Evening star., 1928-01-01
FOJJRLANE HIGHWAY
ACROSS u. s. is URGED
Senator du POnt Would Construct Road
From Atlantic to Pacific With
Congress Aid.

f, ahead in his vision of a transconti'
mental highway may be seen from the
, provision in his bill calling for right
nf wav 500 feet wide. OF course. so
wide an expanse of actual roadway
would not be needed at the outset
and Senator du Points idea is TO tease
the reserve width for tourist camps
and other purposes until such time as
the entire right of way would be re-
Quired for traffic.
He would have the roadway so laid
out as to permit two.way fast traf'
fic for tourists and non.truck vehicles
and two.way traffic for heavy trucks.
No part of the superhighway would
he located within any municipality
having a population of $500 or more.
The bin contemplates establishment
| of emergency airplane landing fields
along the superhighway. with lights,
signal structures and radio directional
| finding facilities in the aid of air nav
| igation. subject TO the approval or
the Secretary of Commerce.
Highway Report Urged.
The commission which would be set
up by the du Pont bill to supervise
| buihing and operation of the super
highway also would be directed to re.
port to Congress on the advisahiity
and practicability OF laying out the
following additional highways TO con
meet with the central artery:
l. 4 highway from a point on or
near the northern boundary of Maine
to the southern part of Florida by as
direct a route as practicable.
=. A highway from near the north.
ern boundary OF the State OF Washing.
ton to the southern part OF California
by as direct route as possible.
8. One from the point in south.
ern California, across the Southern
States TO connect with the proposed
Eastern seaboard roadway.
4. A roadway from the central high
| way as near longitude 100 degrees as
practicable 20 connect with the West
! ern seaboard highway in Washington
| State.
| s. Another roadway from the central
| highway near longitude 95 degrees.
south to connect with the highway
| through the Southern States.
| Bills also have been introduced by
Senators Capper of Kansas. Mckellar
| of Tennessee and Tyson of Tennessee
to authorize appropriations OF vary
ing amounts during the next few fis-
cal years for expenditure I'm co-opera-
ton with the States on rural post
roads over which rural carriers travel.
as distinguished from the more heavily
| travelled highways. This legislation
| would be of more direct benefit 10 the
county road system.
OF particular interest to the Ma.
| tional Capital in connection with road.
building legislation il the joint reso.
luton introduced by Senator Phipps.
under which the United States would
invite the International Road Con.
gress 10 hold Its next meeting I'm this
country. either in 1929 or 1880. IL In
general ily understood that IL the Amer.
lean Government extends the invita-.
ton the sessions would be held in
Washington. II would bring to the
National Capital more than 800 dele
gates from all parts OF the world, for
an interchange OF knowledge and ex-
| perience on the important subject OF
/ highway construction.
Early Action Necessary.
IL the international road meeting In
to be held here. Congress will have 10
act on the Phipps resolution at this
session in order TO give time for the
making OK necessary arrangements
for the event. Plans are being formu-
lated to take the world delegates on
trip across the States to observe
American highway development and
| 10 see the Nations Industrial centers.
in the event the congress meets In
| Washington.
| Senator Phipps has another resoiu.
| tiOn awaiting action in the Senate TO
| provide for this country's participa-
| ton in the Second Pan.American Con.
! ference on Highways. to be held at
| RIO de Janeiro in July. This resolu.
| ton was introduced in the last Con.
/ gress. but was one OF the matters
! that failed TO get through the Senate
| jam in the closing days OF the session
| last March. and the other member
nations postponed the date for the
conference TO permit the United States
! 10 attend.
The list Of proposed legislation on
| good roads includes. also. bills by Sen.
ators Oddie and Pittman OF Nevada
/ TO amend certain provisions of the
| Federal aid plan. particularly as II
would relate to States having large
areas Of public lands or Indian Ia nds
| The number and variety Of these
measures Indicate growing interest
In the upbuilding OF the highways of
the country.