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SIMMONS BOOSTS STAPLE FOR USE IN HIGHWAY BUILDING PROGRAM In connection with the use of cotton as a basic material for the construction of highways, a use advocated as both practicable from an engineering standpoint and as an outlet for cotton surplus in this country, the December issue of Texas Parade carries an article by Charles E. Simmons on “Texas’ Ob solete Roads and Bridges.” While not concerning itself directly with the use of cotton as a material for the contraction of highways, the article, by pointing out the need for further highway construction in Texas, indirectly gives momentum to this movement. Pointing out that roads are vi tal to the progress of the State, the article ‘continues; “Texas’ primary road system is the second largest in the Nation. The Texas state system comprises some 21,000 miles. Many miles of this intricate system is of a type designated as “first class” but public attention has not been focused on the hundreds of miles of poor type roads and faulty and inadequate bridge structures. A tour of a few hundred miles on Texas highways should furnish conclusive proof that Texas will never reach the saturation point in its highway con struction program. “Looking into the future the ex perts see an era of super highways. The transition will be gradual but, with the attention of the Nation cen tered on its traffic problems, it will be steady and certain. It will cost tremendous amounts of mores, but it will be necessary to meet an insistent demand.”
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Vernon Daily Record
Vernon, Texas, US
Mon, Dec 07, 1936
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