The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-12
SPANISH trail.
ROUTE COMES
THROUGH HERE
Mobile Finally Permits a
West Florida Route
to be Selected.
CAUCUSES HELD
ALL FRIDAY NIGHT
Mobile Gets Headquarters,
President and Two
Secretaries.
HELD
ALL FRIDAY NIGHT
SPECIAL. TO THE rorrRNAr.

Mobile, Dec. 11.-Mobile is to-
day headquarters for the first great
gulf coast highway association, that
OF the Old Spanish Trail, with all
chickering's concerning routes forgot
ten; with all community rivalry sub
merged in the will of the whole and
with unanimity of sentiment and ac-
ton Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arizona Yesterday
Joined hands in the first great ma
tional highway movement ever inau-
gurated on the gulf coast for the gulf
coast, and for the furtherance and
building of the all year round tourist
and motor route following the true
line of the south and its opportuni-
ties. Pensacola and Mobile kissed and
made up and the oil spread over the
troubled waters of integrity rivalry
Saturday morning proved the balm
needed to heal all the wounds of per
| sonalties and "steam rollers were
| forgotten as the enthusiastic dele
gates of all states knitted tlta details
of organization into practical work
ing body, subscribed an initial fund
for publicity and further organiza-
ton and generally demonstrated that
these delegates had come to Mobile
to unite with Mobile in the great
| highway endeayor..
ALL HARMONY PREVAILS.
/ Various caucuses featured Friday
night, dividing the attention of the
visitors with the Rotary club smoker
| given at the Cawthon hotel. AS the
result of these committee sessions
the way was paved Saturday morning
for the love embrace of united gulf
1 coast people and from that point on
| ward the work of organization had
left only the details. Choosing Mo-
bile as headquarters for this big high
way association, the convention unan-
imously elected Palmer Pillans, the
acting temporary chairman, president
of the association, then accorded to
Stewart A. LaBlanc the man who en-
visioned this highway, the position of
secretary. Following this up the
convention voted unanimously to elect
James A. Emmett field secretary. It
being stated by w. M. Herrider of
Pensacola that all Florida was salts
fled with his work as preliminary
scout and desired that the board of
directors confirm this appointment.
| PENSACOLA GETS MEETING.
Pensacolais invitation to entertain
the next convention or the Old Span
ish Trail association, which will be
held some time before next March,
was accepted by the convention. The
Mississippi delegation headed by w.
C. Grayson arrived just in time to
ratify by their vote the Pensacola
selection and to agree to the plans
: made by the remainder o. the CON
vention organization, motions, placing
with each state the authority to de-
signate its own route were made by
T. ]. Appleyard of Tallahassee and l..
P. Dickie of Tampa. The remainder
of the Florida delegations being in
accord with this idea, which it is be-
lieved creates competitive road
building effort that will push the Old
!, Spanish Train construction In Florida
with all possible speed.
]. M. Calhoun of Mariana, presi-
dent of the West Florida Highway
: Association, was named vice-presi-
e dent for Florida, while on the execu.
o tive committee are r. M. Cary of
: Pensacola; w. M. Cory of Suwanee;
n L. p. Diclie of Tampa and ]. M. Cal
houn.