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Show : f Lincoln Highway Notes I 4 f By H. 0. OSTERMANN-, Field Secretary the Lincoln Highway Association. The permanent road ties town and country together. The health of the city and the wenlth of the country depend 'on always keeping keep-ing open tho connecting highways. The permanent road is open for business busi-ness and pleasure to all classes of traffic traf-fic in all sorts of weather. A tunnel is to be built by the Union Pacific under Sherman hill in the Eoeky mountains in Wyoming. This is the highest point on tho line of the Lincoln highway and tho road parallels the I nion Pacific through this section. Do you know that the Lincoln highway high-way passes over throe famous mountain ranges? The Alleghoniea at an altitude of Mfil feet, the Eockies at an altitude of S247 feet, and the Sierras at an altitude alti-tude of 7652 feet. The Lincoln highway leading over these mountains is ro0d grades are gradual and no difficulty is experienced, m negotiating these passes. Besidos, the scenery is magnificent. |