Show RURAL ROADS NOT IMPROVED Not More Than One One Fourth Fourth of 1 I Per PerCent PerCent PerCent Cent of Nations Nation's Roads Suitable for for- Mot Motor r Traffic Official figures show that there are In the United States approximately 2 2 miles of rural roads of which 12 per cent are classed-as classed Improved Road engineers however estimate that no more than one-fourth one o of t 1 per cent of the nations nation's roads are editable for traffic More than motor vehicles are now now- using ising the highways and of this number about are trucks varying from less th than n a ton capacity to vehicles capable capable capable capa capa- ble of hauling five to seventeen loads The most conspicuous example of of anything approaching the efficiency ata of at ofa f fa a national thoroughfare In the United States Is the Lincoln highway Organized Organized Or Or- as a private enterprise si six years ago to stimulate stimulate- road good-road building the officers of the association have raised several million dollars by private subscription and have stimulated stimulated the Improvement of many sections sections sec see of ot the highway by the stat states s and counties through which It passes s. s |