The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-10

Gainesville.
District No. An M. Smith, Or
lando.
! At Large-F. o. INFLOW. Jackson
vile.
On account Of the association hav-
ing NUT few memberships in District
No. 3, we did not endorse any indi-
vidual for commissioner from that
district. AS far as l have been able
to learn, this commission has not
yet been appointed, but l was inform
ed by the governor few days ago.
that the appointments would be
made early in September.
Commissioner G w. Saxon of Tai
lahassee asks that our association
secure the appointment in each
county through which the Dixie
Highway will pass, member to be
known as temporary chairman and a
man be known as county counsel,
and the secretary was instructed to
write to the director in each coun-
ty. asking him to name these two
persons in their county. To date
only a few have been made, but it
has not been important to take any
| action on this, and will not be i'm
rortant to take any action until the
Highway is officially designated, so
that we will know which county
these appointments are to be made
in.
The secretary was instructed 10
Use his influence to get publicity on
; the GOOD roads situation in Florida
and to secure memberships in the as
ISOLATION. We have added more
than $50 members since the Orlando
meeting up to last evening.
|. When the executive committee
met we did not have on hand all the
pledges for therecommended central
loop of the Dixie Highway. The
secretary was instructed to proceed
to get themissing pledges, and as
stated above, all the pledges have
been secured and we are able to
guarantee a highway as requested
by the Dixie Highway association
from Tallahassee to Miami without
ferry or ford
| There has been other work taken
up by the association and enthus-
iasm has not been lax concerning
the Tamiami Trail extending from
Tampa to Miami and the Jackson
ville-Tampa Scenic highway, ex-
tending from st. Petersburg to Jack
sonville, and the Paradise Loop, ex-
I tending through the central portion
/ OF the state and taking in part Of
the already endorsed highway.
Another agitation for good roads
work has been two tentative high
ways of great Importance to the
state of Florida, one called the Gulf
Coast highway from Tampa to
brownsville, Texas, and the other
the Lee and Jackson highway, first
proposed by the Manufacturers Rec
ord, and suggested that it extend
from Washington, d. c., to Tampa,
Florida.
A great deal of work has been
done on these and information has
been received that large portion of
these roads have already been con-
structed.
| The president and secretary have
/ made several trips out of Tampa to
aid in good roads work throughout
| the state and particularly in Mana
tee county to designate the route of
OF a highway, and Pinellas county
to aid in their good roads bonds cleo
ton. which carried on August IS for
$4,000 for sc miles of brick roads.
Also a trip to Auburndale for good
roads work as well as disseminating
information to various interested
parties and outlining the work of
this association to the South Florida
Chamber of Commerce that met in
Tampa on August -.
This is a condensed statement of
! the actions of this association since
the meeting in Orlando on June 10,
and today we have before up the
routing of the Dixie Highway, the
reports of the various committees,
the naming of the next meetin?
place, the advantage of good roads
enthusiasm. and adding additional
memberships.
Thanks to Newspapers
resolution should be passed
thanking every newspaper in the
state of FloI ida that has aided in our
work, and believe every one has
aided in the good work that has been
done for good roads throughout the
State of Florida.
Every man should be a committee
unto himself to secure additional
members, and by the time We have
the meeting in December, we shall
have a membership of at least I.5O0
enthusiasts in the state, not to men
ton the membership we have al
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