The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1914-05-21
PAVED Highways
REUNION Travels
jacksonville Has Many High
! Class Roads to Points /.
of interest
rrios TO Be Taken Over Thorn In Al.
tomobles During the nsInion OF
Confederates May 6, 7, 8.

to say that hundreds, and possibly
thousands, of visitors to JacksonVllle
during the week eli the great keunloh
of Confederate Veterans and Sons OF
Veterans, will make the trip from
their homes in automobiles. Numer-
Gus inquiries have been received from
all parts of the country concerning
road conditions, and especially in re-
gard to the practicabiity Of reaching
other points in Florida ~ automobile
trips from Jacksonyi.le.
For the Information Vi auto owners
DESTROYS of bringing their cars 10
Jacksonville at the time or the re
union, attention is called to the tact
that the city license books show that
there are over 1000 licensed automo-
bies 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 fairly
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, and
the home people of Jacksonville would
not have invested so heavily in motor
vehicles.
90 which IaokcnrUilla
| Is the county seat, was among the hrst
of the Florida counties to issue road
improvement bonds and to begin the
| paving of its highways with vltrified
| paving brick and concrete. With a
population of only $4,000 in 1909, this
county issued road improvement bones
that year to the amount OF O,COU,
! and 1t was provided that not mora
than $25O,00O was to be expended in
road construction each year for four
years The bonds were sold at d
handsome premium and the money
has all been expended on the roads or
the county, with a result that this
county now has some Of the very best
In the South, and these roads are q
Joy to the joyrider 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 in 2
proposition to issue from $2000,00O to
| 100000 additional road improve
ment bonds and construct system Of
paved roads and highways throughout
the county Of Duyal that will be a
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 finest
beaches in the world, affording speed.
way four hundred feet in width and
twenty miles in length. Here is the
ideal automobile course and it Is Wis
tied by thousands of cars every year.
| From the city to the seashore the
county has constructed magnificent
| boulevard, paved with vitrified brick
| and with concrete for the entire dis
| lance. Hundreds of cars traverse this
| Atlantic Boulevard, as it is known,
daily, and during the Reunion many
thousands of visitors will make the
trip by auto to the beach. Once on
the seashore they will find much to
interest them. Surf bathing will be
at it's best during the Reunion week
and many visitors from interior points,
! who have never before had the oppor
tunity to plunge into the big breakers
Of Old Ocean, will find the experience
novel and delightful one.
From Jacksonville to St. Augustine
the distance by auto is 80 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,
ia paved with shell for nine miles and
the going is good. Then comes six
miles of brick paving over which the
cars fairly skim along. The next four
miles, to the Duval county line, have
not yet been paved, but a temporary
surface Of shayings has been proyid-
ed. From the county line to St. Au.
gustine, distance Of 1S miles, the
road is not yet paved but shell has
! been placed in the wheel ruts and good
time can be made by the average car
Still another attractive trip, on the
south side Of the st. Johns river, is
that to Mandarin, a pretty little vii
|age on the banks Of the river, about
fifteen miles from the city. This road
IS we'll paved with shell tor the entire
distance and passes through some
very pretty orange groves, which in
themselves are an attraction to all.
! At Mandarin there are number of
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"