The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
PULk DELEGATION
TO Good ROADS
MEET COl STUCK
LAST NIGHT IN
L0UChMAN HILLS

After spending the greater part of
F., last night in the famous IOu ,hman
nils, Secretary Holworthy has re-
turned from Good Roads meetings
at ocala and St. Augustine He is
IN no mood for trifling with such Sc
rlons subjects as the discussion of
roads in Polk county He knows that
they are needed right now and that
one Particular piece of road with
Whlch he is tco familiar will re-
qulre such large measure of atten-
ton that a bond issue is absolutely
required. In the endaavor to neeo-
tlate this awful stretch of road last
nt2ht and get home in time IA take
tCrty winks' before being out on
the job again. he. together with j
walker Pope and Frank Goodman
was unfortunate enough to get stuck
In the l-oughman sand hills and as
consequence most of the night was
III 'ue WOODS ana IN blowing
through the sand for about five miles
on foot.
A rog of the "Trip will be interesting
and serve to show how easy the sur
rounding counties have made it for
visiting" The party above named.
with young VIM Lucky. of Winter
Haven, as chauffeur. left Kissimmee
at =; 10 a. M. Tuesday. pulling in Or
lando easily al 9:50 eighteen miles
In forty minutes. Spent an hour look
ing up the Orlando delegates. leaving
there at 1880 and arriving at lees
Durg at l:l5 sixty seven miles i'm
Two ana ont-half hours, including
stop for oil at Eustis. Dinner at Lees
burg. leaving there at 2:lO and ar
irving at Ocala at $50 thirty-clght
miles in one hour and nineteen min
utes or total OF l23 miles in four
hours and twenty nine minutes of
actual Eunnin5 time, with absolutely
no suggestion OF speeding on any
part OF the run The splendid brick.
asphalt and sand-clay and macadam
roads bonded for hy the counties of
Grange, Lake and Marion, are alone
the answer for the short time and
perfect ease with which this trip was
made. Similar results also obtained
on the trip from Ocala to st Angus
tine and back on the return trip to
kisSimmee Leaving Ocala at 2:1O
on Wednesday afternoon the same
average rate of speed was made with
perfect ease in Marion county, but
between Evanston and Hawthorne in
Alachua county, 1t was quite diff
cult to negotiate this stretch of
twelve miles. Nevertheless, the par
ty sat down to supper in st. Angus
tine at 7:l0-ninety miles in four
hours of actual running time. From
st. Augustine to Kissimmee the same
record was made the following day.
leaving St Augustine at $50 on
THURSDAY morning over the brick
road in st. Johns county, Daytona
Vas reached at :3O-se venty-threc
niles in two hours and forty min
ties, allowing for stop at Ormond, |
md the crossing of tn bridge at
)aytCna. From Daytona at ) o'clock =
he same evening, reaching Kissim- |
nee at sos, alowin! for stop at |
leland and supper at Sanford
'iRhty-five miles in three hours and
i've minutes. After leaving Kissim-
nee, veil may well be drawn over
he story The road from thence to
iaincs city is all that can yiciously |
md then some The hour was late,
he party was tired, so was the car
he woods and tagging the early |
train is one of the party |
alive to write this story. |
Polk county should fail to carry |
he forth coming bond issue, there
5 a mighty fine opportunity to in
.ugurate an aeroplane route between
Winter Haven and Kissimmee
The story of the road meeting will /
ollow tomorrow This had to come
rst