The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-01-20
BILL TO BE INTRODUCED IN
CONGRESS PROVIDES FOR
$500 ,ooo, 900 FOR ROADS.
KANSAS CITY PLAN
Various Organizations and Associa.
tions for Promotion Of Good Road
Building Get Behind the Move
ment.
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Kansas City, Mo, Jan. ia
new movement for a nationwide
system of government built and
government maintained highways has
had birth in Kansas City. The plan,
which is worked out in bill
which will be introduced in con-
gress within short time provides
for 10000 miles of government high
ways to be built at an expense of
$500, 100000. 1t already has been
indorsed by many members or potn
houses of congress and II leaders
have intimated that they would be
glad to have the honor of intro
ducing the measure.
Strong Organization.
Judge J. NJ. Lowe of Kansas City,
president of the National Oil Trails
Road association, and his associ
ates have worked out the plan.
Behind it is the strength of the as
sociation, with its 10000 members,
and its subsidiary organizations
taking in every city, town and vii
lase along the "oli trails route
frcms New York to Los Angeles. |
Behind it also are the Quebec MI |
ami Road association, the Pacific !
highway association, the Meridian
Road association, and most of the
state and local highway associations
touched by the Old Trails road from
ocean to ocean.
The Quebec Miami association has
2 900 miles of hard surface road
from Quebec, Canada, to
Miami, Fla. There is only 100
miles of road to be permanently
improved between the terminals.
This is, perhaps, the most SUCCESS
full of the associations which have
been promoting great international
Or national highways.
The Meridian Road association is
part of the organizations which has
built a model dirt road, with some
stretches of macadam, from Win
nipeg to Galveston. The Pacific
Highway association is promoting
and building a permanent coast
from the Canadian border
% San Diego Cal.
The permanent organization for
he national campaign will he form
I'd at the annual convention of the
National Old Trails Road associa-
ion at Indianapolis, March 26, y
md 2S. The date was announced
yesterday by President Lowe.
Plans Two Routes.
The road plans contemplate two
permanently improved and sustained
highways across each state, as well
Is one or two across the continent.
There is to be no pork barrel
md no spending of money for 10
,al influence, if the promoters have
heir way. All work is to be donc
,y the government, according 10 the
trictest of government formulate.
This, however, is only one feature
If the gigantic plans of the allied
associations The work is being ar
anged in three units, each indie
PENDENT, but each cooperating nar-
Irally with the other. State high
Ways, joining the federal highways,
nut constructed entirely under state
are contemplated Then
sill come the local highway pro-
ects, financed by counties or is
riots, bet dovetailing with the gen
raj plan.
Sidney Suggs, state highway com }
missioner of Oklahoma, went over
he plans with President Lowe aud J
Davis of the Old Trails
ssociation and indorsed them
You will have the support of or
apartment and our roads assOcia-
ions" he told them. We will help
Il We can" =
William T. Kennedy, secretary of I
he commercial club of Arkansas /
'ity, Kan, was also in conference 6