Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
'sIdeaI Section'' of Lincoln Way
Near Chicago Almost Finished

DETROIT, May 1s.-With the COM
ing of spring work on the completion
| of the ideal section of the Lincoln
| highway in Lake county, Ind, thirty
seven miles south of Chicago, has
been resumed. The site of the
famous road presents a scene of
bustling activity, where the con-
tractors, electricians and the land
scape architects forces are engaged
in putting the finishing touches on
what has been called the finest sec
ton of road on the American conti-
nent
Officials at the headquarters of the
Lincoln Highway Association here
state that if the present fine weather
continues, all work on the ideal sec
ton may be completed by June 10.
! The paving and the bridge and cul-
vert Incorporated in the section were
completed last season, and the work
now being done comprises the grad
ing of the shoulders, construction OF
the gravel pathway for pedestrians,
the installation Of the Illuminating
system for night traffic and the beau
tification Of the roadsides
VIII Use Native Plants.
This Identification work, which is
under the direction of Jens Jensen.
| landscape architect, OF Chicago, is ex-
pected TO set precedent IN the
handling of roadsides in America.
| Nothing but native plants and shrubs,
indigenous to the country in which
the section is constructed, VIII be
used. but every effort is being made
, to develop harmonious plan which
with notifications can be adapted
along the Lincoln Highway and other
! main roads anywhere between Omaha
| and New York city.
Intense interest in the development
and maintenance of the ideal section
| has developed in Lake county. An
organization of all property owners
| along the Lincoln highway IN the
county has been proposed, the aim
| being continuous maintenance or the
| roadsides and abutting property, as
| well as the road itself. Public spirit
| and natural pride of possession is
making itself manifest and the people
and officials of the county propose to
take great care in not only guarding
the appearance of the ideal section
itself, but the entire route through
| the county.
! The object-lesson effect OF the ideal
section, which was the main purpose
! behind the generous contribution OF
the United States Rubber Company.
which enabled the Lincoln Highway
Association to build the section, is
being widely noted. The headquarters
of the association here receive in
| quiries from every part OF the world,
asking for the specifications OF the
section and for details in regard TO
it's cost and methods of development.
! A paper on the subject. by A. F.
| Bement, vice president OF the Lincoln
| Highway Association, Will be present
| ed at meeting of the International
| Association of Road Congresses, to be
held this month in Madrid, Spain, and
which will be attended by leading
! highway engineers and other au-
thorities from every section OF the
world.
| Some time will be required for the
/ beneficial results of the landscape
work and planting to become appar-
ent and the association plans to de-
| lay the opening ceremony until some
time during the summer. when every
detail in connection with the pro-
ject is in final perfect condition.
Already the thousands or tourists