The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-01-20
R0ADERs At BIC
FEED HERE TELL
OF EXPERIENCES
Meridian Road Most Popular In coun.
Try, Federal Engineer States;
Work OF Putting II In
Shape Outlined
TROUBLE EXPERIENCED
IN ELIMINATING SAND
Reports on eridces and Stretches Of
Roads; One Diner Gets Wrathy
as Finger Bowl Missing;
Gets Washpan

es'i ~
That traffic ON the Meridian high.
way Is practically double that on
any other line OF travel running
through Oklahoma. was the declara-
tioa Of Mr. Alderman. engineer OF
tie federal bureau of highways. at
the dinner given by the chlckasha
Chamber OF Commerce at the New
Chickasha Hotel Wednesday even.
ing IN honor, of the delegates at
tending the meeting Of the Meridian
Highway association here. "The gov.
ernment keeps statistics OF travel
on tle various interstate highways" :"
said Mr.. Alderman. "and It has al
ready been demonstrated that the
Meridian road is destined to be one
OF the most popular in the country"
John c. Nicholson. of Newton.
Kan, president of the association,
said the tourists on the road
through his section averaged about
100 a day. "And we figure that every
tourist passing through our town
spends an average of S5,' he added.
Reviewing the progress that has
been made in plans for carrying out
plans for the Meridian Highway, Mr..
Nicholson told about activity in thu
construction of roads and bridges
all along the line from Winnepeg.
the northern terminus, to Galveston
and Laredo. the southern objectives.
From Winnepcg to Waco. Texas. 1t
Is a single road but at the latter
point II divides. One section going
to Galveston and the other to La
redo.
Mr.. Nicholson announced that the
association had been asked by the
present Mexican government to con-
tinue the highway to Mexico City.
I'VE have the matter under consid
GRAFTON now and if Mexico manifests
a willingness to do the things
needed, in all probability the road
will be extended to the capital of
the republic to the south of u.s.
he said.
"The Meridian Highway associa-
tion is not demanding any particu-.
lar type of road" declared Mr.
Nicholson. Doubtless in time much
Of it will be hard-surfaced but for
the present we are simply asking
for good road Eliminate the
sandy stretches whore cars bog
down, building good bridges and cul-
yerts, put up proper signs and mark
ings for safety and make your road
as good as possible. II you provide
free camping grounds for tourists
and advertise this fact along the
road, it will bring much more bust
ness to your towns. am very much
encouraged by the interest which
the towns along the highway in
Oklahoma are taking in this great
movement and the spirit of this
meeting is very inspiring
Mayor Durbin gave the visitors a
hearty welcome to the city, turning
over to them the traditional "keys'
and assuring the delegates that
Chickasha will come across with her
full part in all plans for the conn
pletion of the highway through
Grady county.
Ira Johnson, county commissioner,
of the northern district of Grady
county, told of the method of fl
nancing construction of the bridge
across the South Canadian river
north of Minco and reported on
the progress that has been made.
He estimated that it will be about
eighteen months before the bridge
is completed.
DR.. Lee D. Ewing, of Terral made
a forceful talk and told particularly
about the new Red River bridge
near Terral. This bridge was built
by stock company and the tolls
last year paid the investors divi-
aend Of AZ per cent. eve hope it will
pay 100 percent this year. This
bridge is big money maker but it
doesn't pay any better than the
Meridian Highway will in every
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