The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-29
LOCAL COMMITTEE
DOES GOOD WORK
AIT STATE MEETING
Chairman of Joint Committee,
County Commissioners and
Attorney Successful.
- ESCAMBIA RIVER
BRIDGE CERTAIN
Probable Work on Gulf Beach
Highway Will Begin in
Very Short Time.

The state road department has al
lotted to Escambia county a quarter
million dollars Of federal aid money.
70 be paid to this county out Of the
next available money. this to be used
on the Escambia river bridge during
the nrst years construction work.
Later this county will be allotted
enough for the completion Of the
bridge
The committee which placed the
claims OF Escambia county before the
members OF state road department
were +. H. Marsh chairman of the
joint committee Of road Improvement;
County Commissioners Gilmore, Gates
Soderlind and Wentworth, and County
Attorney r. Pope Reese.
Ii IS understood from plans which
were made by the committee before
leaving for Tallahassee, that the state
read department would be asked to
declare road No. 1 and road No. in
Escambia county, as federal aid pro-
jects, the state road department to take
tao million and j half dollars OF Es-
Gambia county money to build these
roads, and to collect from the federal
government the propor4iDn of money
which 1t puts into the roads, this sum
10 remain a special fund to build the
bridge over the Escambia river
Thus, II would be made possible to
use the half million dollars voted by
the people for the Gulf Beach High
way.
This was the plan which was to be
presented to the state road depart
incnt at Tallahassee. and from the
wite received last night it seems prac-
tically certain that this request was
granted
Following is Escambia county's case,
as presented before the state road de-
pai tment By j.. W Marsh:
The Chairman and Members Of the state
Road Department:
In presenting the claim OF the western
portion OF the state OF Florida for federal
aid In the completion Of the bridge over
tho Escambia river and the western ter
minal OF Road No. /. I desire to appear
in the interest OF The old Spanish Trail
association. as its vice president for the
state Of Florida. and also as representing
tho Joint Commission on Road improve
ment OF Escambia county
The old Spanish Trail IS the most in
portant Of all transconunental highways
IN its relation to Florida progress and de-
Yelopment. The time has come 10 COM
mence in an effective way the construc-
tion Of the western terminus OF Road No /
1. 50 that the whole road system OF
Florida may be benefited By the travel
coming into Florida BY this route Inn
preston exists Ia some portions OF FIori-
da that auto travel into Florida win come /
mostly from the Eastern states This IS I
not true. as experience viii soon demons /
trate that Road No. win furnish means :
Of entry to a majority OF the tourist cars (
We have promised the people of South /
ern Alabama to give them the Old SPAN i
iah Trail 90 that now Mobile is definitely
uianning the bridge over the Mobile 4
river. On October 1 their board OF rev.
enues called on their state highway de-
nartment TO provide state and federal
aid for the project. The Alabama state
legislature has submitted 10 their people
for the second tirno state road bond
amendment and II they follow their car
Her action, at least $500. GOO OF state mon
ey win be available for this bridge which
added 70 federal aid and county funds
win amply finance this bridge.
TO longer delay action on our project il
gin not be keeping faith with our Ala
Dama neighbors, nor with the people of
Fscambia county and West Florida. The \,
people Of Escambia county have pledged
the people behind tho movement rs hYld.se
Mobile bay that they win build the rs
Gambia bridge and pave our county roads.
ana We were Justified in this promise by
kContlnuod on rage Two.)