DiSTTBLOHHtt TRAVEL 015 THE. OLD SPANISH SAS She Old Routes to Florida arid to California still qarsy th© Travel Stream By Haxxal Ays os, Managing Disoot os. Ban Antoni® s 9oxu O * OST officials are loading -up -to a national convention and a newer national organisation to now build up travel on tlio Old Spanish 2ssilt ih© construction program is established in ail 052 States. Bringing in o2 aval and getting dividends to the people as a now tho vital problems. Site convention 'should therefore be representative of all States. Usually the conventions ass ettondoci Lyiofly by local and noas by people. So got a.representative attoManeo and a vies ©xpronolon as to policies, and to elect"good officess, is a pxoblera many oust holy solve. Tho present plan-is to first organize the Staten with"a ropresoatetlt© sot of officers"and thus pxovido now for travel Oovolopnont and ’fox construction iapxovenonts within the State territory. Those -State •Tgijotra officials will coordinate with the national headquartero; they will watch local interests; when the national convention convenes they can intelligently help direct its sessions, Louisiana- has organised.. That 'unit is hooping the OST paving psogsan first on the state program, and 7 hoy ace cooperating to draw national travel to South Louisians, an fast as possible. Texas la organised undor national honihiuertsxs direction but Toxao will now ba to organ! sod so that an official staff- will watch Texas interest!?. Mississippi 'is ashed tc organise with, officers representing each Ohamber of Commerce or with official© identified with the Coast club. Florida- and Alabama can bo organised when Mississippi is organized to cara for the Hisoisaippi sector. This will consolidate tho Bant. c c Th© travel development p:<: ogr an of the Old Spanish Trail is the so suit of years of preparation. Local people heretofore have boon absorbed getting thoix local road and bridge construction completed. As the State units got into service the national viewpoint will bo comprehended fox travel now flows by streams ovor national highways of which tho Old. Spanish Trail is but one. Sotting 03T attractions and lure over to national travelers is a worlc of national scope. In the Southwest they run great notoroadoo, stir up tho people and sauce largo feAghway publicity hSundu. A ifl.otoroo.do of 485 oar a went from Southern California, Arizona and haw iloxico to Memphis last April. 0100,000 was votod at Memphis for txavol development over that route fs on Bow York. April 1989 a larger motor cade la planned to go to Sot Springs, Ash. Other western highway routea axe organised and financed. Sovos al old PI rida routes arc organising. Hot them people are familiar witu tho so old travel tsoado. OSS? peoplo have been abacs bod in tho jutioo with construction problems’ it is not strange they axe not yot