The sun., 1902-06-18
NATIONAL HIGHWAY IS NEAR.
Ths Nee Ssss ard shiesss nssa t.se,s-
t,sa Orsssises Fsas uansir~a wiirs
Hetve~a Here and the Wind, tit, >s~
Eatss On the shsft nsate laid out

Practical work has a. last h~~n t~gun
toward the construction ~ a national high
way aIo@. tho continent. On Monday
night there was organih.a A. "a" Baf A-~"-
ciAiion, ~ West Fortv.fourth street, NJ"
New York and Chicagp Road Association,
the purpos~ Of which L. to effect the CON
.tru~tion % q broad, smooth surfaced
road between IN. two cities
A national highway from the Atlantic
to the Pacific has h.--n urg,l for years hv
prominent statesmen and good roads
advocates. hut tho organization has plans
that proini-. To- Weld results ~ hast l'-
twcsn IA. two citis- named and that viii
10 the FRS, and most important step toward
the final realization - N" much desired
road from coast - coast.
The officers ~ the association thai were
elected had all been canva~s"d. and for
couple 81 months th" preliminary work
81 organization hhs been In progress Fast
and West The offi,-rs are col Albert 4.
Pore, Boston. President. John Il thl",
President Of the Highway Alliance, firt
President; l.. c Boardman. New York.
second yice-Preeident, " l. Dickinson,
Springfield. Mas. Treasurer. A. II Beatty.
New York. Secretary The Executive
Board Will comprise the officers named
and the following Lieut. Coy Timothy J..
Woodruff OF New York. Withrop r Scarritt,
President Of the American Automobile
Association. =. G Donald. President Of
the Chicago Automobile Club, Burley II.
Ayres Of Chicago. fofn,-r President Of the
l. A. W: T. Keenan, Of Pittsburg, W :.
CrAndAll of Minnesota. Secretary Of the
Road Makers Association. " A Rockwell,
President Of the League of American Wheel
men. Milo VI Belding Of New York and
II l. Perkins Of Providence.
The road now commonly used IN travelling
TO Chicago, by way ~ Albany. Buffalo and
the lake shoree n es7 miles long The
proposed route is $50 miles long and ~ this
distance about <0o miles u now represented
by existing good roads
The practical character Of the under'ak- !
ing IL the plan adopted 10 form local organ. |
nations Ia build the connecting links In the |
sections where the gaps occur. and this |
work is To be besun At once The as-Ir-
ances OF cooperation from counties and l
towns now In hand are such that tentative
route was laid out. hut IL subject 90 vHria-
ton when a county or township may choose
"a undertake the cost ~ building the high
way through is limits ia order Ia H. on
the national highway. which some are will
ing to do. The course will not. however,
he sufficiently dah"cted 10 cause anv 80
rious incrra-. 81 the di-,anc.
NV ''"f"r -
starts from Fort tr- y J nuns hack 81
the Palisades To N.wburgh. then Ia Bing-
ilsminn. TO Elmlra. Corning. Ol"an and
Jamestown. thence to tOnusaut ohio, |
near the boundary line b-tw,-u New York
and the Buckeye state. then through Ohio
by WAY 81 Cleveland. Elvria and Ssud sky
acro-s northern Indiana hy wAy of Go-h.u
south Bend AMI Fla mnond, and from thcr"
INTO Chicago
4 convention has bern cslled for july
"a st Atlantic city. which IL during tho week |
{ th" L.. " meet there. at which guud
pads workers from eVerywher- will l."
nvitet to loin and assist in the work of
scal organization
This IL the mus, definite and seemingly
he most practical step toward the e-tah-
'shment ~ a national highway zinc>. the
la'ional turnpike" from Washington to ~
.ouis, that CAUSED such lot of political
'gusbbling. Wa b"gin in is2a N'.~,iges
u this old road are ye' 10 to found in Marv-
and and IN Ohio The MeSican War IN
ste Checked ~" work, and after that
he Introduction ~ railroads put "a perms-
'ent damper on II