January 23rd, 1223 Mr. !!. 5. Ayr as, : lob i 13, A1 ab am a. n?nr Hr. Ayras:~ I receivsd your letter an! Hire Huey also received the one enclosing check Fcr ^IQO. I wire:' you this moraine about Liberty County going Democratic but the message may not re oh you until you receive this letter. However, 1 am tickled, to death to knot/ that Liberty County carried the bond issue with such an overwhelming majority. It will holy us considerably in other ports of the country. The Live Oak proposition Hr. Colp is doing "hat he can to work it out and is in Austin today at a meeting of the Highway Commission. So far '.vs heve had very little Ivcl; in making arrangements to got a men started to marking east of Houston, howsvor, I am trying to figure out some scheme in my mind so the necessary cash can be raised in order to carry this work forward. I am just a little too skiddish now "'bout Orange but I believe about the best thing to be done would possibly be tc send Baird to Beaumont, first making arrang-ments with McDonald to assist him in every manner possible. I also think I ’.vill write to Mayor Lea and feel his pulse in regard to trying +o raise money at Orange. Nov; another matter that we must begin to consider is marking the road east of New Orleans. As I understand at present the route will possibly go to Chefmentauer and then to Slidell and •‘‘rom there tc Bay St. Louis. The problem has not yet been solved but I suppose from the information I can gather that we-will possibly cross the Pearl Diver somewhere near or above Logto.vn and then direct to Bay St. Louis. Do you think it would be a wise idea for me tc get in touch with Hr. Weston at Leg-town and begin to fram this matter over there? Of course, aft -r we have passed Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian I suppose that it is merely a matter cf following the coast and on to Ocean Springs as I remember uroun 1 another body cf water, and from information I have gathered since yc-u. left here I understand that there is but one road from Oe ;an Springs tc Mobile, but it seems to me there was sene trlk of building an entirely new road, "out whether or not they have I do not know. My recollection was that one was to be built west of Mobile along the railroad track to Pascagoula, however, I don't know of anything that has been acne on that and you can find out and let me know. I want to get in corrsaponcenoe with people along this line, notifying them that our marking crew will soon be along and ask them to give them every assistance.