Motile, Ala May 3, 19SS
Mr. L. 1?. Biokey,
Secretary Board of Trade.
Tar.pa, Fla.
Bear Mr. Dieltey,-
I wish you would read 2hapter I of the enclosed PROGRESS OP THE OLD SPAITISH TRAIL and advise no if a route around the Gulf from Tallahassee is practicable, and if' anything could ha gained By efforts calculated to give life and status to such a route.
Our taps show our connections to South fieri da via. La3.ce City tut we are not interested in that route; "besides we have done nothing to give ua claims on that route.
Pitkin two years there will he an entire change in the flow of traffic. Highways fror. the north are financed and building to Pensacola, Motile, lew Orleans, Lake Charles, Houston, San Antonio, etc., and connections are branching to tfee towns that lie between. ' northern traffic will then drop directly to the Old Spanish Trail. Whether much of this traffic will then go to Florida will depend upon the attractions and hospitalities Florida offers in competition to the midland sections of the OST, and all of these sections are rich in playground and historical ^tr-ssrct/ioss. Lm/U >. x!r
Developing new routes and .new country entails long and expensive work. We are burdened everywhere because of the great constructional activity along the OST. nevertheless there are historical reasons why Tampa should be a terminus on this system of highways.
Very truly.
Managing Director,
At Eastern Headg. Battle House Mobile, Ala.