Highways and Highway TransportationChatburn, George R.
History
Highways and Highway Transportation
Chatburn, George R.
Roads; Transportation
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FOOTNOTES
[122] Code of 1851.
[123] “Highway Engineering,” by G. R. Chatburn, pp. 125-126.
[124] J. B. Dunlop, a surgeon of Dublin, invented the pneumatic tire
in 1888.
[125] One of the early books was entitled “The Gospel of Good Roads,”
by I. B. Potter, and appealed directly to the farming interests.
[126] _New York Times_, September 11, 1892.
[127] Adolphine Hingst, under the heading “Surprised at America.
A European’s Shock on Seeing its Roads and Highways,” _Boston
Transcript_, August 10, 1892.
[128] _Good Roads_, September, 1892.
[129] _Engineering Record_, August 27, 1892.
[130] _New York Times_, Sept. 11, 1892.
[131] Ibid.
[132] Printed as a Senate Document.
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