Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
LOCAL HIGHWAY WORK
AIDS SOUTHERN TOURING
temporary Drawback Is Delay in
Completing Road From Rich
mOnd to WasliinKton.
souTH's WORK UNSURPASSED
~" Equal Area In United States Is
Doing as Much Highway Improve
mcht-Traveling Time Is Reduced.
Facilities Accorded Motorists.

"a2idly improving roads and the
tompilation OF accurate running direc-
IONS on principal routes will greatly
facilitate motor travel In Dixie during
he coming year.
Automobile touring is making rapid
|ptrid"s In popularity and interest
| hrough every one Of the Southern
Ftatcs. This Is due largely to the MANY
oe"' or district highway improvements
more or less constant progress
Nithlh the territory below the Potomac
tnd Onto Rivers. aided very materially
|py inc various through routes between
ne northern and central western
plates and the South, which arc being
developed. marked aud brought to the
|httention of thousands Of motorists
Planning the longer trips. While there
|fr" some temporary drawbacks. such as
no long delay in completing the high
Iray between Warrington and Rich
mona. Va. ana the mcugcr ferrY ger
Ice over the streams along the Gulf
Poabt. the South as y whole Is putting
through road building program un-
|surpassed by that Of any equal area
n the United States.
Time Is Materially Reduced.
AS result. the tima formerly taken
'or tour. say from New York or Chi
ago to Atlanta, Florida or New Or
ems. has been At least cut IN two
A"ithin the past fcw years. while fa-
|f!lities for the convenience and com
Iort Of the touris, have been multiplied.
optional routes havo been opened up
4 IN surprising numbers some skirting
he Atlantic Coast az closely as tho
ature OF the country VIII permit
'thers crossing the range. and thread
| ing tho valleys OF the Appalachian
fountains. and stll others following
he comparative levels OF the Misslssip-
| Pl River valley. SO vide is the choice
|Pt routes acrosB this large territory
hat the touris, may go one way and re-
urn tho other for two or three success
I've reasons without eHhausting Them.
Now for tn" first tir". also. IN. main
Dads OF the southeastern states have
been logged on the same thorough plan
Is those OF the North have been for
leTeral years past and about January
). they VII be brought out in a new
clumc OF the Automobile Blue Book
lhe sixth In scries which now covers
Ihh entire country since midsummer
he experienced field forces Of the pub
fishers have been running constantly
YER tho most Important routes IN Nir-
cinia. West Virginia. North and South
carolina. Georgia. Alabama, mississippi
nd Louisiana. taking complete notes
nd odometcr mileagcs as the basis for
ext directions and outline maps. uni
lorm with those OF tho older volumes.
firilar work Is now under way In
florida, that State having been taken
y last 70 secure the benefit OF tho
atcst data on new construction. es-
ec!hlly brick pavement being laid on
|cveral Of its most important routes.
9th along the famous East Coast and
n the interior.
From the Rond scnut'- Sotchook.
Georgia the Empire state Of tho
outh.' has tho best average roads in
H.. y. =
or.dingly good. and excellent time
an be made over them in almost any
direction. North Carolina. where sand
lay construction predominatcs. Is
I.aking nnc progress with !ts road
FORK. and the same applies almost
'qually 10 South Carolina Aside from
he famous Shenandoah valley. tho
! orth and south routes across Virginia
re yet somewhat disappointing, cs-
.ecialiy those near tho coast; but tho"
re SIM better on an average than
hoy were a few years ago. and pre-
.cut no serious Inconvenience or diff
.ulty, except perhaps some clay
,rc,chcs IN wet weather.
Florida is now FULLY alive 20 the
ecessity OF providing better roads for
$ ever-increasing number OF fall and
Inter visitors: and the various coun-
les are spending about s5.ooo.ooo for
nat purpose Brick seems 10 he the
aost satisfactory material, suppressed
NC mil. after mile OF sand muck and
ven bog. Being practically without
rades. highway construction in Flor
liza is relatively cheap. and progress
/ throughout the State should he much
,ore rapid IN the future than in the
asst.
Perhaps the most backward impor
ant lire In Florida is that from the
over border OF Georgia, near Naldos-
a. to Madison, Live Oak Lake CITY
nd into Jacksonville from the West,
ut the authorities have been stirred
u, and the road should receive much
enetit from being a part of the
Dixie Highway" BY way OF contrast,
hat part Of the coast route from Jack
Ionvillc. through Brunswick. Ca, has
cen so greatly improved that old-time
BURSTS who remember the former
ne with the bothcrsomc ferry at
BARREN and the several miles OF sog
y road along the bikes through the
Ice Relds. would hardly recognize II
!, day The trip from Valdosta, Flor
la. to Pensacola. tho State capital. IS