The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-16
WHITE SPRINGS TO LAKE CITY

Judge H. B. Phillips, chairman of
the state highway department, in an
address recently in Jacksonville, told
good roads advocates from six states
assembled there that Florida can
complete it's work on the main high
ways of the state this year. This in
cludes road No. l, from Lake City to
Jacksonville; road No. 2, from the
Georgia line in Hamilton county thru
Jasper, Lake City, Gainesville, Ocala
and Leesburg, to South Florida, as
far south as Fort Myers, aid for the
Osceola-Brevard county road from
Melbourne to Kissimmee, and COM
plete road No. 3, south from Jackson
vile.
This would give travellers by car the
opportunity of coming into Florida
either through the Jacksonville or the
Jasper gateways, and going down
state either by Jacksonville or from
Lake City. From Jacksonville they
could go down the East Coast to Mel
bourne and across to Kissimmee,
where the rest of the way over Flor
ida is well paved; or from Jackson
vile they could run out to Lake City
and then down through Gainesville,
Ocala and Leesburg, there connecting
with the aforesaid fine paved roads of
southern Florida which lead to every
"a yNIo IF hoI
burg.
1t is plan which is fair, and should
be carried out as proposed.
But it has come to the ears of the
Tribune that certain interests, politi-
cal, and other kind, are bringing pres
sure to bear on the state highway de-
partment for the purpose of leaving a
broken link in state road No. 2, be-
tween Jasper and Lake City. The Sec
ton Immediately contiguous to
White Springs is a bad sandy section
in it's natural state, and is today is
one of the most abominable parts OF
the route out of Florida by way OF
Valdosta. Inasmuch as this influence
at work is being, so it is alleged
stimulated by the Jacksonville Auto
mobile club, or association, and is
backed up strongly by politicians or
the western end of state road No. 2
it has the appearance of an attempt
to close the highway through Hamil,
ton county, by keeping a 28-mile
stretch of almost impossible road, be,
tween the otherwise good roads or
both ends of highway No. 2. The re-
cent action, exposed by the Tribune, Of
the Jacksonville Automobile club, il
having all road maps showing routes
into Florida, and all logging books o.
said routes, officially condemned anc
ordered destroyed, and in publishing
for tourist cars" from Chicago, pref
erably by way of New York and thence
down via Savannah to Jacksonville, o.
across to Atlanta, and Waycross
thence to Jacksonville, and announc
ing that all other routes are danger
Gus and impractical, makes it appar
ent that this effort to break the Jas
per-Lake City link of road No.
comes from the same place.
So far as a second route into Flor
ida is concerned, unless Judge Phillips
is backed up by the rest of the boarC
in his decision to build that % miles
at White Springs, work on road No
2 might as we'll cease where it is. TIL,
route will be useless as a short cut tt
South Florida without this link con
Meeting it with road No. l at LAX
City.
So far is the opposition of certain
members of the state highway depart
ment to this program said to hav
gone, that it is commonly reportet
that when the members of the depart
ment meet on the 18th prox., for re
organization, attempt will be made t
dislodge Judge Phillips as Chairman
and place in his stead a member o
the body from West Florida unless h