Southern good roads . Gov-ernor Cruce has recently appointed to that positionSydney Suggs, a man who for a number of years hasbeen interested in highway construction and has beenpresident of the State Good Roads Association. The Geological Survey has given considerable at-tention to the matter of mad Ijnilding material in thestate. Mr. L. C. Snider, assistant director of the GeologicalSurvey is engaged now on a press bulletin on the sub-ject, Avhich will be ready for distribution soon. By the provision of a state law, count,y prisoners andshort term ijeniteutiary convicts may be employed onpub
Southern good roads . Gov-ernor Cruce has recently appointed to that positionSydney Suggs, a man who for a number of years hasbeen interested in highway construction and has beenpresident of the State Good Roads Association. The Geological Survey has given considerable at-tention to the matter of mad Ijnilding material in thestate. Mr. L. C. Snider, assistant director of the GeologicalSurvey is engaged now on a press bulletin on the sub-ject, Avhich will be ready for distribution soon. By the provision of a state law, count,y prisoners andshort term ijeniteutiary convicts may be employed onpublic roads. Practically all the counties in the stateluive taken advantage of the law and many miles ofgood roads have been constructed. Up to the present time very little has been done inthe way of macadam or similar construction, but anumber of localities are now preparing to surface thepublic roads. * *Missouri. Considerable interest is taken in the proposed cross-Missouri State Ioad and several routes are suggested. Horkensville Pike, Lookinf^ West, une niiie fruni Scottsboro, Alabama. This is a re-location, and the old road is shown to the right. Tral^c one place only has caused wheel ruts to form and the center to ravel for the highway. The Kansas City Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution appointed a Sante Fe trail committee to look over the proposed route, and the committee reported in favor or the Boones Lick road and the Santa Fe trail as the most logical route. The old Boones Lick road extends from St. Louis througli St. Charles, Warrentown, Danville, Fulton and Colum- liia to Old Franklin. That section of the Santa Fe trail in Missouri, runs from Old Franklin to Westport and New Santa Fe, through Fayette, Arrow Rock, Marshall, Giaud Pass, Dover, Berlin, Lexington, Napoleon and Independence, * * North Carolina. In a striking address delivered before the InterstateGood Roads Conference at Mountain Lake, Sid., sometime ago, Mr, G. Grosvenor Dawe, managing directo
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