Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Lincoln Highway Body Votes
No More Western Road Funds
Decides That Money in Trust Viii Not
Be Giue, to Help States Meet
U. S. Requirements.

; made by ]. N. Gum, president, and
Henry b. Joy and Roy d. Chaplin,
vice presidents Of the association.
In his talk, Joy stressed the orig
inaI aims and purposes of the assoc
citation which were announced in
September, 1913, to be: ITO immedi-
ately promote and procure the estab-
lishment of u continuous improved
highway from tho Atlantic to the
Pacific and the broadening,
strengthening. maintaining and beau
tifying of such highway" Laying
stress on the strengthening accom-
plished in ten years. JOY pointed out
that the original log of the Lincoln
highway made in 1913 showed the
route to be 1889 miles from New
York to San Francisco. The LATEST
reduced to 3,140 miles-a saving of
249 miles, the result Of realignment
and new construction.
Roy d. Chaplin, chairman of the
board of directors of the Hudson
Motor Car Company and chairman of
the highways committee of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, pointed out in his talk that
when the Lincoln Highway Associa-
: tion undertook it's efforts there We're
only about $50 miles of good macadam
or stone road on the Lincoln high
! way between the two coasts and no
paving outside cities. The rest of the
road, TAO miles, was then natural
dirt, gravel and sand, or mud and
dust as the weather might dictate
Mr.. Chaplin stated that at the end
of 1923 nearly $50 miles of the route
,, were paved with concrete. ESQ miles
more with brick and other types of
permanent surfacing and over 1900
miles more were graded, drained and
surfaced with bituminous macadam
macadam and gravel. Less than one
/ fifth of the distance across the con-
tinent remains to be adequately COM
pleted, said Chaplin.
$55,OO0,OOO Expended.
J. Newton Gum. in his talk, ex-
planned that in 1914. s1,200,000 was
expended by the states and counties
on the Improvement of the Lincoln
highway. Last year he said, over
sa,o00.OO0 was expended. bringing the
total expenditures in ten years TO
SIS 900 600 When the Lincoln High
way Association was formed and the
route announced between the two
coasts, it was assumed that twenty
years would be required to bring
about the expenditure of $20.000.000
on the ruote, which 1t was though
would adequately complete it, Now.
President Gum stated. at least 500
100000 more Will be required to ade-
! auately complete the LINCOLN way.
| This sum, 1T is expected, will be spent
| by the federal government. the states
; and the counties within the next five
years-completing the Lincoln way
! entirely across the continent except in
! Utah.
/ Capt w S. Gilbreath, who was on one
/ of the original pathfinding tours across
!. the continent with Carl q. Fisher in
| 1913, told of the difficulties of transcon-
! tinental travel ten years ago when there
were no connecting roads, no road maps
| or logs, and the traveller headed west
| by the compass. Gilbreath stated that
(, the best estimates indicated that less
! than $50 motor cars crossed the
continent under their own power in
! 1919, while certainly not less than 25,-
| 900 cars, carrying 100000 people,
crossed on the Lincoln highway alone
in 1928 California automobile clubs
! estimate that million people arrived
| in California by motor during 1928"
/ said Ciilbreath, who is now secretary of
! the Detroit Automobile Club and a
member of the executive committee Of
| the A. A. A.
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