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gineers as a* "monumental structure."
CM IOCTAWHATCHER—Contracts let. S.000 ft. in- c<r-aa^:,, ^ ^
eluding approaches.	;	   -	"r	—--c-	.	___
I*. LACK WAT HU. at Milton—completed recently. Ce-	fcc;	"	~r"r’
ment foundation. IS ft. under water, piling 2f* ft. deeper.	Bfet^-----------------...............
The foundation so deep and difficult the st?te had to as-
KSCAMB1A, 10 ms. east of Pensacola—financed. Red-	I1IENY	ILLl*.	SOI	ARh
oral aid for $250,000 just allowed; $250,000 additional	on llicuvillc's Monument in this Square in Mobile is this inscription:
promised for 192". Escambia County has $2,000,000 in	To Jean llnplistclc Moyne Sicurs del Bienville. Native of Montreal. Ca-
bonds voted. Bridge to le 3 ms. long. Six months time	u;uIj| Naval Officer of Prance. Governor of l.omsi.m« and	Founder of tl.e
in engineering surveys, the most complete engineering stu-	Kirst Capjtal< Moi,nv, i:n. pom 16S0~I)i«l 176$. With	the Genius	io
dy of conditions of any high wav project in Morid.t.	Create :m Kmpi re and tlic Cou nine to Maintain it. Patient Amid Faction
Judge II. B. Phillips is Cha’rman ot the Morida Hoad	mid Successful even in Defeat, he Brought his Settlement	the Prosperity of
Deparimom; ,1. D. Smith. Marianna and W. J. Hillman,	True Civilization and the Happiness of Real Christianity.	He Who Founds
Live Oak, are Commissioners on the OST. James Austen	a city nuilds Itimself A l.ift-lon« Monument.
Mortland is the bridge ong’neor. With compliments to all	llv lllis inscription Mobile is credited with being the	first capital	of
of them for the type of work they are doing and the dif-	Louisiana. Others say lliloxi was the first capital.
Acuities thev arc conquering.
BIG C’OXSTKUCTIOX TX PROGRESS	PEXSACOLA
This is to be a story of construction in progress. The OST has the reputation of having more building activity ! The story of Escambia Bridge is also the story of grear than anv other transcontinental highway. Tins is due jr achievement by Pensacola—a place noted for its attraction part to the widespread faith in the Old Spanish Trail as a ; since the earliest Spanish Adventure, and a city of destiny great highway, and in part to the fact that OST staff men when the OST is open and other big works are completed, are continually busy somewhere getting problems solved. Fred W. Marsh. Vice-President of the OST. is one of the The OST crosses the great drainage system of the con- leaders in all this, tinent at their worst—near the Gulf. It is a highway con-	,j	\>[ %
quering difficulties for the service of the people, not one j
seeking easy couises.	,	Two	counties	project at the bottom of Alabama with
.......	Mobile Bay $ ms. wide lying between, and the OST crosses
HIE MANAGING DIRECTOR IN THE EAST , tiie bottom of these. Mobile is on the west shore of the ,T	.	,	,	i bay. On the east shore and extending to the Florida line
Managing Director Ayres has been since the first of | is c.lldwin County wlth OOO.OOO satsuma orange trees and the year. In the east Mississippi. Alabama and Florida	lt	es of ,H.r shell peeans. Its Eastern Day Shore
are soon to he marked, section maps Issued and other data : is a delightful reSort summer and winter. Baldwin Coun-compilcd lor travelers. Many tourists are found who are	tv is another s|l0l that Will flower and fruit when traffic
having difficulty getting over this section	club in the East. With road holidays they are putting
Divisional Conference too will he called in each state.	thru.	Her	people have organized the strongest OST
'I he cities or towns to	handle these	comerences are to be	their roart in oon(,uion. A campsite has been	opened at
selected. The people	must prepare for increased	traffic	Daphlle and otllers ave pianned. In a month	the high-
and provide for it.	way will be ir.a.'ked across Baldwin County. The women
,	are intending to pl.int azaleas, japoircas and other flow-
111 Ji. TEXAS WORK	ering shrubs along the road-side. These shrubs are in
_	„ ,	,	.	,	.	bloom in that county now.
D. E. Colp. the Manager of the Texas District, is every	Alabama	l as just voted $25.00u.C00 in su te road
where, working night and day. The work seems unending—	bomls Senator John Craft. Alabama Vice-Pro idem of
that’s the cost of getting right down with the people and	the OST. is the "Father of Good Roads” in Alabama and
getting things done. The President, Dr. Fred B. Johnston. tireless in that work. He and the people of those two has taken charge of Headquarters	in the absence	of the	counties are now organizing to profit at once	from this
Managing Director.	state program. Bridging the Bay is a part of	the plan.
f.7/'<r\	PRESIDENT-DR. FRED B. JOHNSTON. SANANTONIO. TEXAS	MANAGING DIRECTOR-H. 0	A < R E S	-.»•< antonio Tr*AS
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SAN ANTONIO-BROWNSVILLE DIVISION	W. R. PERKINS Alice rc/»'.
BULLETIN TO MEMBERS	FEBRUARY	20TH, 1922