The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-08
.CROSS.CONTINENT
ROAD IS POPULAR
Kansas Takes Warm Inter
est in Highways.
Project to Cost $l0,000,000 but
Will be Cheap at
That.

Hutchinson, Kan. November 6.-tIntch-
inson and all this pat OF Kansas arc
are deeply interested in TIE natioali
movement now being launched to build
a maca'lam highway from the Atlantic
to the Pacific across the continent For
in all probability the nav national liie',-
way vii pass through Hutchinson. ;ol
lowing the line of the Santa Fe Trail
Intieest in the proposed highway to
extend from New York To san Ftar-
cisco. plans for which, WIRE outlined "A
little more than two weeks ago, is nov
at tts height. Pledges for tie fund of
$lo.oc.eOo which will be necessary I"
are pouring in from all sides and pre-
sent indications are that the entire
sum will be pledged by january l.
Ste3s will be taken shortly for the
apprintnemt and organization of ma
tLonal committees which VIII take cou-
piate eraige of the work. and just as
plotel and the entire amount naedsd
is pledged. contracts will be closed with
the various counties through which tie
road will PASS for the actual work Of
building the road. 1t, is fully expected
that by May l, 19l5. the ocaan1.o-ocean
highway will lie "A reality.
L.. 1t =.
taken In the automobile worlN The
original plans. which ate the results
of months of study on the rnit of Carl
G. Fisher and James A. Allison, pr,s-
idert and secretary, rersps ctty,eiy, of two
big. have been carefully examined By
leading manufacturers and financie.'s
all over the country. and have been ia
dorsed by them as being safe, sound an
entirely possible of execution.
within thirty minutes after the pro-
jAct was explained by MIR. Fish0 At
a banquet in Indianapolis recently a
sum of over s3oO,ON had been pledged
by Al,e automobile manufacturers and
dealers of the Hoosier capital alone.
Those connected with the automobile
industry i'm other cities and states have
not been slow in responding
Bonded trust companies will be APP
pointed to receive pledge pay ments as
they are made and not q dollar Of this
money is to he spent until the entire
fund of $l0.00OOOO or more is guaranteed.
In case that for any reason Whatsoever
the ocean'tO-ocean highway probe 4
already contributed will be returned
to the original dOners with per cent
interest added All expenses incidental
TO the PROMOTION of the plan are to lie !
met by Mr.iAllison and Mr.. Fisher per-
sonally, up to the point where the vep-
ture Is either a success or failure.
One thing which stands out prp,a-
nently in connection with the OCEAN
lo-ocean highway and differentiates 1t
from other good road movements start
ID in the past is the fact that tive
expenses for 1.-THE building of tine road
will be boi~e entirely by automobile
md accessory manufacturers. dealers
lrpd owners.
Manufacturers and dealers will pledge
to contribute to thefund De-
ng raised for this purpose, the assess
nent being ane-third of l per cent of
heir gross earnings for thnee years. or
'ne-ftfth of 1 per cent of their gross
awnings for five years. as will be de-
ided later by the National Oonlmittee.
Automobile owners are given a chance
o contribute TO the fund by taking out
In te oceln-to- Ocean
Highway Association. these membsr-.
hips 10 cost Is. &loo or $i0Oc. I
In This way the road can be built
expense to the general tax-
ayers of the country. Politics has
'eeu erltlrely eliminated from the schema
nj there win be NO political Disputes
r wrAngles to interfere with tire pro-
1nsas of the road. 0russed rock ant
thor material necessary for the huiti-
ng Of the highway will be delivenad 4
he points whene 1t is to no used.
'onkracts Through which the Hoad passes I
hese counties to take charge of the I
obstruction work under the sunemisl N
{ United States Government en- I
1neas. so
1t has been figured that this plan
Z handling the purchase of mater'al
nd the labor incident to building the
Dad will result in gigantic saving