The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-15
DIRECTORS FIX
HIGHWAY ROUTE
TO WASHINGTON
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the Manassas route. ~ the real night
was between Manassas and Occoquan
in Prince william county.
The board OF directors already had
practically decided that the route Of
the highway would be from Richmond
by way Of Fredericksburg. and the
Louisa, Orange. Culpeper tight was
lost before It fairly started.
AZ stated before the real fight was
between Manassas and Occoquan. the
latter fayortny the old Telegraph pike
route. and tho former q route through
the upper portion OF Stafford county
by way Of HARDWOOD church. and Cat.
let's. 10 FauQuisr. Alexandria. also
asking e place on the great interna-
tional highway that rolls from Quebec,
Canada, to Miami, florida, was said
to favor OccoquAn. while Frederfcks-
burg and Richmond. for tho most part.
appeared to prefer the Manassas route.
preston Belvin called the meeting 10
ordsr. and vics-President samuel CO.
hen was named temporary and later
permanent, chairman. In the mean
while Mr.. Beivin invited the other
vice-presidents OF the Association to
taksa seat on the pla orm and they
did %. including W. 3. Embrey. OF
Fredericksburg; r 3. Hrnson.. OF
MaassAs; II. b. Rowe. Of Spotsylva-
MA county: George T. Lysn g caro-
line; J. T. Paimatory. Of Richmond:
~. L. Saunders, Of Hanover: G. w.
Saunders, OF Hsnrieo; Charles Hency,
OF stafford; Robert Wilson. Of Eau
qu1sr; Mitchell -AArriaon.-of -Prtnce
william: Henry Warden, Of Freder-
icksburK: r. w. Harper. OF Washing-
bert Buckley, Of Fairfax: Fritz Sitter
ding, Of Richmond; John q. Garrett.
OF Fairfax; r. B. Buckley. OF Clifton
and state Highway Commissioner,
Captain r. st. Julien Wilson.
Picslmont's Rattle fsc&fns.
The vice presidents, most OF whom
were present, had no sooner taken
their places. with John Stewart Bryaa.
the Virginia vice-prasident OF the IN
tsrnational Association, than the bat
tie OF the Piedmont section for recoS-
milton begun.
president IL. o. Lyme. OF the Pied
mont Association. spoke OF the ciaims
Of Cuipeper, Orange. Faaauier any
Louisa In impressive style. he toia
were being built and roads that would
be built. WV -
Next Mir. Lyme int oduced W.. X.
P,eake. Of Culpeper, who followed IN
q smiiar strain, dwelling on the sio-
Yious scenery OF the route. the ease
with which the highway might De
built and the enthusiasm OF the Faeo-
mont section for the movement
j. Donald Richards. Of Warrenton-
spoke for tauouier county. and cheer :
I'd tho Manassas msn by saying 1nat
next to the Piedmont route rauQuier
urefe erred the Catietts-M anassas
route. and served notice accordingly
on the Fredericksburg and nacnmoho
/ Misht Avoid Richmond.
| r. n. Holiday. Jr.. Of isapidah'
! followed Mr.. Richards and Murray
poccoch Of the Castaiia stock farm.
| followed Mr.. Holiday. But Mr.. Boo
! cork drew attention to the fact that
|. the Orange-C ulpeper-Louisa route
vould throw travel south from Rtcn-
mond to the Valley pike and thus
The Richmond members had fought
| to have the highway routed by Way
/ OF Fredericksburg al the convention
| Of the American Association Io'
| Highway Improvement, before the
| meeting Of the American Antomo-
| bile Association, and some of them
I
/ inx made to switch the route.
| They were even more surprised
when Preston Belvin stated that the
| route had not been determined upon
| even A. far a. Fredericksburg. W.
| a Embrcy, Of Fredericksburg, de-
| clared that the Piedmont citizens
were behind the time. and the Dc
| coouan men said. when they got ready
| to present their proposition. THAI tnei
had been misinformed. They had
| been led to believe that the route
40 far A. Fredericksburg had been
| decided upon.
OCcoquan Has e1O0,oOO.
w. H. Whitaker announced Tor
| Occoouan that the citizens Of tha'
| section were prepared to build the
route from Alexandria to Fredericks-
bury and had raised 100000 for the
| purpose.
Tyson Jaime. -0ecodttAft. said
that the offer Of OecoQman was open
only on the Supposition that the high
way had been routed rs far as Fred
| crfcksburG. II that WAS not fact.
In sAjd. Qccoqvan, had nothing to
| say.
But I can't see. gentlemen. why
you should want to go eighty miles
| East and West to 20 fifty miles North
and South" no sAid. We may not
have such wonderful scenery or an
undancs Of beautiful ladies. induce
ments offered by other routes" he
declared. but We will build the
road"
| Taylor Burke, OF Alexandria. said
that $fo.0e1 would be s&dsed by one
Washington enterprise alone to sweil
| the general fund.
Then after another short address
or two the board OF directors went
| into executive session.
Dlrec4DsS san Arguing.
The meeting had lasted about three
hours. and ct O'Clock the delegates
came together again only TO hear
that the directors were still arguing.