The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10
Sec. Dickie's Report Delivered
Before Central Highway Assn

north through Alachua and Colum-
bia counties and thence to White
Springs.
Could Guarantee Gainesville ITALIA
hassee Road
The directors further informed the
commissioners that we had the
pledges and could guarantee the
road from Gainesville west and
north to Tallahassee but did not
have the pledges and could not guar
antee the road from Gainesville to
Lake City.
This report, with all the pledges,
including the pledges for the Kiss
imee river bridge, was mailed to the
commissioners the first week in
August, and Mr.. Saxon, the COM
missioner from Tallahassee, has ia.
vored and has asked Mr.. Belcher o.
Miami to concur with him in nam
ing theroute as outlined by the asso-
citation without change to Gaines
vile, and has asked his concurrence
in naming the route west and north
of Gainesville, through Perry and to
Tallahassee, but Mr.. Belcher has held
cut and has refused to concur with
MIR. Saxon in this route. Mr.. Bel
cher favors the route as far as
Gainesville, but peters the alter
native route of Mr.. Saxon from
Gainesville tho Live Oak.
That is the way the situation
stands today, and the secretary has
used his best efforts to get the COM
of the State to concur in
the recommendation of the associa
tion as outlined at the Orlando meet
ing.
The provision of the Dixie High
way Association was that if the two
state commissioners cannot agree
upon routing, a third party may
be called in and the decision of these
three shall be final, and this was the
of Mr.. Saxon to Mr.. Bel
cher, but Mr.. Belcher would not
agree
Will Leave It to Convention
The secretary then suggested that
the meeting; of the association today
vote upon the routing of this high
way from Gainesville to connect
with the already designated Dixie
highway; that the association take
a vote as to whether the highway
shall pass west and north of Gaines
vile, or whether it pass directly
north from Gainesville, and from
this suggestion the following is the
information secured from the two
Florida commissioners:
Mr. Belcher has written: IF your
association sees fit to endorse the
route from Gainesville north
through Alachua. Lafayette and
Taylor counties to connect with the
Dixie Highway at Tallahassee,
will endorse the same, but that part
is against my judgment"
MIR. Saxon writes as follows: II
will favor either route as a whole if
your convention so indicates its pre-
ference"
His references "As a whole" refers
to the following: Route the highway
from Miami through Arcadia, Bar
tow, Kissimmee, Orlando, Ocala.
Gainesville, Perry and to Tallahassee
or from Melbourne on the East Coast
through Kissimee, Orlando, Ocala,
Gainesville and to lake City.
Mr.. Saxon feels that if we run the
highway directly north from Gaines
vile to Lake City that it should
then be the shortest cut from Kissim-
NEE to Melbourne.
That is the latest information
have had from our commissioners
and it assures us that the decision
of this meeting today shall be agreed
upon by our two Florida commits
sioners, and therefore designated as
the Dixie Highway.
Largest in the State
This is the largest good road, or
in the state and we have