The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-07-12
MILLIONS Being Spent IN
u. S. FOR GOOD ROADS
The Advent of the Automobile Has
Brought About Revolution in
Highway Construction.

Over a billion dollars is spent ey-
cry year in this country for good
roads, writes L. 7. Johnson in the
Detroit Free Press. The cost to
build one mile of good road is So
coo. New England alone has
spent 100000 to make her high
ways the equal of Europe's. New
Ezrk is going to spend $1S7000,-
900. You can step into an automo-
bile today in New York and motor
to San Francisco. For the largest
part of your journey you will have
good roads. Six years ago this was
impossible. Two. national motor
highways cross the country east and
west, north and south. The govern
ment has completed motor high
way for the Yellowstone park.
Great parkways stretch out from our
large cities for hundreds of miles.
States. counties, townships, village
boards. have all developed new
conscience for good roads. The mil
itary authorities of the United
States are vitality interested in the
movement. In one county OF Ne
vada where only 1,500 people live
$4,000 was raised for good roads.
Good roads are an important factor
in our national defense. France
won the battle of the Marne with
good roads Joffre's reserve army
was transported in taxicabs to at
tack the Germans right flank. They
got there in the nick OF time because
in France there are good Grads.
The automobile has conquered.
When it first came out the opinion
was given that the automobile would
never reach a wide popularity for
two reasons-horses and bad roads.
70 say that the automobile has sup
planted the horse is trite. But
what is more important is that The
automobile has conquered the roads;
the roads have not conquered the
automobile.
Because of the good roads people
are now taking their vacations in
automobiles. Farmers in the mid
die west, many of them, now carry
their products to market in automo-
biles Good roads is the answer.
Every year sees one more surrey
and blackboard go into the scrap
heap. The rural population is buy
ing light, cheap automobiles. Good
roads, In Kansas there is an auto
mobile to every family. Good roads!
Last year 100000 automobile tour
lists visited the State OF New YORK.
spending considerable wads of mon
ey there Good roads brought them.
The motorists of Florida will soon
take trips to Chicago or Louisiana.
Good roads are in the course of con-
truetion.
At present there are three big
projects under way-the Lincoln
highway, the Dixie highway and the
extension of the Northwest trail.
These projects are national. They
link up widely separated parts of
the country. They join the Pacific
with the Atlantic, the great lakes
with the gulf They are all enter
prises made possible only through
public spirit. Millions of dollars
have been poured into their treas
uries by farmers and by men of the
cities. They are propositions that
have touched both civic pride and
selfish interest. They have got
down to the people. II is the people
who have made them possible. II is
the peoples Imagination that has
responded to their plans-a fine
road passing your home, fine road
over which you can take your goods
to market, a fine road for your lit
tie car