Southern good roads . gtontiave himself. The commissioners of Rowan county. X. C., have letthe contract for the steel for nine bridges to the Vir-ginia Bridge and Iron of Roanoke. at $3,369. iO SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS August, 1915 Marking the Capital-to-Capital Highway By J. B. CROFLON, JR. THE PLAN th:it has been put mi foot by CaptainD. H, Winslow, government road engineer, for thedivision of the National Highway, running from Rieh-mond to Fayetteville. N. C, is being carried out verysuceessfnlly and with very little expense. The NationalHighway running from Washington to Atlanta by th
Southern good roads . gtontiave himself. The commissioners of Rowan county. X. C., have letthe contract for the steel for nine bridges to the Vir-ginia Bridge and Iron of Roanoke. at $3,369. iO SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS August, 1915 Marking the Capital-to-Capital Highway By J. B. CROFLON, JR. THE PLAN th:it has been put mi foot by CaptainD. H, Winslow, government road engineer, for thedivision of the National Highway, running from Rieh-mond to Fayetteville. N. C, is being carried out verysuceessfnlly and with very little expense. The NationalHighway running from Washington to Atlanta by theway of Richmond. Petersburg. Alberta. South Clarkesville and Raleigh, is l)eing markedin a striking way and this route will be cinched for alltimes to come as the original and true National High-way. Captain AViuslow has adopted a color scheme for theblazing of the National Highway. Six feet from thegrouud on each telephone or telegram pale along theroute, bands of red. white and blue have been painted,. Improved road in Craven county, N. C, taken from Carteret sideof the line. No trouble to tell where the Craven line is located each band six inches deep. These colors are the sameas our national colors and indicate within themselvesthe National Highway. Captain Winslow took the matter up with the Cham-bers of Commerce of tlie cities and towns along theroute and all the towns have co-operated with himheartily and have given the paint for the purpose. Thehighway will soon be in active use by the tourists, andnow is the time for all of the cities and towns along thisline to get busy in order to get the tourists coming andgoing from the North to the South. Captain Winslowsaid that the color scheme was better than signs, as thelatter get knocked down or mischievous boys turnthem upside down or play other pranks with them. Not onlv that, but new r^ads are constantly being built into this main and will be more andmore so, and tourists will incline to turn into
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