Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
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One of the objections which have been
urged against the highway proposition
is that its construction under federal
authority and with federal funds might
tend to establish a precedent for the
participation of the national govern
ment in road building in the future.
1t is believed that il this highway
is built that 1t will be the nucleus of
a great tranScontinental highway to
be built by the states through which it
will pass. The Pennsylvania legisla
ture is committed to the construction
of great road extending clear across
the state from Philadelphia. on its east
ern border. west to the Ohio line. which
road would connect with the Lincoln
memorial road at GETTYSBURG There
remains but little doubt that Ohio,
Indiana. Illinois. Iowa and states west
would extend the road across to the
Pacific ocean and Puget sound
At the hearings last week before the
library committee of the House of
Representatives some excellent adj
dresses were made in favor of the
,, highway by prominent speakers.
An eloquent sentimental appeal for
, 7, the highway was made by Gen. John
C.. Black, chairman of the civil service
commission. who in the course of his
remarks said: AT our annual encamp-
ments we have unanimously Endorsed
the proposition to have the propos led
| Lincoln memorial take the form of a
great boulevard from Washington to
Gettysburg, and If it is built ii will be
+, only a question of time before it is
| extended to Richmond. binding the
north and south"
Chairman George c. Diehl of the
American Automobile Association ma
tional good roads board who is also
| an experienced roads engineer sup
piled practical facts in connection with
| the actual building of the highway
Chairman Diehl effectually shattered
a recent exaggerated estimate of $S4-
| 100000 for the road and $4,000 900 an
nually for upkeep put forward by ad-
/; vocates of an architectural form of
memorial II have. carefully gone into
the subject of the cost of construc-
; ton. said Mr.. Diehl. "and ! estimate
the cost or forty-foot road. with a
tWent-f -four foot strip Of macadam,
treated with a bituminous binder, at
J 100000 a mile. This would make the
cost of the seventy-two-m mile stretch
about S1,5OO.OO0, and the cost of mainte-
nance would be $3.50 a mile including
the renewal of the surface of the road
! every ten yearSI
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| The bill introduced by Representative
Borland for the construction of a Lincoln
| memorial highway from Washington to
Gettysburg provides that the commission
/ star ue.ei Hiiie upon q location, plan and
design for national highway from the
! National Capital TO the battlefield of
Gettysburg, to be known as the ..Abra
nam Lincoln Memorial Highway The
mshWay is also to ne appropriately deco
rated, including entrance arches at the
| terminals. ornamental bridges and trees
| along both sides of the boulevard The
commission is also authorized and en-
powered 10 negotiate with the states of
maryland and Pennsylvania with a view
securing IF t,,a etc
the creation Of such highway The bill
was originally referred TO the committee
on appropria tons. but this committee was
later discharged and the matter is now
| In the hands o. the library committee
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Samuel J. Prescott, well known
motorist Of Washington. who left seven
weeks ago on visit to the Panama
| canal. returned Thursday evening. much
dei1shted with the trip Mr. Prescott
enJoSed motor trip over the isthmus.
later participating in enjoyable auto
mobile trips through Jamaica. Cuba
and at Miami and Palm Beach. Fla. on
the return trip home. He was Joined
at Palm Beach by Mrs. Prescott who
returned home with him. The weather
was rather warm at Panama. Mr. Pres
cott said yesterday i'm speaking of his
trip. running into extreme weather
| conditions in the Carolinas, where he
ran into heavy snowstorm.
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Robert Fl. Martin of the Buick Motor
Company returned Yesterday from a trip
| through lower Virginia.
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The common council of Flint. Mich,
| has decided to purchase a motor rotary
| pump engine for S., 800 The new wagon
will be the fourth motor-driven piece of
apparatus purchased for the local fire de-
partment.
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Ted s. Johnston. manager of the WASH
ingtOn branch Of the Buick Motor Com
pany. left last night for Norfolk, Va.
Owing to the company being unable to
secure space in the first automobile show.
/ which OPENS tomorrow night, Manager
| Johnston has arranged for a special dis
play of Buick cars in spacious sales