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-An Alt-Amcrican HUm would brin* the “STA RICA./'Sg^fe^ ^ VENEZUELA people of Central and South America into more	PANAMAS	(ft / v~-y	i
d:rect business relationships with those of the	m	. i., -
United States and create a better understanding	SY\	\	^________r' {b U' i A 'll,
among these nations.”	fy#	z' L \	\	on\D. )rn
"We ought to lend our encouragement in any	^ rO )	)D*'-	-
way wc can for more pood roads to all the princi-	jJfc''.	^ V	>-	^couator
pal points in this hemisphere south of the Rio	T ~0^QuitC?X-------------------------------------- —_______________	_
Grande" President Coolidgo	Guayaquil^ECUADORV	•’	_	A»>.gSs^S '	‘
”1 want to see 100.000 American cars crossing	\A	a /
the line into Mexico to enable the American peo-	(	 '
pie to *cc and meet my people that a better and friendlier under-	1	y ,
standinp may obtain between the two nations”—President Colics.	/
“Resolved, that it is the sense of the Senate that the President	\\	V	B
enter into nepotiations with Mexico or any other republic or	\	<^	\	J
Central or South America for the purpose of concludinp treaties	\ R ^
or conventions providing for (11 the establishment of air mail
service with the United States and (21 the construction of an	Lima Ml	r \
international hiphwav conncctinp the United States with such	)n	/	—
countrySenate Joint Resolution by Senator Oddie. Also see	</ /	/
H R 7344 and H R,,447.
■'Such a hiphwa^( Pan-American 1 will have a profound in-	\
flucncc on international relations, increasing amity and promot-	jit < B	0 L I V I A	/
inp lostinp friendships and w:ll augment trade and transporta-	)J8 \	#
tion facilities fully 100 per cent in any of the countries during	\ff I	\	D’«	I.,.’,,
the first, year of oneration."	IB \ r- -	'	L	RlO	00	Janeiro
“A through highway from Canada to Argentine can be opened	. .	An y	'V/	. " -s
for traffic within 9 to 10 years."—U. S. Senate Report No. 149S	Ant0t3g3$t3 fJuj/	\	!
to S 5031 09th Congress.	S
“When this (Pan-American) highway is completed, Wichita	• * I
will be one of the important cities on the 15.000-mile road. This	/B<0/	\/“>
part of the United States is the logical place for a north-and-	/a J	/	.
south hiehway. And the Meridian Highway, which is already	iff (
one of the best of the cross-country roads, is the logical avenue	IB S
for »he greater project.”—“A Grandicose Dream.” Wichita
Valparaiso
"The goal of a highwav from Winnipeg to far off Buenos	/^'Qanfj'	UAY
Aires may seem unattainable now, but the time will come with-	/ ff •	'
.out a doubt when the Yankton Motorist may take his vacation	riff J	ires
jaunt down across the equator and on an improved road all the	Pc «
waCu- .	..	,	.	.	,	lf	4	.	.	1	DISTANCES	Miles
"This 13 such a big one (dream) that it takes your breath	/■ A	»*,;«««.	r	locn
awav for a time. But it is practical. And what is more it is	JP	J	)*}*P££ ^0	Laredo	1850
inevitable.—Yankton Press and Dakotan.	Puerto	MonttBarilocl	100% All-Wcalhcr Road)
"Another thing such a highway (Pan-American) will do: It will	£()	Mexico	City...---- 800
transform Newton, near the geographical center of the United States,	J	V	C1CO City	to Guatemala.....1100
from the hub of a great national highway system to the junction point	\	«	domain. to Sail Salvador	250
JJ^kESST* a"d '0nC0S' i",crna,i<'nal h*h'v"y ,ha wor,d'"-	Salvador	to	Managua	ZI	G00
.	.	....	...	lagua to Panama Canal .....1400
"If each country will build one north and south road across its .O/	1	enn
domain—and no country can afford to do less—and same meet at a	)	Mr	ama Canal to Guayaquil.... 1500
common poin* at internPtlon.*’l boundry	line what is now a	dream	will	&uf j	lyaqUU to Lima..................1300
be a fact. Thousmds of miles of the	proposed	road south	of the	Rio	ysif ^ ffy	m to Antofnjraxtn	1750
Grande is now bring used by half a million automobiles "—John C.	fi	\r,»i............01	cn
Nicholson. President of International	Meridian	Highwuy	Association.	Oulgasta to Valparaiso..........^loU
Newton. Kansas.	panso to Buenos	Aires..2000
CAPE HORN
Total___
________14,700
PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY—MERIDIAN—U. S. 81