the Jacksonville committee.
Evldencng the interest in this move
ment, the Jacksonville Metropolis SAYS:
"The purpose of the rally is to cre-
ate interest which will result in the
construction of a road from Miami to
Jacksonville which will later becomes
link in the road from Miami to Montre-
al. Canada. .... e.
Delegates from both Jensen and
Stuar have visited jacksonville IN
the interest of their respective towns.
Each delegation has furnished good
arguments for the location of the road
through the two places. The St. Lucie
river will have to be crossed and Stuart
wants to be on the new map as she is
now under prevailing conditions. On
the other hand, Jensen is right there.
with the goods and is seeking to land
the prize.
THE crossing of the st. Lucie river
has aroused much discussion, and two
are being urged before the
special committee. The route as it
now stands crosses at Stuart, but the
people of Jensen declare that a
much better arrangement would be to
follow the fine shell road down SewalI's
Point peninsula build about 200 yards
Of road to ferry that would land at d
Port Sewall. The construction Of less
than half mile of road here would
and the highway into another shell
roadway 500 feet wide leading to the
main line down the East Coast railway.
&C. H. Racey, of Jensen, one of the
most active advocates of good roads on
the eastern coast, spent Saturday in
Jacksonville, urging this route before
Mr.. Nolan and other members of the
He was equipped with
maps and most complete data, which,
ne points out, show the proposed route
o be from five to seven miles shorter
and more direct than the road as it now
stands with the ferry at Stuart. Mr..
aacey has invited the members of the
committee to 60 over both the existing
quite and The new one proposed before
making recommendation. He de-
.lares that the ferry at SeWalls point
will always he passable, while at Stuart
t will frequently be interfered with
" winds and low tides.
1.-THE tight between these two towns
means that there will be road built,
t may mean that there will be two
oads which will be all the better.
Practically the same spirit is manifest o
III up and down the east coast.
"This rally which is being planed is 4,
or the purpose of laying plans for the
inal construction of this much needed
highway. At the meeting definite
working scenes will be adopted and :.
he work of good roads will be pushed.
"The meeting will probably be held
t Fort Pierce as that city is about
quidistant between Jacksonville and
iiami The plan now is to have large .
allegations leave both cities at the :.
anne time for this middle point and
ather up machines on the way to the
Meeting place. 1t seems that there.
,ill be large attendance, as there is
much interest all along The line.
mo definite date has been set for
he rally. At this time 1t is thought
hat the meeting will be held some
ime in December"