Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-23
S42ooaooo ANNUALLY
SPENT ON EASTERN ROUTE
Mr.. Psrdinston Thinks Lincoln High
way Will Make Showing Equally
Coed Whsn Once In sAaps-Nvill
Garry Much Panama Expeslt'en
Tramie-Hishway Well Advsrtissd.


noon realized that Ex-senator YounS'
OF Des MONIES, was right when he said
that Des Moines greatly regretted that
the Lincoln highway did not come their
way because it eventually would be
worth as much to the communities thru
which It travels as q new trans
continental railroad.
Mr.. Pardington told Of $42,000.00
annually having been spent last season
by tourists on one prominent touring
route thru the New England states.
and that a transcontinental route like
the Lincoln highway would Aeyentu-
ally, when improved, carry volume OF
auto traffic equal to that Of the New
England route.
Has Much Advertising.
Mr.. Pardington said that special ar
ticles about the Lincoln highway had
appeared in every popular magazine OF
national circulation, that It has been
written about by nearly every news
paper in the United States. was Illus
.trated with maps OF the route in the
special transcontinental train de luxe
folders Of both the Chicago and North
western and Pennsylvania railroads,
and he estimated that 80 per cent OF
the exposition travel would 90 over the
Lincoln highway.
Will Garry Much Traffiel
The Panama exposition managers
estimated this probable overland travel
at q, 900 cars, or 100000 tourists. but
the Lincoln highway officials put 1t at
more than 5000 cars, or upwards
meaning 5000 to 10000 tourists mini
mum.
From New York to Philadelphia the
Lincoln highway is now paved by the
states and counties and thru New Jer-
sey It has been legally designated by
the legislature. Across Ohio the route
is either paved or macadamized for the
entire distance, and most Of the road
has been improved across Indiana. AT
Elkhart Ave rich men have each agreed
70 build one mile of brick pavement at
a cost Of $4,000 to each for Lincoln
memorials, and another rich man,
formerly Of Illinois, but now OF Los
Angeles. has donated q drinking founs
taiH. 20 every town on the route across
IlliH6is. ..<ss ~ $
Much Money For lows.
MI. Pardington had received inform
alton that as much as 100000 for the
Improvement OF the route across Iowa
mad been Appropriated already by i've
out Of the fourteen counties traversed,
and sthat all OF the other counties were
at work on their divisions.
,presidsnt Holds Membership.
President Wilson holds Lincoln high
way membership No. and No. went
tn aslady In Maine for $1,000. Cardinal
Gibbons and every state governor but
one on the route has written q public
expression Of approval Of the highway
memorial to the great emancipator
and Mr.. Pardington believed that the
highway would eventually be built as
the Washington monument was built,
u,hen blocks OF granite we're contrib
uted by kings and officials from for
eisn lands and patriots from all over
the world.
MI. Pardington Is the engineer who
built the Vanderbilt speedway on Long
island, and says that the brick and con-
crete roads in Ohio. with eight-foot
tracks have given such universal sat
isfaction that the same method Will De
.aontea on the Lincoln highway ex-
cont IN the vicinity Of large towns.
where tr1e-track will be made wider.
mi. kind OF a road with shoulders on
.ach side eraveled five feet wide can
he built in Iowa for $1,000 per mile.
All Mu.t Be Raissd Before Availabls.
The SO, 900. 900 fund being raised for
N. lincoln highway will not be avail
abla at all until 1t is all raised. and
then the major portion Of Will. be
snent on the extended mileage which
traverses the sparcely settled sRests but
Mr. Pardington hopes to have . special
f,nd ready for Seeding miles in Iowa
"a Illinois this season, whereby he
80 of9er TO donate the cement for
demonstration roads II the localitiea
\ ~ n. Coan, Of Clinton, chairman for
iYnu,. urged residents all along the line
rfo ret their grading done this year 50
z. n have a settled and smooth road
ltsor the exposition travel of next year