Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-10
ROUTE THROUGH
MEXICO IS STILL ONE
OF THE POSSIBILITIES.

George Robertson, president n
the Mexico Business Mems Assooia
ton gives out some Information as I,
~aeros@stato highway pass tbrogl
counties through which the PROPOSED
northern route for the contemplate
a~eross-staie highway passes through.
Mr.. Robertson says the northern
route by way of Montgomery cutoff
to Mexico and on west to Glasgow,
Joining the central route there 4
stll one of the possibilities.
Mr. Robertson's communication fol.
lows:
As Understood from the Score.
tary and members of the Board of
Agriculture. the route for the across.
State highway wa agreed Upon from
st. Louis 20 New Florence. The
northern route via Louisiana is
abandoned the southern route south
OF the River and east of jefferson
City Is abandoned. Those ~favoring
the southern route are now attempt
Ing to make the route from New
Florence eastward to Fulton. Thence
south crossing river at J~effersonCity
thee westward to Kansas City along
the southern route as at first pro.
posed.
The central-route people are still
c~ontending for the central route from
New Florence westward through Full.
ton, thence to Columbia, Rocheport
and Glasgow.
The northern route by way OF Mont
gomery cutoff to Mexico thence west.
ward Joining the central route at
Glasgow is still one of the possibili- |
ties. lslgI
The difficulty with the central
route is the condition of the ground
from New Florence to Fulton and the
want of a bridge at Glasgow and
bad road five miles west of Glas-
gov through the bottom
The other northern route, and the
one for which Mexico should now
stand, is from New Florence along
the line of the Wabash through Mont-,
gomery, Wellsyille and Mexico. theme
to Moberly, Huntsville, through Sails
bury, Keytesvilie, Brunswick, Carroll
ton, Richmond, Excelsior Springs and
thence to Kansas City where there
are two wagon bridges to cross the
Missouri River.
If Mexico hopes to get this road its
best show is in unison with the
counties along the northern route
north of the River.
The compromise route through Full
ton, and Jefferson City, thence west
ward over the southern route, has
support in the Board, but for
a distance of one hundred miles or
would put the road w exceed
bad and difficult ground and
where 1t would be impossible to
make a road except by large dona
tions either from the state or priv
ate individuals, as there are large
portions of that part Of the route
it cannot be expected that the
people along the line Of the road
would be able to build it.
II the cities and counties along the
line of the northern route north OF
The River will get into unison they
easily deserve the road e any
other route. This route already has
the roadbed and the bridges and will,
N preference TO any other route
that may be selected, be able TO
maintain the ~across-State travel.
The only opposition TO this route
heard from the Board is the danger
Of being unable to finally macadamiz
and gravel it, If this route can
give assurance of being able TO thus
construct the road within a reasona
BILE time, there will be no question
that it should be selected as deserV-
Ing 1t as being a much superior
road.
The Board will meet again within
two weeks for further consideration
Mexico should in the meantime get
Into process of forming a special
road district, and if the other cities
west along the north River route
will speedily do the same, We a pue
up a fight that will deserve success
The latest announcement conf
corning the aoross-State highway
trip to be made the middle of this
month is that Kansas City and ST.
Louis each will have about 80 cars
in the trip. They will follow the
Northern route and j. e. Poland, OF
st. Louis, the original pathfinder OF
this route will drive the pilot a
The contestants from ST. LOUIS
will leave the Automobile Clubs
headquarters, Planters Hotel, at a
M. Aug. 81. The Kansas City con-
testants will leave Kansas City Au'
gust 16.
The st. Louis end of the route
will be through louisiana, Mexico
and Mober!y, what is known as the
northern route, so that bad roads
which always follow rain on the cen
trail route, will be avoided, n SO
the tourists will have the advah-
tages of the fine highways Of Pike
county.
Hay Fever, Asthma