Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-06

oPMENTs ON N. s. HIGHWAY
By p. H. DAILY, Good Roads Expert)
Recently a few leading spirits In
good roads in Mexico. No, under
took to organize a road o7erseers
association, whose duty It Is to over
see in a general way tho roads OF
Audrain county. OF this association
Mr.. N. S. Mye,s is president
This association will meet early in
March to discuss plans for future
work to be done this summer. Mr. J.
B. Graham, county clerk of Audrain
county. is secretary Of TIE Road Over
seers' Association.
The work OF the association VIII
not be confined to the boundary lines
of AudraIn, for the association VIII
give established automobile roads spe
cial attention, particularly that part
OF the north state highway from st.
Louis to New Florence and Mexico,
leo, 60 operating with Wellsville snd
Montgomery City, marking II and
hooking in the auto road books.
This association is working also In
cooperation with Frank W, Buffum'
one Of Missouri's most earnest and
enthusiastic promoters Of good roads.
Mr.. Buffum lives in Louisiana. Mo-,
and so enthusiastic is he in road
building that II was mainly through
his efforts that a macadam road was
pushed through Pike county, Illinois,
thus using his energies on both sides
of the Mississippi.
However, Mr., Buffum's best work
Is reserved for Missouri, He has
pushed the building Of a macadam
road from Louisiana, his home town,
to C~urryville, aud a contract is now
let to the Pike county people to
push the road to the Pike County
line and following the c. & A. road
to Lqddonia
Rails county is now figuring on
building a macadam road from Perry
to Laddonla, also to the road already
built west Of New London. This road
win be built south by Audrain coun-
ty until it connects, ten miles east Of
Mexico, with the established north
State Highway. At this point three
roads will converge, the st. Louis
route, the Louisiana route and the
Hannibal and Perry route.
Going east from Louisiana and
through Pike county, Illinois, there
is also a good macadam road built
as above mentioned at the suggestion
of Mr.. F. w. Buffum and his associ-
ates several years ago.
The macadam road from st. Louis
to Wellsville first section Of the
north state highway will be complet
ed this season. This will bring q
macadam road to within twenty mile
of Mexico.
Mr.. Myers is positive in his assur
ances that with the progress thus IA
in road building along the frs
reaches of the north state highway
its progress as a macadam road vii
be made through Audraln TO Mexic'
and pushed to Randolph county.
The nature Of the landscape, form
ing a plateau, makes the stretch froi
Wellsville to Mexico and Moberly o.
the north state highway ideal. Moth
ing better could be desired. The oni,
hardship thus far is against Ger
%tralia, which puts that city a mil
and half out OF plumb. A remedy 70
this Is offered by the Daniel brother
of CentralIa, who own and contrc
three farms east Of town along the
G. A. after obtaining a permit fror
two other farmers whose farms II
along this proposed cutoff. thus maj
ing a direct shoot into Mexico, lii
Ing up Centralia with the other tow
along the course OF the now well ei
: talbished north state highway. Mort
Kansas City will soon have a yer
important claim OF cities pushin
their traffic and travel over th
Frat brldge.-Kansas City Real Fl
tate Bulletin.