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Automotive News Briefs: 28 November 1908
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Automotive News Briefs: 28 November 1908
THINKS ROAD A DREAM
Adams County News
The Carroll Record, Taneytown says of the proposed Lincoln Boulevard, "Our own opinion is that the dream conclusion is pretty well founded; but, should it be a sure enough go, of course the only proper route is from Gettysburg to Taneytown, to Westminster, thence to Washington. The Frederick and Littletown routes, are simply preposterous, and not worth considering.
Importance of Good Roads.
Adams County News
The Gaffney (S.C.) Ledger gives the following fact and comment, which afford a practical argument on the subject of highway improvement in a nutshell:
Some Cherokee county land sold the other day at public outcry and brought from $16 to $37.50 per acre. This land was twelve miles from the county seat at that. If we had macadam roads this same land would have brought $50 to $100 per acre. Half a million dollars spent in building good roads in Cherokee would mean an increase of a million dollars in the value of our farm lands alone. Will people never awake to their own interests and begin doing something for themslves, or will they continue to abide in the mud?
Will Lay Three Grades of Gravel Roads.
Adams County News
In order to get the greatest possible benefits at the least possible expense gravel roads in Grand Rapids, Mich., will hereafter be divided into three classes-those designed to carry the heaviest traffic for which gravel roads are considered as suitable, those of medium traffic and the little used roads of the outlying districts. For these streets three grades of gravel will be used, varying in the percentage of stone which they carry and the care with which the material is screened.
