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Show HIGHWAY MARKERS NEEQJtf CITIES Nothing to Indicate When Motorist Is on Right Road or 0f of It. I (Prepared bV the United ett P pirtnu lit of Agriculture.) "Why aren't the standard route mnrkers of the United States highway system more generally erected In cities through which the rout pass? a cross continent motorist recently asked the brreau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. Ag-riculture. "1 started from the western const last summer over one of the U. 8. routes and had no trouble In following the road across the country," he explained, "except when It crossed the lurger cities. There we-e 00 markers mark-ers to Indicate when I was on the route or when ! was , off It It la through the cities that we motorists are most likely to get off tie route, especially at five-point Intersections," he asserted. Not Under State Control. Officials of the bureau explained that the route markers In the various states were erected by the state highway high-way departments only upon the highways high-ways under their Jurisdiction; that city s'treets. which are connecting links, are undei the Jurisdiction of . . . . I ..... 1 . 1. .. . A I. a municipal autnormes. aim 1 mc erection of the markers within city limits Is un to the city officials. Same Cities Erect Markers. A few cities have recognized this need of the motorist, the bureau says, and have erected the standard markers mark-ers on their streets. Since the standard route markers and danger anil caution signs were adopted In 11)25 for use on the United States highway system, 28 states have completed the marking of the system "within their borders nnd tinder their Jurisdiction!!, eight states have marked from 75 to W per cent of their roads, and four states have mnrked from N to 75 per cent. |