The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-10-12
pA[ATKANS SHOULD
BACK THIS HIGHWAY
With Every Influence Posi-
bic and With Money
to Boot.

The st. Johns River Scenic High
way Association was organized at
DeLand on Friday of last week. 1t
IS an organization that is pulling in
connection with the State Highway
Commission to first make State
highway from Jacksonville to Tampa,
via. Green Cove Springs, Palatka.
Crescent City, Seville, DeLand, San
ford, Orlando, Kissimmee, Lakeland
and Plant City to Tampa.
At the meeting in DeLand last Fri
day Palatka was represented by Hon.
howell \. Davis, Hon. A. Usina, Chas.
Burt, F. c. Cochrane, E. W. Elliott
and others, together with more than
4 dozen Of the leading men of Cres
cent City, with others from West To-
COL
The organization was formed by
the election Of DR.. Lincoln Hulley as
president; W. T. Glynn of Crescent
City, vice-president; F. B. Foster,
Sanford, second vice president; S. F.
Flood of Green Cove Springs, treas
urer; A. W. HOneycutt, DeLand, sec
rctary. A membership fee of $1OO
q year was agreed upon and sixty
three members were enrolled at the
DcIand meeting.
twenty-five delegates were elected
to attend the meeting of, the State
Road Commission in Tallahassee on
Wednesday for the purpose of pre-
>enting the claims of the above named
highway as the most important trunk
lrc north and south in the State of
Florida.
The 25 delegates named were:
Seminole COunty-R. J. Holly, Geo.
Lyman, Z. T. Woodruff, J. G. Hall
and D. c. MarIowe.
Nousia County,. d. Heebner. Jr.,
Orange City, W. A. Allen, DeLand,
John T. Walker, DeLeon Springs, r.
J. Bishop, BishopviIle, }. f. Cade, Sc
vile.
nuvaI County-Gov. W. S. Jennings,
F. o. Miller, B. r. Kessler, R. 7. Ar
mold and Chas. A. Brown, Jr.
Clay County-S. E. Strobe, T. w.
Stands, J. f. Brock, II. P Peterson,
A, L. Evans and Samuel F. Flood, ex-
oficio
Putnam County-EX-M Mayor Howell
4. Davis, Palatka, l.. J. Mcleod, We
I@ka, W. S. Middleton, Pomona, and
K. c. Middleton, Crescent City, eX-
orlicio W. f. Glynn, first vice-preSi-
dent. and 3. F. TiIlinghast also of
Crescent City.
These delegates we're authorized to
make every possible effort for the
above named route. If they should
Gui it impossible to secure this, find
out what is the best route that can be
secured and report back to this body.
The secretary was instructed to write
cnch delegate a notification letter and
q committee was authorized to as
sist the secretary in securing addi-
tional members and to collect Il sufti-
cicgt fund to pay the expenses Of
these delegate to attend the Tallahas-
see meetings. The treasurr was au-
thorized to take from the general
funds sufficient moneys to defray the
expenses of all the officers in attend
arce upon the Tallahassee meeting.
II is a matter of incalculable i'm
portance to Palatka that this route
he approved by both the State and
Federal governments.
Palatba so far is not on any trunk
line highway; it is on branch of the
East Coast System. 1t has been side
tracked. This won't do.
The proposed st. Johns River See
mic Highway is our one opportunity
for getting on the larger map.
Palatka has been criticised for be-
ing satisfied in securing little coun-
ty lines to radiate out from this city,
and in losing sight of the Importance
Of being on a trunk line. That is not
a Just criticism. But there is cir
evidence that needs be