Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . akima, the Olympic high-way circling the Olympic peninsula, and the National Parkhighway from iMount Rainier to Southwestern Washington.While some of these liigliways are not yet entirely completed,good grades have been established and many miles of themhave been graveled or hard surfaced, affording magnificenttouiist routes among the beauty spots of the Northwest andcommercial arteries into which pour the varied products ofthe state. These state highways are supplemented and fedby thousands of miles of county roads in varying stages of

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Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . akima, the Olympic high-way circling the Olympic peninsula, and the National Parkhighway from iMount Rainier to Southwestern Washington.While some of these liigliways are not yet entirely completed, good grades have been established and many miles of themhave been graveled or hard surfaced, affording magnificenttouiist routes among the beauty spots of the Northwest andcommercial arteries into which pour the varied products ofthe state. These state highways are supplemented and fedby thousands of miles of county roads in varying stages of im-provement, making a totid of between 40, 000 and .50, 000 milesof highway in the state. No state in the Union has taken more seriously tlic matterof extending its highway system and improving existing roads.A special levy is assessed in every county. At the presenttime from all sources an average of .$7, 000, 000 per annum isavailable for road work in the state and a similar sum, accordino-to present plans, will be available for some years to come. Part. 42 Manufacturing Opportunities in Washington of this is spent for new highways and part for the maintenanceof those already built. Large amounts are also spent annuallyby the federal government for roads within the national forests, and additional sums from the Post Road Aid Fund are used inco-operation with the state. This state system of trunk roads is so arranged that itsprincipal arteries become a part of the national thoroughfaresentering the Northwest, connecting with the Evergreen High-way, the Oregon Trail, the Pacific Highway, the National ParksHighway, the Yellowstone Trail and the Canadian highwaysfrom Winnipeg and Edmonton to the Coast. The position which the automobile has attained in Wash-ington as a means of transportation is shown by the fact thatduring the ten months period from March 1, 1917, to Janu-ary 1, 1918, there were issued by the Secretary of State 100, 042licenses for motor vehicles. WHARFAGE.Closely con