Show 00 NORTH AND SOUTH highway memorial to character and achievement of andrew jackson dorn in sunny south lly ily P 14 I 1 ilent ot of buchton IlIg highway hway tile tho idea ot of it great north and south highway na an a memorial me mortal to the character and achievement of 0 andrew jackson was waa first conceived about 1910 1010 by the daughters ot 1812 an all tion of patriotic representative southern women As AB first arst outlined the scheme was wall to perfect a highway leading load liiK from chicago to now orleans cana more or less missionary work was waa dono done along tile tho proposed line of tho the road by tho the jackson highway committee ot tho the daughters or of 1812 of which committee miss alma of 0 birmingham ala was chairman but no definite form was given to tho the organization until ln in july at it a meeting in fit hum hom ala at title this meeting a temporary lallon was formed consisting ot of men Into interested rested lit in good roada from indiana kentucky tennessee alabama mississippi sis sla sippi and louisiana it was further determined nt at this meeting that tho the jackson highway should run from chicago on tile tho northwest north wasi to louisville ky ICY and from niagara rails faila on the northeast to tho the bamo point tits tho two divisions here joining and continuing southward through nashville to now new orleans A tow few weeks later tho the Jack jackson stin highway association convention tor for tile tho purpose of forming I 1 B permanent organization unit and of formally launching tho whole movement was wall told held ln in nashville tenn tho the permanent organization was effected at this conven tion in tho the rapid development of tho the good rondo roads movement in tho the last ivo five years various local road organizations organizational havo have boon been formed in alie states through which tho the jackson highway runs and a great deal of valuable work dono done in improving roads roada controlled by these organizations tile jackson hig highway liway completed willbo will bo largely the iho welding together tog othor of road systems developed by those smaller making a continuous north and mouth highway between chicago on the tha northwest buffalo on the northeast and now or loans loana on tho the south mouth at tho the present time about nine tenths of tho the road in indiana and kentucky Is in n very condition in tennessee about three fourths of the iwo jo to I 1 0 ab JJ mi offelo A ILL 00 ky 10 a 1 majy yu f I 1 I 1 0 ia 1 0 9 V q zt I 1 jackson highway mileage in good condition in alabama and mississippi more than one half of tho total distance Is now in good order and both states are rapidly building the unimproved sections or of their road and improving the conditions of such port portions por tlona lons of the road as aro arc partially constructed patt pati for pedestrians A phase ot of the good roads movement in somo some parts parta of the country is the provision ot of a path for pedestrians alongside uia the roadway so that they will have a chance to take tile best exercise in the world without incurring tho the risk of 0 being run over by automobiles money well invested new jersey has voted for good roads and it Is eno ol of the states elates that have learned by experience that money spent on highways Is well in vested surface water loft poor drainage leaves much water on an poorly constructed country roads |