Photograph from Office of Public Roads 

 AN ACCEPTABLE HIGHWAY FOR GOATS AND GEESE, BUT NOT EXACTLY ADAPTED TO 

 THE NEEDS OF ARMY AUTO-TRUCK TRANSPORTATION 



course, the figures include the cost of 

 transfer to the railroad station from the 

 warehouse. The saving in time was 

 greater proportionately in the freight 

 demonstration than in carrying the sol- 

 diers. 



A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF THE BURDEN 



Now consider the familiar question of 

 the proper distribution of road cost and 

 maintenance. The weather conditions 

 for the test were ideal ; in wet weather, 

 the thing simply couldn't have been done. 

 Unreasonable in the extreme would be a 

 contention that the counties of Georgia 

 and Tennessee should build and maintain 

 this federal-used stretch of highway, 

 which must be available 365 days in the 

 year in order to make it a reliable means 

 for army transportation, and build it to 

 stand up under heavy military lorries as 

 well as passenger automobiles. 



Not only must the States help the coun- 

 ties through which the route passes, but 

 the National Government must come to 

 the help of the States, and, if necessary, 

 accept entirely the burden of mainte- 



nance during the progress of any war 

 which necessitates the construction of 

 these training camps and cantonments 

 and presents the problem of providing 

 daily thousands of tons of supplies and 

 equipment. 



Atlanta and Chattanooga are both on 

 the line of the Dixie Highway, which ex- 

 tends north to Nashville, Louisville, In- 

 dianapolis, and Chicago, and which has 

 an eastern division extending from De- 

 troit to Cincinnati, thence to Knoxville 

 and Chattanooga. It is only just that 

 mention should be made of the fact that 

 Carl G. Fisher, of Indianapolis, who origi- 

 nated and had much to do with the splen- 

 did progress of the Lincoln Highway, was 

 also a prominent factor, in the advance- 

 ment of the Dixie Highway, projects that 

 are not created to run by any particular 

 individual's garden gate, but to link coun- 

 ties and States into a nation. 



HIGHWAYS NOW IN USE FOR WAR 

 PURPOSES 



Certain sections of the Lincoln High- 

 way serve a valuable interstate purpose 



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