Evening star., 1922-03-26

It is probable that 1922 will see a
greater volume of travel along the
Lincoln highway than ever before.
AS the most direct route across the
continent; as the highway leading to
and through the scenes of America $
historic past: as the road passing
conveniently nca" the great National
Parks of the wes;. and the one upon
which the greatest connecting i'm
provement has been concentrated. the
Lincoln highway will this year be
the great American tour. Hundreds
of thousands will find pleasure and
tween the Hudson river and San
Francisco bay. The condition OF the
route is now a live subject of i'll
tcrest to motorists in every part of
the Union.
Many Miles Built in 1921.
The Lincoln Highway Association
which has been promoting the de-
>elopment of the cross road
since 1913. has Just compiled the rec
ords of the eleven state and uinety-
six counties traversed and announces
that improvements in 1921 surpass in
extent the work accomplished during
sny other year in the history of the
roads development Three hundred
and ninty-seven miles Of new con-
Struction were completed at cost
Of s1.731.473. Maintenance during 13s.
cost Tie states and counties. 81. 1.I35 .433.
so that the total amount exp nded on
Lincoln way battrrment was 80, az, 900.
The additional mileage improved last
year represents II per cent of the total
mileage.
Tie association reports the 1921
accomplishments in each of the states
crossed by the Lincoln highway and
the conditions which will be en-
countered by transccntinental tour
lists of 1922 as follows:
New Jersey.
New Jersey completed 80 miles of
TIE highest type of reinforced con-
crete pavement. l012 inches thick and
~ feet vide. at a cost of $1aS049.
This leaves but IL miles of old ma
csidam to be replaced. of which
the site proposes to construct this
Year. The maintenance on this 10
miles Of old macadam in 1921 cost
sl21.9iS. or sI.9ls per mile. New
Jerseys so miles of Lincoln high
way receives the heaviest traffic of
any section of the route. A detour
will be necessary during most of 1929
between Highland Park and Me-
tuchen. where the new construction
will be under way. other than this.
the rout" will be open from Jersey
City to Trenton.
Pennsylvania.
In October. 1921. the PennsylvaEi ia
state highway department completed
and opened with elaborate ceremonies
a .3-mile stretch of concrete between
Gettysburg and Cha! rsbure which
eliminated tue troublesome detour of
near 20 miles which aggravated
travellers across Pennsylvania for two
years. The. 15.S miles completed on
this stretch in 1874 cost s931.341. or
an average of about $5?.000 per mile.
The state maintained 320 miles of the
route between Pittsburgh and Phila-
delphia in the best possible condi-
tion at cost of s746.753. or s2.333
per mile. The cost Of maintenance
on Pennsylvanias old macadam is eX-
cessive and the state will continue to
replace it with concrete paving as
rapidly as possible. The condition
in which Pennsylvania's section will
be found this season is indicated by
a record run made across the state
from Pittsburgh to Trenton, n. j.. a
distance Of $50 miles, on January 81.
in 9 hours and 15 minutes elapsed
time-an average running speed of
40 miles an hour. Tourists are not
advised to emulate this example, how
ever, as during the spring and sum-
mer the Lincoln highway is we'll