The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-06-13

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Prepared hy the Gated states Depart.
/ saaat sf AsrscGspusAs
| n all the automobiles 10 this coan.
try stood svealy atssrisaied ever aii
the roads 1T this country there would
b. Ave metnrcxrs to every two miles
Of read. And there are 3Is4T .xs4 niles
| nj public read.
n every mesarcAr 10 the United
States were loaded 10 iss limit with
people, half the population Of the UHl-
ted States could be hauled nj cue
ioad. And there nrs about ii0eao. 600
people In this country.
Getting down to beot heels and btu.
IhiaIe~-ias, to avoid the valgar phrase
Of bedrock and brass lacks about NJ
per cent os ali The motor t,fhfcFss' lii
the world ARE oa the reads OF the Uni.
tel States. by estimate. there were
10000 automobiles la the world CO
January /, 1919. Hy actual count. a.
I ! .asEs- tsGEr ,sayrs III 11ss7=
States. Those mater vehicles paid. la
license aud ether fees, sSi .4T1.tia.
And this In exclusive nj the 10000
nio'aF vehicles manufactured for the
government.
Each one If these six million one
hundred and odd thousand n,o,crcars.
| sh"u II runs on unimrtosed roads,
payg about twice as much TOR tires and
ahoct twice gs much for gasoline ~
ehen Ii runs On surfaced roads. And
there are about eight times IA many
aitlas az unlmproved m Of improved
public roads 10 the United States. To
be- spseiac. The public ruads In the
Ualtetl States measure -,41T, ~ miles,
n which only 2ssl.-csso miles or abca,
II per cent, are surfaced, The rest are
earth roads.
Hah BltIlcn for Rosda
Are the owners at these six million
aud odd automobiles interested In the
federsi aid rendhushiing prcwram for
'ipiof Il IL the mos, stupendaas roasi, |
building program In the history Of the |
world.
Expenditures for road construction |
this year are likely 10 reach ssAUo. !
80 according to the estimates II the |
United states department II agrtcni. |
ture, the government agency charged |
with the administration Of the federal I
AID road act. Practically asl states |
are planning continuous sYstem Of |
connecting highways throughout each /
state, and there Ii more general |
lisTnsiiAn than was ever manifested /
ovfore toward cooperation anpsne \
aaghharlng states so that improved /
taaas viii not terminate a. state lines. |
CoGxresS. s.ortly before adjourn 1
neu', made M extra appropriation Of
Essr'H01a tn the pest office appro-
9FistIon bin 10 rne~t the federal par |
~ the progysm, offsrtals III the harwoa /
4 ,ael Is r@ls. .tni,ei States depart.
hs.ot ~ agriculture, patst out that ,AAa
u the largest appropriation ever made
BY my government Tor . similar pSf-
Posse ard that /. will caaole the fed.
Fra! af.a sta;e governments n carry
~ read salldiRs program q mag
aisuie newer approached In IT, history
NJ The world This wcs&, 3. Is estf-
naaiesi. will employ snyve thsn i,o.rsse
aate In acsivs rad work. In addition
% the men Engaged sn the prtdactian
aad furntshin. os rn4shriidng mate
ria{S t. aEorsh ore Of ths. large agpos.
,1ni;tes for p~oatsh2e eyaple. -sssn, tov
svluFGe Soldiers ard sailors
Assersea IL cwre~s ard Rasa Eeros.
TIE ~ erasa .s . csat5naia-. ora
iSsr cectyt issAevai saF naprsa,aoa is Tor
shrer ysNrs state. esgrty aad lsNcT7
fqF'ls ~tll can@ largely fgem ha-s.
ss>ises- ..asi tarte 10 ~Aere she G,5tst
Ss@ saeossassse ew@ers aH1s. to sssiso
with tr.n@raoas rssisaacs.
Es,sh segssse&s seagfsanss. sad psata
assy csIs rgaa tese a1iuaassige owner
te vs'v LIVE read hsa.tSs His IRE amd
fssi F@sss. as tsfare nsgniIpue&. srs
cut in half by sss~i sesas Mere irs
.~wSaas SEl'. u he te slty =nsa, ~
: ,ery large prps~srtsOs, 4 srtosacssls
awrers are. 1t srt-ss vtas b. ears te
: & ,,sss @. sess euss tsVai reads have
.loays sssaat sSSsaesAing In the way Of
-yy'sciE- living cSsss hus thsy nsaa
assxv aa= taa: the nstssfs;-scs kss
are ~ tsy--snd re eTpant oas
sactis4a Of fhe EsSs1rtrrex t. - ~
fss txsgressssrs In .hsa nssrAhashnos