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Director corry (Quincy, Florida), v/rites;-"Would say that the County Road forces are now at work on fTho Old Spanish Trail5 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 stops to be 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 promptly*
"I hope to meet you at 1 The Old Spanish Trail1 Convention in Tallahassee; ;-
Arrangements have beon completed to install a light at the inter sec tion of East F.xver mouth and Escambia Bay, which will enable ferry fror.: Fieri da town to Fer:*v Pass to operate at ail times of the nirht..
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, writes;-e bridge across the I was over tbs re inj very rapidly to
completion*
"From the Vrest Faccagoula Ri ver through to Log town. Miss*, the road is n :>w in good c: ndi~ for * That stretch fronting on the Oui^ cf .lexica thirty ir lie g . from Biloxi to Pass Christian is all now surfaced with gravel and shell, and Beach drive is in good condition."
Director Flebcjivz ( 3n.n -^i ego, Calif °**nia) * writes :r
"With a p aved highway oven one-half the distance from San Biego to Yuma- 136 miles in length - the State Highway Commission of California are proceeding, energetically, in xxxx completing the rest of the paving* The bonds for the entire work have already been voted and $250,000 will be spent immediate?.y. An arrangement has just boon 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 elevefl. miles of paved highway completed at an early date* V/ithin two years from date we should have a concrete highway completed the entire distance San Diego to Yuma* A pavud highway, with a few exceptions, is already completed along the coast from San Dieg0 to San Francisco via. Los Angeles."
Convention a,t Tallahassee' is drawing near and we sincerely hope that attendance will not only be large but from an exten dad area along "ThJ- Old Spanish Trail" as there is no doubt but that Conventions holpnatorially to keep interest in work aroused as well as arousing desire to emulate other localities. Are you going to be there?
"THD OLD SPANISH TRAIL" ASSOCIATION.