OCR Text |
Show North Carolina Roads . Earn Large Dividends North Carolina's road building campaign, cam-paign, extending over a period of five years, has paid bn?e dividends, according ac-cording to Frank Page, chairman of the state highway system. More than 1,500 miles of concrete roads have been built, averaging 18 feet wide. Two thousand busses carry children over these roads. This Is one of the achievements the improved roads have made possible, according to Mr. Page. While the number of farms in the country as a whole have been on the decrease the number of North Carolina Caro-lina farms has been Increased by 13,-000 13,-000 during the last five years. Motor registration in the state has Increased 260 per cent since 1920, leading the increase in the rest of the country by 60 per cent And Indirectly In-directly this Increased motor registration registra-tion has paid for the highways In fees and a four-cent gas tax. |