The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-06
Hopes of Washington and JEFF
ferSon About Fulfilled
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the south is in a sandy country, and
sand is not a mudhole. A clay road
in a wet country is often a muddy
road. A clay road in a country that
is freezing and thaWing is a muddy
road. One-tenth the money that is
necessary to make permanent roads
in the north will make them in the
south and the same is true about
maintenance. So cheap roads will be
the a. of the south as good roads
will be the roads Of the south. Through
the dry country from Texas to Cali
fOrnia where rain is are nobody will
worry about mud nor about destruc-
ton of roads. Through the sand east
of no one will be disturbed by
mud. h route in that respect will
be ideal.
The Jitney Arrives.
The arrival of the jitney bus is an
indication of what is to follow. In
the cities the jitney has established
itself. Already on the country roads
it is coming. In North Carolina
jitney routes have been announced in
all directions. In the immediate
future this is certain to be a popular
and convenient way Of travel. The
railroad could never put the horse
out because the railroad could not go
to every farm. The small gasoline
car can go wherever a wagon can go.
| An investment Of $500 is enough to
begin the work of carrying passengers
on a wagon road. The jitney bus
shows that seven or eight dollars q
day will warrant the bus in running.
1t can make a hundred miles for that
sum and in making a hundred miles
If it can carry four passengers at
railroad rates it earns ten dollars, a
liberal margin for the man who runs
it.
If it can carry passengers at a
higher rate the rate will be accept
able for longer runs. If it can carry
passengers at little more han rail
road rates the jitney will establish
itself on the roads where railroads
DO not run. 1t can also carry small
packages and earn some money. Il
will bring to the country road what
h railroad brings to the big towns
on the steel track. A new world is
ahead OF US in transportation. But
with the jitney will come through
lines Of traffic on the highway. II
will be found hat half a dozen per.
sons can travel a thousand miles in
an AUTOMOBILE for less money thar
they can travel in a railroad car
they can travel where they want te
go, at the speed they choose to follow
and stop when they like. They car
start when they like, and a make
the schedule absolutely to suit them
selves.
When the old national pike had
been established from Baltimore te
Wheeling, the pike became the scene
or n most remarkable activity
Every few miles hotels sprung up
and wagon trains of hundreds Of
wagons daily passed along the route
putting up at the hotels at night, and
calling on the country tributary for q
constant supply Of food for the
drlvers and stock. Stages every few
minutes hurried back or forth, anG
the hotels were alive with guests.
mat same thing is certain to fol
low the building of the road from
New England to the Pacific and te
Florida, for the minute it is known
that the road is completed the tide
of travel sets in. In discussing tn
prospects of the roa D. H. Winslow
the engineer in charge Of the section
from Washington to Fayetteville saie
he would not be surprised to see tht
road sixty feet wide to accomn,ndat r.
the traffic hat will come before :
great while. 1t is a fact that sine,
the road was commenced the cor,
slant tendency has been to make !
petter, and that will be the conrs.
untii It a become a model and an,
, curing pike from Quebec to Ga,
francisco. Now that the country ha.
learned that this main road is al
most completed from the Canada lin,
: TO the lower end of Florida an I'm
: tcoiHiHoh interest is beinE manifesto,