Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — ITALIANS BUILD FINE ROADS IN ALBANIA [ARTICLE]

ITALIANS BUILD FINE ROADS IN ALBANIA

Rome.—Thanks to Ital<>Austrian rivalry,- after the war Albania will hav? the best system of wagon roads of any Balkan state, Greece apd Roumania In* eluded. A few days ago a new road, 450 kilometers long, connecting Santi Quaranta with Salonlki, was opened to the public. The road is a "mbFuiFenFToTtanah labor and engineering. Over 300 kilometers lie through high mountains and deep gorges. A motor car can cover the distance between the two cities in about 20,hours. M . * In a few days a new- piece of road, 110 kilometers long, will be opened to the. public and will connect Avlona, on the Adriatic, with Salonlki.