The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-28
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The Great Highway.
C0nnecucuts Highway Commission,
er. james H Macdonald. who Is one d.
the best informed gatd roads men iH
the country. pledges the support u the
American Road Nakefs 70 any feasible
plaza FOR improving the r5sds q the IA
ton. II bis addrsss. read before the
recent cnrFenfi0n held - the NeF
YORK and Chicago Road Association
and tic Erie Chamber of Conimerce,
az Erie. Pa. be said.
Perhaps there is no section o. high
way In the United States that Is quite
SO much an important facf0r as the
road pr0posed.fr0m New York CRY Up
to and through Poughkeepsis, follow
ing the Hudson. with al its historic
interests and magnificent scenery. and
thence Oh through the southern tier 81
New Y0rk and ont through the Pan
handle Of Pennsylvania. thence
through 10 Chicago. ~. Towns. cities
and counties are all traversed In a very
interesting way; the town and the
county are each passed through in their
turn Five States and thirty-tbree
counties with a total population of
nearly twelve millions Of people. are
assisted into pleasant travel thus max
Ing a great moving panorama of inter
est when this road has been improved
as Il Is proposed
The great lakes Of Illinois and Michi-
gan. this great necklace OF pearls. the
millions Of tons OF freight moving upon
their broad and expansive bosOms
represent in no uGcertain way the
largest commercial interests IN the
United States. With the Introduction
and the building Of this great Sta9oC0.-
GOO canal which has just been success
fully inaugurated under the able direc-
ton Of z. A. Bond. there VIII be an
added impetus to the question d
waterways and highways
For quite a number Of years the
trend OF the popular mind has been
the improvement Of railroads. 50 that
1t Is quite possible to-day 10 find your
self comfortably seated IN a Pullman
vestibuied car carried along al the
rate OF a mile a minute Indeed. we
ind on the other side a train recently
run at the rate Of 40 miles an hour
and Il is quite frequent that we hear
Of the 1O0mile an hour train. This
viii satisfy. I think. the most active
business mind. We have our ocean
steamers crossing the Atlantic in less
than six days With the Introduction
1f this canal. which was superseded
originally by railroads. we are now
turning our attention TO this question
II improving the main arteries Of our
throughout the country.
1t seems to me that our country oc- /
.upies one of the most prominent posi- /.
ions to-day OF any country ia the |
world. and we only need improved /
highways TO stand first among the ma
ions Of the earth In making an I.
analogy I have in mind the time when 4
was quite q young man. that grand /
na was not only herself very busily 4
but she had also the children /
Y the household busy, making patches 4
nd putting those patches into blocks. /
nd after she had got together 8 large
lumber Of blocks. then she pnt in the
trips which united and made a per-
ect whole or outside covering for she
uilt This country has been sewing
ogether was the last 2S4 years and
making the blocks for all lines Of busi-
ess enterprise. Now a perfect con
ection Of all our large interests would
e the putting IN Of mans highway.
We have the very best public service I
q steam and electric roads. and we
ave no peer on the waters Of lake.
iver or ocean. and I think we are
aady to take up this great question Or
be Improvement Of the main arteries
( the land, the roads OF our country.