Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-04

many additional routes a. possible be
covered during the coming season ano
suggested nearly a dozen OF h main
thoroughfares, yet unmarked. as the
ones which should be selected. These
were a. follows:
Sunrise way-Newport. Skowhegan.
Pennington. Wilton. Rumford. Bethel.
RangeIey Nail-Auburn. Lvermore.
Livermore Falls. Wilton, Pennington.
Phillips, Rangeley.
Ossipee Trail-Portland. WestbFook.
Gorham. Standish. Cornish. Ke1ar Falls.
to New Hampshire state line at Free.
dom.
Pequawket Traii-Fryeburg. East
Brownfeld. Hiram. West Baldwin. Steep
Falls. to points where it joins the osS-
pee Trail near Stand;sh.
Belgrade TrailEwinthrop. Belgrade
Lakes. New Sharon or Mercer.
International Trail - Continue its
markings through Jackman to the In
ternationai Border and. IL possible, ar
range with the province Of Quebec to
continue them Il the city Of Quebec.
Woodland Trail-Rangeley. Stratton,
Flagstaff. Dead River, North New
Portland, North Arson.
Knox Higfway-Rockland. Thomas.
ton. WaldoborQ. Jefferson. North White
field, Randolph. Gardiner.
P~iscataquis TraF-Dover ana Foxcroft.
Mo- Lagrange. Rowland. West Enfield.
k-endoskeag Trail-Bangor. Kendus-
keag. West Charleston. Dover.
Files Highway - Lewiston, Lisbon
FAILS. Toosham n Brunswick.
The last lame was suggested as a
memorial to the late Prof. George T
Files. one Of Names best known good
ROADS workers and president of the
Maine Automoh,.e Association, VIII die1
as the result OF his lv-al work for the
aHies in France. Prof. Files home was
at Brunswick.
Il Hoegg also recommended that the
association use all Of its facilities. and
60 everything in its power to he,p spar.
antee the success OF the celebration of
the centennial of Maine as a State. which
Is TO be held during the coming year.
Reviewing the work of he
ton for 1919 he pointed out that its
membership ad been increased to 341..
which Is about 600 more than it ever had
before. a really remarkable showing.
he called attention to the fact that II
was the Maine Automobile Association
which had started the movement tn
oahf the pole. OF the through routes Of
travel in the Safe. and which had
naHed them. Owing to the great ex,
pense of the undertaking the organiza-
ton associated With it the Maine High.
way commission and Rand. McNallv &
OF Chicago. Several hundred
aoiars OF the associations money went
into tie project which received the en-
dorsem.at Of every section and espec-
tally Of tourists rom outside of the
State.
The WORK Of h association In the
neid OF legislation also was described.
IN connection with Secretary of State
FRANK ", Ball the motor laws Of tbe
state were revised in many imnortan,
PARTICULARS anc brought up to-date, end
a new motor truck fee schedule was
PRESENTED to the Legislature and adop,.
ed. At the special session a yal,a hi.
law was introduced. and passed. 70.
curing motor trucks and. closed We
Noes to carry mirrors that they might
zee behind them and not block traye,
yin to pass from the rear. seyera,
o'her measures were prepared. intro
duced, anC were passed at the two ses.
eions rs a result Of the associations
efforts. Unwise legislation also va.
killed.
IT was brought out in the acting sec.
retary's report that it was the Mai,a
automobile Association which backed
and almost entirely financed the cam.
paisn to put over the SO. ZOO. 900 bond
issue. 1t planned the organization Of
the Statewide Good Road COMMITTEE
and it was N. A. A. officers who con.
ducsed the campaign in the mama ~ III.
Statewide body.