Show THE i PIKES PEAK leali HIGHWAY an ali emphatic campaign is is now being conducted to complete the marking of the pikes peak trail from coast to coast the na ila donal specifications specific ati ions require red and nd white bands each ten inches in width at cross roads aorl forks sl and intervals between hese tr to be painted on telephone poles fence posts trees or rocks I 1 in addition a striking mackerl marker design in reel red and white has i been adapted and 1500 enamel lj i pd ed steel signs inches iril in size arc ara to replaced be e placed on j ual aal posts at intervals of not more than five miles between new york and san francisco 1 j the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway association was organized at st joseph iffla missouri assou in march 1914 and has perfected its transcontinental trans continental organization through a federation of state divisions and there is now in each state from new jer sey to california an active state division the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway bases its claim to usefulness and distine dis tion upon the fact that it is the central scenic transcontinental trans continental route it traverses the bread basket of the he world a land of diversified agriculture it passes through the heart of the chemin mineral regions of oc the west the coal fields of the east the great work shops of the he nation its originators have had in mind commercial and military value its economical construction cis as a mid continent hard surfaced highway as well as its advantages ages as a touring route |