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Show SIGN-MAPS ASSIST TRAVELER Example Set by Stat - of Maryland Might Well Be Followed by Other Commonweajth. Maryland has set an example that might profitably be followed by all states, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Instead of the curt and usually unsatisfying un-satisfying road sign that leaves the traveler frequently more puzzled than before, Maryland has begun to erect lgn-maps that tell the traveler where he Is ; that Indicate the general direction direc-tion to other points and the distances between such points. Thus, Instead of being told a road leads to some place the tourist may never have heard of, the sign-map will show him that it is either on or off the way to the place he is anxious to reach. Such sign-maps should not be necessarily neces-sarily expensive to put up, nor elaborate. elabor-ate. In fact, the simpler the better. But how many times has a lost motorist motor-ist sighed for some such simple device de-vice that would show him where he was and how he could get to the place he was tryijig to reach? The ordinary road sigiw, even when legible, legi-ble, are seldom of much value except to local people, who do not need them. |