Show I I fi Y MARKERS i SEED NEED OF CITIES I Nothing to Indicate When Then Motorist Is on Right Road cr Off Of of It n I Pr by ky tie tho t Untied Slater SI M or of 1 standard route roule Why Whey arent aren't the markers o the United States Stales highway system moue more generally er erected In Inc Incites cities c tes through which the rout a pa pass passa s motorist recently a cro cross continent t asked the bureau of public roads of the United Slates States O Department of Ag I J sta started from tom the western estern coast last lust slimmer over o one of the flue theU theU U S routes and had no trouble In I following the lie road rond across s the country tr he explained except when il it crossed th the larger cities There were wee fin no 0 mark mark- markers markers ers to Indicate when I was wa on the route or when I was vas ofT off It iL It Is through h the lie cities that heat owe vc nr are most mosi likely to to get et off ofT tie the roul route especially at nt point live he asserted Not Under State Control or of ot the bineau explained that the route markers markels In the Hie various states w were re erected by the state high high- hl highway highway h wa way departments only upon the high highways ways under their Jurisdiction that city streets str which are links s are under the Jurisdiction or of orI municipal authorities and that thaI the of nt the markers within city limit Is up to the he clI city Some Cities Erect Markers A few cities ha have e recognized ed this need of or the motorist the says a j and have erected the standard r ere ens on n t their helt f streets t Since e the standard route mute markers and danger and mill caution signs Igns were wre ll allo adopted ll In n Wi for USI us on in the United States Stales highway s system Im I'm 28 states ha have d the lie kin of ilia lie system within their herders end under their jl jurisdictions r eight states have ha marked d flOm 75 7 a to t 91 11 per cent ClIt of their heir th ir mall roads and four tales hn have marked d from W go WI goto to j 75 per cent I |