Arizona republican., 1918-11-17
b|C ROAD PLAN
 CLOSE T0 HAND
 SAYS AUTO MAN
Col. Robert H. Tyndall In Letter to Chairman of A. A. A. Says That Good
 Highways Saved France

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 16.- There will be a couple of million real road boosters back in the United States when the war is over, as I think all of the men over here appreciate how good roads can be made invalu- able. In my mind there is no doubt that the good roads of France saved her in two instances
 Col. Robert H. TyndAll of the 150th Field Artillery thus writes from "Over There" to a fellow Hoosier Chairman Carl c. Fisher of the A. A. A. touring board. It will be remembered that these two were closely associated sev- eral years ago in the trans continental tour from Indianapolis to San Fran cisco, at which time much of the route of the Lincoln highway was decided upon. Col. Tyndall is an inveterate road driver and has covered thousands of miles of good, bad, and indifferent American highways. In his letter home he goes on to say:
 T have seen movements of troops made in the dark which would have been impossible in any other country than France. Here the roadmakers have scientifically planted trees that absorb drainage on the side and at the same time shelter the highways so as to keep them just moist enough. In some instances you will find a tall poplar standing higher than the rest of the trees bordering the road at every kilometer so that you can read fly measure distances with the eye.
 One of the great things they do here is to repair a road and even make an entirely new surface without in- terferlng with the stream of traffic. In one campaign we were in, over a thousand trucks passed my regiment, each carrying twenty two soldiers. This was for reinforcement on the flank and was done without the slight est confusion One does not find here the little holes that cause so much trouble remaining in a road The pot ted places are immediately filled and drained, right up to the front line al most.
 As far as being able to orient ones self, I think from now on I can drive blindfolded any place in the United States as most of my driving on the front has been at night and the roads wind around considerably over here. l don't have lights and neither do the ! trucks and other vehicles coming in opposite directions. We af> not al-
 
 is the method employed for a gas alarm. Sometimes I really wonder how we get through with it all. but it 1 shows how a person can become ac- customed to most anything, and we ! train ourselves to see in the dark That big road plan is near at hand in this country is the opinion of many leading highway advocates. Chairman George C. Diehl of the A. A. A.. Good Roads board. summarizes the idea in this manner;
 One hundred million dollars a year appropriated by the federal govern ment on a definite tangible national 1 highway system Wsll work wonders in the form of from five to ten thousand miles of splendid highway, made up , partly of sections already sufficient in quality. partly in sections to repair partly of sections rebuilt and partly of entirely new construction. State and local appropriations will be encouraged and these subdivisions. largely because of federal roads, will enormously in- 1 crease road expenditures