Evening star., 1921-10-30
TELLS BEST ROADS
T0TAKE T0FL0R|DA
Official Designates Good
Routes for Autoists From
Various Points.


! Various Points.
TAvAREs. Fla. October 2s.-"For
eighteen years." said w. B. Powell,
secretary of the Lake County Cham
Der Of Commerce, 'I have been inter-
ested in good roads In Florida and
leading to Florida. have directed by
letter thousands of motorists the most
fear or favor.
I'm one month this summer I was
approached by seven representatives
of as many guide books to and
through Florida and all left the i'm
preston that IL 1 did not contract for
as much as $3.50 to $500 worth of ad-
vertising .hat my county would get
unfavorable mention. ToNthis l laugh
ed, because IS per cent of all the
tourists come over the routes 1 have
advocated all these years-b0 per cent
of whom are old stagers and the
others simply. follow the crowd. I
pity those who follow the mass OF
misinformation coming from sources
that should have the comfort and
safety of the tourist at heart rather
put up the dollars for advertising
| rather than for roads.
II have travelled the routes out OF
Florida. l have travelled the routes
to st. Louis, to Chicago, to Wash
ington. !. have two scouts who make
and furnish me with information
right off the bat. 1 personally inter-
view from two to score of tourists
from the north who stop at my Of
| fee daily and the Information I'M
! 1arted below is trustworthy and up
to-date, and written without a dollar
in sight for advertising or influence
from civic bodies. garages, hotels or
resbrts of any kind"
In touring the motorist must head
for concentration points. There may
be slight detours here and there. but
at all times the general direction
must be- to the concentration point.
Concentration points only are given
! in these logues.
I direct all people in Illinois. Ohio.
the eastern route. either starting
south from Hagerstown, Md, or
Washington, D. c. .
Washington to Richmond, 1873 miles.
Richmond to Durham. ITS miles Cor
via Raleigh) to Durham.
Durham to Charlotte, IT'S miles.
Charlotte to Greenville, 116 miles.
Greenville to Athens. 101 miles. 7
Athens to Macon, 100 miles.
Macon to Valdosta, ISL miles-total
of $50 miles to Valdosta-
From Cincinnati the best and most
! direct line of travel is via Falmouth,
Cynthia, Paris. Richmond. Mount Yer
non. KY; Corbin. Jacksboro. Clinton.
| lockwood, Chattanooga. Rome. At
! lanta to Macon, then over the main
| route via Valdosta into Florida. The
line through southern Kentucky via
| Mount Vernon and Corbin was opened
| September 1 and a large celebration
| was held by local motorists who or
| ganized a party of several hundred
cars to drive over the new link
| highway route concentrates at Nash
vile, thence Shelbyville. Tuulahoma,
! Winchester, Cowan, Monteagle. Jas
! per. Chattanooga, Rome, Atlanta,
| Macon, Valdosta-
From north and west. Nashville.
| Huntsville, Gadsden, Talladega. Ope-
| lika, Columbus, Ga; Richland, Daw-
| son, Albany, Thomasville, Valdosta
| Cor direct to Madison. Fla. via Quit
| man).
| Vile Is 113 miles longer than the one
| over the mountains via Monteagle.
! From Valdosta to Madison. Fla.
! thirty miles. To Lake City. hfty-two
! miles.
| via Jasper, seventy miles.
|. Lake city to Gainesville and Ocala,
! ninety-three miles. 81.
| At ocala you can take a tair 1 to
good road to Clearwater and SIC
Ocala to Leesburg. thirty-six miles.
Total of 1,172 miles from Washington
to Leesburg. Fla.
Leesburg is the diverging point to
all points in east, west and south
Florida, and many take this route to
In in IQCkannVtIIa
Daytona, etc.
At Leesburg road conditions for
the rest of Florida are perfect, no
matter in which direction you travel.
At Leesburg via Grand Island. one
mile Of Eustis to Umatilla, Altoona,
all east coast points.
At Leesburg via Grand Island,
Eustis, Mt. Dora for Sanford and all
points north and south and to east
coast via Titusville.
From Eustis to Tavares and Or
lando.
At Mt. Dora for Orlando via Apopka.
At Leesburg via Tavares, Minneola
for Orlando and all points north and
south.
At Leesburg via Okahumpka, Mas
cote. Groveland for Auburndale and
Tampa, st. Petersburg and Fort
Myers, and entire network of south
Florida and west coast roads.
From Leesburg over all points fur
ther inland the roads are either sand
clay, brick or asphalt.
By following these logues you will
not be far wrong. The road as a
| whole is not perfect, yet day by day
$50 cars are rolling into Florida by
the Valdosta- Madison. or Valdosta-
Lake city route, and within a few
weeks this will be increased to Soo
cars daily.
The roads will be in best condition
from now until spring thaWs set in
in in the states north Of Florida.
To avoid trouble do not let garage
men or hotel men route you against
instructions herewith given. Ihere
have to follow, but strike out 1or the
next concentration point.
Along the lines given there is
string of garages. service stations
and plenty of company along the
That the eastern route is fairly
passable is evidenced by many MAX
ing the trip in six days time, and one
Intrepid driver did the 1,20O miles In
four days driving.
The eastern route is practlcally a
bjrh-rear route from Washington to
Florida as it skirts the mountains.
ovar the central route you cannot
escape the Cumberland mountains.
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