Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15

Summertime, vacation time and
play time have hit hard in all parts
| of the country at this season. exert
| ing a willful influence quite upsetting
the scheduled plans of the ordinary
individual, and cutting deep into such
erstwhile interests as the high cost
of living, political conventions sur
frage, prohibition. etc
! It's motor away far Mr.. America.
Mrs. America and little America from
cradle occupant to high school grad
uate. For the time being the larger
interests are in the background Change
and rest are the thing.
| There are hundreds of automo pies
of all descriptions now upon the LIN
coin highway between New YORK anu
San Francisco, carrying their occu
| pants into new fields Of scenic ana
| historic interest and into a new ana
de1irhtful environment Of wholesome,
health-giving enjoyment.
| Reports even as early as June 10
! the Lincoln Highway Association In
Detroit revealed that more than one
thousand tourists passed through
salt Lake City. Utah. in the hrst
enty-fve cars took on supplies at
! Evanston, Wyo.. on the Lincoln
highway in one day Similar reports
came from all along the line.
| Spans Eleven states.
| And what of the Lincoln highway
! trip that may be enjoyed by an even
greater number of tourists this year
! Than ever before? What of the pres
emit conditions of this great highway
spanning eleven states between New
; York and San Francisco? What of the
scenic and historic attractions that
make of this the favored route OF all
long distance motor travel?
| Radically different are the conditions
which the motorist will find upon this
transcontinental thoroughfare today
from those existing but few years
back.
The Lincoln highway. permanently
defined and connected in It's entirety.
street and Broadway, New York city
to the Golden Gate. In the past five
wears millions of dollars have been
expended in its improvement. yet 1t
must not be taken for granted that it
is today in any sense finished and
perfected boulevard. Far from IT:
Excepting for very few miles, all OF
the Lincoln highway from the east
ern terminus to the Missouri river is
improved road. Upon this stretch
through the states of New Jersey
Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana and Hi
nOlS an cAlcHSlNc UuliulHS pio6i an
is under way this year and the de-
tours necessitated by this work form
the most irksome part of the drive
Hard Hit by Heavy Tramc.
But three years ago the New Jersey
and Pennsylvania sections of the Lin
coin highway were well kept scenic
boulevards. macadam paved and per
fectly maintained. The surprising
and tremendous development o.
| which CenteTe(
upon and still taxes this section o.
| the highway proved too great a our
den for this type of surfacing. The
road could not stand the burden.
gave way; Every effort. however !.
made to keep the highway open tt
travel by the most practical mean!
of maintenance. and in a large meas
IRE the road is being rebuilt witt
more durable material. planned tc
carry and care for traffic of all de
scriptions for the present and in the
future.
Il Like conditions. although to
lesser degree, exist in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. The amount of ne"
construction under way in these
states upon the Lincoln highway will
surprise and impress even the leas
interested of those who travel thl:
route by motor car. Millions of dol
lars are being expended at this time
TO make Of this 4 straight-through
| interstate artery OF commercial dhe
passenger travel originally conceived
by the founders of the Lincoln high
way.
|! Conditions in Far West.
II A great expanse of constructive
| improvement is to be observed by thu
| traveller as he continues westward
| across the great grain-producins
| states of Iowa and Nebraska. Blu
| from the Mississippi river west t
the coast, with the exception of Cal
| ifornia. the permanent hard-sur
faced road has not as yet fully COM
into its own. However, the ice il
broken, a start has been made. Re
spending to the ceaseless efforts O.
the Lincoln Highway Association di
rected to this end since 1918, grea
progress is being made.
IL Even in Iowa. long known a. tn
muddiest of mud road states, con
| crete sections of the Lincoln highwa!
| have made their appearance. The!
| ] also are to be seen in Nebraska