The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-05
ROAD SIGNS
PLACED ALONG
EAST COAST
signs WILL COVER DISTANCE
OF QUEBEC MIAMI HIGHWAY
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT GIVES
BIG BOOST TO THE MOVEMENT
FOR GOOD ROADS IN THE DO
MrNIoN.

While not much has been said of
late about the Quebec Miami highway
surprising progress is being made all
along the line, particularly the Ca
madam section, and long before this
time next year the route viii be In
first class shape. thoroughly posted
with signs, and used by motorists
from all over the world touring rdght
INTO Miami over good hard roads.
leading spirit in this movement
is E B. Douglas of Miami, pres ident
Of the Miami Automobile and Good
Roads association.
As result OF information given
by Mr.. Douglass. and the develop
melts since that time, informahiou
is just received that the Goodrich
company is sign-poSting the entire
route from Quebec TO Miami
n. NJ. PARROT of Baltimore, who is
secretary of the Quebec Miami Inter
national highway, has written Mr..
Douglas giving copy of a letter re-
/ celyed by Mr.. Parrot from the B. F.
Goodrich company of Akron, o., in
which is said:
We are sending you a copy of the
January Goodrich, which shows the
/ sign7posting work being done by the
/ Goodrich company, and which in
c4ugles practically all OF your Quebec
/ Miami highway One Of our trucks is
now in Florida, signpostmg the main
lines of travel, and will cover the
route between Savannah and Jackson
/ vile within the next month
This truck, which the company
states, is now IN Florida, VIII come ON
down the East Coast highway TO Mi
ami, posting road signs an the way.
4 the convenience of which viii be read
i fly recognized by all who drive ma
chimes.
As to the activity in road build
ing along the Canadian end Of the
highway. the following extract from
the Montreal Herald will be read
with interest here:
No one read with more interest
than the automobile owners OF the
f Province Of Quebec the governments o
announcement that the municipal lities
are to be assisted to make aoams ag-
gregating $4,000. 900 for the con-
Struction of a series of regional
highways, which wild place Quebec
in the lead of the provinces Of the
Dominion in the matter of good
roads.
The announcement made last
year that the government intended to
buId a macadamized highway from
Montreal TO Rousse's Point wsas good
news, and the motorists have been
= waiting anxiously for its completion.
That there is also to be SOS
tenn Of roads extending all over the
province, however, was glad tadings
indeed, which should fill their cuI
Of happiness to overflowing.
'sThe province is ready for the ven
ture. The opposition has been com
> plai1li1lg that the government. witt
All its talk about better roads, haf
done very little. True, they say, Ger
tain sections of road in dfferen'
4 part Of the province have been pu
3 INTO repair, and some very good sec
tions are to be found They founS
fault with the fact, however, that tn
{ improvements did not seem TO forn
Iaut OF any system and charged tn
/ government with working at haphaa
l ara ard without any definite end i
B view
I The government had a definft
I nd n view, however. They hay
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