The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-19
ROUTE OF DIXIE HIGHWAY
THROUGH THE CITY

Editor Star: Who is to locate per
manently the route Of the Dixie High
way through the corporate limits Of
the city?
Is it intended that the little guide
posts and markers now stuck around
is to be the line of the permanent
route? If so, who did it and by what
authority? To make this permanent
location, it seems to me to be the
most unfortunate thing for the city.
This would be not only another blum
der of the many we are making, but
most stupendous one, as | see it.
AS | understand it, the line of
route approaches the city on the
north, crossing the S., A. L. railroad
at the old Alfred hotel and thence up
| Magnolia street to it's intersection
with Fort King avenue, and thence
east up Fort King and zig-zag
around a few blocks out on the Belle
view road.
Note that Magnolia street is SO
feet wide and Fort King is forty. At
the intersection of this SO and 40
feet, that is Magnolia and Fort King,
we turn east up Fort King. At this
intersection there are four corners
with four brick buildings close to the
corners of each block. Did you ever
try turning big automobile or a big
truck at that point If not do so, just
for the experience of the thing. Dc
it on Saturday or, maybe, it is as wei
. if you will wait until Sunday anC
drive up all the way on Fort King
about II o'clock when church is turn
ing out and the people going to din
ner. We, have turned east up For
King and the first block is one of the
most congested of business centers
and when we get to the east end q:
the first block we run into the mex
most important, if not the most i'm
portant, street in the city-Mail
street. And note where we run int
it, right at the Harrington Hall AM
the Methodist church, where there i
always a congestion of cars and OF
Surday-well, it is to be seen, al
> most impossible.
Continuing up the second block
with automobiles on the north and q
the south side of the block and chill
dren darting from street to street, w
Il come to the A. c. L. tracks, right u
on them as we come from church
Oil the south and trying to keep Gu
Of the way of the children and tn
= good women coming out of the Meth
Y odist church. Well. we get acros
Y without accident and 10 and behol
. Their are lot of automobiles all line
up on the north side of the thir
block, attending some function at tn
. Temple theater. The automobiles ar
a banked from Condon's to the Presby
: ladies who drive and leave the car
!" as they please, and some by children
- way out into the street. Well, scrap
up close against Ed Chace's lot an
=" begin to feel relieved that | &C
. through, when | look ahead and sc
:. coming down Fort King avenue
% crowd of people who are just comm
in from Silver Springs, or the lax
and I meet them just about the Pres
- bvterian church, and those Presby
terrain people have their automobile
pdIh0u dII OH Tie lOIIH SluS VI I'll
:, street and the hungry people all 0
. the south side, waiting for Mr.
- Arms dinner bell.
| hear a great noise and look bac
- and it is a big Klaxon sounding f.
- the right of way, when l can't ge
:, through myself for a fellow has
- big three-ton truck and is in hurr
' to get through.
y 1t is unquestionably a fact ths
" there is more travel on Fort Kin
. down to it's intersection with Mas
'' nolia than any other street in tn
city, except those going to the unio
station.
=, To turn the tide of travel comm
|" OH the Dixie Highway from a 59-foc
: street into an already congested 4C
- foot street, when we know there wi
~ be immense touring cars with trailer
= and large trucks and passing b
& places where our children must FIRE
u qEent in large numbers, seems to b
, so menacing to the interest of tn
. city that even the intelligence of
!, city councilman might appreciate il
w. S. Bullock