The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-07
ROAD GRANTED
IN 1876 JUST
BEING BUILT
THROUGH EFFORTS OF COMMITS
sIoNER DAVIS, OF DISTRICT NO.
4, HARD ROAD FROM MAGNOLIA
BLUFF TO FERRY PASS ROAD Is
NOW NEARING COMPLETION.

In company with Commissioners A.
w. Davis and P. Mcclellan, a represen-
tative Of The Journal yesterday after
noon rode, in an automobile, over
section of road, which, although grant
ed in 1876, has just been completed
part of the way, while the remainder
of the route is being rapidly pushed
to completion and will be in as good
condition as that over which the party
rode yesterday afternoon within few
weeks.
The road referred to Is one begin
ming where the hard road from this
city to the Magnolia Bluff baseball
park formerly ended and leading
along the bayshore to a point within
a mile of Gull Point (where it con-
meets with hard road leading to that
place. and then across to the Ferry
Pass road, intersecting that road
about the intersection of the Olive and
Ferry Pass roads. Thus, when COM
pIeted, this road will form a belt,
coming back by the Ferry Pass and
Brent road.
The road is already hardened almost
to Gull Point and is graded practical
ly all of the way to the intersection
Of the Ferry Pass road, there being
now only a short strip across a branch
to be filled in, and the road hands
were at work on this yesterday after
noon and Supervisor Mimms is rush
ing the work as rapidly as possible.
This road will afford one of the
prettiest drives to be found in Flor
ida when it is completed, as it runs
for several miles near the bay. afford
ing a splendid view Of this beautiful
sheet of water.
1t is also quite probable that If the
bridge between Escambia and Santa
Rosa counties is built as proposed that
this section Of road will become a part
of the highway and will be much
travelled by automobile parties coming
here from the north.
Davis Deserves Credit.
The credit for the building of this
road is due to the untiring efforts of
Arthur W. Davis, whose hobby it has
been ever since he has been on the
board of county commissioners. In
fact, Mr.. Davis admits that this is the
principal reason why he made the
race for county commissioner from
District No. 4, two years ago, at which
time he was elected.
Mr.. Davis knew that the road had
been granted ever since 1875, but al
though he and others had agitated the
question to some extent for several
years, 1t seemed impossible to get any
thing done toward building the road
All this time people living in the vi
cinity which 1T traverses had been
forced to go miles out of their way
coming to Pensa cola and going to
other places; farmers in trying to get
their crops to the market often got
stuck with their teams and sustained
losses from breaking their wagons
down in getting to and from the other
public roads.
Then Mr.. Davis decided he would
be a county commissioner and get that
road built or bust" and he did-get
the road built, or will have completed
it before his term of office expires.
And, instead of farmers having to
break their wagons down and hitch
extra mules to them to get q load to
the nearest road and through the sand
beds, they can now use automobiles on
one of the smoothest pieces of hard
road in the county.