The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-28
BRICK WORK COMPLETE
ON The JAX HIGHWAY
PERMANENT BRICK ROAD MADE
POSSIBLE BY BOND ISSUE Elk.
TENDING FROM ST. AUGUSTINE
TO DUVAI LINE.

TO DUvAL LINE.
A dream of good roads boosters has
come true, says the St Augustine Rec
ord A brick-paved highway from St
Augustine to the Duval county line
is at last an accomplished fact In
the future automobile parties will not
start on trip over this link in the
Johnson Anderson Boulevard with the
haunting dread that they will termin-
ate their ride in bog or sand bed.
The brick is all laid on this stretch
and many autos have already sped
over the smooth hard surface.
While the brick is down, the fin.
ishing touches have not yet been ad-
ministered and quite a little work re.
mains to be done before the plans are
completely complied with On both
sides of the brick pavement the loose
earth must me smoothed and packed,
giving the road width of eighteen
feet, nine feet of brick and four and
half of shell on each side. The shell
used on this road for surfacing and
dug up when the bed for the brick
was prepared has been thrown to each
side of the road, but has not been
smoothed or packed 1t is mixed
with sand and at present forms a
loose mass, dangerous to automobiles
swerving from the brick pavement
and a deadly menace to speeders. The
plans call for the grading. smoothing
and rolling of this material, which
Will be further strengthened by add.
tional shell. When this is done. the
road will be in accord with the orig.
inal plans.
At several points about nine miles
from the city, men are at work relay.
ing brick where ruts had formed due
to opening this part of the road too |
early. When the contractor was ~
work on this stretch, the heavy and
lncessant travel over the road rebel,ed
against the detour that was practi.
caily impossible, and he opened the
road at this point while the paving
was In progress. This resulted in a
depression under the pressure 30 .ho
wheels and ruts were formed. The
repair gang are removing the brick
packing the foundation firm and 70
laying the pavement
AT Twelve Mile Swamp the ro,d
way VIII be widened, as it is too mar.
~" 10 accommodate heavy traffic
from both directions. This however
was decided upon some time ago
The bridge over Durbin Creet ;s
well advanced, the concrete and stoo,
WORK thus far completed showing
ia. II VIII be structure of excan.
ional strength and one that will last
Ut many years. The Temporary
'ridge at one side is still in use and
'auses no inconvenience to travel
AT the dividing line between 81
ohhs and Duval counties a sign tolls
ne traveller Of the location. The brick /
DADS speak for the progressiveness
4 this county.
tuesdays tragedy in which two
nen were killed points out the need
Of attention to the sides of the road Z
lie sand needs strong firm surface o
nat Will sustain the weight of an o
utomobile. There is also a warning j
! the tragedy to speeders. The road u
not race track and those who try
Or speed records thereon are taking =
earful risks. a
Inc short stretch of road in Duva1
ounty between the two paved sec.
ons will be improved at once and
'avel to and from Jacksonville will =,
| future be easy and pleasant. N