Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 47

a . ee eran PAGE THREE HIGHWAY MAP BRANCHES OUT UNDER GUIDANCE OF STATE MUCH WORK ACCOMPLISHED, MORE. PLANNED UNDER SURVEYS MADE BY DEPARTMENT HEADS —_—-. working under all the dis@vantages tion which has resulted tn the abcve|ing sufficient funds to stmply main- of war times, with great scarcity of results has called for the expenditure |tain the highways already constructed, jabor and materials nad uncertain of upwards of $5,000,000, and thus has or will it continue to increae its mile- transportation conditions. The four practically exhausted the old funds of age of highways? What will !t cost to Projects mentioned were carried to the original federal ald act. Since ihe|continue the work, and what will be completion in 1919, making the frst | bond issue of 1918, a subsequent bend the returns? federal aided roads in this state, ac-|issue was approved in 1921 to the ex-| The population of Wyoming fg ap- cepted and paid for by the govern-|tent of $1,800,000, part of which has proximately 200,000, and it {s estimated ment. already been spent or obligated. that In the state, one-half of the popu Pe Since the original federal aid act! lation, or 100,000 are workers or wage > Sy pears a reieroe Med inre|spprepctatea tuncte.tor the piciod fcomlemsen tet ee acme ther i oe. SAR at hecctoes aft 21/1916 to 1921, only, it was necessary |quires $300,000 annually to maintain projecrs had been submitted to Wash-|f0F new federal legislation along these) the system of highways and that $500,- ington, of which 17 had been approved lines, just recently the newfy00 be set down as the share of the for construction. The mileage of these Phipps-Dowell bill has been Passed | state for new construction. projects totalled something in excess /*"4 approved by the president, which| This amounts to $8.00 per wage of 180 miles, and included a number “PPropriates $75,000,060 for the yearjearner per year. Deducting funds of important bridges. 22, ef which Wyoming receives|which come from ofl royalties, this Hampered by Lack of Money. _ |#225:000, together with « ratio of ap-|may be reduced in all probability to proximately 66 to $5 for governmental | $5.00 or $€.00 per wage earne- per Hence, this policy won for the com-| arly construction of highways was participation instead of the old 60-50 year. The result of this small expen- mission mare or less criticism, but the | hampered to a large extent by lack rate. diture will be as follows: The gov knowledge now that Wyoming's policy | of funds to meet the federal aid ap- Wyoming Facing Critical Time. jernment will advance approximately was sound, and thet ft has mate pos-|portionments, until in 1919 the legie-| |W oing mes a critical period at|$900,000 for the state's $600,010, make sete eee Coan ae tee merre Sbprtever. foc. subsaidsion 18 050/25 604 of next year, when practically |ing a total of $1,400,000 for new con ae largely done away with former pare eaperay ee ager ee eS ail available funds will have been ex.'struction, annually, which will con crittcisin reti jcense feos, hausted. The government will no/struct approximately 200 miles of mod The state highway system origin jdond issue wag approved by @ vote of) 40.5 continue to make appropriations | ern graded road, and a goodly number ally laid out consisted principally of|the people,early in that year. |because road construction has comejof permanent bridges and structures. three trunk routes, one rutu(ng enst| ‘This made it possfble for the derart-'to stay, but thie will not avail uniess( Labor Benefitted by Work. and west through the southern part of) ment to make telling progress, and each state raises ‘ts quota, to mat Of this total sum + the state—paralleling the Union Pact- quring the year 1920, some 13 projects federal funds as required by the gov-|construction, it has b fic railroad, and known es the Lincoln | were completd, and 1921, a total of enrement. lapproximately $0 per cent, or in this highway; one ranning tn a north-. 35 pr * Projects were completed, making Will thie steto satisfy itself by rats- (Continued on Page Four.) westerly direction through. Cheyenne. ir, ai! a total of 52 projects completed - ~ - - Wheatland, Douglas, Casper, Ther-jwith federal aid money. The total mopolis and Cody to Yellowstone Dark. | mileage of completed federal ald work krown as the Yellowstone highway./to date is appyximately 350 miles, . and the third running in an enstexty/with about the same additional mile direction through Sheridan, Buffalo ceo started or under construction. and Newcastle, being a link of the nis, in addition to 100 substantial Omaha-Billings route, or popularly | pridges, in round numbers, of spans known as the Black and Yellow Trall.| averaging 20 feet were completed. SQU ARE BUSINESS Projects Cover 4000 Miles. Secondary Roads Completed. These three routes were connected) ‘tne above does not take into ac- together by northerly and southerly! count a heavy milunge ‘of secondary ines through tmportant points such a8) roads bullt by the state with tractor Lusk, Casper, Torrington, Rawlins, and blade outfits. of which approxi- Lander, Rock Springs and other! mately 300 miles were constructed in points, so that every center of popu-| 1921, making a total of about 750 miles Jation had three or more outlets in| of such roads constructed by the de- various directions. partment since its organization. The original system vomprised ap-| Summing up then, we have the proximately 4,000 miles of road, and grand total of nearly 700 miles of application was made for federal aid‘ heavy federal ald construction roads, during 1917 for 13 projects aggregat-\either completed or under construc- ing 175 miles, of which four projects tion, 100 briges completed, and about aggregating 43 miles “ro appreved 750 miles of tractor graded roads, or at Washington durizg that year. {a total of 1450 miles of road construct- for new n shown that After having spent more than thirty years in the drug business in Casper we see no good reasoa why it cannot continue to be conducted just as squarely and as reputably and clean as the banking ®usiness, or any otker line or profession. As long as we continue to be identified with these drug stores we want you to know that they will be conducted along good, clean business lines, without . ‘ Pee : | Active construction commenced ed and 100 bridges. oe pe aga or misrepresentation, or illicit traffic of 1 * ; ; pF oe ~ é ‘ : early in the year 1918, the department The program of way construc: any in: ie Many Miles of Surfaced Roads Added to} een 5 Ses ae aera aeneeermente She program Of highway construc Improved Routed Through State as The Kimball Drug Stores i Resalt of Organized Effoffrts Casper’s Pioneer Drug Stores “The Rexall Stores” Two of the Most Complete, Thoroughly Up-to-Date Drug Stores in the West. MAIN Kimball Bullame MIDWEST STORE #14 South Center PHARMACY ‘orp Pontatneny “ _ Under the comprehensive road-building campaign which has been instituted in Wyoming, this great state will be ® . changed from a peeaennees in which ay bat does travel war é Dh PV 4 5 : the exception, to a great commonwealth, in which every cen e A & 2 j ter of ier ta will have three outlets connecting it with ‘ Oil Lands ’ Leases . oie A ustrial, commercial pnd “axeicultural sections paths: portant step of passing the well known on + e federal aid act of 1916; which offered | ylation and there was little, if ‘any, construction that the world had ever the 60-00: co-operation with’ all states “ : travel on them with the exception of. ‘ghd paverentag en F084 ae rurat mail delivery. The most important requirement of} The county or state had no right-ot- way to speak of, and where there were who on short nutice raised armies and | Micating any roads or trails their location was fell upon the foe with savage force. {be handled by the state through a|such as made it impractical to retain ‘Thus their roads were” constructed state highway department, and all aid/the existing lines. Thore was Prob- L with skill and science sich as would was at first limited to so called “postjably no bridge in the state suitable be a credit to generations many cen-|roads,” that is roads over which rural for carryiug modern trafflo such as ‘We find in these old, mail was curried daily. This last re- roved roads would develop, eee ‘and roads traces of perfect grading and quirement) was, however, subsequent-| With this condition it was necessary 232 S. Center St, Casper, W: easy access state You Can Afford to Buy easy alignment. No bill was too high ly modified, as it becaine apparent that | to lay out over the state a complete- to be cut down nor valley too deep to|the greatest volume of traffic did*not|ly new and n comprehensive highwuoy be filled up, for the Romans appreci-'always fall to the. ronds over which system In accordance with the federal : ated that, other things being equal,! mall wag carried. 5 act,\and government aid was to be ° the power that was/required to fight|) There were a number of tmportant| confined to work done on thig” sys- the force of gravity was the power|causes which led to the result of. the| tem. x jthat killed. ‘ passage of a federal act in the mat-| In the .clder states in the east, } y % bh Hence, in Roman roads are found the matter of road construction, primary| Where road surveys hed been made ‘one thing that has or will mean/most remarkable examples of grading among them being the advent and suc-|and coynties had right-of-way, the than a great system of high-|xnd permanent surfacing. cessful trial period of the motor truck,|st:saissiun to the government of. a together with the fact that a more|state system of roads did not involve rapid form of transportation both for|@ny particularly great undertaking, geods and persons had been brought but here in Wyoming where all the . Now about and its means proven entirely| surveys had to be infide and rights- { nected up the principal centers of pop- Royalties Everyone knows the Buick is the best car value on the market today. Our Terms Are the Lowest and the Best Thirty per cent of the cost down and the balance in ten months at 5 per cent. Call at our garage and let us figure with you. Why wait until Spring? You can pay for your car as you use it, practicable, provided the highway be|of-way secured before wot plated highways are completed. urnished. unities of @ moerately large ‘Among the various institutions Old Systems Impracticable. Sot established in the state for the pur-| Looking at all examples of highway! ‘tory into far closer contact, and safeguarding its varied interests, there/ standpoint of modern usefulness we Lance ton eae tina -the tm- ; is,perhaps, no one department of's0jcan of course seo where none of the Toy 1 ane cpmih cuiia not tar mene, gréat importance to the state, and to/old systems would be suitable or prac- lookea. . rown 0 the*people as a whole, as the state i . : fs heavy massive construction of the an- Clothed, as it has been, with great|cients reminds one of the crude atone “ility, and the necessity for bringing F E nanc! ro that of relieving the railroads, good Fire, Health and Accident Insurance , but established un-|smoothness which is required for the - seit fa enna, Perec) Heng ubes a ion of the |foad. construction was doubly” neces- 145 North Center Street—Phone 1212-W Casper, Wyo. roads associations and automotive in- I. fs this department has/needless expénse involved tn such ul- a 01 a Bake gars ‘of a magnitude traheavy constryction. In the loss| {*rers, Who. realizet. that thelr. pro Since the Marshall & Brown Realty Company was formed, four months ago, accepted routine and) well understood] of France and England we find the peipieast har: things contributed : to have ‘written 100 insurance policies, have executed and acknowledged 150 le- States Organize Departments. ‘gal papers, and granted 200 accommodations. ne the highway act which eventually ; i tt to show how well this! Modern h! y construction in the From all indications they have their books open for business. ment has functioned, how wise-| United Batter Ghiee beck o ontins ae) made Available the sum-of $275,000, aA E lems and what beneficial recults have|a big impetus by the conviction on the wae streets: pas no Righway depart: estate firm in the state of Wyoming. ‘been secured for the people of the| part of the public that the motor ve- Following are just a few of the many properties they have for sale and ex- “Important State Department. A great means then,.of bringing the pose of developing its resources and|construction in the world from a ‘hUS moving rural districts practically Alex Marshall Cc. D. Brown Ucable for present day needs. The)" vith war looming as & grave pro: ek : Members of Real Estate Board fi power, far in excess of all/ago and ts lacking in the element of Producer closer to consumer, and also strueting for the state, a great high-|motor vehicle, to ray nothing of the|**'%) 8d finally the work of good fax beyond the measure of the usually|anclent or even mover construction | 12Ct Could increase only as good roads they have made 26 real estate sales—a total combined consideration of $100,000 general. neglected in favor of the eurface. Immediately upon tho passage of The said company is located at 146 North Center Street, Casper Wyoming. ly {t haa coped with its many prob-|but little over 10 years, Tt was given {00-00 during five years, each ‘state -- They report one of the largest exclusive listings of real estate of any real {t is necessary to go back and cover @ brief history of road con- Herr grea handy ie lgphated change: : Rite gyi lve craeyliy baa hn? y “the co epee Si anyy © dno qoceters on Park So all oe sa a large Wyoming. ia. neat Stheste’ WiichiGonid open fireplave, asement is is a corner property having sidewalks, curb- T Road Building ~Anctent Art, proces Mabntgrasre satan erie - nec ease. epee ing and pavements all in. This {s one of the best residences in the city. The Road building is recognized ss, one ite te Sains ae iifafe Scout? price is only $10,500, with $1,000 cash down payment. ofthe ancient arts, dating to © work. 3 ‘on=tm- proving roads in the eastern states in ; We have plenty of cheap properties, for instance, a three-room house and lot the 90's, and ndded impetus was a and all the furniture. Price $1,200 with $400 cash down. , Uttle later given this work when at rune becasie DOpaSs at which : ae pated Taare two to five-room BOues, in exchange Fie one of Casper’s best Y done! time practically iprovements on mi e: 5 es told thas ee ances A parte ote eyes pane Fer ara ooeciea oe iodern prop ies—six rooms, bath and sun parlor on first floor and five rooms in basement; semi-modern three-room apartment, besides garage, on rear. Price ny as 100,000 of them were engaged immediately surrounding large cities. be the winner. $11,000. Terms. for years at a «me in-constructing| About this time the first steps.were| Early, in 1917 the session of the leg- Sass eta rons: a graded and actin Gis aiatas: Peyfreyele tleeca et state Batioey: Pat Base A new. townsite for sale in the largest valley in Wyoming, consisting of 300,- were paved with large stone blocks toto facilitate hauling of merchandise and then Governor John 7. Kendvick, 000 acres of land that the government is at this time constructing canals for irri- ® considerable depth and the surface and’ produce. et Yer, few states appointed the following commission: Leda te last Hee pees achat land to be watered. Two railroad sur- smoothed over by filling in the voids had highway departrrerits, and such I y veys have been run throug! ‘is valley. twe stones with earth or , sand. as were in existence co-operated with. eridan; M. R. Johnston, g ‘ S the Seago fa (improving aibee) Wusetiandy Sek o. Hiner, Spkeran i i ie have aaeasee ranches, dry ranches, garden tracts, sub-division tracts, structures stretches road, ere fun lua Holmes, of IY. com: | 01 Toomin, ouses, ) r ‘ern em cee - oti be obketaon Papper ‘pasting ie t aa Ig » apartment houses, garages and racant locations for any to be very muddy and disagreeable. War Brings Realization. Cheyenne, April 2, 1917, and organized | In the early history of other coun-| The importance of this- work and; by electing Mr. Carey chairman and: + Insur: . * . 5 tries roads were constructed primarily | ood results obtained by handling tho|Z. B. Bevison, state highway engineer. | We Write ‘ance—Fire, Automobile, Health and Accident. Notary Public. for the transportation of armies and work through state departments made| Trafls Connect Wyoming Towns, ALEX MARSHALL Cc. D. BROWN materials of war and at about the/itself felt mors and more as time At this time Wyoming was a-yast i 2 dawn of the Christian era we find the| passed, until, with the great war on,/ wilderness so far as ‘road system was Roman empire: busily engaged in the!the government took the highly im-|concerned, » A. number of-trallg -con- ‘ i Casper Motor Co. Phone 909 PEPPODODOSO DOES OOOO OOOO OOOO FOOD OOOO OOO OOOOO OOO 90O: PPOPSOSOOGOS: