The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-25
RELAY AUTO TRIP
/ OVER Big ROAD
MERIDIAN HIGHWAY WILL BE
BOOSTED THROUGH THAT Me.
DUN DURING suMMER-sTATE
OFFICIALS TO ACCOMPANY THE
PARTY OVER EACH STATE.

An official trip will De made over
the Meridian road this summer. In
the party will be the officers of the
international association, accompan-
led by representatives OF the press
and Blue Book and Office OF public
roads, United States department. Of
agriculture and good roads experts
and oficial photographer.
Across each state the party will he
accompanied by state highway en-
gineer and other state oficials and
officers of state division of the Meri-
dian road and boosters for better
roads. County organizations will &C
company the party from county seat
TO county seat.
Good roads meetings will be held
at county seats and intervening plac-
es. It is proposed to hold three
county seat meetings each day and
perhaps seventy-ive miles per
Cay. It will be a Ielap auto trip and
each county organization will carry
the International association party
forward to next county seat and fur
pish them with entertainment.
Careful data will be compiled re-
epecting physical and Typographical
conditions and recommendations ana
plans for improvement will be dis
cussed at the meetings and in a re-
Fort that will be published.
Itinerary Is in Making.
Every mile of the Meridian road
has been definitely located from Win
nipeg to Texas or will be by that time,
M OF this trip will be carefully log
ged and mapped and before this trip
is made it is expected all the Meri-
dian road signs will be in place. It
is expected the Texas division will
be decided upon by that time so the
entire route can be officially designat-
ed. Since there are two routes south
from Wichita to the gulf it will be
decided probably to start at Wichita
going on one route and returning on
the other or start at Winnipeg and
I go to the gulf and finish at Wichita.
The itinerary has not been worked
cutu.
1t 10 suggested hat photographs
and cuts and writeups ought to be
prepared by local committees in COM
munities touched by the Meridian
road. The writeurs should be short
and concise and the cuts be of parks,
public buildings, colleges, health re-
sorts and features attractive to auto
s tourists.
Oficers Of state divisions will make
plans and arrange details for trans
portation and entertainment, and
meetings when party is on its division.
Local committees will report to state
association, official hotels and garage
for party.
Urges Improvement.
In discussing the trip, the secre-
tary Of the International association
says:
Before the party starts it is ex-
pected that the Meridian road will
he put in best possible shape for easy
travel for it's first official inspection.
Approaches to bridges and culverts
must not be neglected. Drainage
should receive first attention. The
road ought to be dragged faithfully
from end to end. Dangerous turns
and bridges should be eliminated or
properly sign posted. Sandy stretches
should be clayed. No part should
be removed. Post notices Of inn
provements about to be made before
party straits, for instance. Reinforce
ed concrete bridge contracted for
Be sure Meridian road distance signs
are in place; also all turns properly
marked. Please mark your county
lines, so party can give credit where
credit is due. Encourage use Of
Iaint, cutting of weeds, also cutting
OF hedges at corners and removal of
distractions to vision at turns and
dangerous places. Fill the mud holes
Decorate your homes and name your
farm or post your own name thereon.
Let community vie with community
and county with county and state d.
vision with state division. to the end
that we may all be the better and
happier n be appreciated AMI
known to all the world as the largest