Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-30


ins q coast.to.coast highway nom
Sew YORK tn San Francisco
/ This Describes u detail the most
novel plan tor building u irauscoutl-
uontai automobile rpud over DEVISED
\ furd ct ten million dollars. u third
or million OF which has been sub
scrIbcd. is b,inp raised Dos munura,-
turrrs cot automobiles and automobile
supplies uud automobile d,ulvrs for
The building OF this roud SO mony,
I is To- Boz spent until an entire sub-crr-
ton ut ten million duliurs i- come
plotted Thcn the work ~ ro be- let
Do, contract Co. be- duur uud.,r the su.
prr, lsiuu cot government engineers.
Contracts viii De- made with the VAR
iuus slt trs aud Comprs through
which The tond runs Co put IA, mu-
tcriol specified by the manufacturers
upou the highway
The significant pant of ali this.
however. Be- the TACT that Tor the rrcs.
Ont the route has not been decided
upuu, ANA it bcuuuycs She southwest
o." get Doe the game actively uud lm
mtdiotcN to see that this route ducs
follow the Santa Fc trail Tho move
muui IS one ur th, most Important of
the kind ever inuuguratcd because OF
/ thc fact that 81 is backed bs the bis
t"utomobilc concerns. because the,
believe cNpcuding their money ON IL
BIS uu Investment, because they have
the money 10 spend aud because. %
stated. q third ct u million has bc,t
alrcod, subscribed.
un th" general subject of tho need
eft such u road the following from tnc
iitllo folder is interesting
An ocean-to-occon highway. from
New YORK TO san Francisco.
At first contact this may sorpd
largc The unl, novelty In tho plan
IL the method OF getting ., realized.
Ghc idea OF @ coas, to-coast halfway
ls not now
In the very beginning NJ The re-.
public our forcfuthcrs planned q ma
tional highway that would pierce the
western wilderness IN those dnys the
open road was the only artery of traI.
1c and communication.
Hut with the coming of tho railroad.
the telegraph and an the inventions
which made travel aud conmuulca-
ton quick ana easy. tho national
highway ceased o. bee uu important
project
Enter the automobile or an tho
cunning devices of the human brain
nothing has ever cqunlcd It Iu 10.
! capacity Go serve the need. the con-
vcnIcncc ana the pleasure of man
Kind
And with the motor car has arisen
the demand for the opcu road. not
merely pgssnhly good roads. bat high
ways that wiz stand uw JEessurr ol
swift ana heavy traffic Aud again
We turn. as did our undlsm9yod Tore
fathers, To tho dream of % national
highway au open road from coosi tu
coast
! Withhold. for e moment. your FIRST
idru of the possibility OF masking this
dream como true. Wen get io that
point shortly
First consider this
Win one magnificent national
highway m actual existence an,
process of constructing good road,
tributary Co 81 win commence auto.
matically Local interest viii do thai
much.
uuc good road U,sct- au"th,r.
Give the mrm,rs ct America ON,
'rtVal '>emrlr cot rpall, good road
luud the standard oi roads ever, vhcr,
Twin Dee elevated more than hy all th,
iasitauou shat could bee conceived
GIVE thr Automobiles of Amcrr.
IL taste OF the satisfaction that come.
from au American "Appnu Way
aud the ,lomor for good roads ever,
whore viii make good roads lN
ug .ssur instead OF merely o. plgastu
isuhIr.l lur day dreams