Southern good roads . HH^^^^&^^N^H ? :^ ^^HI^^^^I^^i^^wufflK t-m-u -^^HHI :-^ ..^w^:r,/?^-;;;^ v^^A-Sarn/ Approaching Mine Hole Gap, Asheville-Charlotte Highway. Macadam Road in Buncombe County, N. C. July, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS A Dixie Highway System By HAL F. WILTSEChamber of Commerce, Chattanooga, Tenn. A DIXIE Ill(iII\ a sin-gle Dixie Ilif^liwMy, is the result of the great move-ment inaugurated by (J. G. Fisher, of Chicago, Indianap-olis and iMianii, and W. S. Gilbreath, sooretary of theHoosier Jlotor CIul). Indianapolis, and plaeed on afirm foundatio
Southern good roads . HH^^^^&^^N^H ? :^ ^^HI^^^^I^^i^^wufflK t-m-u -^^HHI :-^ ..^w^:r,/?^-;;;^ v^^A-Sarn/ Approaching Mine Hole Gap, Asheville-Charlotte Highway. Macadam Road in Buncombe County, N. C. July, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS A Dixie Highway System By HAL F. WILTSEChamber of Commerce, Chattanooga, Tenn. A DIXIE Ill(iII\ a sin-gle Dixie Ilif^liwMy, is the result of the great move-ment inaugurated by (J. G. Fisher, of Chicago, Indianap-olis and iMianii, and W. S. Gilbreath, sooretary of theHoosier Jlotor CIul). Indianapolis, and plaeed on afirm foundation largely through activity of the Chat-tanooga Automohile Club. While there are some wliomaintain that a single highway like a one track rail-road system—would have been better in many ways,there is on the whole nothing but optimism. The pro-moters believe tliat great arteries of traffic will bespeedily created by construction of new roads and im-provement of existing riiads. from Chicago to Miami, s 5 O I f. ..^BKANSA . 1 THE =<OPrR ITNtllNFrRINCi the original course, and further north now that Michi-gan has been admitted to the north and south highwajsystem. It will be seen by those who are familiar with greatroad building projects, therefore, that the Dixie High-way plan differs from that adopted f(U- the LincolnHighway. The latter is a single road from the Atlanticto the Pacific. The Dixie Highway system, along cer-tain stretches, will have an eastern and western route,so as to serve two important sections of country. Thiswill afford tourists the opportunity of either takingtheir choice for the run south, or, if they desire, to fol-low the same general course on the return trip, take a different route and greater of scenery,historic places, and other attractions. Why this difference in the manner of designating theDixie Highway, is a question that will occur to many. Itmay be charged priniipally to the difference in themethod of arriving at a
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