The sun., 1919-02-02
GARLAND TELLS OF
HIS FLORIDA TRIP
Nelie Distributes Advises
Tourists to Ship Cars to
Jacksonville.

George Garland. the velle distributor
N New York. recently returned from
motor trip to Florida. He describes his
cNperiences a. follows:
Touring Florida is truly wonderful a :
mis- season o: the year and il appeals
10 thousands who 60 there, too. when
old winter sets in in dead earnest. 1t is
wise motorist. however, who begins his
tour from where the good roads begin,
N other words ship your car right into
Jacksonville. l have tried it by way
* Savannah twice, because of plans
7oveloping too late to get space on n
.'Hcksonville steamship for my car.
Why the road from Savannah south
left In such miserable condition. when
ne expenditure of few thousand dol
lars would greatly improve the bad
Npots. Is a wonder to me. You are
'anky told at Savannah not to attempt
The trip to Jacksonville in wet weather.
- it is barely possible one even in
dry weather. Fortunately for us, there
had been no rain for five days and al
ilough We met one chap on his way
back Just after we started giving us the
information that it was impossible to
ct through, we kept on and while we
saw some cars stuck and other people
,uped by the roadside awaiting rear
s,Xles. &c, before they could proceed. our
old Nelie pulled us through as well as
Helping one other car.
Coastal Roads Good.
Almost Immediately after reaching
ne Florida State line the roads are
GOOD and continue TO be good for $50
miles south on the East Coast of Flor
ida. They are equally good on the West
Coast, but 1t Is not wise to attempt to
Toss the Florida peninsula south OF
New Smyrna. While in Orlando was
told Of various routes to Palm Beach
and Miami, where we were headed. but
m old sea captain, who runs a hotel In
orlando. advised us to go back to New
smyrna, which was about a hundred
miles out Of our way. We were wise to
follow his advice. as We reached Miami
several days before a party leaving Or
',ndo by a more direct route for Miami
. day before we did.
The State OF Florida has spent NIL
ons OF dollars on roads during the past
hrse years and 1t Is reaping the dement's
ot a greatly increased motor travel. The
streets OF Orlando and Miami are lined
With automobiles for miles. The main
rhoroughfares have traffic cops and re-
mind one OF Forty-second street and
F'Hth avenue. One sees license tags
rom almost every State In the Union.
and thousands OF happy faced motorists
IN the full enjoyment Of Summertime
curing in January.
There Is really good shooting as well
IS fishing about the everglades near
Miami / was out with native Florida
hoy about three hours one morning and
Killed fifteen quail ! did not have
shot at a covey, but took them all singly.
At Cocoa the wild ducks came to the
Notel dock to be fed by the guests like
,hickens in a barnyard. But II you get
INTO a boat with your gun II is hard to
get within a mile OF them, although
,here arc literally millions of them.
apt Wilson OF Patchogue, l.. l., who
g wintering at Cocoa, invited me out
one day in his speed boat. and We soon
reached a spot where We got some ducks
spins Along the Beach.
The Miami roads north of Ormord
sle very rough. but hard mostly, only
short distance of deep sand. At
Ornond we we're fortunate enough to
nd a low tide when we reached the
peach and had the delightful sensation
81 spinning down TO Dayton on Its hard.
.nooth surface.
From Fort Pierce south the roads
arc built OF ojus rock, a coral forma-
on which can be spaded up at the side
- the road almost anywhere and when
placed on the road and rolled out
,roothiy while damp becomes as hard
cement. When it dries out II is
hen oiled and looks exactly like asphalt