Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
some bridge here and there 1t has been
proposed TO make the road about 2UO feet
in width

some bridge here and there. 1t has been
proposed TO make the road about 2UO feet
i'm width.
AS suggestion the following plan has
been submitted by the Lincoln Memorial
Road Association of America for the
Lincoln road:
Down the middle of the road let there
! be gTeensward forty or fifty feet WIDE
To lend variety 10 this central line OF
beauty. here and there flower gardens
and other decorative features could be
introduced. At intervals could be erected
fountains and other monumental emoel-
lishments that might be appropriate.
On each side of this central line OF
beauty let there be a smooth roadway
forty or fifty feet wide. constructed ac-
cording to the highest engineering stand
ards of good roads. One of these
roadWayS may be reserved for swift mov-
ing vehicles IKE automobiles and the
other for slow moving vehicles like car
riages and wagons.
Outside OF these driveways could be
double-tracked electric railways. occupy
ing width of twenty feet each and sep
arated from the driveways by hedges.
One of these railways could be for ex-
press trains of high speed and stopping
at intervals of ten or fifteen miles, the
other could be for local trains mO&.ing
less rapidly and stopping at short in
tervals
Bordering 1.-THE Lincoln road" on each
side there should be rows of trees. the
rows broken at points where could be
obtained fine views of mountain or val
ley river
In order that .the Lincoln way may
be built with certainty and without de-
lay it should be constructed under the
direction of a national commission and
should be paid for out of the national
treasury. Full opportunity should. then
be given 10 the individual states to ex-
p.ess their regard for Lincoln. To- each
state in the Union may be allotted a
portion of THE Lincoln way to be en-
bellished in accordance with it's taste and
means. subject to the approval of the ma
tionaI commission. Other spaces could be
allotted for establishment to rational pa
triotic societies. Opportunities should be
afforded to succeeding generations to add
something to the beauty of .'the Lincoln
way. So long as patriotism gloUs III
the hearts of the American people it will
be for them a labor of love to add from
time to time to this expression of ma
tional affection. keeping 1.-The Lincoln
way" at the forefront as the best and
most attractive highway in the entire
world.
Having in mind the possibilities of
electrical! Illumination. the beauty of this
boulevard when lit up at night may be
left to the ina gination.
Some of the historic points which APP
pealed to the writer in his trip over the
battlefield in motor car was Round Top
and Little Round Top. Seminary Ridge
and its famous Theological Seminary,
Cemetery Hill. Culps Hill, the Chambers
burg pike and the Emmetsburg road, the
Peach Orchard. the Wheat Field. Devils
Den. High Tide at Gettysburg and
other noted spots.
A year ago an act was passed by Con-
sress that national memorial to Abra-
ham Lincoln should be provided for and
that the memorial should be paid for en-
tirely by the United States government"
BY this act a commission, composed of
President William III. Taft. Senators
Shelby NJ. Cullom of Illinois. George
Peabody WetmOre of Rhode Island. Her.
nando d. Money of Mississippi, Repre-
sentatives Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois.
Samuel w. Mccall of Massachusetts and
Champ Clark of Missouri, was created to
procure plans and execute the construc-
ton of a great memorial to Abraham
Lincoln. A fund of $2,OO00O0 has been