Show arp TULL 1 1 21 ED TEXAS BUILDING ROOD GOOD ROADS over four hundred miles in ili course of construction many counties are interested according to reports report ii recently complied compiled for the of 0 tho the fexas res is elfare elare commission thre th re aro are now in courso course of construction miles of good roads within tho the state with ith i a prospect of double this amount during tho next neat 12 months on its face this looks like a large per cent 0 f improved highways for texis texas but on oil nn in area basis jt it Is a small show shon ing and to secure the per cent of mileage of good roads roada that the banner tate state connecticut has haa we vve will have hava to build miles more several of the largest undertakings of ill the south are now contemplated in tho the state and one or two have taken tangible form writes ida M darden in the file houston post the red river to the gult gulf bighea the much talked of and long hoped tor for trans state road when built ft have a total mileage of and will servo serve more than fifty million acres of the state s most desir I 1 able agricultural land two thirdy of the counties along the route of this 1 proposed highway are now building their links of the great thoroughfare it has been estimated by the texas commercial secretaries and business men s alsoc assoc association aaion who keeps heeps close tab on do road building throughout the state thit this higbea will be completed V i gieir ept Z V 4 gal ay 6 i y IM 4 L r 4 t L il 4 wa ee ir i 1 4 X 01 R s r y macadam road in arkansas by 1914 at the present rate of con st ruction it Is held that the improve ment of roams adds per mile to contiguous property and on this basis the building of the river to the gulf highway will give a net increase 0 in property values to property along this road roadway vay of tho counties through which hieb this highway will pabs are Gali Ga heston eston ilar har ris fraller ft NN aller brazos robertson falls limestone INI mclennan cLennan hill navarre Na arro johnson ellis tarrant dallas den ton collin graison and cooke the road to be double tracked from hearne north another of state imbor tance Is tho the dallas texarkana Tex arkana high wai beginning at dallas and passing through the counties of collin gray son fannin lamar red river and dowle bowie which will cost approximately GOO COO there are 2101 miles of public hIg highways hAas in these countries and the building of the trunk line will ill probia result in the improvement of the entire mileage of the counties as well vell as stimulate road building in counties count leb adjoining the project |