Southern good roads . ough Jackson, on to New Orleans,La., and another entering iMississippi near. Corinth,running through ^Feridian. and on tip iSihixi. o;ithe Gulf Coast. Of course, it will take time and thecn-operation of tlie interesteil counties to make thispossible, but this end is being striven for. Many in- terior counties have l)uilt from five to fifty miles ofpermanent highway, and there is a strong sentimentgrowing for more and more of this brand of this road is once used, th ise living upon andusing it, could not fie persuaded for any considerationto live upon the
Southern good roads . ough Jackson, on to New Orleans,La., and another entering iMississippi near. Corinth,running through ^Feridian. and on tip iSihixi. o;ithe Gulf Coast. Of course, it will take time and thecn-operation of tlie interesteil counties to make thispossible, but this end is being striven for. Many in- terior counties have l)uilt from five to fifty miles ofpermanent highway, and there is a strong sentimentgrowing for more and more of this brand of this road is once used, th ise living upon andusing it, could not fie persuaded for any considerationto live upon the old type dirt road, for the quick trip,no-slip, liiu loads o\ei all-weather roads idea hasgained such a hold, that projierty \alues along the im-proved surface liiglnva,\s have risen from 100 to 500pir cent, depending on the distance from nearby largetowns. ^lississippi is awake to her possibilities not onlyalong the line of good roads. Init better market facili-ties, crop diversification, and the f;ive at Home Showing a few of ttic dilTiculties in liuihliim roacLsin the mountains. which has its impetus from the Grown m Y )n have possibly learned of the activ-ities of this Grown in ^Mississippi Association, andif ,\dii are interested in the work it is iloing. we willtake great pleasure in sending you a mass of informa-tion upon this and an outline of what the workis accomplishing in this state. AYe feel that the workis worthy of emulatim by other states, and some, par-ticularly Arkansas. Louisiana, and one or two westernstates, are already at work along lines similar. Louisiana. ^Ir. Clias. F. AYood. secretaryliartnient. L niisiaiia State iioanlas follows : Tliis de|iarlnieiit has 110 ligiires on hand sliij\\iiig(lie aiuounls expended in r lad construction and niaiii-lenance by local authorities exclusive of this depart- if the highway de-f Engineers, writes 10 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS February, 1915 meiif, and tlie following figures are ba
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