The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-06

4 dB GGIHu.
Under the terms of the organiza-
| ton no member of the corporation
and no officer thereof can receive any
benefit or compensation for his SER
vices and the work and the contrt-
buttons are purely for the public good.
At the time that the movement was
undertaken, various members OF the
city government indicated TO US that
they would do all they could TO in
h sure the support of the movement by
the city through reasonable contri-
button to the construction of the road
within ten miles of the city of Rich
nond, as authorized by law. With
this object in view. In the summer OF
1914, the association prepared Pc
tition which was presented to the
council by Mr., Peters and referred to
the committee on finance, but no ac-
ton was taken thereon before the
council, which expired on August 81,
1919, went out of existence The ap-
piication has not been renewed in the
new council, as we have been wait
ing to take the matter up when the
budget was being formulated with a
view to securing the insertion In the
budget OF reasonable appropriation
to this end.
1T has been my desire to appear
personally before the finance commit
tee to urge some aid to this move
ment, but have been out of the city
for the past ten days, am engaged to-
night with people from out of the
city. and am compelled to leave to-
morrow for Texas on urgent business.
For these reasons, / take the lib
erty OF enclosing herewith a. copy
OF the petition presented to the coun-
Gil last summer and referred to your
committee, and urging upon your
committees consideration of some ade-
ouate appropriation to aid in the con-
struction of this road.
The county OF Spotsylvania, which
is the last county on the line of the
bond issue which will enable them
to improve the highway through the
entire county. A large portion of the
! highway In Hanover has been Inn
proved and the work Is now progress
ing on the remainder. In Henrico no
definite action has been taken, and 1t
is in this territory, where the entrance
into the city of Richmond will be
made, that we desire TO have the best
road so as to make the best impress
sion on people approaching this city
touring South.
North of Fredericksburg the work
ia in progress in every county. and II
liz believed that with earnest co-opera-
ton we can get the road between
Richmond and Washington by the fall
of 1e13.
do not feel that II is necessary to
urge upon the committee the import
ance of this movement for the in
dustrfai and civic advancement OF
Richmond. The want of a proper
highway has in the past diverted all
tourist traffic between the North and
South through Lynchburg or other
western points. The construction of
the Quebec Miami highway is now in
prsgress and. with the exception OF
the link between Richmond and
! Washington, will probably be COM
/ pieted during the present year. Tn
/ less we succeed In constructing first
class highway through this territory,
| then the large benefits which would
accrue to this city from making 1t the
center Of tourist travel will be lost.
The interest of the people in the
movement has been shown by their
| liberal subscriptions to this work and
| by the earnestness with which they
have devoted their time and atten-
ton to the proposition. I therefore
respectfully request your attention TO
the enclosed petition which presents
more fully the request of the corpora
ton. and would urge upon you with
all earuestness that some adequate
provision he made for this work in
the budget for the present year.
| II is with deep regret that / find II
| is impossible for me to appear before
your committee personally, but ! am
sure you will appreciate that the de-
mands upon my time which I have tn
! dicated above. make this impossible.
/ Very respectfully,
/ III. w. ANDERSON.
| President. Richmond Washington
| Highway Corporation.
|
1 Letter TO Council.
To the Honorable Council
Of the City of Richmond:
/ Your petitioner, the Richmond
! Washington Highway corporation.
would respectfully present the follow
| ing facts:
/ First. For some years past there
has been considerable agitation of the
subject OF the construction OF an i'm
proved highway between Richmond
and Washington At present the con-
| dition of the public roads between
1 these two cities is such that tourists
! desiring to visit Richmond by auto
| mobile are unable to reach the city
| from the North except by going
| from Stanton east to Richmond, or
| through the Piedmont section via Cor
| louisville to Richmond, both of which
routes are impossible during the great
err portion of the year and can only
| be travelled during the summer
/ months when the weather is good
| The growth of the tourist travel in
/ America by automobile is such that
/ II is Of the utmost importance to the
/ industrial development Of any COM
munity. especially so rich in historical
I interest as Richmond.s that 1t should
| be accessible to such ffafffe. With
view to development of this traf-
/ fc North and South a plan has been
! inaugurated little more than q year
| ago to construct an improved high
way between Quebec and Miami.
| Florida, by which tourists from the
North could go South by automobile
! in the winter and from the South to
/ the North by automobile In the sum-
mer. The greater part of this route
has been completed through the sew
/ eral States and counties through
| which 1t passes. and the only link
| which at present Is inpassible is that
between Richmond and Washington
| in this State.
Unless some arrangement be made
for the construction or Improvement
| OF the highway between these points,
/ this great international tourist route
will either go west Of Richmond via
/ Lynchburg or via Roanoke and the
| Valley OF Virginia. or east OF Rich
mond through the eastern shore and
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