OLD SPANISH TRAIL
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Director corry (Quincy, Florida), writes:-“Would say that the County Road Forces are now at work on *Tho Old Spanish Trail5 grading down hills, raising fills, and scraping the roads, and the County Commissioners expect to keep the entire r;oad force on this work until the road is put in good shape.
"We are still waiting for some active stops to be taken in the matter of building the bridge across the Chattahoochee River* This is one of the most important links in •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 promptly*
"I hope to meet you at • The old Spanish Trail1 Convention in Tallahassee,
Ar rangeme nt s h ave the inter sec t ion of Ea will enable ferry from . at a. 11 t ime soft he n i r
been completed to install a light at ?t Fiver mouth arid Escambia Bay, which Floridatown co Ferry Pass to operate
Director L ou 3 Log (G *J. f p o .r o , \£ 111 note Mr* Lrwi-s * report abou P asc agoul a F. i ve i*, aid beg o s j ate sometime age , arA thIs wo ck is jrc-g
i.s1'], writes:-t. the bridge across the chat I was over there mhcing very rapidly to
comp let i on*
"From ufre Vrest Pascagoula Ri vsr through to Logtovm, Miss., the road is row in good c.ndi~.for* That stretch fronting on the Cul^ of Mexico thirty miles: from Biloxi to Pass Christian is all now surfaced wish, gravel and shell, and Beach drive js in good condo tio:n"
Director Fie toiler ( 3* n ego. California), writes:?
"With a p aved highway over one^half the distance from San Diego to Yuma- Ltftf miles in length - the State Highway Commission of California are proceeding, energetically, in sracxk 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, Da Mesa and El Cajon- the rest. This m sans an additional eleveri 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 Diego to Yuma* A paved highway, with a few exceptions, is already completed along the coast from San Dieg0 Sa.n ^rancisc o via. Los Angeles*"
Convention at Tallahassee1 is drawing near and we sincerely hope that attendance will not only be large but from an exten ded area along "Th'*5 Old Spanish Trail" as there is no doubt but that Convjntions helpnaterially to keep interest in work aroused as well as arousing desire to emulate other localities* Are you going to be there?

"THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL" ASSOCIATION