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Show J y" HICKisSAYS i SOVKE Crrt. S02.H W COVM1S ( I V AGE jOS.tr0SJ TV. ) , Jt J KVs. DUCKS I S i i ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF 4,800 i MILES OF HIGHWAY. ! I Under the direction of Gov. Frank : O. Lowden, Illinois has begun the con-! struction of a system of 4,800 miles ; of good roads at a cost of SS7,000,000. I which, when completed, will cause au-tomobili.sts au-tomobili.sts and farmers to rejoice. ; Two hundred miles of good roads were ' built last year and plans have been , made for the construction of more I than 1.000 miles this year. When the work is completed Illinois will have ' one of Hie ((nest systems of hard roads i in the country, j Tin- voiers of the state approved a 800.0' K i.i Hr bond issue for good roads. j and wlili the federal government ap-: i propriatinn liie sum available for j trunk line, hard surfaced highways has been fired at $S7,000,000. I ! |