The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-29
BUSINESS men ENTERTAIN.
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The speaker called attention to the
ancient Appian way of the Romans,
built before the christian era, and
concrete road recently discovered
across the Andes is South America,
of whose construction history gives
no record. and which is supposed to be
the product of the ancient lncas 81
Peru at the height of their civilization
as examples of enduring highways.
At Bellefontain, O.. he said there is
a road built is 1898 that is now main
tanned at a quarter of a cent yard.
He spoke briefly of the achievements
of the Lincoln highway and the mile
posts along the road SO far. He told
of how he had notified State Consul
w. +. Coan in advance of the selec.
ton of the Iowa division Of the Trans
continental route as a part of the
great memorial highway and that Mr..
Coan planted the first Lincoln memoir
ial insignia that was placed along the
highway anywhere in the United
States. The highway, it will be re-
membered, was first announced on
September 14th of last year and in
less than l per cent OF its course, he
said. has the original route been devi-
ated from. Mr.. Pardington estimated
that 10000 men and women are eacl.
doing their share for the great me-
mortal to President Lincoln.
He suggested that at the entrance
east and the west ends Of town, a huge
arch Or sign should be erected bear
ing the label. This is Denison. -
miles to New York and - miles to
San Francisco" This sign should be
illuminated at night so that travellers.
either during the day or night, could
easily tell just where they were and
the distance either east or west. He
suggested that during next year when
so many machines will be travelling
to the big exposition at San Francisco
that citizens of Denison should step
up and greet the tourists and ask
thus give them word of welcome.
Travellers appreciate these little court
estes and will feel more at home and
gain much better impression OF the
city.
He quoted figures to show that If
five thousand automobiles made the
trip across the country to the Panama
exposition in 1915 at San Francisco
and it was confidently expected double
that number. would make the trip
they would spend total of 81, $4,000
on the road, besides $3,O00,0O0 in Cal
| ifornia and at the exposition. Over So
per cent of this travel he expects will
go over the Lincoln highway. He de-
clared this tourist travel would con-
stitute only 5 per cent OF the total
travel over the road, the other 80 per
cent being local in character. He told
of the work being done all over the
nation in the improvement of the
roads, through the inspiration Of the
Lincoln highway movement. This
was done in the south and the north,
as well as in the states through which
the highway passes. In Ohio alone,
he states, $13,50O,000 worth of work
is now in progress on the public roads
| and by the end OF this year there
would be but thirty-two miles of the
229 miles of the Lincoln highway in
ONO that would not be hard surfaced
with either concrete or brick.
Mr.. Pardington has made arrange
ments for trip over the Lincoln high
way in June, in company with rep
resentative of the Associated press, a
representative of the Vitagraph Nov
ing Picture company and an engineer,
and every night at o'clock a story
OF the days travel will be sent broad
cast over the country by the Associat-
ed press, while later on pictures Of
interesting scenes along this great
Lincoln Memorial highway will be
thrown upon screens in moving picture