The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
ASSOCIATION HAS
ANNOUNCED ROUTE

route of the Lincoln highway - pHhS-
tically settled.
brought 70 Detroit by Henry u. JOY,
president. and Carl G, Fisher and A.
II. Pardlngton. president, Of the
Lincoln Highway association, on
their return from Colorado Springs,
where they attended the conference
OF governors, and presented tho plans
for this great transcontineuta route
An official statement has been is-
sued 10 the thousands Of subscribers
TO the s10,000,000 fund, now being
raised, which reads as follows:
The maps and plans presented by
us and others showed an unanimity or
opinion extraordinary in seeking to
solve the problem Of an ocean to
ocean highway.
I'VE regret that we cannot as yet
give details of the proposed rou;e
Of this most practical memorial 10
the martyred Lincoln. We are. how
ever. pleased 10 state that * our
negotiations in regard to some Of the
Eastern possible sections Of the route
are as entirely satisfactory as our
conference with the governors. hope
we may get the whole field covered
IN the near future. We arc at~N
some Pennsylvania and ohio Ffor-
nation and await some details rom
tho Middle West before ( Is fAasSt4lie
to make any statement that mi&ht not
be pretudictal and disturbing
THE whole country is ahlaz2 with
enthusiasm fer this main artery OF
travel. hut the pressure from some
States ard sections 70 divert it from
the straiEhtest, shortest course have
rendered some Of our negotiations
rather delicate and strenuous
From the broadm.rded view
which has been taken ny the com
munitics as q whole, after the logic
of tho situation carried the straight
roed idea to adoption, the q is 10
DOUBT that the route viii receive ah-
scluteiy unanimous sanction from
Maine to California, and from Canada
to our Southern borders, for all are
practically equally interested in It's
contamination,
contributors TO this memorial
highway come from the most wtdely
fetAtate sources. As in Illustration
from Florida, Vancouver. II C.. and
Na4ae cash contributions came IN one
mail ter our S. contributors ceItlti-
Gates end ere Of them was fer $1,000.
plearcs received towards tFe fund
show that patriotic supp >-t IL ma
t!onwide The work Of the States Is
going 20 be Of the most pa'rotto chat -
acter.
Some Of the States are more able
than others to suitably, according to
their tastes. establish the Lincoln
highway Our funds will be devoted
inteiligently to the work. In some
sections where population IS scarce.
we must bear greater burden. In
no case Will aid be given except for
a permanently constructed highway,
according to our standard specifica-
tons and an absolute agreement as
70 permanent maintenance SO far as
that Is possible. 1t Is d main point Ia
our negotiations.
This highway now exists. but nc
one has painstakjngly studied the pos
sIbllities OF selecting and htching TO.
gether State work and county WORK
from New York 70 San Francisco. In
deed ! believe that before such sub
stanttal nucleus as Mr.. Fisher. Of In
dianapolis. created, II could not hav'
been done But added TO his worI
came the incorporation of the Lincoh
Highway association here In Detroit
and the financial support of contr3bu
tors to the work, in addition, the peo
pie Of the various States themselVe
have reached their present state n
good roads advocacy. without all O
which 1t could not have been worke,
out at all
1--WE DO not take any particula
credit TO ourselves or TO our LinColi
Highway association. our association
has simply taken advantage Of the ma
tional development Of the puhllcs mp
probation Of what good roads mean
If the roads are dry from De
troit 10 San Francisco. for instance
the worst roads Il tourist Will en-
counter are from Detroit to the ston
roads OF Indiana near Flkhart, TraVe
from Detroit directly South 10 Toled
TO intersect the good roads system
Of Ohio is impossible. There Is n
real road as yet from Detroit to Obi
points, but work IS progressing.
THE same condition exists in ever
State today, and II has been the stud
OF these conditions and the Inkin
together Of road plans in diferen
States and various counties all acros
the country. and drawing into on
birds eye view all the work of al
the highway promoting associations
also a study Of the typographical con
ditions that the Lincoln Memoria
highway has become an actually
'No one can foreteil the future a
10 the past. the Appian Way Is bet
ter known today than Il was 2 90
years ago. The highways built b
the great Napoleon one hundred year
ago are attracting to Europe million
Of people to ride over them and in
cidentally to spend millions OF dollar