Southern good roads . o one-half of the combinedhorse power of all the steam railway locomotives inthe entire country, and the railroad industry is nearlya century old, while the automobile industry is but alittle more than a decade. Tlie distance traveled in a single day b.\ the automobiles of the Tnited States is equivalent to one thous-and trips around the world. ,000 miles a day, orabout 9,125,000,000 miles a year. In the development of the industry and in the utili-zation of the automobile the United States has far out-stripped every other nation of the world. For everyone thousand
Southern good roads . o one-half of the combinedhorse power of all the steam railway locomotives inthe entire country, and the railroad industry is nearlya century old, while the automobile industry is but alittle more than a decade. Tlie distance traveled in a single day b.\ the automobiles of the Tnited States is equivalent to one thous-and trips around the world. ,000 miles a day, orabout 9,125,000,000 miles a year. In the development of the industry and in the utili-zation of the automobile the United States has far out-stripped every other nation of the world. For everyone thousand population in the I^nited States thcr=iare eleven automobiles in use, in Germany two, inFrance three and in Great Britain four. The city of Miami. will vote August 19 on abond of $150,000 for the construction of twobridges over ]\Iiami river. On July 23. the city of Meridian, Miss., will vote ona bond issue of .$25,000 for the construction of concretebridges and culverts. July, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS 17. Rules of the Road By MITCHELL MAY. New York City The subject iif aeeideiits upon the piililie highways,always an interestinti oiu, is jusi imw rccciviiii;- nuKhattfiitimi llh pai-t of ilic press ami imblic. Of eiiursi. any kiiiil dl locdiimi inn wliflluT liy laiiil111- sea or in thr air has ils pcrnliai (lani;crs, luit as thepuljlic liii;lnvay is sn in( iiiial riy and emitinuuusly eon-ntM-tid with INiM-y niics lilr ac-cidciits upon it receive alarger share nf alliiilmn Ihan inisha|)s at sea or col-lisiiins iin the iail\\a\s, or any nther form (ji accidentnot eoniieel imI w 11 h 1 he h iLiiiway. The puhlic iiiind in lliis nialter is guidetl bythe amount of pnnniiiiiiee gixen In aeeidents, and justnow motor ear aeeidenis exeile il more than any otheikind, and. t hereloli, l-eeel\e greater prolllinellce. To begin with e\ery g I dii\er upon the road, whether of horses oi motor , should th iroiighlygrasp the fundamental fad that the pedestrian has
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