The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-16
ROAD BUILDING
PROGRAM AHEAD
FOR 20 YEARS
Under Plans Which the Coun-
try Adopts 100000 Miles
Federal Highway VIII
Be Constr ucted.

r,ftecn 10 twenty years of building
roads lie ahead of the United states
Under The program which the country
has adopted there will be built our'"s
,,ot time 10000 miles Of Improved
hlehways which will constitute VI"
raaaralaid highway system and an
,o, orr greater mileage of state ana
local roads When the great Joo -
sooe the transportation facilities oil
80 country will far exceed those Oh
any other nation. past or p'ese"''
,,a world The highways of the an
oient Romans. whose fame mas con-
down through the centuries Will pas
by comparison.
Details to Be Given
D,aus NJ this vast roadbuildins pio
gram are to be placed before Tue ne
,yav Education Board at its cohiereiic'
IN Washington, october 70 TO 90 ="
oi,sive nv state Highway Engineers
"a officials of the Bureau OF Fuphc
Roads, United Sl1lVS 80,
Agriculture, 10 whom mas Dee"
trnsted the work of planning ana su
nervising the construction oil Feue'"'
,id hiohways. The plan Will be pre-
septed 10 enable the board TO proceeu
authorltlvely with its work oil oeNlsihs :
Ia forssschools and colleges TO which
,o,d .hujlaers of the country are tur"'
i,,, for competent highway engineers
Officials of the bureau pace tn'
aggregate cost of the Federal-alu pIo
qram alone at about $4,000 OO,ooo'ooo'VO'
snread over the twenty-year period
Thev base this estimate on an ave
oee cost of slI 900 per mile. Inc
erage cost. in turn, takes into coisiu
erotion all classes of improved roau
ways from the cheapest to the most "a
nensiye types. approximately one
third of the proposed system OF oV,
COO miles of improved highways al
resdv are either built or building
Program New One
The program is new one ~ :,
comparatively recent years roaa-puiiu
ingin the United States had been Gun
a,,cted without special regard 10 IL"
t,orol system. Highways had beer
constructed where needed "lthout w"
s,dering whether they would nm ~
q, tho most effective manner WIN 'h'
whole network Of roads to. be sprea.
over the nation. Engineers hau soae
more to meet immediate ana local
mands than the broader requirement.
z4otao apd nation.
Tha nresent Federal-aid road'puiia
ing program. officials OF the pui.".
state, viii contemplate the construe'ioi
of only such roads as fit into the nA
tlonal program and contribute " ."'
n,tiorsl system. Al the same tune '''
roads will be so selected as 10 ser "
The most important local requnenhe.'0
yyith marked notifications, the sys'eh'
aaonted in building the railways Oh 'h'
ao,,nt,-v will be borne in mind in TN
construction OF the countrys ne" me
ways. There will be main lines OF hlsi'
wsy communication between center
ord thousands OF miles OF feeder roaus
reaching back into the more sparsei!
settled regions and into the rlch asf'
cultural sections, TO tap areas "hos
nopulation and products will flow owe
the new system.
Search Work Continued .,
New roads will be planned and pun
thousands OF miles of them-whei
they will fit in most advantageous
with the entire program. The burea'
is continuing its research work IN,
most efficient methods OF road'oulic
ing. including thee haracter and weai
irg power of materials. resisting qua
tiles OF varying subsoils, etc, ana ha
amassed considerable store OF vaiuaol
information all OF which Will be avai
able for the highway engineer OF U
morrow, whom the board is seeking
have educated in practical and moder
methods.