The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
TO RAISE FUNDS
IN SHORT time.
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I lcgc OF passing through Richmond and
it would also cut out, some OF the most
historic portions OF the state. II is
I 10 obviito his that the route by way
OF fredericksburg has ,acn suggested.
| n Whirirind CnInpuIgn.
| From all that can be learned. it is
| the purpose of the men in charge to
! conduct u whirlwind campaign oil, say
| two weeks. Committees will be named,
each committee being assigned IA
given territory OF the city. Some CEN
! trail point will be named, ut which the
committees will meet each day and
! over luncheon discuss the progress
made
| II is not Improbable that clocks will
| be used 10 tel just how much money
las been collected. Richmond is really
the pivotal point of the movement.
Without I;chmonds aid nothing o<lu
be accomplished.
The counties alons the route. with
! the exception of Caroline and Fauuuicr
will need no assistance E'rcdcricks-
| burg IS willing to come nobly 10 the
front. SO are Alcxaudrla. Manassas.
| Ashland. Bowling Green and Hanover
Courthouse. Caroline, with forty miles
/ of the road through that county.
makes no bones of the fact that she
| VIII need some assistance. Fauquicr,
| with fourteen miles of the proposed
! highway within her boundary also
will ask for aid. But this is triflins.
If Richmond can raise $4,000 and
| Washington like sum, the roud is as
| good as completed.
| The time has passed when good
| roads must be preached. They havo
| ceased To be luxury and arc now z
| necessity, say both the city jewellers
and those IN rural communities When
tho farmer is advised that the cities
arc ready and willing TO holp him, so
that instead Of paying 35 cents q load
TO haul his produce ho can do II for
! ii cents. he comes to the conclusion
that the difference goes to his bank
| account. and he is willing to help the
! man in the city.
Farmers Most Interested.
| The question of making an automo-
! bile road has been too much cmpha-
| sized, according TO many. The real
| burnins issue is how to bring tho
| markets. and, in cases where town
! is off the railroads, the railroads closer
| to the man who grows the food with
which the rest of the nation iu main
| tanned. Real and other properties en-
| nance i'll Just the proportion that
| means OF communication increase.
The railroad IS great fisctor but
even greater than the railroad is the
road that will allow suburban dwell
Ter TO visit his neighbour, probably ten
or twelve miles away. In an hour or
so, and then return home without the
hardships incumbent upon bad road,
with the ever-prcsent possibility that
home may never be reached.
At the meeting Tuesday night all of
these things will he discussed by bust
sess men at n business meeting II the
farmer can awake and can come from
his apparent indifference, then it is
clearly the duty of the business man to
aid. say the men who have made Rich
mond grow. Good roads is no longer
question of sentiment. or of making
the highways passablc Tor AUTOMOBILE
lists or pleasure drivers, but 1t is a
question of business acumcn. The
penny wise and pound foolish policies
Of few years ago arc no longer III
| force. The interests OF Ihe farmer and
, the business man are intcrdcpendent.
and for this reason Richmond will go
TO work to raise the money to build
this highway.
Naturally tourists will be attracted.
The commercial enterprises of Rich
mond will gain by reason OF these visi-
tors. But so will the owner of prop
crty outside the cities. The man on
pleasure bent, seeing a country whicA
arouscs his interest and fancy begins
to inquire as to the Taluc OF land in
that country. inquiry leads TO further
inquiries until property values begin
10 soar. Richmond, ever abreast In the
matter of incrcas sing ALI values In Vir-
| Ginia. will be In the van when 1t comes
to building the Virginia division Of tho
Miamo to- Quebec Highway.
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