Show Two vo Kinds of Highways High A AMONG MONG the greatest public works programs in all aU times have been projects for highway highway high high- way n systems The Romans undertook this sort sad of enterprise Durin During the World 1 orld war troops o oe many nations marched over oyer the roads built luimit by bj Caesar and in spite of the passing of centuries cen cen- tunes time the they stood up under the lie weight of many men Inch and the countless vehicles that ma made e an endless procession to and from the front The Roman roads were ser in serving their original pur par pose Jose They were built for war var Now we build highway networks for an altogether different purpose un In the western hemisphere there is s a public works enterprise now no going on that matches any of all times times the the building of ot a modern modem 1 highway from Alaska to Argentina Much o of it is already completed and aud in use Nearly one half of the stretch from the United States to Fairbanks Alaska is in service and linked with the principal continental highway J YS terns Automobile tourists are driving over the portion between the Texas border and ana Mexico City This Thi s is to be miles long when finished Of this 8 OO miles wi will lie north of the Panama canal Now all but about 1500 miles of the theNo No North th American section is completed American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean machinery is being chiefly used in the work and many American engineers and builders build build- ers are scattered along the long route hastening hastening hastening hasten hasten- ing the end of the magnificent enterprise While le it is likel likely that much of this highway highway high high- li h. h wa way will be used for commerce the chiefly notable part of or the undertaking i is that it is isa isa isa a peacetime project designed for peaceable use and in a sense ense a creation to serve the taste for luxury It will be used more by tourists than any other class clas It is a monument to the leisure and mobility of th the modern modem man plan and a l symbol of a new flew order The g greatest t road oad ever built it will give people a chance to broaden their heir horizons enlarge their acquaintance with other peoples and thus titus as a marvelous Pan- Pan American ac achievement contribute to the time fostering fos- fos ering of friendliness and cordiality At once then hen it is a public works job of the first importance importance importance im im- im- im and a promising agency for promoting promoting ing ng continued peace in the western world |