The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-12
MANYDELEGA ESPRESENT
AT ORGANIZATION WEST
FLORIDA HIGHWAY ASSN.
Route of Highway Will Be
Known as the "Old
Spanish" Trail.
(Staff Correspondence

that are here today attending upon
the exercises of Good Roads Day at
test the popularity of this great
movement for a highway through
West Florida.
Many enthusiastic good roads ad-
vocates arrived from different parts
of the state last night and hundreds
have reached here today. Every in
coming train has added its quota of
enthusiastic advocates to the large
number already here. Many of the
visitors to this great meeting left on
the night trains tonight for their
homes.
Editor T. ]. Appleyard of Tallahas-
see, Secretary Clarkson Of the State
Good Roads Department of Tallahas-
see, Ex-Governor Gilchrist, Milton H.
Smith, D. M. Lowery and a large
number of others reached Mariana
last night and talked over the plans
for to-day's meeting. This morning
others from Jacksonville, Quincy, Tai
lahassee, Chattahoochee and other
towns arrived to take part in the ex-
ercises today.
Practically every one of the nine
counties through which the highway
is to pass was well represented in
today's organization and booster
meeting at the jackson county court
house.
DELEGATES ARE WELCOMED.
Delegates to the Mariana meeting
were met at the trains today by a
local committee of business men and
escorted to the fair grounds, where
the great floral parade had just pre-
coded them. Here several impromptu
speeches were made by speakers sell
ected from the several counties of
West Florida. The delegates were
welcomed to Mariana by General
Manager j. d. Smith of the West
Florida Fair. After this informal
welcome at the fair grounds the meet
ing adjourned to reassemble at the
courthouse at $50 p. M, where pes
manent organization took place and
where definite plans were set before
the public.
At the fair grounds meeting Mr.. T
J. Appleyard of Tallahassee acted as
chairman. Short speeches were made
by D. M. Lowery, mayor of Tallahas-
see; Y. L. Watson of Quincy, Rivers
H. Buford of Mariana, r. w. Storrs
of DeFuniak, w. E. Moore of Baker
D. r. Read of Milton, w. A. McRae OF
TolJ,h,oroa oo,,oy,o;cr;oper 80 a or;,,,1
ture, and w. P. Cunningham of Pen
sacola.
The enthusiasm displayed by each
of the speakers bespoke the success
of the highway movement through
every county between Tallahassee
! and Pensacola. No greater enthusi
asm has ever been displayed here il
any movement for the public good
Already it appears that the highway
is the most popular question now be
fore the people of West Florida.
| At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon thu
delegates assembled at the court
house and at once took up the worl
before them.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED.
j Mayor-elect ]. M. Calhoun of Mari
anna was called as temporary chair
man. w. M. Herrider of Pensacol,
: was elected temporary secretary.
!, After listening to several very en-
thusiastic speeches the temporary of
: ficers were elected permanent off
GERS. R. w. Storrs of DeFuniak wa
, elected treasurer.
. w. p. Cunningham Of Pensacola, Y
) L. Watson of Quincy and A. P. Toma
; sello of Bagdad were elected as ex
| ecutive committeeman.
The dues were fixed at one dolla
, per member and at once the cash be
5 gan to pour into the hands Of tn
= treasurer. Nearly one hundred dol
{ lars was collected within ten minute,
? T. ]. Appleyard offered a resolu
: ton which was adopted fixing tn
t name of the organization as the Yves
: Florida Highway Association. TIL
e resolution also provides that tn
r route shall be known as the "Ol
Spanish Trail" and that it pas
e directly through the counties {
r Leon, Gadsden, Jackson, Washington
r Holmes, Walton, Okaloosa, SAINT
e Rosa and Escambia via Pensacola
: the Florida state line on the west. A
p Tallahassee connection is to be mad
d with the Dixie Highway to Sout
t Florida On the west connection
o to be made with the "Old SPANS
: Trail" now contemplated by the wa
: of New Orleans to the Pacific coas
Delegates will be appointed by Il
president of the association to Il
eel Mobile meeting of the "Old SPANS
+ Trail" Association December 81
n Three or more delegates viii be a.
It pointed from each West Florida coul
d ty through which the highway is
le pass.
,e After several other impromp'
70 speeches from various delegates al
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