Evening star., 1915-01-01

day additions are being made to the
ranks. The object now Is to coilect
funds to continue the work In the most
essential locations in Nevada and
| Utah.
The highway departments Of most Of
| the states traversed have given the
Lincoln highway their strongest sup
port. Through Illinois 1t has been
designated as state aid road No. l.
| thus making it the first road in the
state to receive the aid and attention
Of the department. In Iowa. five coun-
ties have voted the total sum of s14o.-
600 for the Lincoln highway improve.
ment. During the year over $1,000
barrels of cement valued at $40, 0,00o. 900, for
the purpose of building Seeding
miles" of Lincoln hihwgay, have heen
contributed. These Seeding miles"
will serve as models for building ad-
| ditional miles of similar standard In
| the community.
| In each case townships of different
| counties traversed by the route COM
| peted for the material and the town
| ship which itself raised the highest
| amount for the purpose of building
| connecting miles of the Lincoln high
way received the aid of the associat ion.
/ Columbiana county. Ohio. received 1000
barrels of cement and Illinois and Ne
| braska each 5000 barrels for the same
purpose Nebraska and Iowa com
enough to build five miles of road of
! the Lincoln highway standard. This
standard requires 1000 barrels of ce-
| ment for each mile of permanent ce-
ILL.,, has secured $500 for the Lincoln
highway through that county. Three
miles of specially high grade road are
being constructed there. 1t is to be
shoulder of gravel or crushed rock
| under it's concrete surface. This road
is to cost $1,000 per mile.
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The association has reserved 1000
| miles of the highway route through the
western states
Aid From Outside for dedication
for Western States. moria1s M % to men @
or organizations making the construc-
ton of these miles possible. The pop
ulation of the west is SO sparse and
the mileage so great when compared
with the east that the association real
ICES that the highway route through
these states must be largely construct
ed by outside aid. The distance across
Nevada alone is almost equal to the
combined distance traversed by the
highway through Pennsylvania and
Ohio. The city of Canton. Ohio. is rais-
ing $4,000 for the completion of five
mile is to be marked by a non-perish-
able mark which will perpetuate the
name of the donor or the person or
organization it is intended to honor.
build miles of the Lincoln highway in
the same manner A large number of
private individuals will also have their
names handed down to posterity by me-
mortal miles.
While the National Lincoln Memorial
Highway Association has its headquar-
ters in Detroit, a large number of
branch organizations are being organ
lied to stimulate local interest in the
highway project. The Association of
Springs. Neb., and Johnsburg, Col.
Other organizations are filling the same
purpose at other points of the route
The women's clubs in towns traversed
by the highway have all given active
cooperation in raising the necessary
funds to supply the materials and
labor to improve the roads. One club
In a Nebraska township prevailed upon
hundred men to give days work
give $500 in money, in return for which
the good women cooked for the men
with their own hands dinner which
exceeded all the culinary triumphs on
record in the county.
In order that no mistake can be made
about the road it is important that
the name of all old roads covered BY
the highway be changed. This means
the dropping of many old historic
names. In New Jersey the old Newark
Plank road. which has existed under
that name for more than a century.
has the Lincoln highway markers ex-
tending its entire length. In Pennsyl-
vania historic towns like Chambers
burg and Lancaster have renamed the
streets which are traversed by the
highway route. The entire length of
the way in Columbiana county, Ohio,
has been renamed, a distance Of forty
miles. Where roads have some history
connected with their original name this
Is to be perpetuated later by memorial
tablets of some sort which will be
change of name
At least s4o,Oo0.ooo will be REQUIRED
before the Lincoln highway will be
fully complete. This will be made bv
state and county aid and generous pri-
yate contributions. and possibly by