The San Francisco call., 1913-07-22
$4,000, 900 FOR
|. LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Six Western States Alone
Pledge Sum for Ocean
to Ocean Road


Forty million dollars is to be spent, ac-
cording to present plans. in six west
ern states for good roads before the
opening Of the Panama Pacific expo
sition in this city in 1915 Most of
the roads will be links in the Lincoln
highway. which spans the continent.
What the Panama canal is to the ship
ping world the Lincoln highway is to
the motor world is the slogan adopted
by the allied organizations
California, Colorado. Arizona. New
Mexico. Nevada and Utah legislatures
and civic bodies have arranged for
the raising and expending of 10000
600, California alone furnishing SIS
100000 for two good roads running
north and south to say nothing from
oregon to the Mexican line, beside
the road from San Francisco to Lake
Tahoe, which will pass through Sacra-
mento and connect at the Nevada state
line with the national highway running
east.
The next state with a goodIy sum
for highway extension is Colorado.
which has created a highway commits :
sion to expend s1.0o0,oo0 yearly In good
road work. The commission expects to
put in 39o miles of road to add to the
5000 miles of fair roads already in ex-
istence.
The work OF connecting UP the roads
In Utah and Nevada Is being handled
by the legislature. while Arizona and
New Mexico have organized highway
commission TO promote the work of
ROAD Improvement and extension.
Think Of how few persons In the
United States Will be benefited by the
l'anama canal on which we are spend
ing S42o,0o0.o00, and then consider the
great benefits to be derived by the
hundreds of thousands of people from
the Lincoln highway, stretching from
the Atlantic to the Pacific" says E. P.
brinegar. secretary of the Argonaut
trail committee OF San Francisco
The Panama canal, for which every
citizen must pay his share of the cost
viii bring untold benefits to England
and Europe. enabling commercial inter
ests there to gain easy access to the
orient. Mr.. Brinegar continued TT
VIII make 1T easy for Atlantic coast
shippers to reach the Pacific coast and
vice versa. But will it help the peo-
pie OF Michigan, Ohio. Indiana Iowa
or my point in the middle or far west
Yet the Lincoln highway, OF which
our own Argonaut trail we hope will
be a part will pass the front door
OF uncounted multitudes of people and
will >perpetually at their service An
ocean to ocean road. built for endur-
ance. is a national need. There are
men in Nevada and in other states to-
day who must haul water so miles
over rough and burning trails And in
states far more opened to civiliza tion
the need is equally great"
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GOSSIP ALONG "GAs ROW.
Fred Bowman. San Francisco agent
for the American car, will leave to-
morrow for Lake Tahoe with a party
of friends for the purpose of extending
welcome to the Indiana Pacific tour
lists.
A. Z. Hunter of the local Paige
agency. who is at present on a fishing
excursion at Lake Tahoe. has sent a
large box Of mountain trout to the
members of his staf in this city Some
of the fish were Is inches long Mr.
Hunter will return to his office tomor-
row.
Barry Cool. manager OF the Path
finder agency in this city. will leave
tomorrow for Lake Tahoe with a party
of friends to meet the Hoosier tourists.
The first carload of the 1914 four Path
finder cars arrived here yesterday from
the east The local agents are very
much enthused over the new model
#. TT. Davis. who was prominent as
salesman for the local Pathfinder
agency, has resigned to accept a posi-
ton with the Cadillac company in
Oakland