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Show u Need of Good Roads. The awakening of the country to the need of good roads has Just begun. be-gun. The next few years will seo some rapid strides In this matter. Two of tho most potent factors in tho present awakening are the automobile automo-bile and rural free delivery. Tho transcontinental automobile race, which was pulled off last summer, sum-mer, resulted in the accumulation of much valuablo information as to the road conditions between New York city and Portland, Oregon. Tho two seven-horsepower runabouts which contested made the distance of 4,000 miles In 44 days, demonstrating the feasibility of tho automobile as a means of long-distance transportation. Tho finish of tho race was made In Portland in time for the national good roads convention. |
