The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-21
RALLY IN FREDERICKSBURG
Good Roads Boomers VIII Leave Richmond Tomorr
Morning to Attend Meeting-News for Motorists

The Richmond delegation which win
attend the good roads rally In Fred
ericksburs tomorrow will leave here
at $40 o'clock In the morning. The
opening session OF the rally begins At
Ii, and from that hour until late at
night the road boomers will be kept
busy. The rally winds up with ban
Quet.
The speakers VIII hold forth from
the courthouse. and from present in
dications II 10 likely that overflow
meetings viii be held.
1t 10 expected that Manager Robert
Bruce. OF the Touring Bureau Of the
American Automobile Association will
be among those present. Mr.. Bruce
has written President Preston Bslvin.
OF tho State association. that he will
attend the Fredericksburg rally II 1t In
possible for him to do 20.
Preston Belvin. John c. Easley. Sec
man. President PAlmatcry. OF the Rich
mond Automobile Club. Chairman
Lewis Kaufman. OF the Good Roads
Committee. Robert Hunter. Fred Sit
terdinG, Jr., and other good roads ad-
vocAtes will be among those Ia the
Richmond delega tton.
Caroline county IL also greatly In.
terested Ia the meeting and . large
delegation with attend from Bowling
Green. Manassas Will send . delexA-
ton. and II 10 expected that Washing
ton will be well represented for the
Chamber OF Commerce Of the National
Capital has pledged itself to raise
$4,000 toward the building Of high
way between Richmond and Washing
ton. which shall pass through Fredsr-
icksburg.
Tho Richmond 70 Washington high
way 10 the only link In the Inter.
national Highway between Quebec.
Canada, and Miami. Florida, which
In Frsdericksbury n TO not caly ooOm
this project but to arouse the IN
terest Of the cttisens all along the
route. That they are wide-awake to
the Importance OF the movement may
be seen by the following letter:
ShumansvillA. Va, Feb. 20.
The people say your paper u grow-
ing all the time. Hope It will con-
ifnue to prosper.
Well + am glad you are helping TO
push along the building OF the road
from Richmond and ON to Washing.
ton. Just now no one knows bat what
this may end in ono OF the finest roads
IN the world. and will unite tho North
and the South more closely together.
We are organized. The hght 10 ~.
Richmond and Warrington agree to
give one hundred and nifty thousand
dollars. What will Fredericksburg
give' ! hope she viii meet expscta-
What will tho r.. F. 4 p. r. r
do for old Caroline county, hope
right much. The county has just spent
about $4,000 and built hno concrete
bridge AZ PenolA. and now the r..
r. 4 r. r. r. ought TO Ak the road
from Penola to the old Stage Road. It
will be not over two miles. Our sd
perviscrs viii b. Sxpscted to put their
work on the proposed new highway.
Penola road needs work very badly,
but for the present We can't M both
or work on both reads % I hope the
r.. r. 4 r. win, come TO our aid. IT
will help the r., r. 4 r. 10 get moro
freight from King WtifiAYn. King And
Queen and the lower part Of Caroline.
and l am sure the people would ap.
precsate The act. About $500 VIII
make u : rood road. =. =.
Huas NAcane Cara.
While there b considerable secrecy
at the Lorraine Dietrich factory ~
Lunevills. France, REGARDING the three
De Dietrich racing carS which are
entered Ia the French Grand Prtx
next June, some exclusive Attenuation
about them has bsen received on THE
side Of the water. The fumor THAI
yictcr Hsmery u to drive one Of these
cars has just oeen opnnru,sd. this
driver hasa.x Moa she. nr.nd P p
Do Dietrich racarg via be enormous.
having motors With : bore OF some.
where between s and 81 Inches, prob
ably the latter. and . stroke o.
incheA In other words. they win be
40 powerful - The Flats which were
sntsred Ct GAvannah. II not more -.
All three eass viii have valve In the
head type u motors. the valves being
more thAa three inches In diameter.
They are expectsd to % able to de-
liver AZ hosse-power to the rear
ecuntrncsaon they viii b similar TO
Beaa cars, which Hemery has driven
with great success.
When Raluh De Palma and David
RrNce- Brown visited the factory on
their recent trip abroad they were
not permitted TO see the new motors.
partly. because these were not yet
completed. and then perhaps for 9TH
e. reasons. Tor both Of th6Ae drivers
are TO be competitors In the Grand
Prtx themselves Anyway. In Hem
a. the most dangerous contenders OF
the race.
Csmpaxe 9xock aad Hoese. u
1T y only within recent tlmee that
competitioN has become 90 Keen that
the TRANSPORTATION 1t msfchAndiae bAfe-
fly and On TINS has become N tn-