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Know Florida

Circa 1935

Highways

Florida's faith in herself is exemplified in the extensive construction of hard-surfaced highways which contribute materially to the relief of her transportation problem.

Mileage of hard-surfaced roads	8,631
Expended for roads, 1915–'29 by State Highway Department	$90,483,742.89

Railways

Although water competition is potentially within seventy-two miles of any point, Florida's railways have continued to spend liberally because they believe that the development of the State will proceed steadily.

Mileage of railways is	8,220.63
Tonnage hauled by railroads in Florida is	18,033,986

Shipping

Convenient to every section of the State is at least one of Florida's six major ports, which are fast increasing their tonnage to and from the ports of the world.

The six-port total of Florida's commerce, foreign and domestic, in 1934 is given below:

Port	Short Tons	Value
Fernandina	172,829	$1,513,161
Pensacola	658,109	19,444,353
Jacksonville	3,073,352	135,125,414
Tampa	3,220,911	63,275,825
Miami	908,486	39,667,740
Key West	122,811	7,951,746

Source:
Excerpt from "Transportation" Know Florida, Issued by the State Department of Agriculture, Circa 1935, pg. 26.

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