The Washington herald., 1922-08-27

TO vaikyrie IL kept In better shape
than formerly by keeping II
dragged. 4.
From St, PIERCE on into west
Palm Beach the road 4 nne oiled
rock ali the wsy. . distance OF ar
miles. and from Palm. Beach to
Miami s7.s miles 1t is also oiled
rock. A good macadam and rock
road extends from Miami down to
Royal Palm State Park. a distance
Of AL miles. From Royal Palm
State Park the new Ingraham
Highway Is being completed to
Cape Sable. in the extreme south
east end Of Florida. q distance o
about SO miles.
Gasoline stations in Florida are
about the same distance apart as in
the North. Gasoline through Flor
ida generally, except In the interior.
comes at about the same prica as
in the Northern States. ON ths
main trunk , line II usually runs
from IS to IS cents per gallon. Peo-
Pile park their cars anywhere with
out molestation. Many of the towns
have provided parking places. Rains
are infrequent in the winter sea-
son. ]. Mcbride, of Jersey City.
completed 1.600-mile drive
through Florida last April. and II
only rained two days during the
whole trip. Accommodations on the
east coast drive range from the
Ponce d. Leon and Breakers hotels
In ST. Augustine and Palm Beach.
respectively, to comfortable room
at 81.
The Dixie Highway down the east
coast affords ocean breezes most OF
the way. There is good fresh water
and salt water fishing for almost
every mile of the route, and fine
hunting. The touring season and
open game seasons coincide. 1t Is
planned to make the entire route an
asphalt boulevard. There Is town
OF resort on the average OF every
six miles along the line. and in
some of them milIionaires are as
thick as rabbits.
Jacksonville is at present also the
starting point for tours to the in
terror and to Tampa, st. Peters
burg and other points on the EAST
coast of Florida. The journey is
through st. Augustine and thence
to Daytona. the same as when
staining down the east coast. Al
DaytOa connection is made with the
Million Dollar Triangle Highway,
the main trunk line to Tampa, 162
miles in length and one of the most
important routes in the State. 1t
passes through = beautiful wooded
and lake region through De Land,
Sanford, Winter Park. Orlando.
Haines City, Lake Alfred and Lake
land. The first seven miles of this
road is rock, the next seventy-seveu
brick. asphalt block to Plant City,
and the balance wide brick.
Construction is now under way
on a concrete road to be finished
January l. which will connect Jack
sonville with Lake City on the west.
From Lake City down through the
center of the State connection will
be made with the Million Dollar
Triangle Highway. South from Lake
Oity the line is being improved to
Rolleston. Between Rolleston and
Palatka IT Is expected a concrete
road will be completed by Novem-
Der /.
The st. Augustine Board of Trade
re commends the following route
from Washington, d. c., south via
Richmond, Va; Clarksville. Va:
Durham. n. C. ;Pinehurst,
Cheraw and Columbia, s. c.:
Augusta. Savannah, Brunswick to
Jacksonville. Between Richmond
and Fredericksburg is day-sand,
and chains are necessary to we,
weather because it is hilly. The
Eastern leg of the Dixie Highway
is all fair to good at present, ac-
cording to the Jacksonville Auto
Club. with the exception of a short
heavy stretch from Yulee. Ga, to
Woodbine, Fla. which is being hard
surfaced. By fall the entire stretch
will be good. The road south from
Waycross, Ga. has been hard-sur-
faced. except for four miles, which
will soon be finished.