The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-29
Present Condition OF
Florida Roads

of the roads in Pinellas are kept in
good shape.
Daytona.New Smyrna, IS Miles
Asphalt and she'll, good condition.
Dade city-PIant City, 26 Miles
Sond clay and rock to Crystal
Springs. Next six miles unimproved,
worn out sand clay. Then brick into
Plant City
DeLand-Sanford, 20 Miles
Sand, clay, periwinkle shell and
brick, good condition and pretty
drive.
DeLand-Eustis, SO Miles
Brick, shell, sand clay and asphalt,
good condition. nog carts mighty
hard on the sand clay portion.
DunneIIon-lnverness, 10 Miles
One of the best roads in the state.
Lime rock and clay, fair condition.
DeFuniak springs-PensacoIa,
78 Miles
Sand clay part Of Old Spanish Trail,
good said clay to SantaRosacounty
line, then fair sand road through Mil
ton to end of Missing Link ferry now
being surveyed for brick road by state
engineer. The ferry is four miles
across, from there on in to Pensacola
the road is reported as "fair''.
Daytona-DeLand, 81 Miles
Three and one-half miles rock, good
going;; five and one-half miles sand
and mari; twelve miles splendid
brick, cement grouted.
Fernandina-JacksonvilIe, IS Miles
Several bridges reported dangerous
Otherwise road fair but rough.
Fort Pierce-Palm Beach, go Miles
Oiled rock all the way, good going.
Fort Myers-NapIes, SO Miles
Narrow shell, good condition
Gainesville. Ocala, A Miles
Lime rock with few sand stretch
es This lime rock makes good road
when kept up, now reported in fair
condition.
Hastings-Bunne Is Miles
Brick, ten miles near Bunnell bad.
ly worn and rutted. Reported that
heavy log carts responsible. Lack of
grouting probably the underlying
reason.
Haines city-Lakeiand, Is Miles
Wide asphalt all the way. Part of
the short route Kissimmee to Tampa.
Haines city-Bartow, About 20 Miles
Good wide asphalt. Through Flor
ence Villa and Winter Haven. Citrus
country and good roads.
Haines Clty-Bartow, SO Miles
Via Lake Wales. All asphalt and
we'll kept. Beautiful scenery.
lnverness-Brooksville, 20 Miles
Sand clay and lime rock, reported
fair. One mile sand detour around
mine, one mile below Floral City.
JacksonvilIe-st. Augustine, 40 Miles
Nine miles shell, awful conditions,
then good brick to st. Johns county
line then brick and shell, good condi.
ton into st. Augustine. Still short
stretch in mo Mans Land" rough
shell between actual and "sup.
posed" county linees.
Observation-Disclosures Beach, II Miles
She'll brick, asphalt. Fair condi-
ton. Some rough shell and uneven
brick.
Observation-Disclosures, 60 Miles
Bad in Orange Park; good from
there to Green Cove Springs; from
Green Cove to Rice Creek bridge
three miles of Palatka), very bad,
full oil holf:?, ,Springse etaoinshrdlu
full of holes and plenty of mud;
good from there into Palatka.
JacksonviIIe-lake City, 81 Miles
Now reported impossible.
Brick for about nine miles. new
grade for few miles further then
sand roads in various condition bal
ance of the way. Columbia county
recently bonded for improving their |
portion. Not now pleasure drive.
observation-disclosures City, % Miles
Two and half miles not hard sur
faced. Part of this very deep sand in
dry weather, part very muddy in wet.
State road department has announced
will fix it. Balance road good.
Lake city.GainesviIle, 80 Miles
Dirt road, varied with sand clay.