The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-10-15
ROAD BOOSTERS.F0R
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
Hold Big Meeting at Board
of Trade Rooms Yes
terday.

ldISS anu representative crown ol
road boosters from Putnam, Clay, AL
achua, Bradford and Columbia coun-
ties, and when considered as merely
a preliminary meeting was something
of record breaker
DR.. H. A. johnson of this city call
ed the meeting to order, and in a
brief way explained the purposes Of
the gathering. Mr.. w. S. Futch was
elected temporary chairman by ac-
clamation, and E. W. Elliott Of this
city temporary secretary in the same
way.
Chairman Futch of Lake City then
made short talk and emphasized
the great possibilities of this proposed
route and requested the Commission
ers of the various counties who were
present to state what their counties
were willing to do in the matter of
road construction. Chairman W. C.
Alvers of the Putnam county delega-
ton told the representatives present
what the Putnam county commission
ers would do and had so gone on rec
ord at the last meeting and that he
would do all in his power to assist
in the realization of this project.
Major A. B. Small of Lake City
then told of what the people of Co.
lumbia county were doing and would
do and dwelt at length on the splen-
did opportunities that would occur to
all the counties on the completion of
this extension of the National High
way to Palatka.
Hon. Hays Lewis, being present
was requested to tell of the hie
of jackson county, as that county
bears the honor of having more miles
of. hard-surfaced roads than any 9th
er county in the State. Mr.. Lewis
told representatives that they could
not make a mistake in building good
roads and that the investment Jack
son county had made in that direc-
tion was one of the best investments
the county had ever made.
The commissioners of Bradford
who attended in a body stated they
would do all in their power to coop
crate with the other counties in bnild-
ing this extension and would 60 as
a delegation to the next meeting to
effect a permanent organization.
The Clay county delegation stated
they would build their part Of the
road and that the organization need
have no fear on that part. Mr.. },
l.. King of Brooklyn stated that in
the event the commissioners of Clay
county refused to do the work that
he with other would subscribe to a
fund sufficient for that purpose.
Mr.. C. f. Rowton, the Good Roads
booster of Putnam, spoke heartily m
favor of the proposed route and SAID
that he would personally guarantee
representation of Putnam county at
the next meeting, and would urge
that Putnam county complete its part
in this work at the earliest possible
moment.
Good talks by G. o. Palmer of
Lake City, G. C. Livingstone of
Starke, D. w. Pinholster of Lake But
Ter, ]. B. Crews of Starke and many
other were greeted with applause and
signifed interest in this proposed
| Highway.
Major A. B. Small of Lake City
was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED, That this meet
ing places itself on record as heartily
favoring the extension of the Nation
Ial Highway from Valdosta, Ga, to Pa
latka, Fla, through the counties of
Lowndes in the States of Georgia,
and in Hamilton, Columbia, Brad
ford. CLAW and Putnam in the State
of Florida, to be known as the "Su-
vance River Auto Route to Florida"
recommends the holding of a conven-
ton by the advocated of said route,
particularly the members of the
boards of county commissioners of
said counties and representatives OF
trade organizations, to be held at
White Springs, in Hamilton county,
on the 10th day of November, 1915,
at II o'clock a. m,. for the purpose of
and to cause the said extension to
be constructed and thoroughly hard
surfaced at the earliest possible mo-
ment. -.
AND RESOLVED FURTHER,
That the secretary of this meeting
publish this resolution in the papers
ana Senu copies 10 IilS DpdluS VI
county commissioners and oil trade
organizations throughout the said
several counties traversed by the said
proposed extension.
On motion of E. w. Elliott, pub
licity committee with one or more
members from each county was APP
pointed; the purpose to give as much
publicity as possible in their respec-
tive counties to the intentions of the
organization and the meeting in
White Springs on November 10th,
1915.
The Chair on suggestion, appointed
the following:
Putnam county-C. E. Rowton, of
Palatka.
Clay county, L. King, of Brook
lyn.
Bradford county-D. w. Pinholster
of Lake Butler and G. c. Livingstone
of Starke.
Columbia county-Major A. B.
Small of Lake City.
Hamilton county,. ]. Mccall of
Jasper.
After many short talks by the rep
resentatives present and many Sug
gestions the meeting adjourned to
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