Evening star., 1921-10-30
TELLS BEST ROADS
TO TAKE T0FLOR|DA
Official Designates Good
Routes for Autoists From
Various Points.

vdIlUuS FulTtS.
TAVARES. Fla. October 2s.-"For
eighteen years." said W. B. Powell.
secretary of the Lake County Cham
ber of Commerce, II have been inter-
ested in good roads in Florida and
leading to Florida. have directed by
letter thousands Of motorists the most
accessible route to the state without
fear or favor.
''In 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 $50 to $500 worth of ad-
vertising that my county would get
ed. because SIS per cent of all the
tourists come over the routes 1 have
advocated all these years-50 per cent
of whom are old stagers and the
others simply. follow the crowd.
pity those who follow the mass OF
that should have the comfort and
safety of the tourist at heart rather
than route them via the routes that
put up the dollars for advertising
rather than for roads.
II have travelled the routes out of
to st. Louis. to Chicago. to Wash
ington. ]. have two scouts who make
notation of routes as they come down
and furnish me with information
right off the bat. l personally inter-
view from two to a score of tourists
from the north who stop at my Of
fee daily and the Information i'm
7arted 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.
Indiana and Michigan to Florida via
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, 175 miles.
Charlotte to Greenville, 116 miles.
Greenville to Athens, 101 miles. ,
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
Mount Vernon and Corbin was opened
September l and large celebration
was held by local motorists who or
ganized a party Of several hundred
cars to drive over the new link.
From north and west the Dixie
vile, thence Shelbyville, Tuulahoma,
Winchester. Cowan. Monteagie,. Jas
per, Chattanooga, Rome. Atlanta,
Macon, Valdosta-
From north and west Nashville.
Huntsville. Gadsden. Talladega. Ope-
son, Albany, Thomasville. valdosta
Cor direct to Madison, Fla, via Quit
mani.
The second named route via Hunts
willie Is 113 miles longer than the one
over the mountains via Monteagle:
thirty miles. To Lake City, hfty-two
Option of valdosta to Lake City
via Jasper, seventy miles.
|s Lake City to Gainesville and Ocala,
niastyesaIss As oeais you %nies; Can take fair to
good road to Clearwater and Sts
Petersburg and Tampa.
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
go to ST. Augustine and Jacksonville,
Daytona, etc.
At Leesburg road conditions for
the rest of Florida are perfect. no
matter in which direction you travel.
mile Of Eustis to Umattlla, Altoona.
Crows Bluff. De Land. Daytona and
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
thence east or west and south to
Tampa, st. Petersburg and Fort
Florida and west coast roads.
From Leesburg over all points fur
ther inland the roads are either sand
CLAW, brick or asphalt.
BY following these logues you will
not be far wrong. The road as
whole is not perfect. yet DAY ny Gay g
$50 cars are rolling into Florida oy
the Valdosta Madison. or Valdosta-
Lake City route, and within a few
weeks this will be increased to 300
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. There
NAV be slight detours which you Will
have to follow, but strike out for the
next concentration point.
Along the lines given there is a
string of garages, service stations
and plenty of company along the
That the eastern route Is fairly
nassable is evidenced by many MAX
ing the trip in six days time, and one
Intrepid driver did the 1900 miles in
four days driving.
The eastern route is practically a
birh-eear route from Washington to
FLORIDA as it skirts the mountains.
over the central route you cannot
escape the Cumberland mountains.