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Show ROADS TO DEVELOP COUNTRY Of 2,500,000 Miles of Rural Roads in United States, but 12 Per Cent Has Been Improved. There are today some 2,500,000 miles of rural roads In the United States. Of this amount perhaps 12 per cent could be classified as improved, while only about one-quarter of 1 per cent c.".n be said to be suitable for the carriage car-riage of heavy-duty motor trucks. And in the face of this condition it can he said without contradiction that the future development of the United States rests upon the road. |