The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-09
Highway Association Con-
vention Is Opened Here

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vention Is Opened Here
time note the good road building, and
would give hand.
His remarks were rs follows:
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
Mr.. Secretary and members Of the
West Florida Highway Association;
It is a pleasure for me to be with
you ON this occasion and especially
when I am permitted to talk with
you about the "Old Spanish Trail"
On the 10th day Of November last,
large body Of enthusiastic and patri-
otto citizens Of West Florida met at
my town, Mariana, and perfected an
association called the West Florida
Highway Association. It's purpose
was 70 build an oceon- to-ocean road,
or an interstate highway from Mia
mi, Florida through Tallahassee,
Marianne and Chipley, Milton, Pensa-
cola and on through Alabama, Louis
lana, Texas and to Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia.
This is our first meeting since its
organization Nearly every county
along this proposed trail has already
built substantial local highways, or
are now preparing to build them.
either by issuing bonds for the money
or direct taxation, and 1t will be an
easy undertaking to connect together
these short links, bridge the small
streams and ferry the large ones and
put this part in passable condition,
and should there be few counties not
now active to this great work our
efforts will stimulate them to become
active.
We will meet on the 10th at Mobile
with the Interstate highway associa-
ton and there we will make a new
organization continent wide.
Our venture is an assured success.
When, we will have mapped out our
trail' and put it in passable con-
dition, and have advertised it as an
interstate highway from ocean to
ocean the federal government will
take hold and help to make our raw
material a finished product.
| This is one of the greatest ventures
ever launched in America. 1t is an
assured success now, no longer Z
dream.
Interstate highways are becoming
a necessity. We have the Lincoln
highway across continent from Chica.
go to California; the Dixie highway
from Chicago, Atlanta, Albany, ITALIA.
hassee to Miami, and now the Spanish
Trail from Miami to California is OF
and up to US to build and finish.
! Half the money now being spen
on perishable battleships would bulk
national highways all over the countr!
land the government would have al
asset double in value, that would las
forever.
The recent international wars O
Europe have demonstrated that grea
national owned highways are q wa
] necessity, should this country go t
war with foreign nation; by the us
of these great international road way
we could deliver great army iron
u one side Of the continent to the othe
. by use of motor driven machines owe
, these roads in half the time and ex
= pense and with more assurance o
- certain success than any other methoe
e We are asked how are we to do al
= of this without money? Our answe
Y is to build it with hot air. How |
: this? Can we carry to success thu
great work on hot air? Yes, hot all
Why, have you not seen the firema
with his torch go to the fire box wit
s his torch and build fire in his boile,
heat the water raise the steam an
2 in moment see the arms of the iro
wheel start in motion The king whe,
= of the great -Corliss engine whic
. turns thousand smaller spindles.
It is hot air that turned the wheel
at of great transatlantic ocean going We.
M sells.
Of Hot air that moves down the iro
&c track the great steam engine ths
Ill draws hundred cars.
&c We are today putting the torch
rs the fire box, making the steam that
going to build that great ocean-t.
ocean highway. Let's build It as
lasting monument to our memory.
ISL Let's start it here and let It folio
the sun in the setting. Let it tie Il
. oceans together and remain till etc
- nifty shall put it asunder.
e. ADOPT CONSTITUTION.
!. The adoption of the constitute
and bylaws was one Of the most in
). portant events Of the afternoon Sc
sion. These were recommended l
the executive committee composed
ID Messrs. Garrison, Appleyard
Tallahassee, and w. p. Cunningha
ag of Pensacola. These were read |
a. Mr.. Appleyard, and adopted, as abov
re stated, section by section.
e One of the features of the consi
re tuition and bylaws as afterward show