Arizona republican., 1922-02-09
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
To HAVE BRANCH TO
CAPITAL Of MEXICO

At the coming meeting Of the
Bankhead National Highway aSso-
citation at Phoenix April 24-29, n
path finding commission esill make a
report on what is known as the
Texas Mexico division of the Bank
head highway which starts from the
main line at Mount Pleasant. and
goes through Pittsburgh, Tyler,
Waco, Austin on TO Laredo. Texas. a
distance of over 600 miles. Steps
will be taken to extend this highway
from Laredo to the City of Mexico, a
distance of 1900 miles.
Already the Mexican government
has taken steps to appropriate $4O,-
900 900 to help to build this interna-
tiohal transcontinental highway.
They have expressed a desire to have
the international highway from Mex
leo City to the City OF Washington.
The Bankhead national highway has
been investigated and they are anx-
ious to connect up with this great
transcontinental highway.
When this is done, there will be an
international highway starting at
washington City, passing over the
| Bankhead highway through the
states of Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Missis-
sippi and Arkansas. to Mount Plea
SAINT, Texas. thence to Laredo. Texas,
on to the City of Mexico. a distance
of 3542 miles. The Bankhead trans
continental highway will then be
known as an international highway
and will have the largest mileage of
any international highway in the
country.
Here at Phoenix will be the birth
place and Establishment of this inter-
national highway. 1t is expected
that the highway officials of the
Mexican government will come here
and take part in establishing and in
augurating this movement. There is
a movement on foot to connect the
Tombstone Nogales division Of the
Bankhead highway with MeXico's s
great highway that enters the United
States at Nogales. This question
will be discussed at the Phoenix
meeting. 1t is said by officials that
there is no doubt that the Bankhead
international highway from Wash
ington to Mexico City would be a
most popular highway, and many
tourists from the east will traverse
the same.
Director General Rountree has al
ready received a number of official
communications in regard to the
Texas Mexico division and much en-
thusiasm is shown by the CORES
pondence in this international high
| way. A great meeting for arous-
! ing interest in this division will be
held in Texas early in March when
| President Bennehan Cameron and
! Director General Rountree will at
| tend and participate in the same.
Hon. Pat Neff governor of Texas
life member and president OF
| the United States Good Roads asso-
citation, has written General Rountree
| that Texas will have large repre-
| sentation at the coming convention
| that he is preparing list of the road
! builders and boosters of Texas to at
! tend as delegates and they will be
proud OF the Texas showing at the
convention. He says: II am heartily
in sympathy with the aims of the
| United States Good Roads associa-
| ton, and shall be glad to render al
any time any service that can. con-
! sistent with my work here. am
/ confident that much good will be ac-
complished at the Phoenix meeting
| and shall keep in touch with the pro-
gress of the arrangements and pro-
gram of this great gathering"
United States Senator Ralph II
| Cameron of Arizona writes accepting
an invitation to be on the program
! during the coming meeting, in April
| He closes his letter by saying; -
shall do my best to be present in
Phoenix April 24-29, which I hope
will be a red letter convention ir
every respect. If there is anything
can do here to make it a bigger
success. please command me-
The exhibition and convention hal
committee of the chamber of COM
merce of which Sheriff John Mont
gomery is chairman. will hold a meet
ing on Thursday with Director Gen
eral Rountree and show him the
available space for holding the con-
| vention. as well as the fair grounds
where the great United States Good
Roads show Of material and machin-
cry will be held.