The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-04-27
GREATEST ROAD PLANNED
Will Extend from Eastern Seaboard to
Seattle Passing Through More Than
600 Cities, Towns and Villages
Follows Sheridan Drive to City.

After years Of maneuvering, survey
ing, log rolling and estimating the
route has finally been selected for the
National Parks Transcontinental High
way and maps Of the new highway
which have been sent out from New
York show that Kenosha is to be one
# the eighteen cities Of more than
$4,000 population to be touched by the
yreat road which will lead from New
York and Boston on the east to Spo-
zane and Seattle on the west.
It is the greatest roadway planned
or the United States and the compile
ion of it is going to run into the many
billions of dollars.
Active promotion of the work of
'uilding the highway has been inaugu-
ated by the national association in
barge and it is declared that efforts
will be made to have the entire road
completed by the end Of ten years.
The National Parks Roadway will
follow the Sheridan drive through Ke-
losha city and county. 1t is declared
that when the roadway is completed it
will be the greatest transcontinental
roadway ever planned for any nation.
Efforts are already under way to in
crest the United States government in
the construction of the road as Chilli
tary road !" and there is ardent support
for such a movement in both houses of
congress.
Kenosha was selected as portion of
the great highway without any solici-
tation on the part of the people of the
city, but Kenosha men are expected to
have some part in the great movement
to secure its completion.
This stretch of concrete road is plan
ned to run for distance of $500 miles
and it will connect the extreme north
east sections of the nation with those
lying on the extreme northwest. 1t
traverses twelve states, touching 5 state
capitols, Ill counties and 80 county
seats. The counties which it is pro-
posed to have the highway connect have
a population of over 100000 people
and counties adjoining the road have a
population of nearly double this mum
ber 1t will touch both New York and
Chicago, the two largest cities of the
nation, it touches Cleveland, Toledo,
Buffalo, Albany, South Bend, Milwau-
kee, Madison, La Crosse, st. Paul, Min
neapolis, Fargo, Bismark, Butte, Spo-
kane and Seattle. 1t will open a direct
route for Kenosha people to all of these
cities. The route goes through a total
of 651 cities, towns and villages.
The route of the road is along the
great lakes from New York to Chicago
and at Chicago it turns north along tie
beautiful North Shore to Milwaukee
and from Milwaukee it runs in a north
westerly direction through Watertown
and Madison to La Crosse and then on
northwest through North Dakota, Mon
tana to Idaho and Washington.
1t is probable that the promoters of
the great transcontinental highway
will insist that the Sheridan drive be
used between Chicago and Milwaukee
and the big organization will use its
influence to secure as early as possible
completion of this drive. It is the
plan of the organization to adopt the
county unit plan in the building of the
road and representatives of the organi.
cation will visit every one of the Ill
counties and make personal effort to
secure action toward the Improvement
OF the road.
Men promoting the road insist that
every city along the route will reap
great benefits for the great stream of
traffic that is certain to go from east to
west and from west to east again. It
is certain that the road will prove the
greatest favorite with tourists of a ma
tion. Many portions of this great high
way have already been built and in
many states organizations have been
formed to complete the road. No or
ga4ization has as yet been formed in
Wisconsin, but organizations providing
for the completion of short pieces of
the road will be merged into one great
state organization if the present plan
of the association is carried out