The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-25
TO HEAR REPORT
on FRIDAY NIGHT
Organization Plans of High
way Association Will
be Explained
JEFFERSON HOTEL
TO HOUSE MEETING
Caroline County Will Vote a
$125,OOO Bond Issue f.r
Building Better
Highways

i A mass meeting of the, business
men OF Richmond will be held III
the Jefferson Hotel Auditorium to-
morrow night to hear the report of
the committee On organization Of the
Richmond Washington Highway AZ
ISOLATION. The report. according to
Secretary Robert b. Airport. IL going
to arouse erthusIasm: it will show
Just what can be accomplished by
q few earnest citizens when they set
about to do something for the good
Z Of the community. and II In going to
be an Inspiration to do even more.
So Secretary Airport says. and he
should sknow. for he Ii one of the
of building the Richmond-Washi
ton highway.
This highway has been talked about
for many years. and II scarcely ever
got beyond the talking stage. The
Richmond Automobile Club took the
matter up and by dint Of hard work
got the people in various counties
worked up so that they began to talk
about building good roads. Tho cost
was 30 great. however, that most OF
the men who advocated the move
ment were handicapped at the very
start. The minute they began to talk
money everybody looked at his neigh
Dor.
The Richmond Automobile Club
held meetings invited the Governor
TO appear and talk. and the county
road supervisors and the leading citi-
zens Of the counties and finally after
much effort the Richmond Louisa and
Gordonsviile Highway Association was
formed. which was to form a part
In the. read to Washington. and Incl
}vy l~0A 70 b. Talfc~y I'D L.
which all the tourists from the North
would 80 a-kiting." according to an
authority. and leave Richmond out
IN the cold
First Annsal Convention.
Then Logan Waller Page. director
o9 tho United States offaoe Of public
r1ada. decided 20 hold the hrst an
nual convention Of his American A.
oociation Tor Highway Improvement
n Richmond and this finaily came to
pass last November.
At this meeting there was great
talk about an international highway
from Quebec, Canada. to Miami, Fla.
al the way down the Eastern coast.
and Richmond men became inter-
ested.
How IL Grew.
Henry Hadley. OF New York. and
Colonel Bennehan Cameron. Of North
Carolina, were prominent advocates
Of the international highway, ana
whom members OF the government of
the province Of Quebec appeared and
said that Canada would do Its share
TO build the highway and everyone
from New York to Jacksonville got
into line. the Richmond men suggest
ed that they be considered.
whcreupon the Richmond men
vera told that for n long time they
had been talking about huiidir~ q
road To washington, but they never
had done more man ta4x .s..eaAs.s
such AZ Colonel Smith. Of New Jer-
sey, suggested how easy Il would be
to cut across Pennsylvania to 0ettys-
burg and into the Shenandoah Valley
nike. and thus on to Atlanta Gen.
eral +. Coleman Du Popt told about
the great highway he %as building.
end members from Delaware arose to
carry the Du Pont highway through
Virginia, down Accomac county to
Charles City, and thence tourists
would 20 by ferry to Norfolk and
from oNrfolk would hit into the capt.
tal-to-captai highway.
Richmond on the highway and on the
highway fnaps. Whereupon Preston
I. Kelvin, aided and abetted by Robert
b. Airport. J. Thomas Palmatory. e.
C, Pelouxe, proceeded to night for
reco9nition, OF Richmond. Tho battle
they put up was such \ surprisin4
ons that when the International High
way Association was formed Rich
mond vas given ! place on the board
nsn se oe ess s ss 70 's
~ %. .1ulisn WILSON and John Stew
art BRYAN