The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-03
PROPOSE BUILDING
OF HIGHWAY FROM
ORMONO TO SEVILLE
PROJECT Is FAVORED BY CON-
MISSIONER c. +, 6URGMAN WHO
NOTES NUMBER OF REASONS
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT.

A petition will BE- presented at the
meeting of the board Of county COM
missioners on the 18th inst. for the
building of a road from Haw creek
to DeLand. A supplementary petition
will accompany the foregoing. request
ing that should q road be built from
Ormond to the St. Johns river that
said road be so laid out that it con-
meet with a bridge which will be re-
quired in the building of the aforemen-
tons will be presented. SO l am relia-
northwestern part OF the county
For some time l have been an advo-
cate Of the building Of highway
across the northern part OF Volusia
county that is from Ormond to Sc
vile. the nearest point where Volusia
county can connect with Putnam
county over public road within this
county Such a road should be con-
structed in as near a straight line as
the prevailing physical conditions OF
the land permit.
In view of the proposed plan to build
a road from Haw creek to DeLand
l think it timely that the citizens and
property owners as we'll as the bus
i've o. no Fnet Cost arouse
themselves and become wide awake
to the possibilities and benefits/to be
derl I'd so.4. a wallbuilt road which
VIII .-0-o~ea in di-orf line the north
western part OF Volusia county and
name opportunity for connecting us
with the IS counties to the northwest
OF US and in the state Of Florida. For
all the benefits we derive at present
from the near proximity of this great
territory and its thriving population
these counties might just as we'll be
part OF the northwest of Africa.
To reach Ormond from Seville over
the present county roads distance OF
SIS miles needs be trayersed, yet in a
direct line Ormond and Seville are sep
arated by but % miles; and these 2:
miles cover. so l am informed the
finest agricultural and grazing section
in the county of Volusia A goo6
road through these lands will induce
settlement OF these lands as no othel
factor will and such settlements vii
in time prove tremendous feeders tt
the East Coast towns. But this il
not all
Putnam county with its thrivins
CITY OIL fdldhld Is our IcdI EEIS
Eighteen years ago. when I was bu
recent arrival and the Colonades ant
Mrs Hadfield's Clarendon Inn wer
new many visitors from Palatki
thronged the beach during the sum
mer and fishing season There wer
visitors from Gainesville Ocala an
other places. too; and numbers cam
from the Mississippi delta to EMO
no hn
mer months and our fine fishing "
see none of these old time visitor
now Good roads built in other diret
tions and the automobile have attrac
ed them elsewhere This matter c
hard surfaced roads was the sui
ject of much discussion even in thos
days. Could these have been bui
then. there would have been no con
plant for the want of summer trad
on the beach or among the merchant
OF our several communities.
Putnam, Alachua and Clay countie
are our immediate neighbors to tn
northwest and these connect with GOO
roads. The counties of Baker. Hami
ton, Madison. Jefferson. Leon, Cad
den Jackson, Holmes. Walton an
Santa Rosa border respectively II
states of Georgia and Alabama W
should reach out for summer trad
among the people living in this gre;
and thriving territory. to establis
in fact. an all the year round int
course with them. A good road vi
bring many who would otherwise ne
eer come.
II new roads are to be opened
this county the East Coast should
alive to the situation Mere loc
roads leading to the county seat X
benefit that section only. | find !
fault that il should. but we shou
build broader and build more CO..
prehensive system that would bene
the entire section and make it mo