The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-01
GREAT ROAD FROM
COAST TO COAST
aLINCoLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION"
TAKES PLACE OF THE oRIGI-
NAL PROJECT.
PURPOSE UNCHANGED
NEARLY oNE-HALF OF THE RE-
aUIRED TEN MILLION DOL
LARS HAS ALREADY BEEN
PLEDGED.
UNCHANGED

DETROIT, June 30.-Ine LlhCoih
Highway association" is the new
name of what has been known for
merly as the "a to Coast ROCK
Highway association. according 10 a
formal announcement made today at
the headquarters just established IN
the new Dime Savings bank building.
1t is declared that the object and
of this mammoth and dar-
ing undertaking have not been
changed and OF the s10,000.0o0 neces-
sary to carry the work through to
completion, over $4,000, 900 has al
ready been pledged, In fact en-
gineers of the Lincoln Highway as
ISOLATION are already at work map
ping out the route of the highway.
AS THE Lincoln Highway it will
be a nationwide memorial to the
martyred president that will live for
ever. The name was changed at the
eques OF Carl G.. Fisher, father of
the original idea, who has given much
of his time in making this a sue
cessful patriotic venture.
Prominent Men Interested.
The national headquarters, just
opened here, have brought a num-
Der Of prominent men into the pro-
tect who heretofore have not been
actively identified with it. Henry p.
Joy, president of the Packard Motor
Car company. is the new president OF
the association and Mr.. Fisher is vice.
president A. r. Pardington Is secre-
tary of the association, and is spend
irg all his time in handling the
numerous details which are 80 neces-
sary in every undertaking having as
wide a scope as this project. Mr..
Fisher has personally met all the ex-
penses of organization. and these
have been considerable, up to the
present time. MIR. Fisher will watch
each detail as it develops in as keen
and continuous a manner as hereto
fore.
Detroit was chosen as headquarters
for the Lincoln Highway association
for many reasons. Mr.. Fisher has
just purchased a home here and he
naturally desired to be close to the
associations affairs. The city Is the
center OF the automobile industry,
which will largely aid in the finan-
cial campaign in many Ways. 1t
houses from one TO ten conventions
every week Of the year, which bring
to the Michigan metropolis scores of
men who are interested in the high
way. The city is centrally located
and easy Of access so h a the bust
ness can be economically conducted.
Object Remains Unchanged.
The object Of the association. de-
spite the change in name, remains
the same. ito procure the establish
ment'o Of a connecting improved high
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and to raise SIC, ooo.o 900 by popular
su subscriptions for the same: this
money to be used in cooperating
with local officials. and organizations
in every way and thus providing
materials or financial aid,
whichever Is found necessary.
The road. wherever possible. is to
he built of concrete. this material
being found the best and is TO be
patterned after the Wayne county
reads of Michigan, which are con-
ceded to be the finest in the United
states If not in the world. Concrete
highways require the smallest main
tenance cost of any. n hen the
building is i~ntelligently directed will
wear forever. Existing highways that
have been improved. however. are
to be used by the Lincoln Highway
association If their condition and con-
.struction meet with the approval OF
the engineers of the association who
will consider their p~ermanency as
well as other important details.
Unite Various Sections.
One Of the additional reasons for
the change of name from theCoast
TO Coast Highway association to The
Lincoln Highway association" was the
fact that in different sections OF the
country there have been various coast
TO coast highways planned. some of
which have only stretched across
townships while others have become
almost county OF State affairs, 1T Is
hoped hat these organizations will
cooperate and help in h develop
rnent of the Lincoln Highway asso-
cation so hat all may eventually be
organized into a concrete and eff
Gent whole. Wherever Ii Ia at all
possible the roads h a have been
properly built will be made a part OF
the Lincoln highway.
Some persons r bound to con-
fuse the Lincoln Highway ~associa-
ton with the Lincoln Memorial road
planned some years to connect
the capital at Washington with the
Gettysburg battlefield. seventy-two
miles away. That plan was abandon
ed last spring. This Washington city
memorial to Lincoln Is to take the
form of q magnificent building. where
the Lincoln furniture, pictures,
records, manuscripts and all other
forms OF Lincolntonia will be suit
ably housed and preserved. There is
now only one the Lincoln Highway
association and this will link the
Atlantic and Pacific for the farmer.
the merchant, the business men and
- m. rx,~I ~.