El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

sands Of people clear across the cOun-
Try from the Lincoln Highway. stretch
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific"
said u. p, Brinegar, secretary of the
Arg0naut Trail committee. of san
Francisco. in Detroit today.
Mr. Brinegar came here to confer
with the secretary of the Lincoln High-
way association Che national offices OF
which are located in the Dime Savings
BANK building In Detroit The Arg0-
nauL trail committee is the dynamic
california force in the western move
ment that is aiding the ocean TO ocean
com and fOstered by the Lincoln
Highway association.
The Panama canal, for which every
citizen must pay his share Of the cost.
VIII BRING untold benefits TO England
and Europe, enabling commercial in
lerests there to gain easy access to the
orient Mr.. Brinegar continued. ct
VIII make IL easy for Atlantic coast
Shippers to reach the Pacific coast and
wee versa But viii it help the people
or Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa or
any point In the middle or far Wesr2
yet, the Lincoln highway. Of which
our own ArgOnaut trail we hope viii
oe part VIII pass the front door Of
amounted multItUdes OF people and
VIII De perpetually at their service. An
ocean to ocean road built for endur-
ance' is a national need There are
men u Nevada and in other states to-
gay VINO must haul water 80 miles over
rouSn and burning trails And in
states far more opened to civilization
the need is equally great
Not only viii the Lincoln Highway
Le uFlng monument to q great
american. but il must be the avenue
or mOmentOus changes in the life OF
the nauon. Just as you may expect a
great surglng change for good to come
IN the relations of the north and south
aLler the Gettysburg reunion, so You
sweeping across the country when east
and west have been Joined by new
bond, this time not OF glisrening steel,
out OF improved roads road that leads
somewhere"
Champion Of good roads and active
member OF the san Francisco chamber
OF commerce, Mr. Brinegar was Sc
lect6d by that organization to head
the campaign for building the ArEO-
naur Trail. a boulevard of which San
Francisco will be the main western
terminal and which VIII reach To Sac
lamento, to Lake Tahoe then across
the Sierra Nevadas 20 Reno. Mr.. Brine
Ear was authorized to choose his own
committee Of nine. and its personnel
is typified by Charles Stets0n Wheeler.
regent OF the University OF California.
Their campaign is now under way.
eft is the name Of Lincoln that has
reused the people" said Mr. Brfnegar.
There was romance about the word
'arEOnaur with its memories Of hard
ships on the trail to gold in '4g but
there was a greater romance about
the name Of Lincoln, and the thought
of building a monument to him which
would be an Institution of service to
the nations people forever. is the
magic lever We are spending SIS
100000 today for good roads fin CALI
fOrnia and the big glowing project OF
all is cur part in the Lincoln HiCh-
way. Our committee is working with
the Midland Trail committee which is
urging a connection between Denver
and salt Lake City and which will
probably soon be known as the Lincoln
highway Nevada is also well or
organized We expect $4,000 to 80
600 automobile tourists to drive from
the east to san Francisco in 1915"