The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-17
UNIFORM PLAN FOR
HIGHWAY MARKINGS
Hotel Mems Association Promotes
Project for Use Of Simple
system Of Signs

ElOsSSA lSl OoN W q OlNiBiI
system Of Signs
At a conference in Boston a few
days ago, Official action was taken
that promises to put an end TO the
confusion that prevails in the conil!c-
ting systems Of highway marks now
in use. Highway commissioners OF all
the New England states met and de-
cided on a new plan o. uniform mar
kers, according to simple system
Glat is capable OF extension through
out the country.
1t was at a meeting OF the New Eng.
land Hotel Mems association that the
subject was first brought up, and Ar
thur l.. Race, the president, suggested
that there must be some method OF
marking the highways that could be
used throughout the United States.
much simpler than any employed at
present The road commissioners OF
New England, accord ngly, were asked
to attend the meeting, whied was held
in commissioner Coles Office at the
highway department In the state
house, Boston, on Tuesday, February
l23.
Mr. Wells, OF the Automobile Club.
had been asked to submit a new p an
OF road marking that would embody
the results Of his fifteen years expert
ence in all parts Of tie country. This
plan laid before the con erence
of highway officials had received the
inspection approval OF the club OF +
GERS, and after the two days meeting,
was unanimously adopted by the en-.
tire body.
The United States will be divided
into zones, the New England zone to
include everything east OF the Hudson
river, from the ocean Is the Canad an
line. Each route will receive mum.
ber. For instance number one will
start in Miami. Florida, and follow
the Atlantic coast al lth way 10 Ca.
lais, Maine, and into Canada. If de-
sired by the authorit es OF the Mari.
tine Proyidences. From New York
number one follows the Post Road
through STAN ord. Bridgeport. New
Haven, New London. Providence, Bos
ton, Newburyport, Portsmouth, Port.
land, and along tie coast 10 Bangor.
Odd number routes will run east and
west as near as possible; the even
number north and south. Each state
highway department, will mark the
poles with designated number from
one state line to the other. New Eng
land has adopted the square as the
symbol to be used In the New Eng.
land zone, the marking will read -
IN Y" with large "I' underneath
from New York to the Connecticut
line. On crossing the line into Con
necticut, the markers will carry
Conn" 81 In Massachusetts.
Mass" o., in New Hampshire. ~.
H. "l", and in Maine, ME" "T
Route number four, as another ex-
ample will be TIE inside trunk line
to the Berkshres through Pawling,
Lakeville, Great Barr ngton and Pitts
field continuing north through Wiz.
Jamestown, Manchester and Rutland
to Burlington, then on to Gie Ca.
madam line and possiby to Montreal.
Route number two will start at New
Haven and 20 through t.'e center of
Connecticut to Hartford then along
the Connecticut river TO Springfield
and continue north on the east side
of the river through Northampton
Greenfield, Brattleboro, White River
port to Sherbrooke then possibly
across Canada to Quebec.
Route number seven will continue
from Boston to Albany via Fitchburg,
Greenfield and over the Mohawk
Trail through Troy, with the exten.
sion of the New System, number
seven will run through to Buffalo,
then over the Lake Shore road
through Erie, Cleveland and Toledo
to Chicago and across the United
States to the pac fic coast.
Route number VIII probably he
called Atlantic number L. and /. the
states of California, Oregon and
Washington so desire, they can ca :
their coast route, Pacific no l."
/ Connecticut is ready to start mar.
king the poles at once and route no
T. will be marked from the Byram
Bridge on the Boston Post Road as
soon as weather permits, Rhode Isl
and will also mark Route no. I" to
the Massachusetts line, and nearly ali
the New England states are prepared
to commence at once. All routes IN
the New Eng and zone, especially the
trunk lines, will be marked before
October first this year and the mar.
kets will be maintained by TIE State
Highway Department