Show ron amm M TEXAS BUILDING GOOD ROADS over four hundred miles in course of Construct construction lon many counties are arc interested according to reports recently complied compiled for the tha consideration of the texas welfare commission there aro are now in course of construction miles of good roads within the state with a prospect of double this amount during the next 12 months on its face this looks like a largo large per cent of improved highways for texas but on n an area basis it Is a small showing and to secure the per cent of mileage of good roads that the banner state connecticut line has we will have to build 6 miles more several of the largest undertakings of the south are now contemplated in the state and one or two have taken tangible form writes ida M darden in fit the houston post the red river to tho the gulf highway tho the much talked of and long hoped for trans state road when nhen built will have a total mileage of and will serve more than fifty million acres of the lie states most desirable agricultural land two thirds of the counties along the route of this proposed highway are now building their links of the great thoroughfare ghiare it has been estimated by the texas commercial secretaries and Du business siness mens association who keeps close tab on read buil building dAng throughout the state elate that this highway will be completed A macadam road in arkansas by 1914 at the present rate of construction nt st ruction it is held that the improvement of roads adds per mile to contiguous property and on this basis the building of the river to the gulf highway will give a net increase in property values to property along this roadway of the counties through which this highway will pass are galveston bar harris waller brazos robertson falls limestone mclennan hill navarros navarro johnson ellis tarrant dallas denton collin grayson and cooke the road to be double tracked from hearne north another highway of state importance Is the dallas texarkana highway beginning at dallas and passing through the counties of collin grayson fannin lamar red river and howle which will cost approximately there are 2101 miles of public highways in these countries and the building of the trunk line will probably result in the improvement ot of the entire mileage of the counties na as well as aa stimulate road building in counties adjoining the project |