The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-12-31
BUILD VAST HIGHWAY.
,rpRN CONGRESSMAN WOULD
RAISE MONEY BY EXTRA
TAX ON TOBACCO.
WOULD COST HALF BILLION

c.aote the Greatest System of
mod Roads Across the Continent
e;nco the Days of Julius Caesar.
would Spend $50, 900, 900 a Year.
80 hill soon to be introduced into
aross by Representative Stanton
warburton of Washington be-
j. os law the smokers, snuff users
tobacco chewers of the United
s .Datos will build $1,000 miles of paw
:, highways before the end of the
,sar 1919. The bill will authorize
~ creation of national highway
soord and give it power to expend
oorIv half billion dollars in the
.oo+ion of the greatest system of
arod highways since the days of
TaIins Caesar. The roadways will
'.b he 16 feet in width and will
.,iss-cross the whole country. They
~, rim from the Gulf to the Great
WIN ll,os and connect the two oceans by
D"f Last three different lines.
a. IN order to meet the great cost of
.,,a road building the western con-
.n ln.oman will advocate the restora-
s'' Of the internal revenue tax of
. ,O-o on all forms of manufactured
iohacco. This additional tax will
s NOM to practically $SO,OOO,OOO
anar and all of it is to go into the
ssotionaI road fund.
every pipe in the United States
uIl contribute a fraction of cent
sa;lv 10 The sum needed for road
S"5ing. Every youth who smokes
cigarette will be helping to lay a
@nare inch or so Of the 5000 miles
y hard roads The man who smokes
half dozen 10-cent cigars daily will
5a contributing measurably to the
Dood roads of America The snuff
dinners and nibblers down in Dixie
viii do their share in raising the
100000.
According to Mr.. Warhurton's plans
me capitals of every one of the As
states will be connected with the ma
HoBal capital. All the principal cit
ges Of the country will be linked in
with the national system of paved
roadways. The great national parks
established by government enact
ments will be reached by the roads
uuposed by Congressman Warbur
ton,
According to the Washington con-
gressman's bill the federal govern
ment will lay out the highways be-
tween the state capitals and the ma
tOnal parks. The states will grant
the right of way and the title to the
roads will be transferred to the Unit
ed States.
The Lincoln Way, from Washing
ton to Springfield, Ill; the National
Road" from coast to coast; the
Coast Trail" from Seattle to Los
Angeles, and the Chisholm Trail,
from North Texas across Oklahoma
and through Kansas, will-all OF
them-be included in the comprehen-
slye road plan authorized by this
BILL
Total Mileage of $4,000.
The total mileage of the roads pro-
jeeted is slightly in excess of $4,000
miles. The longest of these great
trunk lines runs west from Boston
around the Great Lakes to Chicago,
8 through New York, Ohio, Indians
and parts of Illinois, Michigan and
4 Pennsylvania. From Chicago it pass
eS through Wisconsin and runs north
& west through Minnesota, North Da-
kOta, Montana. Idaho and reaches the
Pacific coast through the defiles Of
northern Rockies.
The exact locations of the high
ways will be fixed by government en-
gneers The roadways are to be uni
form in construction. The bill, pro-
Tdes for a 16-foot roadway, with
3 concrete base, hard surfaced with
either asphalt or vitrified brick. 1t
Is the intention to make these roads
as nearly dustless as possible. The
Dill further provides for the very
best and most modern construction
and for easy grades.
representative Warburton believes
that the roads can be constructed
for from $4,000 to $25, 900 a mile
and that if his measure becomes a
law next year a good deal of the
work would be done in time for the
Panama Exposition at San Francisco.
S lie is convinced that many CONNER
cial bodies will support his bill, and
ne hopes for favorable action by con-
greSs.