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Show 11(1 BUY i REPORT SUBMITTED i Organization Has Not Spent Money on Actual Road Construction. The Lincoln Highway association, through its officers, has made a. complete 1 report uf the work done by that associa-' associa-' tiou during the past, year or a year since the organisation of the highway. Tt also shows the amount of funds col-1' col-1' ted up to date and the disbureenicnts ' for '1 he pat year. 1 About 2 .j DO miles of the route of the Lincoln highway, or more than 70 per coot of the entire distance from the Atlantic At-lantic to tlif Pacific has been marked v, i i h the official rod, white and blue marker of the Lincoln Highway association. associa-tion. A large portion of the transcontinental transconti-nental road has undergone radical ini- ' jn-ovement during the past year. Accord- 1 ing to the summary ot the yoar:a work, the chief accomplishment' has been in arousing the people and local govern- ments to enthusiasm for the project, al- ! though there has "been vory material progress made in actual constructive ' "work on thehighway itself. ' State highway departments of the many states traversed have given the 1 association all the co-operation in their power. In Illinois the Highway depart- i ment has designated the Lincoln highway high-way as State Aid Road Xo. 1, whih 1 means that it is the fiit road in the state to receive the aid and attention of the department. Hundreds of miles I of city streets and country roads have II been renamed "Lincoln way." In many 1 of the towns and cities along the route the authorities or the people have erected arches or welcoming signs at the .. entrances of the city. Citizens along too route, with the aid of the commercial clubs and other civic organizations, under the direction of the Lincoln highway high-way consuls in each section, have seen that the roads are sign-boarded with 4 from five to eight markers to the mile. Work Done on Road. In actual road improvement, much ! work has been done. Ohio, for instance, now has, out of miles of Lincoln highway, 1-15 hard surfaced with concrete, con-crete, brick or other material, and further wosk is going on in several counties. In Indiana, boud issues aggregating 2075 now arc being used solely tor improvements improve-ments on the Lincoln highway work which was not even contemplated at this i time last vear. The first section of tuc Lincoln highway to be completed in , Indiana was ofticiallv opened and dedicated dedi-cated at LIkhart September 16, 1014. In Illinois the work or improvement has had the cooperation of Governor Dunne, who started the work personally in several sev-eral places with a silver shovel, First Financial Statement. connection with the resume of the year ?s progress, the association has issued iis first annual financial summary which unows that in addition to the work aJ-i aJ-i roadv performed the association has on deposit in the various states. This represents certificates sold to indi- idual enthusiasts. Certificate-!, radiator emblems, and membership cards are delivered de-livered to each o contributor. The amuuriT of money received mav or nay not indicate the'highwav enthusi-nm" enthusi-nm" of the different states, but. according accord-ing to the financial statement. Nebraska coi tribtitcd $i5$02, in ?5 lots, which amount is more than sit: times as much us haf beeji received from the tame svurce in anv ..thor state. Illinois comes' nevt vitii j1:j, and Iowa third with "10. ''rtit ribtit jonn have been received also from Italy. Canada. Hawaii, Philippine Philip-pine Islands, nourh America and France. Six men i-nntri hnted $:H317 each, which made up the $21,701.34 expended preliminary pre-liminary to the undertaking and betore the original announcement one year ago. These men were Carl ft. Fi.-her, Indianapolis. Indian-apolis. Ind.; Albert Y. Gowen, Cleveland, O.; Kov D. Chapin. Detroit. Mich.; Henry B Jov, Detroit, Mich.; Frank A. Seibe'rling, Akron, O.; John N. Willys, Toledo, O. Some Big Contributors. In addition, the following contributed 1000 or more each as founders: Emery V. Clark, Detroit, Mich.: Edward Ford, of Rossford. 0.: E. E. Placek, Wahoo, Neb.; John M. Studebaker, South Bend, Ind.; and Mary Clarke Thompson, Can-andaigua. Can-andaigua. N. Y. The original 6ix con-triKuTors con-triKuTors mentioned above also are to be included iu this list for an additional $1000 each. There were over 5000 contributors at -o each. This, together with contributions contribu-tions and the sale of buttons, pennants, maps and so en, brought the general income in-come account for the vear up to $-48,102.-76. The general disbursement account shuns that all but $2!).6ti was paid out for operating expenses, the $''9.fii being the easli balance which was in the bank September 14, 1914. : |