The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-07-23
A LINCOLN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
ATLANTA Journal J


The proposition magnificent gway Wash
ngton to Gettysburg memorial Abraham Lincoln taking
strong hold the minds OF the people and is hoped that the
suggestion will soon take definite shape
Mr. James T. McCleay OF Washington spent several months
III Europe the special representative Of the Lincoln memorial
mission appointed BY congress- IN search OF ideas for this national
memorial and article contributed the Review OF Reviews
a ne gave his for selecting great highway the most
fitting memorial
He discusses question by process OF elimination He shows
that the national capital already has the Washington
the nobe memorial OF the kind that could be erected and that
other would invite comparisons which should be made between
two such Washington and Lincoln He points that
tenth Of the equestrian the world located in Washing
ton Paris has her Arch OF Triumph and London her Nelson
men in Trafalgar square
The memorial to Lincoln he thinks should be something unique
along the Appan way the thought him that every
point such monument would be the most appropriate mem
orial to Lincoln.
The trumps in war and peace OF Apps Claudius are long
since forgotten and the greater highway he constructed
two hundred years still keeps his alive and still daily
use OF the most notable OF all the monuments OF the Roman
empire
proposed highway would be sevent-two miles long
OF the notable of all the of the Roman empire
would extend from Washington Gettysburg In its it
Mason and Dxon line and hence would be bond between
north and south 1t would terminate at the battlefield park OF
Gettysburg where the national has already seven
millions OF dollars This park which the finest OF its kind
the world OF which American well be proud and yet
inaccessible that but few people visit it Certainly there are
few visitors who there from Washington whereas if this great
highway built would be but pleasant journey which thous
ands and hundreds OF thousands would take every year
According the tentative plans suggested by Mr. McCea the
road would be hundred feet wide with greesward inter
persed with flower beds extending all the way On side Of
this greenward would be roadway OF the approved conuc
ton devoted the swfter vehicles like the automobile and
similar roadway the other side for carriages and other sowoy
ing vehicles Bordering these oadways would be right OF for
trolley line devoted the swift express such could
make the Gettysburg in two hours and the other track for
slower trolley
1t is suggested that each state should be allowed to beauv and
OF the highway according
According the idea Of the promoter the OF Lincoln grow
ing by and his memorial should not be finished
like shaft arch but memorial which the generations
which after will take pride and pleasure mpro
ing contributions So like the great highway OF
Appus Caudus the Lincoln highway could be lined with
villas and adorned those countless which such
highway would lend itself
The whole project comedies with the good roads
which abroad in the land While the proposed highway
many respects thing OF beauty utility would by no
means be overlooked 1t would establish communication between
two important sections OF the country rich history and present
day activity
The plan unique and feel that the it
;dered the more generally it will be approved