The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-12-08
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The Great Highway.

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Connecticut's Highway Commission
er, James II. Macdonald. who is one or
the best informed good roads men in
the country. pledges the supporter the
American Road Makers TO any feasible
plan for improving the roads OF the na
ton. In his address. read before the
recent convention held hy the New
York and Chicago Road Association
and the Erie Chamber Of Commerce.
at Erie. Pa. he said:
Perhaps there is 10 section OF high.
way in the United States that is quite
so much an important factor rs the
road proposed from New York City MP
to and through PoughkeepSie. follow
ing the Hudson. with all its historic
interests and magnificent scenery. and
thence OH through tie southern tier OF
New York ard out through The Pan
handle of Pennsylvania. thence
through to Chicago. Ill. Towns. ci.rs
and counties are I'LL traverSeG in very
interesting way: the town and the
county are each passed through in Their
turn. Five States and thirty-tbtcf
counties. with total reputation OF
nearly twelve millions of peonie. arc
assisted into pleasant travel. thus max
ing a great moving panorama Of inter
est when this road has been improved
as it is proposed.
The great lakes Of Illinois ard Michi-
gan this great necklac" of pears. tli"
millions of tons Of freight moving upon
their broad and expansive hosoms.
represent in no uncertain way Tie
largest commercial interests in The
United States. With the Introduction
and the building of this great Slo0,oOo.-
600 canal. which has just been success
fully inaugurated under tho able direc-
ton of L. \. Bond. there viii he an
added impetus 10 tn" question OF
Waterways and highways.
For Quite a number OF years the
trend of the popular mind has heeh
the improvement Of railroads. so that
It is quite possible to-day TO find YOUR
self comfortably seated in Pullman
vestibuled car carried GalonG at the
rate of mile a minute. Indeed. we
find on the other side Il train recently
rnn at the rate OF 40 miles an hour.
and it is quite frequent that we hear
cf the 100. mile IN hour train. This
vii! satisfy. think, the most act''e
business mind. We have our ocean
steamers crossing tho Atlantic in less
than six days. With The introduction
OF this caral. which was superseded
originally by railroads. we are now
turning our attention to this question
of improvin. the main arteries OF our
highways throughout The country.
1t seems 10 me that our country or-
cupies one of the most prominent posi-
tions to-day Of any country III nc
world. and we only need improved
highways to stand first among the ma
tions os the earth In making an
analogy have in mind the time when
I was quite 4 young MN. that grand
ma was not only herself very Dusty
engaged. but she had ai-o the children
of the household busy. making patches
and putting those patches into olocks'
ard after she had got together large
number of blocks. then she put in the
strips which united and made per-
feet whole or outside covering for the
Quilt. This country has been sewing
together was the last 2Si years ana
making the blocks for all lines of busi-
ness enterprise. Now a perfect con
nection of all our large interests wonid
be the putting in of mans highway.
We have the very best public service
in steam and electric roads. anc we
have TO peer OIL the waters of lake.
river or ocean. and l think we are
ready to take up this great question OF
the Improvement Of the main arteries
Of the land, the roads Of our country.