OLD SPANISH TRAIL
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Director corry (Quincy, Florida), writes:-11 Would say that the County Road Forces are now at work on »The Old Spanish Trail7 grading down hills, raising fills, and scraping the roads, and the County Commissioners expect to keep the entire goad force on this work until the road is put in good shape*
"We are still waiting for some active steps to he taken in the matter of building the bridge across the Chattahoochee River. This is one of the most important links in 1 The old Spanish Trail1 and as the Government and Jackson County has promised to stand their share, can see no reason why the bridge cannot be built promptly0
“I hope to meet you at fThe Old Spanish Trail1 Convention in Tallahassee/'
Arrangements have be ora completed to install a light at the intersec t.ion of East Fiver mouth and Escambia Bay, which will enable ferry from Flo ;u. oat own to per vy Pass to operate at a. 11 t ime soli he n i r h I,
Director Lous log (Gubfro 111 note Mr. L/wi.s • rcr :•
Pascagoula River, and beg to s sometime age, and this work is
, jifis^}, writes:-.'•.bout the bridge across the T»,e chut I was over there v/cgracing very rapidly to
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"From the Vrest Pascagoula Ri ver through to Logtovm, Miss#, the road is now in good condition. That stretch fronting on the Gul^ ct Mexico fhirt / miles ; from Biloxi to Pass Christian is all now surfaced with, gravel and shell, and Beach drive is .in good condition/"
Director Fletc;?.ei {3.q.n B 1 ego, Oalif°rnia), writes:?
"With a p evod highway over one-half the distance from San Biego to Yuma- miles in length - the State Highway Commission of California are proceeding, energetically, in 3E&XX completing the rest of the paving. The bonds for the entire work have already been voted and $250,000 will be spent immediately. An arrangement has just been made whereby the state Highway Commission puts up a portion of the money and the four cities - Oceanside, East San Diego, La Mesa and El Cajon- the rest. This m cans an additional eleverl miles of paved highway completed at an early date. Within two years from date we should have a concrete highway completed the entire distance San Biego to Yuma<* A pav/d highway, with a few. exceptions, is already completed along the coast from San Bieg0 San Francisc o via Los Angeles."
Convention at Tallahassee* is drawing near and we sincerely hope that attendance will not only be large but from an exten dsd area along "Th^ Old Spanish Trail" as there is no doubt but that Conventions h^lpnatorially to keep interest in work aroused as well as arousing desire to emulate other localities. Are you going to be there?
"THE OLB SPAPISH TRAIL" ASSOCIATION