The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
BALTIMORE WANTS IT
CITIZENS Want TO BE ON The Line
0F The LINCOLN HIGHWAY
EPOn that City Through Westminster
to Gettysburg

burg by the l4lucoin ooul0N aiu' IL IL
I uot at all likely that the negineers viii
Is"ommend NV such a circuitous route
tnt wa reproduce the article from the
po1timore American because every
tbirg mon that subject is of interest
n mr. readers at this time:
Gov. Austin l.. Crothers and many
otbors interested in the betterment OF
WarvI2nd roads showed deep inter
"sf Yesterday in the suggestion that
tho nroposed Lincoln national turn
nike hetween Washington and Gettys-
bnrg ~ be run to and from Baltimore.
congressman Daniel e. Lafean, OF
pennsylvania, in whose district the
historic old battlefield is located, is
the natron of the bill and has offered
hin in Congress TO build the road
yeyr wear marks the one hundredth
anniyersary Of the birth of Lincoln.
Means are being considered for the
celebration Of this event, and it is out
of tbis sentiment of reverence for the
martyred president that the idea of
milding the memorial roadway has
grown.
Only tentative plans have been ad-
ysrced so far 1t is proposed that it
SILL be great boulevard $50 feet
wide ?nd that it shall extend from
the District OF Columbia on an almost
airline TO the battlefield CT Gettysburg.
This contemplates the use Of the old
Union Turnpike, out of Washington,
which crosses the State of Maryland
almost as the crow flies.
The turnpike ends at eStminSter,
q miles from the battlefield, and from
that point it is proposed to build the
road over the most direct route to
GETTYSBURG. Either Of two routes may
be used to the Pennsylvania line and
beyond. The distance from Washing
ton by this route is approximately IS
miles. and with an appropriation of
sSGO0,000 this would provide $35 900
to the mile.
From Maryland, however, comes the
cOunterplan of running the route for
the boulevard via Baltimore. This
city does not lie on a direct line be-
tween Washington and Gettysburg,
but it is only few miles to the east
ward of it. Fifteen miles added to the
boulevard would place it at the door
Of Baltimore and would make,it serve
million more people than ii it fol-
lowed the original route.
To add weight to the proposition to
include Baltimore is the fact that
the Baltimore and Washington boule-
yard being built under a special act
Of the Maryland General Assembly is
49 per cent. complete and might be
taken over as the first 40 miles of the
national highway. Its partially COM
pleted state, Is miles of it now being
ServiCeable, would more than offset
the cost OF adding Is or 16 miles neces-
Sary to include Baltimore.
More than this, it would be more
fitting as memorial by this route. 1t
was over the ReisterstoWn pike from
Baltimore to Pennsylvania that Major
Aeniy led his division of Maryland
troops into Pennsylvania, and that
route was frequently used by Union
troops both before and after the IA
nous battle Of Gettysburg.
The foregoing plan as suggested ten
lauvely to the Governor yesterday
won his hearty Endorsement, and when
materializes TO the point of definite
action he will use all his influence
mat Baltimore and the densely popu-
sied portion of the state adjacent to
uS city be given the benefit of a
splendid broad boulevard 100 miles
ols and maintained forever by the
Faeral government as the whole peo-
pc tribute to the memory Of Lin
coin.
II IS a capital idea, and one which
@e ,@ge whole state will support" said
NE Governor. You can say for me
s:4 mat l shall support any movement
aI,l all my energy which has for its
Sru Ine construction of the Lincoln
HntLaorlal Boulevard so as to include
'attiiAore and Baltimore county.
n N outlined, the federal govern
pSLt psIu could advantageously use our
r.at t,Aore-Washington Boulevard tc
irsN ieaen lnls city. This roadway, l an
niD I.ol llied, Is more than one-third COM
r. E.0.e between here and Washington
~ ." planned as state road between
no. me natlonal capital and it's most i'm
pC,'dnt son neighbor. There is no ques-
@ sun IN the world but that the state
=" nOuid @ gladly dedicate this property
NJ in ne government for use as a part
Of that. noie { 10 ho oouo
men again, I can foresee that the
rryiand Wnr,s delegation in Congress
IiUul IUull support whole-heartedly the
and 'G,n pi, memorial project if Baltimore
n" naitlmore county should be giver
wIra I rare benefit Of its use. The Penn
nla. nlm'ilans, who have fathered the
s'an, would not have to ask MARYLAND
an event. i''"n0o III 0uoi
] in ans anere are nearly million people
throa u around Baltimore. That i:
inpton umes as many as live in Wash
wouId Inc road so built that i
add ~ serve us here wouls
me mIee times to it's value from
traras.erla a.erlal standpoint. 1t woult
who'll tne richest section of tn,
il tbou state and additional expense
ov0r ele should be any after takins
hag..f uuf boulevard, would be but :
Il 5teeile' ~ The additional distance O
comnoro, 10 miles would be as nothing
whirh whigatea = to the additional servic,
T toi IL would afford the people.
tbinv ii t you, it would be magnificen
such ,or baltimore to have access t,
! poses road as the government pro
necessa,o ~ build. 1t would only b,
connaa.ry for it to skirt the city ant
I terstow. on the north with the Refs
entiro,'lh pike,or to choose new rout
| heon:., from here 20 Westminster
You iy e.n indorse the whole plan, an.
Il IN .sn "a. depend upon me to furthe
n any way possible"
hearti,,'s statement of the Governor wa
Of oialuiy ,hl indorsed by President Tucker
VIII me State Good Roads Cnmm;ssior
Of the e.alarged with the expenditure
Il h. VAC Sa,OOO 000 e. e. -. .xox