New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

IoS Improvement, there is yet
IL great deal to accomplish in tho
way of engineering and road
building on the Lincoln Highway. saws
a writer in "Sinclair's Magazine" The
following brief report is given Of the
most interesting facts Of the highways
latest improvements:
"The start is made at Times SQUARE :,
New York City, where the road question We,
settled more than hundred years ago In
New Jersey the highway is represented bv
hne macadam roads, but The enorrnouslv
heavy freight traffic is demanding CON
struction even more durable. Pennsylvania
is proud of the honor earned by its section
because of its use for military traffic ha
tween Pittsburgh and Atlantic coast norts
The three hundred and eighty miles of that
states portion make the longest improved
road in the transcontinental route. Ohio,s
road officials expect to eliminate all dirt
roads from their part of the highway dur
ing the present year. Their expenditure of
a million dollars recently in transforming
an unimproved road indicates the progress
of this work. The Indiana section is prac-
tically all Of brick and concrete, calculated
20 stand the demands of future freight
traffic
From such construction the Lincoln
Highway passes through the Gumbo states.
Illinois and Iowa, where the absence Of grit
in the soil is partly responsible for the glue
like consistency of the muddy road in wet
weather. Due in large part to the efforts Of
j. w. Corkins, state consul, and the unity
of effort of county, state and Federal au-
thorities, the present programme for Hi
noIs will complete that states section Of
the Lincoln Highway with permanent re-
surfacing by the end of the year. Iowas
three hundred and fifty miles will probably
be converted into an all-weather road by
next year, as grading, draining and gravel
ling are at present improving conditions.
Nebraska lacks funds to make the neces-
sary changes in it's stretch of highway on
account of its extensive mileage and sparse
population. Drainage work and the placing
of concrete crossings where the roads are
likely to be flooded are steps toward an all
weather thoroughfare. Wyoming has spent
more on the Lincoln Highway in proportion
to her population than any other state trav-
ersed by it, despite the fact that gravel
roads prevail there. In some localities
strips of concrete thirty inches wide are be-
ing inserted across the road where lack Of
1UlluS 1OIDluS cutlIe COuCTSle CONSTRUCTION.
utah presents difficulties to the Lincoln
Highway traveller he reaches the desert
Through the generous financial assistance
pledged by Mr. Seiberlin~, the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company and Carl Fisher
the founder, s125,00O will be spent in
improving the desert section and the noun
tain pass east. Thus fifty-tive miles of the
worst road between New York and the
Golden Gate will be eliminated. Nevada
looks to Federal aid to improve her roads,
which present no serious difficulties.
upon reaching California the attractions
of the last lap in the ocean-to- ocean path
way harmonic with other advantages pre-
sented by the state to travellers. The
motorist who completes his journey across
the continent becomes ardent advocate
of the improvement of highways. for he has
been reminded daily of the tremendous
military and industrial possibilities of this
great highway"