Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-15 | Page 6 | Lincoln Highway

LINCOLN HIGHWAY We regard the L pcoln highway as one of the most important projects launched in recent years. This s the automobile age as well as the age of electricity and the travel from coast to coast bv auto is increas ng each year It has reached mammoth propo t ons at the present time and there is no tell ug how many thousands of mach nes will be on the road in the good old s mm or tune in the years to come This means of visiting points of m terest in the United States has furnished a motive for the build ng of good roads all over the countrv W note that the state, of Iowa ban exp nded $146 00 upon the L ncoln b ghwa d r ing the past twelve months n the th r teen counties in the state thro gh wh ch the great internet onal on 1 runs The est mates call for a further expenditure of A57 971 during the rema nlng months of 191o The money already spent and to be expended lnsido the corporate 11m te of the mnnicipal ties is not In cluied n the above flgi res v entlv ho Iowa people are proud of b ghwn and w ng to do all n h wo make th t portion of the o d n 1, U ul ho Hawkoje state at 0 uit eq a I t he best in any othe om nonwealth Tl 0 spirit of en terprise shown is con nndnble in the highest degree It 1 probable that al the other; ountins in tho state outside of the favored th rtecn through which the highway n ns 1 n boon awakened t tho npo tan n f g od roads and m o 1b n expended n the nnst o 0 g 1 I s witl the t that the 1 soon be n per f t etwo k of nos excellent roads In the s ate Tf seeing s b Heving the Lincoln h ghway w p ovo of tho greatest ad an i,n to the stato of I tah and the who n tor no ntain co nt for until the 1st st Ikes the n ounta ns the g nn s w ks of na ur uro not en 0 T fore tie) ov 1 us to n ft n n way ns sn ootl as possl n t f t, ing the opportunity of fe ed to t o t ho s re returns on the investment of mpney and the ad a tages to be gained by b tiding a ) 0 no In th b most favored portion of tho United States Wo have had many thousand oxpositlon visitors this sum mer and thousands mo e are on the way But after the rush Is over there will rema n n 11 1 ons of nop e In tho country wl 0 lo not know what n n o n tain looks 1 1 e anl havo no or observed the waves of tho ocean come rolling in Next year the year following and in o2 the succeeding years thousands of these peonl will visit the numntalo. co ntry and tho Pacific coast and t goes without say ng that a great num ber of them who own automob les will make the tr p along the Lincoln h gh vay tak ng the r t me and enjoy ng the scenery as they go along Those vho have passed through Salt Lake th s year are but the advance guard of the great army of Sightseers and homeseek ers yet tp come