The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-14

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tors of the Richmond. Washington
division of the Quebec Mimi Inter
national Highway Association Will
hold a meeting In tho Chamber OF
; Commerce, Mutual Building. AT this
meeting 1t il expected, the directors
Twin decide definitely upon the route
that the highway will take through
Virginia.
. According to the route seleet ted by
the pathtinding party the road win
run from Richmond 10 Fredericks-
burg over the old post road through
Bowling Green. From Fredericksburg
IL Will go by way OF Falmouth nnu
HARDWOOD church to Catiett's. NoaKes-
vile, Bristow Manassas, Fails
Church and Washington.
1his route would leave out Alex
andria, but 1t would be comparatively
easy TO continue to Alexandria from
Halls Church. although this route
would make the distance 9 mite
longer. Suu, the road from halls
church to Alexandria and the rvau
from Falls Chuich direct to Wash
ington are almost equally good. the
,at.sr being "a regular boulevard. Alex
anaria, ii appears, on the other hand,
warts the route to lie through Deco
guam and then over the old Telegraph
I pike TO uumtries and l'rederi ks
burg.
Far From Ideal Route.
J This latter route Is said to be Tar
from ideal. Men engaged In the
business of road building declare that
the Occoauan route Will be a costly
affair lnere are cuts to be filled
and estimates on these matters are
usually far on the actual ones. one
i engineer estimated that cut on this
lIue would need $1,000 yards OF dirt
to fiji II. The rxact numoer OF yards
required was $4,000. ,-
! The Occoquan road IL by no means
! a picturesque trail. 1t has the rocky
road to L,ubiin looking like nice
broad highway. There are no villages
10 break the monotony Of ride De-
tween Occoauan and Dumfries. Out
| tide of these places there are none
that will benetit by the highway TO
| any great extern
1,.ie Plays Merry Franks.
The tide has habit OF playing
| merry pranks with tho highway a.
| various points, a great deal OF bridge
| building will have to he done, and al
| together the old telegraph pike Is moi
| on that appeals TO Richmond ciu-
| gems, especially. who may wish &c
! max. tho journey to Washington. The
! route through the other portion oi
/ Prince William Is far more easy 70
| build, the materis. Is right on the
| RICH; of way and the right of way Is
/ good and broad. The highway Will
run on the ridges rather than in the
valleys and rolling iatland of the
lower part of tho country.
II viii pass through numerous viii
lagos and country that Is famous
IN history. for Bull Run, or Antie-
tam. Bristow Station and the famous
wilderness battles all took place In
! this country, and from historical
point of view the upper portion OF
! Prince William county is far more
interesting than Dumfries and Deco
guam
Proposed Memorial Highway.
There Is proposal to build the
highway in sections and call each
section after n famous general II
either army. Thus one section vii
be named Lee section, smother Jack
son and Il third Stuart, while other.
will he named Mcclellan, Grant Of
Meade. Memorial arches will b.
erected In due time In each section
and the Richmond to Washington
link in the great international high
= way viii become n memorial high
way TO the heroes who fought In I'll,
war OF the States.
About the Glidden Trophy.
Following the announcement tina
the American Automobile Association
has decided not TO drop the Glidder
trophy comes protest from Ben
Iamin Briscoe. head OF the United
States Motor Company. against thu
trophy being used as any other blu
the chief award In tho A. A, A. tour
The Maxwell team. Il L. 6. Motto
product. won the Glidden and An
derson trophies In the Gliddcn tou
of 1911. 1t In evidently Mr.. Bris
GOES understanding that the troph!
is to be showed into the backgrouns
and made inferior to any others tina
may he put up. He doesn't want tina
at all, and asks the A. A. A. and TIN
Manufacturers Contest Association I,
see TO It that II doesn't happen.
II has been urged by some that c
! J. Glidden WAS getting all the ad
I sertising out Of the tour because hi
name WAS attached ~ the chief pffze
MIR. Briscoe calls attention to the
Harmsworth trophy in motor boating
To the Prince Henry prize in foreign
touring and 20 tho Vanderbilt cup rae,
as examples ~ important things
named for persons, much In tho SAM
. way.
"The Giidden trophy was donate,
by n sportsman. purely in all altruis
tic spirit" says he. HE IL work
renowned motorist and retired capl
taIist. having no interest whatsoeve
IN the automobile trade beyond tn
encouragement Of touring by privat
owners and the demonstration OF com
parative reliability The trophy wa
| accented by the American Antomn
| bile Association, and has been com
.. .peted for several times.
NO good reason for Its rejection
/. has been advanced. The simple ren
son that the trophy bears the name o
an individual IL no reason why tn
prestige Of our great national contes
| should be sacrificed to the whims o
fancies of a few. II Is a menace =
Low COIONIyr FARES TO TIL