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Show INTEREST IN GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT INCREASING. Delaware Company Proposes Hlflhway Between New York and Washington. That Interest In tho betterment of roads Is growing steadily In the 1'nltcd J States has been evidenced by the ill-J ill-J most slm'ultaneous publication in the newspapers of the country of two Items of news which should bring joy to the heart of automoblllst and users of humbler means of convoyance. Ono wjih the announcement of tho coming Incorporation, tnttielRwareoori Ijyimpanyhat-.iVtvposcsiCv bullda ' ;VTiieot1uWas f'hofirofGe"nciaT, T Coleman du l'ont, president of the Du Pont Powder company, to build a flno hlelwny arois tho state of Mela-ware, Mela-ware, a distance of over VCM miles. I'or a short part of tho way tho I route of both these proposed highways may be made Identical. The promoters of the Xew York-Washington road are In communication, therefore, with Hen eral du Pont In the hope of making some arrangement for Joint construction construc-tion work along the stretch where their proposed highway nnd that of the millionaire mil-lionaire powder manufacturer will coin' co-in' hie. |