Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-01-13
INTERNATIONAL
HIGHWAY
TB'VILLEBOUND
New Highway Organized at
Quebec, Canada, Has City
Mexico as Destination

The organization of the Inter
national Peace Highway" TO begin
at Quebec, Canada, and extend
TO Mexico City via Brownsville, Is
reported in the Chicago Tribune
Of January 8, copy Of which has
just been receives at the Chamber
Of Commerce. This proposed road
will touch at Rochester, n. ~, Buf-
falo. Cleveland. Columbus. Gin
cinnati, Louisville Cairo, H., and
Pop&r Bluff, A..
Tt's Il on WI half dozen ma
t.~ral highways that will converge
a: Brownsville - follows: The
jefferson Da"ls Memorial High
way. from Florida to the Pacific
coast, and which includes the Old
Spanish Trail; the Colorado 10 the
Gulf Highway; the Puget Sound to
the Gulf Highway; the Lakes and
Gulf Highway, from Chicago to
Brownsville and which Is known as
the "Lone STAR the King Of Trails
from Dallas to Brownsville.
The Chamber Of Commerce TO-
day received maps Of vir ually all
the great national and information
al highways, ami arrangements are
beirg made 70 make them into a
giar. wall map for rc-eien put
poses.
In regard to tie new highway
the Tribune says:
An international trunk line highway
from Quebec. Canada. to Rochester. =.
Y. Ruffalo. Cleveland. Columbus. Gin
cinna.i. Louisville Cairo H.. Poplar
Bluff Mo. and Mexico City was per-
mancrtly organized at meeting recently
in the quarters Of the Cincinnati Motor
club.
VI was decided to name the highway
the International Peace highway" BE-.
cause il was felt that the name would
serve the purpose of creating feeling
of neighborlincss and better understand
ing between the three great countries
traverscl ~ this highway. Canada. th,
United States and Mexico
IIearquarters IT the highway will b'
III Louisville. Officers of the highway
are - follows:
President Thad Snow. Charleston
Mo-: secretary. Eueone Stuart I.ouis-
Vile: treasurer. {. L. Webb. Louisville
yicr-rrcsdcnt. John H. Jackson. Cairo
ILL.,: Ben Wr:iIc. I'aducah. Ky; and u
". Huston. Cincinnati.
Routing Of the highway includes Que
bee. Montreal. RouseS Point. y. y. by
way az tie New York Qucbec highway
thence tn Rochester via Theodore Roose
welt International highway. to Buffal,
and Cleveland on the Yellowstone trail
Routing from Cleveland "a Colombus anS
Cincinnati will be selected by the affili
atcd clubs on the route in connection
with the Ohio State highway depart
meni.
From Cincinnati ~ Louisville TIL
highway will fellow the l.. T.. Il. route b.
way of Lexington aud Frankfort unit
a better and shorter route Is available
From Louisville and paducah the Louis
ville-Paducah highway will he used u.
way nf Henderson and the road fron
paducah 10 Wickliffc and Cairo j. &
~ selected by the kentucky highwa.
department
The route will 20 to Charleston. Mo
Sikeston, and Poplar Ruff from Cair
On the state road while the routing
from Poplar Bluff t. Mexico will fnilcy
either the Lone Star ruute tn little Rock
Houston. and Brownsville. Texas. or VII
Springfield. Mo-. Joplin. Dallas. San An
torio aud Laredo. Texas. This will p
l..i,lad ,Y,.nr ~ a tuaa.fuv n. b, held "A
Poplar Bluff Or Cairo in the near future