Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1911-03-10
cross COUNTRY RUN
From Fort Pierce to Fort
Myers by Automobile.
party from This Place Made the
Round Trip in Good Time and
Found New Pleasure Route.

d, automobile from Fort Pierce TO
I'm Myers across the Southern penin-
lid Of Florida in one day was never
.ho,rbt possible before last wdek when
Msvor R, Whyte conceived the idea Of
nsking the trip in that way instead Of
4 ,skInc the railway route via Titusville,
s.stord aud Lakeland. Being engaged
8 hnsIness in both cities Mr.. Whyte
u occasion to make the trip often,
sra 10 test his theory o! the automobile
.o,te he preached the subject to Mr..
MO. Penny, who at once agreed 20
,ake him In his Ford touring car.
he engaged Mr.. T. L. Tyre as pilot
. and invited The News Man to be the
fourth member Of the party. Arrange
ments were made for an early start on
tuesday morning, February 18th, and
4 four o'clock the 20-horsepower Ford
+ ear. with the above party on board,
.nrted on a remarkable pathfnding
Eria. and one that will doubtless be fol-
lived by many machines from now on.
Despite the darkness aud very
+ heavy fog Mr.. Penny drove his car at
lively clip from the start and at 1853
we crossed Ten Mile creek, and at 5;25
ascke party of travellers at Camp Cy-
press. The travelling across the dats
VAS much better than was expected
and at times, even in the heavy sand,
the speedometer registered 20 miles per
hour
From Camp Cypress to the western
edge Of the flats was the most enjoya-
BE part Of the trip TO Mr.. Tyre, who
he had been trying for years TO
Nay topal|dpat .ht es,s, and
row be could rest conten0 on the
Knowledge that he had at last accom-
plished ii.
here we struck the cattle ranges and
thousands of heads of good beef cattle
we're fleeing on the fine pasturage to
b found on the wide sweeps Of prairie
land which is broken here and there
BY narrow strips Of pine timber and
dumps Of palmetto, bay and cypress.
The roads across the COW country are
hard but the goingis rather uncomtort-
able and tests the nerves and eyes OF
The driver in lodging the innumerabIe
holes paved in the sides OF the roads by
the lords of the range. These holes are
On an average about fifty feet apart.
We reached Mr.. Jasper Journegan S,
twenty-five miles out, at 6:l5, and stop
ped to repair punctured tire, losing
twenty minutes. At this point we
struck the new passenger road, which
is Straight and in excellent condition.
and the machine tore off mile after
mile at a 20 and % mile clip.
Passenger was reached OF 1850 and 20
minutes was spent In getting road d.
secuous, as none Of the party knew the
roads beyond that point. At 500 we
stopped at the Kissimmee River ferry,
which is owned by Mrs, Pearce. Here
xe spent one hour and $3.50 in getting
,cross on the lighter and took advapt-
egeo the delay TO eat lunch.
Leaving the river at 9:2O we rode
across about ten miles Of scrub and
high prairie lodging holes and cattle
''ll We struck the 'Saw Grass which
= IS miles across. In wet weather this
plb miles OF water ranging from one
2 bur feet deep. However, we found
f'iy little water and only one place Of
,a5 depth. Here the Ford took Y
inches Of It without fiutter and pulled
eui On the other side still annihilating
lpses
AZ about 1880 We camc TO the end OF
pn' road and investigation on foot and
e'o's country In the car failed to show
@nPFe the trail had gone 70. II simply
splshcd, a. did two ofthree other we'll
's'nned Foeds leading of In other d.
'aosions, all oi witch we followed 10 .
sssn effort % KS somowhere, We dis
2'esFed later thar We we're simply fol-
ewing trails made by hunters camped
.'aut shers during tho winter. During
pR time W. ia considerable low speed
''sk 10 m0t eaa TIE engine was eating
gssolinp a 4 fearful rate. We inally
'k fhe bNsK lra' for about six miles
y 'oand road a. one o'clock'