The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-08-25
COMMENTS ON
MISSOURI HIGHWAYS

l mlcoOUNI t1INh w Az .
The people Of Missouri are anxious
lly awaiting the actual beginning of
work on the recently designated high
ways, or as it has been stated, "look-
| ing forward to the time when dirt
will fly" according to accounts from
representative newspapers through
out the state.
st. Louis Globe Democrat. 1.-THE
decision of the State Highway Com
mission approving the routes for 1913
miles of primary roads, which repre-
sent painstaking technical work on
the part of its engineers for many
months past, will have very general
and cordial Endorsement by. the pub
lie. The system as thus laid out was
the subject Of an elaborate and largely
attended hearing, at which ample OPP
portunity was given to voice all OBJ
iections. The result was so little val
i'd criticism that the chart Of the inn
proved roads that are to be was made
the unanimous choice of the commits
sion almost without change in de-
tail"
Kansas City, Mo-, Star.-"Designa-
tons of the state primary roads as
made by the State Highway Commits
sion are idential with the recommend
atoms of Chief Engineer Piepmeir
and Consulting Engineer Windrow,
with one exception. The exception ID
in Newton county, north of Neosho,
where the commission added ten miles
of primary road, making connection
with concrete roads already built into
Joplin and Carthage"
Springfield, Mo-, Leader.-"ActuaI
construction of Missouri's 1900 miles
, of primary roads and federal second
ary roads will begin the latter part Of
September. This was virtually as
sured when the Missouri State High
way Commission meeting adopted in
; full the report of the highway engl-
lneers. Contracts were ordered to be
advertised and tentatively awarded
3 Immediately. These will be subject
Y to approval at the next regular meet.
r ing of the commission in September"
: Rich Hill, Mo-, Review:-"Of the
I one hundred and twenty-five letters
: and kilograms received by the State
Highway Commission regarding the
+ designation of the primary road sys-,
y tenn, only six have been in protest.
The six have come from jefferson
CITY, Doniphan, Texas county, Usage
c county, Mansfield and Seymour. Mes
:, sages of approval have come from
: Bolivar, Grove Springs, Marshall,
d Platte City, Cuba, Richland, Morrell-
n ton, Monet, Columbia, Maryville,
e Newburg and Chillicothe."
o Brookfied, Mo-, Argus.-"Let every
body along the Pixies Peak to Ocean
Il Highway congratulate one another
- The official records affecting this iine
:, are as follows: A higher type or prt-
:" mary road is hereby designated be-
} tween Hannibal and St. Joseph. The
II road to begin at or near Hannibal and
i pass through or near Macon, Brook
n field. Chillicothe and Cameron to the
Buchanan county line east of st. Jo-
lie seph, making a direct higher type or
ID urinary road connection with Chilli
"a Gothic, Trenton and Excelsior Springs
=. from this destination"
:, joplin. Mo-, Globe.-"An organized
~ effort of more than year by road
" boosters of Southeast Missouri to land
two of the primary roads to be built
1t cut Of the $4,000 600 state road bond
10 issue. was rewarded when the State
n. Highway Commission adopted IN full
q the recommendations of engineers on
~ routes for the primary road system.
Or "This gives Joplin and Southwest
Missouri a north and south primary
ID road from Kansas City through me
", western tier of counties south to the
. Arkansas state line, and another from
St. Louis to Joplin by way of Spring
field. 1t also virtually assures a hard
surfaced road south through Mac
Donald county"
Cabool, Mo-, Press.-"Southern Mic
souri,, which turned in a majority for
We the road bonds sufficient to overcome
in the vote with which north missouri
n defeated them got one road from 81.
NJ Touis I'd Snringiicld,t which is located
II alonr a railroad. They say it was 50
&c located because of the shorter r1i!e-
IF age. How about the mileage to ka7-
ed sas City? We can turn a right angl
an in getting to the western metropolis,
hu+ we have saved about twenty-five
70 miles from Springfield to st. Louis.
n Kansas City, Mo. Johrnal.-" Moth
he ing could be more short-sighted than
bv the threat to tie up the sale of the
Nv bonds which will make possible an ear,
:. " start on the great system CT good
e. roads approved by the State Highway
IN Commission.
", aThe policy being pursued by the
til opponents Of the general program is
ur lunpatriotic in every sense of the word
and il is inconceivable that it Shouts
at prove successful. Engineer Piep,
of meier points out convincingly that the
a. cross state highway connecting Kan-
III sas City and st. Louis brings Jeffer'
no son City twenty-five miles nearer ~
Louis. being ten miles shorter thai
ng any other possible route and fifte2r
ife miles shorter than any railroad. !,
eff the face &C such facts, the rule or ru
in policy of the Jefferson City obstruc
cir tionists win meet with the vigorous
"a CONDEMNATION IL deserves