New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
me worn and uitted, but are pass

come worn and uitted. but are pass
able.
Caution should be used by motor SITS
when driving over worn sand-clay
roads, for the pit holes will not show
until tho car strikes them, as they are
filled with hne, powdered dust.
From Durham TO Pinehurst, through
Cary, Sanford and Southern Pines, the
road Is in good condition; this IS also
true of practically all the roads "a
dating from Pinehur5t.
From Pinehurst through Jackson
Springs and Rockingham TO Cherew, IN
South Carolina, lie q graded sand-cIay
road which Is beginning 70 show wear
T. has number OF badly pitted
stretches, but Is passable.
From Cheraw TO Camden the road Is
graded sand-clsy, with come short
rough stretches. The long iron bridge
at Camden over the Wateree River col
lapsed during a heavy storm In the
spring, and a ferry Is now running
which carries siS automobiles at one
time, taking ten minutes to cross.
From Camden TO Columbis. the cap
itel of South Carolina, Is graded
sand-clay road which is fair,
From Columbia TO Augusta Ga, via
Alkell, ls btID-Nl'N iVoH i'SS's "a
good condition.
From Augusta 10 Savannah vie Syl-
vania, is fair. graded sand-clsv road,
with one or two rough stretches near
ing Sylvania, then an unimproyed,
somewhat rutted, road through New
ington and Rincon TO within ten miles
of Savannah, then excellent shell road.
On the way from Savannah to Jack
sonvilie there Is improved shell road
for the Arst eighteen miles. A new
bridge takes one across the Ogeechee
River, which vas formerly crossed By
ferry and always a bad, wet place to
get through. The remainder is mari
road in fair condition to Darien. To
cross the Altamaha River it is neces-
sary TO load the automobile on fiat
car; an excellent ramp and platform
have been built by the railroad COM
pany. and the train is drawn over with
small gssolene engine. The trip
across the swamp is eight miles and
the charge for each machine, So. This
trip necessitstes only little delay; it
is an excellent way TO cross the river
and swamp good shell road then
runs from the car landing through
Broadiield TO Brunswick.
The first fifteen miles out Of Bruins
wick is good shell road, then alter
mating stretches Of good and rough
road through White Oak to the ferry
at Satills River new causeway has
lust been finished from White Oak TO
the ferry. Alternating stretches Of
fair shell and rutted dirt are found
through Kingslsnd to the ferry at 81.
Mary's River, then rough and badly
rutted stretch of road, but pessable,
to Yulee. From lulee there Is good
shell surface TO Jacksonville.
From Jacksonville to Atlantic Beach
there is a good brick road.
From jacksonville down the east
coast there is eighty-one miles of brick
ia good condition. and fourteen miles
OF shell through st. Augustine to Or
mopd. A new road is under construc-
tlon between Ormond and Seabreeze;
this should be finished by January /.
Construction is also going on between
Knoyen Bean Grove and Tomoka, and
a new bridge has recently been finished
across the Halifax River at Tomoka.
A most celebrating trip is the run
on the beach from Ormond down TO
Seabreeze There is a-runway at Or
mond which motorists use 10 get on the
J beach, and an exit az Seabreeze under
the Clarendon Hotel. There are no
/ speed limits on the beach. and motor
lists are limited in their rates OF travel
only by the capacity of their machines
and their own inclinations.
/ Leaving Daytona there is bridge
under construction at Port Orange and
a section Of road building between OAK
4 Hill and Fort Pierce. All of this work
should be finished by January !, and
/ there will then be an open road, all
hard surfaced and in good condition
straight through to Miami.
Between Daytona and Deland brick
road is being built, and this should be
open By January I. Polk County is
building, so miles Of sand asphalt
highway; vhen finished the entire
trunk line from kissimee through Au-
burndale, Lakeland and Plant City 70
Tampa will be hard surfaced. As the
road from Deland through Orlando 10
kissimee is now all good brick, the
motorist can cross the peninsula from
Daytona to Tampa or an good road.