Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
100000 VOTED FOR
GOOD ROADS IN TEXAS
TEXAS RANKS THIRD IN UNITED
STATES IN AMOUNT OF MILE
AGE ON IMPROVED ROADS.
GREAT MERIDIAN HIGHWAY
The Entire State Is Alive With Some
Kind of a Goods Road Project.
Many Highways Are Now in
Course of Construction.

Eight million dollars of good roads
bonds have been voted already in Tex
as this year, with about three millions
more in sight to be voted on in No
vember and December. Texas now
ranks third in the United States in
the amount of mileage on improved
roads.
The main north and south road
across Texas, known as the Meridian
Highway, has been financied from La
redo to Fort Worth, except seven
miles, and work is under construction
in most counties. The post road.
which is between San Antonio and
Austin, a distance of seventy-five
miles, to be built by the government
and the counties of Bexar, Comal,
Hays and Travis, is a part of the Me-
ridian Highway. The survey work has
been completed. The letting of con-
tracts soon will take place.
The Southern National Highway, be-
tween San Antonio and FL Paso, is
being pushed to completion as rapidly
as possible. Several counties have
construction work going on. There
has just been organized a new high
way between San Antonio and Hous-
ton, along the lines of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad. The part
remaining to be built is in the follow
ing counties: Caldwell, Bastrop, Fay
cite, Colorado, Austin and Waller.
Each of these counties has some of
the road already built, and it is
thought that each county will issue
bonds to complete the work within a
short time. This route is one of the
most scenic in this part of Texas.
The Puget Sound-to-Gulf Highway,
Texas division, via Amarillo, San An
gelo, San Antonio to Corpus Christi,
was organized in June this year, and
moving pictures were taken of the
towns and important scenery along
the line, which were so interesting
that they were shown over the Me-
ridian road to Winnipeg, Canada, in
July. This highway runs through the
following counties: Bexar, Kendall,
Gillespie, Mason, Mccullough, Concho,
Tom Green, Sterling, Howard, Daw-
son, Lynn, Lubbock, Hale, Swisher,
Randall, Potter. Moore, Hartley and
Dallam. Very few have financed the
work, but it is believed all will do so
at once. This gives South Texas d.
rect connection with Colorado.
The Colorado-to-Gulf Highway, run
ming from Denver to Galveston, is by
way of Amarillo along the Fort Worth
and Denver railroad to Fort Worth,
and over the Galveston division Of the
Meridian Highway to Galveston.
Fort Worth and Dallas are promot-
ing a great highway between Mem
phis, Tenn, and California, which is
known as the Southern route, connect
ing with Washington and New York.
This will be of vast Importance to all
North Texas and will give the tourist
an optional route between the East
and the West. Another route is being
promoted from Fort Worth, by way of
Stamford, to Colorado. Also the air
line is being extended from Wichita
Falls to Kansas City, Kan, on the
north, and from Paint Rock south to
San Antonio. There is quite a lot of
short routes being promoted in differ
ent parts of Texas.
The entire state is alive with some
kind of good roads project. Several
counties had voted bonds just before
the war started, but have been unable
to dispose of them. The bond market,
however, is opening up rapidly, and in
few weeks things will be moving
again.