Century's Start to Highway Expansion in Texas History
The piece traces road policy from the earlier trankline system to the 1944 Federal Highway Act funding rules. It notes 32 000 miles of state roads, 14 500 miles of farm to market roads built since 1941, and that most farmers will soon live within a mile of paved routes. A humorous vignette follows about a private delighted by pigeon cages, and a classroom joke about love.