Arizona republican., 1917-02-25
GREAT SYSTEM
 IF HIGHWAYS
 |S PREDICTED

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb 24.-'I predict that in the lives of the young CT men now before me will be seen from ocean to ocean in the United States the greatest system of high ways to be found anywhere in the world" was the prediction of senator John F. Bankhead, recently uttered in Atlanta at a meeting of it's conVen- tion bureau, held for the purpose Of accelerating the building of the Bank head highway through the southern states.
 The present federal appropriation of SS5 00O 600 is but the beginning of thc WorN that the national govern mcnt will shortly be doing in the mat Ter of road construction" asserted the venerable chairman of the senate committee on postoffices and post ro1ds and, before the expiration of the five year period in which this money will be expended in conjunc tior with S75.G00.00o contributed hy the several states. | expect 10 see the congress making appropriations of from 500 9G0 000 to S75000.000 annual Y for highways progress.
 U is doubtful # a more enthusiastic series of good roads meetings have been held than the sessions which had to do with the Atlanta gathering III ttftllttttltIl Nllil tIlt bd1hlaSstfl highway, 10 extend from Washington to Richmond. Na to Atlanta Ga. tt Birmingham, Ala, to Memphis. Tenn. and then across Arkansas and OF to the Pacific coast over a route not yet decided upon. Governor Harris of Georgia, Mayer Chandler of Atlanta, al1d Judge T. F, Patterson. chairman of the state highway commission, were among the speakers at the luncheon given in honor of the Alabama sen ator whose name was coupled with that Of Representative D. w. Shackle ford of Missouri in the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act.
 The concensus of opinion. and the subsequent action of the business meeting. was that a great highway state post roads would prove of in- calucable benefit to the states passed through and would meet our national necessities. commercially. socially and for defense. Senator Bankhead, in tho course of his address. dwelt par ticClarl- upon the great wisdom of keeping in mind at this tune the part which copnceting highways would serve .lI military mohiliZa ton pur- poses IL vas agreed that the use of combined federal and state money should have reference to roads which serve the greatest number of people tf'G ft-li-At l0c states or percentage of their eXpensiv highways and thus make t possible for the states to give increased 1o-opeTation to the counties on the essential market roads.
 In Rirmingham April 19. there win he held probably the most important gathering >et Of the Bankhead high way. f1r the governors cf practically an the states included in the route have given assurance of being pres ent.
 Immediately the complete route is settled UPrH tho touring information hoasl Q the American Automobile asssQej3tiGp with national headquarters in Washington and New York. will add the route to it's strip maps be- sides which the Bankhead highway ca ssf ia itn sN Rf sssign1.ost theA great road from Washington across the southern states to Memphis and then to HhateSer city ma.' be decided upon as the terminating point on the Pa cifies, ,c6ast