The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-14
GOOD ROADS FROM
BROOkSVILLE TO GAINESVILLE

Fred Smith. who recently autoed
from Jacksonville TO Tampa and re
turn has the following in the Automo-
bile and Good Roads Advocate:
\ few miles out of Brooksville a
beautiful piece of road made of phos
phate rock docking like white mar
ble). runs to the right and this should
be followed to Floral City. Fast ma
chimes speed here at forty miles an
hour and then run on to Inverness
and Dunnellon over magnificent road.
The distance from Brooksville being
thirty-eight miles. From Dunnellon
westward TO Ocala the distance Is
about twenty-four miles. one-third of
il being old hard road and then three
or four miles in very deep sand, where
the road is a present being built, but
there is no difficulty in going through
this sand with an ordinary powerful
car
Twelve miles west of Ocala there is
a sweet phosphate road where you
can get any old speed You wish and the
only possible danger would be in
running over a few convicts who are
now completing the last three miles
and in a few months this road Will be
complete.
Ocala is a beautiful town and a side
trip of six miles to Silver Springs,
where the boats start for the OTTAWA
ha river trip, is very enjoya bic. There
are other beautiful drives through the
fine farming and fruit country, and
this portion of the county is very in
teresting to the tourist. The country
is like that of the Northern states of
Maryland and New Jersey. Ocala is
decidedly a live wire" with its fine
court house and postoffice and a new
hotel about TO be erected. At this point
a very fine side trip can be taken
southeast to LeeSburg and the whole
lake region and the road all the way
from Ocala to Orlando is Of red gravel
and very good. except eight miles
which will be made good during the
summer This region is exceptionally
beautiful. with its hundreds Of lakes,
orange groves, views of hills and
handsome expensive residences OF
Northern tourists who delight IN
spending their winters in the lake re-
gion. Ii is said there are 100 lakes
near Leesburg in one county.
The hill near Lake Weir is PAT feet
above tide water. The run from Or
lando to Ocala may be made from
ninety miles and it would pay the
tourist to make the trip twice, that Is,
both ways, with Leesburg as the CEN
ter as the views are entirely different.
AS the tourist speeds over the gra-
vel roads and winds over and around
the hills and with the many lakes in
plain view there is continual de-
lightful panoramic view of natures
beauty, beyond compare.
There is place in the United
States where a more delightful trip
can be taken during the winter sea-
son mot even California; and with
its lovely scenery and the climate it is.
as our ladies said, Just Heavenly"
Leaving Ocala. the next run is TO
Gainesville, thirty-four miles This is
also wide awake city and one OF the
prettiest in all Florida. The streets,
with many trees and flowers, and beau
tifu1 white rose-covered residences
looking more like a New England viii
lage than any other town in Florida.
The expensive pOstOffice is we'll worth
the visit. and there is a fine hotel call
ed the White House, which is one of
the best resting places to be found in
good road will soon be built to Live
Oak or Lake City for the western
tourists use.