The Ocala banner., 1922-07-21
ocALA TO BE THE CENTER or
TRAVEL
\ Stream of Automobiles to Pass
Through Daily-She Must Pre-
pare to Care for Them
citra's Big Barbecue

i Charles A. O'Connor, field secretary
of the American Automobile Associa-
ton, visited Ocala and addressed a
meeting of the Marion County Motor
club at the chamber of commerce.
Mr. O'Connor stated that it would be
necessary to get at least 800 members
in the club in order to properly finance
the organization and to equip it proper
I ly for taking care of its service to
members and for taking care of the
great increase in motor tourists who
will come down to Florida. this COM
ing winter.
He stated that the new highways
into Florida from Chicago to Fort
Myers and from Cleveland to Miami
would be in good, passable condition
by October 1 that hundreds of cars
would come through Ocala daily and
that these cars would expect service
from the Marion County Motor club
as an affiliated unit of the A. A A.
The field secretary stated that mo-
torists coming into the state by way
of the East Coast route would want
to leave it by way of the Central
Florida route, and vice versp
! A delegation from Citras "a d.
before the meeting and exteEss.O..- ..
hearty invitation to the members of
the motor club and to the people of
Ocala to attend the big barbecue
and good roads rally at THE Home
of the Pineapple Oranges" on July 27.
H. L. Borland introduced the rep
resentation from Citra, consisting of
E. L. Wartmann, Carl Sommers and
H. Gilbert. Mr. Wartmann extended
the invitation and asked the coopera-
tion of the motor club in securing
the early construction of the road
from Citra to Orange Springs and
the stretch of one mile necessary to
connect Citra with the new highway.
Alachua county is building across
Orage Lake. The club named a
committee, consisting of A. C. Cobb,
DIR. c. B. Aver, l. T. Izlar and A. C.
Blowers, to work up attendance at
the rally.
! Secretary Louis H. Chazal of the
publicity department OF the motor
club, will cooperate in giving publicity
to the Citra gathering. The two roads
which the people of Citra want to see
constructed at an early date are links
in important highways from Jackson
vile to Central and Southwestern
Florida.
/ Mr.. O. Connor told the meeting that
the county commissioners of Hamil-
/ ton, Columbia and Alachua coun-
ties have made written agreements
to put maintenance crews on the
stretches of state road No. 2 needing
them, thus insuring maintenance
| Of this highway IN good passable
condition from the Georgia line to
the Marion-Alachua county line by
September 1. At the request of Mr..
O'Connor that similar agreement
/ be obtained of Marion county, the
club referred to c. G. Rose, chair
man of the roads, streets and bridges
department of the club, the matter
of comforting with the commission
ers for this purpose 1t was pointed
out that the construction of state
road No. between Belleview and
the Lake county line would be fin
ished this fall. The convict crews
now grading the road between Belle
view and the Lake county line, it was
stated, will be transferred to the north
end of Marion county to work south
on state road No. and that detour
| in the northern end of the county
would be necessary. This detour and
the stretches of road just north and
south of Ocala can be maintained in
good condition. il was thought, at a
comparatively small cost.
Mr.. O'Connor stated that the main
tenance OF the highway from Chi
cago south to Chattanooga has been
arranged for and he leaves in a few
days for Georgia to line up the coun-
ties between Chattanooga and the
Florida line.
Mr. o'Connor told the meeting that
information and photographs furnish
ed by the publicity department OF the
Marion County Motor club would be
incorporated in articles that will ap-
pear in several big magazines In
August and September as part Of a
publicity campaign to advise motorists
Of the country that, for the first time
in history, there will be two roads
in good. passable condition into Flor
ida this coming season.
In reply to question. Mr.. O'Connor
rtafad thar II il fha uO1icv 0f the mo-