The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-25

In his address before the first Ma
tional Convention of the American As
ISOLATION for Highway Improvement
President Preston Beivin advocated
the building Of the Lncoin memorial
highway between Washington and
Richmond. After extending a well
come to the delegates. he said:
Good roads are important in the
financial, social and educational well
being. No enumeration of their ad-
yantages would likely include all o!
the benefits.
Good roads decrease the cost or
transportation; permit the cui'i'"-
ton of crops, not otherwise market
able: OF wider choice OK time III
the marketing of crops; permit the
marketing to be done when the prices
ara most favorable or Wioe.
choice Of the marketing place: pern,'t
more easy Intercourse between Wv
,,.,nnhers OF the rural communities
often change rural into suburban
geometry: makes II desirable Tor peo-
MA living In the city To purchase
hnn.s in the country where they can
be accessible by good rpaas, so
makes it possible for the Un'tea era,e -
government to successfully ais'I -
rural mail. while tho government ~ .
not spend a dollar to lmp''Ne
roads they are wearing o,i'' ,sou-
Good roads facilitate the conson'
49, - schools In rural districts,
,nereby increasing their ecoholns
ns'tancv This is an important mA.
~ tho coming genera.".1 ~.
.a.orvhout this country, especia''s - ~
w. snnth. without good roaas -
sne to successfully carry on
annaolidated schools In
$50 ~ these schools than h's
| Southern State. due 70 om'
wide awake and able STATE nv
49,. Of schools. Mr.. D. ~
| Esgleston, Jr. ,,..-uc,,.ro.
..,,o yreat educational ins.i'uuons
| NV Country are waking up !" ~.
s,,nortance Of training our souns ,,,,n
g., rood road building. ING 81.
HI. University. OF New iorA; GOOD
ready established cna'r ~
roads engineering, otnsr he- isnd.
a an. ~. 81, ase OF practical educa.'oI.
1H.s ~ nublic schools should aoo q, ~
ahu 90 ',rr,culum a special course III
road building. Informed the
A. of the United sta'sD 90"
ia mi appropriation vi rris,
400 "a for erecting ,., 4.
y. ooN ,hr.ham Lincoln. Mr.. Lincoln. ."
,.a all agree was q pTatuso' ,,,a
w" So he were alive to-day. ne "oa,"
,.rntest against having his name 10
,nartalixed in a monument VI -,
Nv an arch OF bronz@ mas ha
suxeested by some that a h,snm
h.,iIt from Washington 10 Heu. $50
"a be known m the iAhcoln .,,srt
rnere rs ut present most eNcen n:.,e
- leading from Washington Guy
~ r.ttvsburg, and II would De es-
,ah,tshinr a most extravasaht pFeoe,
dent to use Washington as nup' az
hriid national highways 10 tne oA''
t,ef,elds Throughout America.
NJ Yincoln believed In united
,.o.,n,ry He devoted the last years
~ nis life TO accomplishing this pur-
Moss. and beanie a martyr to his sue
cess. u.-.
Now, can any suggest more pc
fitting. lasting memorial TO Abraham
Iincoln than n highway built Of ever
lasting materials from ,the federal
capital, Washington. to the Conreder-
ate capital, Richmond. Virginia, TO be
known AZ the Lincoln Memorial High
way. linking together the foremost
historic cities Of America.
The highway would pass through
the most interesting sections Of this
entire country, for Virginia, Il must
be known, has heen the battlefield OF
all OF the great wars IN Ameriea--the
early Indian wars. Colonial ware. Sur.
render of CORVALLIS at Yorktown,
Virginia. and the closing of the war
between the states at Appemattox
Courthouse Virginia. Every question
ia which war was involved In the
United States has been determined
upon the soil Of Virginia.
FROM the city OF Washington to the
city OF Richmond. every inch enters
into the history making epochs OF this
country,
Home OF Washington.
Alexandria county-we pass near
the historical home OF the immortal
George WashinRton, Mt. Vernon,
through his landed estates. and OYER