Arizona republican., 1911-07-24
The Great Movement for Good Roads

of a comprehensive system Of pub
lie highways in the territory, the
people of Arizona will be interested
to know that they are keeping pace
with the progressive states in road
building.
Illustrating the tremendous impe-
tus that lately has been given to the
nation wide movement for improved
public highways, the United States
office of public roads has just pre-
pared chart which shows that near
ly $4,000 miles of ans-continental,
interstate and trunk-line roads are
contemplated in various sections Of
the country.
The chart prepared by the office
of public roads shows the extent to
which the good roads movement has
taken hold of every part Of the
United States. North. south, east
and west. the improved roads. some
merely planned, others actually under
construction, literally make a net
work covering the whole country.
If all the plans contemplated are
carried out by the men and COM
munities back of them, it will be
possible to drive wagons and auto
mobiles from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast. and from Vancouver
British Columbia to Tia Juana, Mexico,
and from Montreal. Canada To Miami,
Fla. The map prepared by the office
of public roads, merely for the pur-
pose of gauging the extent Of the
good roads movement as fostered by
individuals, associations and COM
munities, shows the following great
highways in contemplation or actually
under construction.
From Yellowstone Park to Glacier
National park, through Fort Yellow
stone, the Big Hole battlefield and
other interesting points in the Rocky
mountains-a total distance Of $50
miles.
The Pacific highway from Van
couver, b. C, to Tia Juana. Mexico,
a distance of 2,OO9 miles.
The Lincoln Memorial road. from
Washington to Gettysburg, 40 miles.
Sherman, Texas to- Galveston high
way, $50 miles.
The Memphis-to-B Bristol highway.
Knoxville. Nashville and
Jacksonville, a distance of $40 miles.
The Central highway. from More
head City, y. c, on the Atlantic
ocean, to Paint Rock, on the French
Broad river. Tenn, through Colds
boro. Roleigh, Greensboro, Salisbury.
Charlotte and Ashville. n. c., $50
miles.
The Dupont highway. from the up
per end to the lower cpd of Delaware,
by T. Coleman Dupont. who
has offered to advance $1.O00.OO0 to-
wards its construction; length of
route, 1O3 miles.
Des Moines- Kansas City-St. Joseph
trail.
Ocean Ocean highway, extending
from Cumberland, Md. to Tacoma.
passing over the old Cumber-
land road, through Columbus. Indian
apoIis. St. Louis, over Boone's Lick
Trail to Old Franklin. Mo. through
Wyoming. Idaho. Oregon
and Washington; length of route
3 800 miles.
Montreal to Miami highway, pass
ing through Albany. New York. Tren-
ton. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ngton. Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia,
and Jacksonville.
The Lincoln way, from Louisville
TO Nashville, $50 miles.
The Capital to- Capital highway. ex
tending from Washington. ID. c.. to
through the capitals of
the seaboard states; length of route
500 miles.
Clay-Jefferson Memorial, Niagara
Falls to New Orleans. via GAINESVILLE.
ohio. Maysville. KY. Nashville, Tenn,
and Meridian. Miss. 1000 miles.
Red toRio" highway. from Deni-
son, Texas to Dallas, Waco, Austin
and San Antonio. connecting Houston
and Galveston. 600 miles.
Nearly every state in the Union
S benefited to some extent by the
proposed new highways. and the man
1er in which all sections are working
% the same end simultaneously in
licates that it will not be long be-
'ore the United States is laced by a
complete system of good roads.
A loser is always of the opinion that