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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
4
The author argues for financing road improvements via issuing bonds to build long, linked stretches under expert supervision. He critiques piecemeal annual tax fixes and urges state aid to share costs, noting higher quality, drainage, and lower long term maintenance. The piece cautions against overzealous but blind itineraries and endorses a big, coordinated approach.
The Seattle Intelligencer notes plans to connect Seattle and Tacoma by a first class macadamised highway this summer. King County has 880000 dollars for road improvements including a trunk line linking Seattle, Everett, and Tacoma. The project envisions a north south Washington trunk road part of a Great Lakes to ocean route and a parallel line from British Columbia to Mexico.
Ferro cement roads are being tested in France. A cement mix is packed around a tromstraw core in a mold, then poured with fluid cement to fill interstices. Once set, the tromstraw core adds strength and elasticity, enabling high resistance to crushing and wear.
New York began the first shipment of steel for a canal electrified towpath system to move ships across the Isthmus. An electric rack railway will substitute locomotives for mules, drawing freight vessels up to 20 000 tons across the route. The canal commission seeks millions in steel ties channels and expects the system ready in under two years for the canal opening.
The article discusses London police humorously calling a herring silver-eyed beefsteak and notes widespread cooking in London. It argues fish is easier on the body than beef or pork due to lower fat content, citing fat percentages for various fish and codlike species.
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