The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
How to Encourge See America First
Idea, Made Plain By Preston Belvin

States. and White Sulphur Springs.
one OF the oldest ana most popular
mountain resorts. especially SO with
our national represe natives and those
OF foreign countries,
Richmond, Va. Is destined TO be
the most important far easferly hub
for important highways II is At
present In easy touch by fairly good
roads with every section of the state.
The Quebec. Canada, To Miami. Fla,
International highway passes through
Richmond from the extreme north to
the extreme south. The Virginia
division OF this highway, studded
~its historic battieiields IL prc-
crossing satisfactorily. All but aeou,
thirty miles of the one hundred and
thirty miles between Richmond and
the North Carolina line In finished
! and money is In hand to complete
the remainder This ia being worked
upon every day and should be finished
early in the spring OF 1918. That
portion between Richmond aand
Washington, II there Ia an open WIN
ter. We trust 10 complete during the
summer OF 1Sl3. The liberal citi-
xens OF Richmond have subscribed
seventy-fiee thousand dollars to this
highway When completed this en-
tine tine TO Washington witt be one
of the best In the Stale OF Virginia
and will be as -afe and good In win
ter as in summer.
Already a highway is completed
from the Atlantic ocean TO Rich
,mond. This highway is being con-
tinued to Roanoke. where II connects
with the highway now under con-
/ Etruction to Bristol. which. is The
gateway to the great highway near
ly completed across the State of Ten
nessee to Memphis Conditions viii
demand that a highway be built to
connect Memphis with the Santa Fee
trail leading to Los Angeles and San
Francisco. This will be the most
northly highway between the Atlantic
and .Pacifcr that slll.hssapen aud per-
fectly safe for automobiles every
month in the year. and to extend
or erect a highway running north
easterly from Los Angeles to the city
of Chicago to New York, and claim
ing that it is open and safe during
all OF the winter months Is absurd.
preposterous and misleading. A
highway built from the Atlantic to
the Pacific via Richmond, Bristol
and Memphis to Los Angeles and San
Francisco would be open and safe
every month In the year and could be
tapped by Northern cities along its
entire length.
The congressional communities last
winter considered a memorial high
way from Washington to Gettysburg
to be known az the Lincoln Memorial
highway. A distinguished repre-
sentative remarked that the city OF
Warrington should be used as a huh
and highways should be built by the
government 10 all of the great bat
tleheids II this should be carried
out. It would not be necessary for
virginia to build single highway al
In nearly every county In the State
there are great historic battlenelds
The battle OF Gettysburg with other
In tho War Between the States. II
was the stage upon which one Of the
great scenes Of this War Between ths
States WA enacted. But there wal
nothing determihed. Appomattox
and AppomAtt0vx al0ne attained the
great Distinction ~ the scene where
COMMANDER In chief l9id down III
and South wA1 & IN end. the PRIZE
city Of thS Southern Confsdsracy
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