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Show Roads Will Unite Continents a Inter-American Highway-Links Highway-Links Gain Impetus. Washington. Movement for an Inter-American highway system which ultimately will connect the capitals cap-itals of South America with large cities of North America has gained new Impetus here from a series of recent developments, forecasting serious se-rious attention to this project at the next session of the United States congress. Highway enthusiasts here have recovered from the temporary disillusionment dis-illusionment of world economic depression, de-pression, and the next pronounced upturn In the business cycle seems likely to crystallize sentiment in many quarters favorable to expansion expan-sion of Inter-American motorists' fa-, duties. Recent years of economic depress slon have retarded the earlier rapid progress of a route from the United States to Panama and. except In Mexico, little mileage !has been built during the last year.; After the Inter-American commission report Is published and submitted to congress. con-gress. It is highly probable that either official or unoftlclal efforts will be made to organize financial assistance to hasten the early completion com-pletion of the routes as far south as Panani.. Ths most recent authoritative tabulation tab-ulation of the present status of highways on the route between Laredo. La-redo. Texas, and Panama City reported re-ported 1,118 miles of all-year surface sur-face roads; 1,393 miles of dry-season roads; 547 miles of cart roads and trails and 104 miles of undeveloped unde-veloped roads, In a total length of 3,103 miles. - - Economic sections of the forthcoming forth-coming report of the Inter-American highway commission It Is believed, be-lieved, will demonstrate the probability prob-ability that construction of the highway high-way from the United States by way of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Panama would give definite encouragement to commerce, agriculture agri-culture and land -settlement |