Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-23
AUGUSTA PLANS MILLION DOLLAR
BOND ISSUE,

StaunlOI, 90 July 10 AS IT,
suit of the visit to Staunton by the
scouts and scout cars OF The Wash
ington Post and Richmond Times
Dispatch in the interest of a ma
tional highway between Washing
ton and Richmond and good roads
in general throughout Virginia, the
citizens of Staunton and Augusta
county have decided to make a de-
termined effort to raise 81 ,OOO' OOo
by a bond issue and construct q
highway from Staunton across the
Blue Ridge Mountains, thus con-
Meeting Charlottesville and Rich
mond with the fertile and scenic
valley of the Shenandoah.
The movement to raise large
fund has been talked Of by proml-
nent citizens of Augusta county
and the chamber of commerce fol
the last two years. But it was not
until the two mud-bespattered AND
dusty scout cars of The Washing
ton Post and Richmond Times
Dispatch came chogging down
Main street that the people became
enthusiastic to a point of action
The appearance of the cars headed
bv seven automobiles driven by
men prominent in the city's affairs
was the signal for noisy demon
strati0n on the part of the people
who gathered along the curling OF
the streets through which the pro
cession of good readers passed. A
delegation of citizens entertained
the scouts, after which the citizens
and scouts were the guests of j. c.
Whooling, proprietor of the Hotel
Beverly, at dinner.
Charlottesville, Va, July S.-To
assure the selection of the roads
leading through Loudoun county,
the Shenandoah valley, and Abe
marie county as the route for the
national highway from Washington
to Richmond as, proposed by The
Washington Post and Richmond
Times Dispatch, the people of Abe
marie county have started move
ment to raise funds, both by prl-
vate subscription and bond issue
This announcement was made this
morning by the mayor of Charlottes-
vile, and Judge Sinclair, just prior
to the leaving of The Washington
Post and Richmond Times-Dispatch
scout cars for Richmond. More
than $40, 900 has already been sub
scribed for the project, four prom
inent citizens, c. d. Langhorne
Fred w. Scott, DR.. Ousley, and
Graham Harris, living near Green
wood, a short distance from Char
lottesville, being the subscribers.
At first macadam road will be
constructed from the western boun-
Diary of the county to distance
east of Charlottesville. When this
road is completed there will be a
connection with the road to be
built by Staunton and Augusta
counties across the Blue Ridge
mountains through the famous
Rockfsh Gap. With the construc-
ton of this link, the link from
Washington to Leesburg and from
Leesburg to the Shenandoah River
there will be but 81 miles of road
to be constructed tc complete a
national highway from washington
to Richmond.
HOW FARMERS WILL BENEFIT
AS soon as the guests had partak-
en- of the hospitality of the Staun-
ton good roads enthusiasts, }. E.
Penneybacher, chief of division,
office of public roads, Department
of Agriculture, spoke on the bene-
fits of good roads and how to get
them. AS he told of the decay OF
farm lands on account of bad high
ways, how ordinary farms situated
along govd roads, and had quad
rupled in value, how the farmers
could save millions a year by haul
ing products over good roads, and
how easily goods roads could be
procured, the 100 or more guests
paid the keenest attention. Au-
gusta county probably has more
good roads than any other county
in the State.
Within the last two years there
have been built 10 miles of improv-
ed highway from Staunton to
ChurchviIle, which is the direct
route to Parkersburg. This road
will be completed about the LIST OF
The cost amounts to ~,
600 a mile, which is about half OF
the real expense, the other being
made up by State convict labor
Mr.. John Crosby, who is a good
roads enthusiast, says that before
the new road was built there was
barely a man in so in favor of the
Now l man in 50 can
not be found who is averse to good
roads.