Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1925, Page 55

STAR, WASHINGTON; D. C, “PAPER” HIGHWAY BODIES’ DEATH KN Creation of 66,000 Miles of Federal Roads| e Out Associations That Once to Dr Collected BY WILLIAM ULLMAN., “Puper” highway been dealt u.—.mmm of them are now in a futile effort tinued « ~nce, while the S way departments and the Government, co-operating as a board, are untangling the ju work of roads left by their ent, disjointed operatio | Within a few weeks officials of the United States u of Fublic Roads, | who have hee on this tre- mendous t ¥ State nour joint l bled net- incoher- ! | throughout the country Al and informa- to the end t I motor travel will d tional markers, continer 15 years iations were all parts of t mtry jected a quarter mill roning the tinent t organi: They moters lions of dollars rural realty construction of | ever, to collect their organi. They set their fact to ent touring ht and ten stretch. In ¢ road is marked ations—seven | iming this times in 2 one Sta by seven States Start Movement. Two ¥ the State highway departme their annual conve: tion initiated the ement, calling Agriculture to | consisting of to unravel tates themsel prohibiting from - and mark- organizat setting up road = They began making it increa more difficult for the paid offi- of the “paper” highway asso- ciations. The formation of the joint board on interstate highways was the out- h of this agitation against the so-called highway associations, and shortly, for the first time in the his- of the good roads movement in country, the United States will Janned system of | cul | devote ELL SOUNDED interstate highways, formly designated and marked standardized directional, and informational signs. These roads selected board touch every | every tmportant center try. " They will be known as States” { bear a number. ur by the joint State capital and in the coun- “United a recent meeting of the board, | es shield was | the standard United Si adopted the form of the route rker. This shield will have a white ground, with the name of the initials and route num\n-r in bla Other rdopted, tate, the have been ing signs at of: gns ese will be uniform on the desig including crossings ution sign S. highways. Travelers’ Path Eased. With the inauguration of this &y highways, the motor travele have little diffi- v in finding his way cross coun- try. For instance, a motorist in Jack- sonville, Fla., planning on a tour to San Francisco by the southern route, wn'xld find it a simple matter to fol- low “Route by way of illustra- tion, to \omhm n Califo) E ‘Route 18" to his desired destination. e motor tourist in St. Louis de- & to travel to Boston may select one of a number of designated routes with full assurance that he will not be directed off the proper road by fi ng and contradictory follow one route, me number through the ates, to his destination. The plan of the joint highway board involves more than the mere desig- nation and marking of highways involves a program of intensive road construction, in which thousands of miles of improved highways will be added to the leage of good roads in Americ v of the high- ways to be designated are yet unim- proved, but the individual States, with the tance of Federal & nmne\ have pledged them thefr road construction propriations first to the o nd improvement of the highways designated by board. Interstate the Jjoint work of interstate roads is comple On the other hand, many of the hig ways designated by the old trails or- ganization will be included in the Federal road building program, while still others will be shunted altogether. As an auxiliary movement to the selection of interstate highways, many of the States have launched a cam- paign to classify and mark the roads within their own borders on a plan similar to that adopted for the Na- tion as a whole. With the Federal and State gov- ernments thus assuming the task of glving the Nation's highway users a system of connected, plainly marked | by | cautionary | highways, and each road will | the | nd | | Baltimore to W It | It may take vears before this net- MOTOR TOURS Mountains shown fhus S Trunk fi/_qzfimay‘:s'- aannea?/ng roufes = 23, AUGUST 25— PART of Modern American Rehabilitation of clally and industrially a large extent on the continen ods of transportation. (2 / markets, Mot b, efficlent utilization of by the adoption of a system of transportatio pald officers In Industri wasHiRGToN iy DRIVERS DISREGARD OLD NATIONAL ROAD IS ROUTE WHITE LINE ON ROAD| OVER MOUNTAINS OF TWO STATES | GIVEN IN CITY SCHOOL | | Historic Thoroughfare and Lincoln Highway Used in Trip to Pittsburgh Described by Star’s Tourist Guide. Straddling Mark Is Dsnger:)us Practice Indulged in by Many Motorists. white line in the middle of the road apparently has little sig- nificance for a greai many motorists, cording to a Maryland highway offi- who has observed constant dis- rd for this item in the highway scheme. “The white line is intended to keep cars to the right of the road and over so far that the left rolling on the mark,” this official said. “I traveled over the road from hington and I had ample opportunity to watch the con- duct of motorists on the curves where the Uines are placed. .Almost an even number appeared to be trying to straddle the white lines to gain the middle of the road, thereby forc- ing other cars to ride with thelr right wheels almost in the ditch. This is practice; more o when f offender never knows when he will meet another machine speeding around the bend in the opposite direction.” and uniformly designated roads, there | appears little reason for the further continuance of the so-called “‘pape highways, albeit in their initlal stage: they erved a worthy purpose in spreading the gospel of the good r movement. Henceforth, the tourist traveler, with the aid of a United States high- ways map, will know the main roads of the Nation as well as he does those in the vieinity of his part of the State. He will have little occasion to stop the roadside wayfarer for in- formation, and much of the unpleas- antness of cross-country travel will be eliminated. (Copyright, 2026.) ITS wheels are not | The most historfc thoroughfare in | the United States, the old National | road, from Baltimore through the mountain ranges of western Mary-| land and Pennsyivania, offers Wash- ington motori an opportunity to tour through some of the most ap- pealing scenic portions of the country | east of the Rocky Mountains. | Truly an American institution. this | road was laid out in the early days of | the Republic and built by congression. | al appropriation. It played an im- portant part in the early life, politics and industry of the country. Forced to take a temporary setback by the growth of the railways, the road, however, is now regaining its popu- larity as a main artery of travel with Mileage From Capital to Pittsburgh Is Given Over 2 Motor Routes Following are the mileages from Washington to points along the route to Pittsburgh, via the old National road and the Lincoln Highway: Hagerstown Gettysburg ..... Chambersburg Cumberland ... Washington, Pa. Pittsburgh, via 'hl;?rawwn and Bedford Pittsburgh, via Cumberland and Washington, Pa. Pittsburgh, via Gettysburg and Bedford. 281 | that lies The Star’s motor | fortably on a week-end ment capped duties officials, TRAFFIC INSTRUCTION because of the Until Germany and t as a modern means of Birmingham, Ala., Conducting Five-Week Course, With Di- their production on a plomas to Students. {en | world trade. | " After-a careful stud; Motorists and pedestrians are being | progress in _leading &ives an opportunity to receive spe. |Jurope, Mr. Bauer ma cial Instruction in & traffic school | ing comment: started by the city government in| ‘The population of G Birmingham, Ala. The ‘“course” iill |ing more and more cover five weeks of one night a week | automobile nd two sessfons during the last week. | consumer of wealth. A novel feature of the school will | one of the largest new: be the award of diplomas and certifi- lin recefves less {income cates of attendance to all drivers of | farsighted advertising commercial vehicles who qualify. | has acquired an auto: Drivers of pleasure cars and even pedestrians may compete for mas and certificates. Lecturers cover such topics as “You and Your * “Rules of the Road,” “Mechani- Equipment,” “The Motorist and Pedestrian,” “Automobiles and Steam and Electric Railways,” rage Accident Hazards—Dangers Carbon Mono: and “Safe and Efi- country, a series of elevations and cient Driving.” Motion pictures and |tion is certain to lead corresponding depressions, the fa- | demonstrations will be used. | velopment of motor mous South Mountain and picturesque | with resultant benefits Catoctin Mountaln. Hagerstown is as a whole. strategically situated as the con- [$l 691,050,112 in Motor Industry. Considerable stride: verging point of roads from East, | transpor West, North and South. in Belgium, and Ameri The road continues through rolling are preferred, because Maryland country to Hancock, a pros- and their recognized = Roads _outside o s have been the ever-increasing ing motorists. It 15 along this roufe and the equally {nteresting Pennsylvania State road, known as the Lincoln Highway, tour to day—two routes to Pittsburgh. Much of this territory is new to the aver- age motor tourlst of Washington, yet it abounds in scenic thrills and his toric interest. The entire trip is less | than 550 miles and may be made com- | tour. Leaving Washington, the motorist may take a direct route to Frederick, as indicated on the accompanying map, avolding the Ridgeville triangie id saving a few miles. From Frederick to Hagerstown the road traverses a stretch of fascinating number of tour-| | Stmilar financial made by of salesmen. are also increasing ich centers as The capital invested in au&omchlle‘ manufacturing in the United at the end- of 1924 w representing an increa 000 since 1819, (Continued from Elghth Page.) Europe is predicated to countries of modern meth opinion of George F. Bauer, secretary of the foreign trade committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Com- merce, who has just completed a trip through 16 European countries, To compete successfully in the opinion of Mr, Bauer, Germany will have to arrive : as well as her higher-grade govern are meriously In the performance of their of cover territory as quickly swibie. | Auto €alled Luxury. pean countries view the motor veh and not as a mere luxury, wuues, they will not be able to put ble them to enter successtul 1s a producer rather sole purpose of visiting more « progress business firms | automobiles to increase the effic Automotive comm nkfort, Munich and Dresden. A policy by the of (German government to foster these | tendencies by more reasonable tex already been neglected MOTOR HAS LARGE PART IN AIDING EUROPE’S TRADE Rehabilitation Depends Greatly on Use Transportation Methods, Auto Trade Expert Finds. commer- being ceded for that Cheese and milk transported on the cu t rather in light dei which assure greater arrival at destinatio high wages that prevail in there is likely to be a cor creasing use of motor venicl down the labor costs in the turing and merchar s o >mmodities hy h Denn better tr 1s evidenced by ber of bicycles in ope been a retarding of ¢ lcause of . repaired urpose col doption by the This is the in world a more her manp more flexib n. 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