The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-02


Richmond Automobile Club goes to
New York next week to attend the
annual meeting Of the American Au-
tomobile Association, which will be
held there Tuesday. Mr.. Peck Is the
especially appointed representative OF
the Richmond Automobile Club. a
sort Of envoy extraordinary and min
ister plenipotentiary.
1t Is likely that President Preston
Belvin. OF the Virginia State Auto
mobile Association: e. C. Pelouze and
Sam atkinson. members Of the board
of directors, will ind time to take a
trip to New York.
Mr.. Beiyin said II. was doubtful If
he would be able to find the time for
he not only has his daily business to
look after. but the good roads move
ment IL taking up q great deal OF his
time.
At present the Miami Quebec prop
osition - the most important Of all
highway matters. a. far as Virginia
" concerned.
R3chnond Wins Victory.
At the lrst national convention Of
the American Association for High
way Improvement the Quebec Miami
Highway Association was formed and
in its formation Richmond won q sig
nal victory. Some OF the leading ad-
vocates OF tho highway were Of the
opinion that the road should run
D. d. r.,
land and down the valley pike, thus
cutting out Richmond.
Richmond, Baltimore and Wash
1ngton delegates tn the convention
rose up and protested and their pro-
test was sustained by Leonard Tufts.
Colonel Bennehan Cameron, General
Julian Carr and others.
The protestantS won and the high
way will run from Quebec to Mon
treal down the valley OF the Hudson.
through New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Maryland. Baltimore, Washing-
ton, Richmond. Petersburg and En-
poria to the Carolina line. where II
will strike into tho Capitai-to-Capital
highway. built mainly through the
efforts Of Leonard Tufts.
Money II Appropriated.
MONEY to build this highway has
been Appropriated In the Dominion
OF Canada and in all the States ex-
oept virginia Quebec and Montreal
win bpend 100000 to complete
the highway from Quebec to the bor-
der OF New York State.
New York has 325.00o.o0o appro-
prtatsd and the nrst money will 60
toward completing the State high
way from the Canadian border to
AHAs tHAA A. Ill
New Jersey are we'll nigh perfect
Pehngylvanda has 33s.00o.oo to
spend On obod roads and the first
money Of this appropriation viii be
put into the Quebec to Miami high
way. Maryland has appropriated
tlS.oee.0 600. and this money will
build the highway from the Penn
sylvania line to Washington.
30 It - UP to Virginia and Viz
gtniAns are preparing to do their
share toward building their part OF
the. highway.
Road TO Washington.
First Of all . road to Warrington
II to be- laid out. II the weather
holds rood this will be done, prob
abiy. within the next ten days or
fortnight
Robert B. Airport has loaned his
car to committee, consisting OF
state highway commissioner. Captain
st. Julien Wilson. L B. Melville. who
built the Peninsula sand-clay road.
and Preston Belvin, to look over the
roads between Richmond and Wash
ington, via Fredericksburg.
Mr.. Airport 10 Of the opinion that
he can show the committee an al
most ideal route to the national capt
tai, and the committee viii examine
II thoroughly. They VIII take note
Of all the good and bad places along
tho route and map out, a. nearly a.
possible, Z straight thoroughfare be-
tween Richmond and Washington.
Tho idea OF the committee 10 to
build first . sand-clay road until the
money can BE- raised to macadamtze
It They do not intend to walt for
q Federal AID. Thsy propose 70 have
the road built BY Virginia and vir-
gtnlanA
Cost Of Ccussructiou.
Mr.. MAnvtllA who superintendent
the construction Of the peniy1pula
highway. completed that work at Z
cost Of littie moro than $500 . mile
and It may BE- possible to build the
rU1f 10 washington utmost - cheap,
The Washington highway a re-
gardcd - IN absolute necessity. What
- moro, the people who are advocat-
ing the matter. point out that Il will
be . most profitable investment.
They argue thus:
In the summer time motorists from
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