Florida Motor Tour Boom Describes Roads and Growth
The piece extols Florida as a premier winter playground, noting a booming motor tourist industry. It highlights a nationwide road network, new bridges and cross state routes, the Florida traveling bureau effort, and the Tamiami Trail expansion guiding visitors from Jacksonville to Miami on paved highways.
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Gulf
Florida
Sidney Lanier
Great Gulf
A.A. A
Washington, D. C
Northeast
Middlewest
Far West
State of Florida Travels Bureau
State of
Wehways
Georgia Line
Marco
Everglade
Holland
New York City
New Jersey
Washington
Richmond
Roanoke River
South Hill
Wise
Shenandoah Valley
Del-Mar-Va
South Carolina
Georgia
Havana
Cuba
Miami
Key West
Fla
Lower Matecumbe
Bahia Hande
Jacksonville
A. A. A. Motor Club
Orlando
Orangeland
Florida State Automobile Association
Tampa
St. Augustine
Hastings
Jasper
Lake City
Pensacola
Tallahassee
United States
Everglades
Gulf Coast
Fredericksburg
State
Gainesville
Ocala
Micanopy
Inverness
Brooksville
Palmetta
Bradenton
Sarasota
Venice
Englewood
Punta Gorda
Fort Myers
Estero
Bonita Springs
Duellen
Crystal River
New
Port Richey
Tarpon Springs
Dunedin
Clearwater
St. Petersburg
Gandy Bridge
Dodge Four Runs to Coast and Back 20 Miles to Gallon
A Dodge Brothers four cylinder car averaged 20 miles per gallon on a round trip to California. Leo Huntington and Clyde C. Cole logged 6,575 miles and 325 gallons of gas. The westward route via Omaha Denver and Albuquerque covered 2,400 miles in six days. They left Oct 30 and returned Nov 30. The return route by the south covered 2,675 miles.
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Dodge Bros
California
Leo Huntington
Clyde C. Cole
Frank Collard, Jr
Omaha
Denver
Albuquerque
25 miles to the gallon at 25 miles per hour
A brief note highlights fuel efficiency measured at 25 miles per gallon when traveling at 25 miles per hour. It emphasizes performance efficiency over speed.
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Florida Supreme Highway System
Ernest ™ Smuth
American Automobile Association
Lake Okeechobee
Gulf Coasts
Deland
Daytona
Palmetto
Tamna
West Palm Beach
Layman Battery & Electric Co
Franklin St
Motor Naxinas
Ellis Motors, Inc
Ellis
Motors
New_ Chryslex
Chrysler
Vich
Detroit
Waterloo Motor Sales Co
East Fourth and
Franklin Sts
Dodge
Niimaweee
Odéancaan
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
United States Treasury
Automobile Club
B. Detroit
Americas
America
Deer Country
Country Club
Dodge Brothers
Columbia
Frank Collord Jr., Inc
Franklin—Automobile Corner
Waterloo
Towa
Dopce Brothers, Inc