The organization of a state highway department for the state of Texas . and, in general, have made myself familiar not only withthe road conditions in the state but also with public sentiment inthe various communities. The following article was written after consultation withthe Governor, with members of the legislature, and others, andrepresents what in my opinion may be obtained from the legislaturethat convenes in Austin next January. While the model law includedin this article has much in common with bills presented to formerlegislatures, the personnel of the commission, the plan of organ-
The organization of a state highway department for the state of Texas . and, in general, have made myself familiar not only withthe road conditions in the state but also with public sentiment inthe various communities. The following article was written after consultation withthe Governor, with members of the legislature, and others, andrepresents what in my opinion may be obtained from the legislaturethat convenes in Austin next January. While the model law includedin this article has much in common with bills presented to formerlegislatures, the personnel of the commission, the plan of organ-ization, and methods of administration are radically different,while those sections that are similar have been entirely rewrittenso a3 to avoid the ambiguity and contradictions that characterized Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 UIUC most of these bills. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas willpublish this article within the next ninty days as a bulletin ofthe college for state wide College Station, Texas,April, 1916. THE ORGANIZATION OF A STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. Had anybody in the year 1SOO predicted the wonderfuladvance in methods of transportation experienced during the nine-teenth century his sanity would have been questioned, yet at thebeginning of that century there was not a single mile of railroadtrack in the United States, and at its close the stage-coach wasexhibited as a curiousity in Wild West shows. When the superior-ity of the steam locomotive had once been firmly established moneyfor railroad construction was furnished with true American lavish-ness; as one result we got the railroads, but as another resultreckless spending of railroad funds was so encouraged that thereis hardly a single railroad system from the Atlantic Seaboard tothe Pacific Coast that has not been in the hands of receivers fromone to half a dozen times. The century that saw this great
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