Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-03
ROAD AS MEMORIAL
Highway in Honor of Lincoln Is
Suggested.
PROPOSED BY R. N. HARPER
Wants Boulevard to Run From
Washington to Richmond.
PLAN DISCUSSED AT MEETING
Chamber of Commerce Directors OBJ
ject to Changes in Building Reg
ulations Without Notice.
PLAN DISCUSSED AT MEETING

A magnificent highway connecting
Washington and Richmond, Va, the old
capital Of the S~efTfederacy as a memorial
to Abraham Lincoln is the suggestion
that will be made by the board of direc-
tors of the Chambers of Commerce TO the
committee on the future development of
Washington, of which Glenn Brown is
chairman. The adoption of the plan was
suggested at a meeting of the board of
directors of the chamber last night by
Robert n. Harper, and met with the en-
thusiastic support of many of the men,.
bers present.
The board undoubt eddy would have
voted its approval of the plan with in
struCtions to committee to take the
matter to the Lincoln memorial commits
sion, which has before it the selection of
a memorial to the dead President to cost
$2,OCOG0O, had 1t not been that earlier in
the year the board and the chamber
itself had voted to support the plan adj
vanced by the Glenn Brown committee
for the development of Washington. This
contemplates the establishment of
costly memorial TO Lincoln on the banks
of the Potomac, as suggested by the Nc
MILAN park commission.
1t was pointed out by Mr.. Harper that
the adoption of resolution fayoring the
construction of the shington-Richmond
boulevard would not necessarily conflict
with the park commission plan. He said
that the memorial structure suggest ed by
the park commission could be erected in
Potomac Park as an entrance to the
boulevard to Richmond. A handsome
bridge and the boulevard to Richmond
would merely elaborate the memorial
To Name Special Committee.
1t was decided. therefore, by the board
with Mr.. Brown in regard to the proposed
memorial highway.
President oyster today appointed the
following committee: Robert n Harper,
J. Leftwich Sinclair Ernest H. Daniel.
William T. Gallher William E. Shannon
and u. II. Porter
In advocating his plan, Mr.. Harper de-
Clared that no more fitting memorial TO
the man who had done SO much to pre-
serve the Union could be constructed than
great highway between the capital of
the nation and Richmond, which had been
the headquarters of the Confederacy and
where the last incidents of the civil war
had been enacted.
Others who spoke in favor of the Wash
ington-R Richmond highway were ]. Left
witch Sinclair, Ernest H Daniel and
Charles }. barr, William I. Galliher took
the stand that a memorial to Lincoln
should be some great monument in the
National Capital, in no way connected
with commerce. but which should be an
inspiration for all time to American
youth.
The District Commissioners were criti-
cised by members of the board because
they made changes in the building regu-
lationS for the city and put them into
effect without due notice to property
owners and builders. Ernest H. Daniel,
chairman of the committee on building.
brought the matter to the attention of
the board declaring that great hardship
was worked because Of the power of the
Commissioners to change the regulations
without notice.