The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-01
1uF BIGGEST ROAD
cySTEM IN THE WORLD
WILL SOON OUTsTRIP
U. ,, NATIONS. TEN-YEAR
" npoGRAM 10000 MILES.

-o now building the worlds
W" highway system. Especially
'L;s season of the year, when the
~ n the road entices motor car
@" ~ see America first" and
O .:.b the multiplication OF low-Drlced
S'.' ,rording hundreds of thousands
-, oarsons an opportunity to travel
81 p "se Of this great highway system
tor Measure and recreation ana eau
D,ton is apparent
''1 The United States IS working now
~ 10-vear project for great CO.
sop naoted svstem of highways, inter-
oIu. 1tl, and interstate in character,
c ,ooD..I;,g 10 total of 10000 miles,
SUI S,r the act of November 9, 1921,
C i,,rt authorized an Appropriation
70 n million dollars for the hsccal
p i. 1923 65 million dollars for the
ysat io54 Is million dollars for 1925,
ri the house has passed and the SEN
Il NV will consider early next year an
go-anriat;on of $50 million dollars
f. the fiscal years 1926 and 1877, to
D,.ry ont the plan of federal co-opera-
lion with the states.
Will Link Important Centers.
When completed it will penetrate
,rsrv important city and industrial
'rtsr in this nation, and will be the
IT, system of highways in the world.
r. survey recently made by the
-n;ted states bureau of public roads
i;sriose, that the use of the highways
f.. increased fully so per cent in the
ast three years. A few years ago
kEnaiorjtv al our population was on the
arm. Today a substantial majority OF
[rr oeopIe live in the cities and indus
III centcrs. One of the very great
Arob1er, Of today is to provide for
he distribution of food, clothing, fuel
H. shelter Tor our rapidly increasing
million, OF population This problem
Erl1 grow more pressing as the years
bass. The producers and consumers OF
he nation must be brought into more
Eliminate and closer relation.
More Freight By Motor Trucks.
4 The survey made by the bureau OF
Bubble roads disclosed that the trans
kortatiou Of freight by highway in
he state Of Connecticut alone in 1922
amounted to $50 million ton-miles.
RTo do this amount of hauling train
i { one hundred 5-ton trucks would
have TO circuit the earth twelve times.
HDther states. such as New York, Mas
kachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
: nd Ohio, have outstripped this re-
Snarkable record. 1t may reasonably
be assumed that motor vehicles now
kre handling 90 billion ton-miles of
passenger and freight traffic each year.
4 The federal highway system on
Which we are working now is the key
Ao the highway development of the
whole country. We have completed
about 10000 miles of this great sys-
em We are building at the rate of
B5out 10000 miles year. If we keep
81 b. our present program we will finish
\ The system in about ten years. The
|tates are also building about 10000
miles OF other roads each year.
At Rate of 1900 Miles Year.
q To bring this system up to service
lble standards within the full decade
Rhead would mean surfacing pro-
gram OF about 1000 miles for each
pt the ten years The mileage COM
pleted has increased year by year
Bince the beginning of federal aid
TOAD construction, that for 1918 being
Pny rs miles, while the mileage
completed during the following years
were: 1919, IT, 1920, 1893; 1921,
k787; 1922, 10,247; 1928, $500 and
for the first eight months of the ifs
fa year 1924, $500 miles.