, 1925-01-22
LINCOLN HIGHWAY,
1nAVEL WILL HIT
NEW PEAK 1925

With the advent OF 1926 the Lin
coin Highway Association enters up
on its twelfth yea Of promotional
activity. Its directors will soon ga
Their In Detroit or New York upon
call Of President ]. Newton Gum to
consider plans for 1925 and to re-
view the wonderful progress in the
development of the Lincoln Highway
which was recorded in 1924.
The headquarters of the Associa-
uon still lacks detailed figures as to
construction accomplished in many
or the states and counties between
New York and San Francisco last
year but incomplete figures indicate
mat considerably over 100000
was Invested in permanent better
ment of the route and In mainten-
ance along its 300 miles between
the Hudson river and San Francisco
Bay In 1924. The completion of he
detailed tabulation of the years
work Is expected to indicate that not
less than ESQ miles of new construc-
ton were completed.
iO25 Construction Program Larpe
sweeping victories for good roads
we're chalked up in the November
elections In many Lincoln Highway
states and counties where
mas Jagged In the past. The construc-
ton programs which now staud an.
proved In such states as Ohio, Iowa,
Nebraska and Nevada indicate that
I'VE VIII see the elimination of many
on the remaining unimproved gaps in
americas transcontinental Main
street' n that a q from now the
Lincoln Highway can be announced
as practically 80 percent completed.
can ha oatA that NL-
1875 should see nearly $500 miles
OF the route finished. What does
That mean? 1t means that bisecting
america, thru the heart of its most
densely populated sections. will run
a road thoroughly passable for every
root OF the distance between the At
iantic and the Pacific and actually
completed to the standard o. KID by
the United States Government and
by the State Highway Departments
OF the eleven states 1t traverses, for
all but some 300 miles of the total
distance.
Lincoln Way Grows as Memorial
Or course the Lincoln Highway will
never be completed. in one sense of
the word Realinements, reconstruc-
ton, widening. Identification. short
ening, the elimination of grade cross
ings II the effecting of an ever
safer. more permanent and adequate
route will go on forever. The Lin
coin Highway will, during the ages
to come, yearly continue to more
nearly approach that dream of its
founders which saw in this great, pri-
mary. transcontinental highway the
most enduring memorial to our mar
tyred President 1t was possible TO
conceive.
Sixty million dollars! Three times
the sum originally estimated by the
founders of the Lincoln Highway AS
ISOLATION as required to complete the
route! Certainly $4,000, 900 more
will be spent within the next two and
n half years. And when finally COM
pleted. for the first time, II will
represent n farseeing Investment of
at least $4,000. 0OO-an investment
paying annual dividends to those
communities. counties and states
which have contributed so literally
TO its development, and still greater
dividends to the public of the United
States, which thru the Federal Treas
ury. has also dom much to- bring the
route to prompt and satisfactory con-
dition.
Space does not permit n detailed
summary of the many important ac-
complishments which marked the
road building season OF 1924. 1t suf-
fees to state here for those who are
considering the great transcontin-