The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-03-24

Al A special meeting OF the Ohhh-
her Of Commerce last edneHohS
morning. called by President XIX,
ouestion Of most vital importance 10
the development Of Lubbock ana
surrounding territory was prousht
before the body: That Of good
roads and highway through the
State.
Visitors al this meeting were
Hardy gammons, business manager
of the Automobile Club Of Texas
and Judge Curtis Hancock, chairman
Of the Clubs State Highway COM
mission.
Judge Hancock, IN very few
words gave an outline Of the pene-
fits 10 be derived from state,
marked highway, siressing the iect
that lubbock as the center OF de-
v.ioumeut OF the South Plains, can
not afford % pass up such AN op-
portuuity. lie was high 20 ms
praiss of Lubbock and the Soutn
Plains territory Good roads can pe
built here. he says, on the Plains
chcaper than any other place lor
he simple reason that on account
of the natural lay Of the land, none
will be- incurred in leyehng
Hardy SammOns then M very
brief Wav gave an outline of the
highway a. mapped out b. state
and national authorities, the oene-
fits derived therofrom, and present
ed the development program 20 be
uut on this highway, emphasizing
the fact that stated. marked high-
.arsf.I Ia o.
live and progressive country.
The highway IN question IS desig-
mated AS Official Highway No. q, as
dgSigned By the State Highway Com
mission. beginning at L0ganspori'
Ia and betting the State from
Southeast TO Northwest, through the
foiloving poiuts: Center, Nacadoches
Alto. Rusk, Palestine. Fairfield,
Mexla. Waco, Gatesviile, Goldth-
vaite Brownwood. Coleman, Buf-
falo Gao. Abilene, Sweetwnter, Ros-
eoe. Snyder, Post. Lubbock, Little
field. and 10 Farweh
The five mile stretch Of sand
so,,.h ~ Muleghoe, which Is such
a bugaboo AZ the present, even no"
causes only a slight loss Of time,
hut on this highway viii be clint
oated The bonds for the coustruc-
ton Of this highway have already
been sold. and the company VIII IN.
mediate construction OF this ciHhl
miles on the Roger Y Mills high-
way.
connection With Anderson ana ffee'
stone Counties, Tor Q bono ISSUE
abirh issne Is 20 include the con
str,rtion of a 100000 steel bridge
across the Trinity River at Bonner
Ferry With these improvement, (,
thc Roger q Mills highway VII
have more 800 day road than Ans
eross-statc highway road IN the stare
Of Texas or Louisiana.
The Roger Q. Mills highway catch
es all the travel off the famous JeI
fc,son Highway, and crosses every
North and South Highway IN m'
State AZ Farweil it intersects n,
Postal +. +. +. Oboo Pass, on whief
The santa Fe Railroad spent mil
lions Of dollars in cutting through
This affords most direct rou,'
60 all Colorado and California points
The Roger Q. Mills Highway Is
highway Of necessity, says slI, sam i
mons, saving from 200 to 500 miie'
for tourists going 20 Central ol
South Texas points. As an Easl
and West highway Il Is an absolute
airline through the state.
The entire route OF this high"ay
which means 80 much 70 Luopoes
and her territory viii be logged
worked, mapped, and adver,lseo
thoroughly throughout the Touring
ard Information Bureaus Of the en-
tire country.
~.nnot be overestimated, and the
value Of such a road IS inestimaoit
10 any country, for u prings 20 any
through our city annually thousand'
Of tourists, whom, II the right I'M
,,rcssion Is made on them will be
q better advertisement TO our TOW.
than many times the amount that
the highway would cost II spent l'
rexxnaper publicity. A satisfied
',.to,rer or visitor is absolutely the
re-, ADVERTISING that can be secured
even disrcgarding the cost.
In this connection, let us also
-. little the worth and value
~ free Auto Tourists Park N
b the city. BY all means we shouio
.v,kc 10 our needs along this line
- ,he opportunities we are lcffi-e
lin Nv he neglect Of this tourist
ris-. II people. II Is true enough
~, We now have a tourist park
49,, where il ~ Of course u u
he,ter than nothing, but 4 i Ger
,,,riv not up 20 the standard thai
f.nhhock sets for her other Improve.
Ihe benefits de-ived from th'
,.,,ist class II people are not onl,
(. an Advertising way, but u y
,'siwe,.d that each tourist coming
shrouuh a place. 4 on ~ aNcFnF'
"e ~ whole, worth fi.ip IN cash
th.t IL he sneuds on an average u'
eh.t much hefure be gets out ol
t..n Nov. he goes out % me
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