Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-15

MRS. DIMMOCK'S IDEA.
Senator Martin and Congressman
Carlin Call on President Taft TO Sc
cure His Influence TO New Project.

Three plans are now under consid-
Grafton for the building of the Mount
Vernon Avenue, which is to extend
from Washington through Alexandria
to the home of the first President
and indications are that at least one
OF the three plans, if not all of them,
will be realized before many months
and construction on the road COM
menced shortly afterwards.
The first plan is the one which has
been pending before Congress for
some years and which will undoubet-
ly be realized as soon as Congress
opens its session in December. This,
invo;.- the return to the state OF
Virginia of $12O,0OO, which was ad-
vanced by the state for the building
Of the capital at Washington, ana
which claim has been transferred by
the state to the Mount Vernon Asso-
citation for the purpose Of construct
ing the highway. At the last session
of Congress the appropriation passed
the House but was held up during the
last hours of the Senate with the
promise, however, that at the coming
session it would be passed.
The second plan was announced yes
terday when Mrs. Henry +. Dimmock,
of New York, who as president of the
George Washington Memorial Asso-
citation has been endeavoring to raise
81, 100000 for the erection of build
ing ir Washington rs a ntemoria! to
the country's first president sug-
gested that the finds now on hand
be used for the building of the high
way from Washington to Mount VeH-
non which she desires to be called the
Lincoln Memorial. 1t is stated thai
the association has 100000 cash on
hand.
The third plan was Also brought
out for the first time yesterday when
Senator Thomas S. Martin, Of Viz
ginia, ard Representative c. CariIn,
of Alexandria, called or President
Taft to enlist his support to plan to
build an experimental road from
Alexandria TO Mount Vernon, the
tomb Of Washington, with a part o.
the $50O,OO0 appropriation for good
roads authorized by Congress last
session.
Congress made an appropriation
for an experimental post road, win
the object of encouraging tire good
roads movement. Senator Martha
who understood that the appropriation
was to be divided into small sums tof
each state and that the Department
Of Agriculture, under the direction OF
which the appropriation will be eN-
pended contemplated taking many
small bite: at the cherry, eXplalne"
TO the President that the sum provided
by Congress was o small, as COM
nared to che territory to be covered,
that it would be dissipated without
accomplishing any good, unless !,
were concentrated at one point. Inc
VIRGINIA statesman assured the Pres
ident that the expenditure Of the
money for the proposed roa! to Noun
Vernon would not be in violation ol
the law passed by Congress.
The Virginia Senator and epresen-
,rgtive pointed out to the President
that the Alexandria-M Mount Vernon
road would be proper project to be
considered, as it would insure the
provide a model for the rest OF the
country and at the same time provide
2 memorial to Washington.
The Virginia Senator and Represen-
pinia representatives but did not state
what action he would take.
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New York, Nov. 15.-Whe the
trial of the four gunmen accused OF
killing Herman Rosenthal opened to-
day, Dago Frank Cirofco was the
first witness to take the witness
stand. He was the last of the priso-
ners to face the jury with hi story.
He was prepared to offer an alibi as
defense.
500 Bags of Potatoes, Green Moun-
tain's. on sale at S1.75 a bag. NJ. Schu-
Icr Beef Company'S Market.