The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-04-29
PAVED HIGHWAYS
REUNION TRAVELS
jacksonville Has Many High
Class Roads to Points
of Interest
Trips to Be Taken over Them IN Au
tomobiles During the Reunion OF
Confederates May 6, z, 8.


during the week Of the great REUNION
of Confederate Veterans and Sons ol
Veterans, Will make the trip from
their homes in automobiles. Nilllci'
GUS inquiries have been received lToHl
all parts of the country conceruihs
road conditions, and especially in re-
gard to the practicability OF reaching
other points in Florida by automoplie
trips from Jacksonville.
For the information OF auto owners
desirous of bringing their cars 10
jacksonville at the time Of the re
union, attention is called to the l"N'
that the city License books SHOW thal
there are over 1000 licensed autolno'
biles in the city Of Jacksonville alone,
and during the past winter season
more than $500 motor-driven vehicles
have passed through Jacksonville en-
route to various places on the Florida
peninsula Unless there were larry
good roads, leading from Jacksonville
to other sections of the state, there
would not have been one-tenth as
many cars in Florida this season, ana
the home people of Jacksonville would
not have Invested SO heavily in motor
vehicles.
nuva county of which Jacksonville
ia the county seat, was among the first
of the Florida counties to issue road
Improvement bonds and to begin me
paving of its highways with Nltflhed
paving brick and concrete. With
population of only $4,000 in 1909, TINS
county issued road improvement bonds
that year to the amount of $l,oo0'ouo'
and it was provided that not more
than $3.50, 600 was to be expended IN
road construction each year Tor lour
years. The bonds were sold at
handsome premium and the money
has all been expended on the roads OF
the county, with a result that thls
county now has some OF the very best
In the South, and these roads are
10y to the ioyrider and to all persons
who use them.
But this is not all; for the Board Of
! County Commissioners is at the pres
ent time working up interest ~
| proposition to issue from $2,0000p0 TO
! $4,000 900 additional road improve
ment bonds and construct system OF
payed roads and highways throughout
the county of Duval that Will be
model for all sections OF the country
jacksonville is only seventeen miles
In "A direct line from the Atlantic
Ocean. where there is one of the llnest
beaches in the world atfordlng speed
way four hundred feet in width ana
twenty miles in length Here IS the
ideal automobile course aud it is Wis
tied by thousands Of cars every year
From the city to the seashoro the
county has constructed magnificent
boulevard paved with viuitied brick
land with concrete for the entire dlSi
tance. Hundreds Of cars traverse this
Atlantic Boulevard, as it is known,
daily, and during the Reunion many
| thousands of visitors VIII make the
trip by auto to the beach once on
the seashore they will find much to
interest them. Surf bathing will be
at its best during the Reunion week
and many visitors from interior points,
who have never before had lie oDpor
tunity to plunge into the biz breakers
Of Old Ocean, will find the experience
novel and delightful one.
From jacksonville to St. Augustine
the distance by auto is 3s miles and
the trip is easily made in two hours
In fact, the record for the trip Is one
hour and nine minutes, but that is al
most too fast for trip to the Oldest
city in the United States
The road from South Jacksonville
on the opposite side of the majestic
St. Johns river from the Reunion city
is paved with shell for nine miles ana
the going iG good. Then comes six
miles of brick paving over which the
cars fairly skim along. Tie next four
miles. to the Duval county Hne. have
not vet been paved, but temporary
surface OF shayings has been provid-
ed. From the county line to st. An
eustine, a distance Of IS miles, the
road is not yet paved but shell has
been placed in the wheel niis and gOoc
time can be made by the average car
Still another attractive trip on the
south side of the St Johns river. is
that 10 Mandarin, pretty ltile vii
lage on the banks of the river ahou'
fifteen miles from the city. This read
Is well paved with hell for the entire
distance and passes through some
very pretty orange groves. which IN
themselves are an attraction 20 all
At Mandarin there are number O
attractive homes. surrounded by pref
ty gardens. groves and farms. This
village IS the site of the former home
OF the late Mrs Harriet Beecher
Stowe. the author OF Uncle Toms
Cabin"
The city OF Jacksonville has sixty
miles of paved stseets and contracts
are now outstanding for several add
tonal miles. work on which viii start
Immediately after the reunion. as it is
the desire Of the city authorities not
to have the streets torn up while the
visitors are here.
| Sightseeing automobiles are uumer-
Gus in Jacksonville every winter and
this year several OF the large cars will
remain over until after the reunion.