The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-28
Quebec Miami Automo-
bile Road From Ocean
, to Ocean.
PROJECT OF AGE
WILL MATERIALIZE
From Canada Southwark to
Florida, Thence Westward
Through Texas and New
Mexico, and on to Pacific
Coast-Wondcrful Dream
to,Come to ass.

Texas on what ne calls the welcome
news that the ''w or,d's greatest high
way is TO run largely through the
Lone Star State. :. NJ. johnson writes
letter TO an IL paso. Texas. pnper
which is Of Ing interest TO Wig
and North Carolina
Mr.. Johnson's subject is the much
taked-of Quote, Miami automobile
good roads proposition with the pro
posed oceanto- ocean south route con
tinuation. HIS description Of the great
proposition, which especially interests
Virginians 'pnd Carolinans, ~ as fol-
lows:
Beginning at Quebec, i, passes
through Montreal \ Albany. Sew York
City. philadelphia. Baltimore, Wash
ington Richmond Durham and Ashc-
vile, North Carolina, and knoxville
and Nashville TO Memphis. Tennessee
thence by Little Rock iot springs
and TeXnrAauH TO Dallas: thence by
Fort Worth, Swcctwatcl. Roscoe and
Snyder to Boswell. New MEXICO. thence
by the Ruidos, Valley and the White
Mountains to III Paso; thence by Clf
ton. Globe. Roosevelt and Phoenix.
Arizona. to san Diego California
thence by LOS Angeles san Francisco.
Portland. Tacoma ana Srat,le To Van
couver. b c. Tho section of this
thoroushfare ~ which the South is
extends from Washington 80 san Diego
IT Is known o'hclally Is the southern
National HighwaH"
The Link Between Two 0ccnn,.
The genesis or thus the worlds
longest improved hishNay. viii con-
sti,ute a most interesting chaptct IN
American hiStor. Three states
California, Oregon ana Washington
together with B-',u Columbia. iuclId-.
ing the cities from san Diego 70 VAN
CONVEX and all ;hc Counties township.
towns and communities lying along The
main line OF rnchc Coas, highwa.
travel decidcd te cooperate ana build
- great pacIhc Coast highway. How
they have succeeded, and how THIS
highway viii soon bc completed q
graded. drainSd. surfaced and marked
highway, coati7S several thousand dol.
lars uer mile - matter 90 common
knowledge
Meanwhile. what was good for the
Pacihc Coast VAS good FOR the At
ianttc. one good oau bre"ds another.
Accordingly, nU assoc!0tiou was forn.d
In the East, styled "Th. GA boz Miami
Highway Association" fur tu, PURPOSE
OF building an Atlantic Codst uiphWav
similar to that along l.c lacinc coas;
That highway is nov colnplctcd from
Montreal TO Washington atid halfway
from Montreal to Cueotc- thousands OF
men are building ID acrosS virginia
tho Carolinas, G"or-ia ard Florida to
Miami. Flp Withn comparatively
snort hne ihiS r"Ad .ii "t completed
Th" W"rL, started.
The annual meeting oI the ourb.c-
Miami Highway Associations and thai
OF the American Road Compress wc.e
held in conjunction "a Atlantic city.
y. J.. last octob-, AmonS ~, dele
oates were Dell vi iottcl. .: Cli:to
Ariz. and Beunancn Carneron. vi
StasRviiis. y G, both l-at.r. IN th-
great highway propaaauda Arm in
arm they Went down tile hoardNdlk At
Atlantic City that last october day.
Said Potter 10 Cameron: You nave
your Atlantic Coast hirhwat IS. have
ours along the Pacific Coast vny not
unite the two by a similar highway
through the south 'prectscly what
we are doing. replied cameron. our
State Is building a highway from the
coast tosthe Tennessee, line hOln. 10
link II with the Bristol TO Memphis
Highway in Tennessee" The result Of
that walk and talk was The Southern
National Highway Associations OF
which, fittingly. Mi. Potter is president
and Mr.. Cameron L. vice president
Roswell Takes the Lead.
Meanwhile. unknown TO either IA
cfc or Atlantic Coast. another decisive
element was at work In the inland
portion OF the Southwest is the town
OF Roswell. With a population OF \ 900
addition to opening ana logging IA hn-
auto highway TO Santa Fe and securing
a daily auto mail service from Roswell
to CarriZozo aud the "Borderland
Route" from Dodge city. Kan. to I'll
Paso and Phoenix. it struck ont. eish-
teen months ago. TO secure a highway
10 the Atlantic Coast. In MAY. 1913, II
sent eight cars through to Dallas TO
the National Ad League Convention.
and carried home the trophy
The trip was made in comfort and
the route to Dallas logged both WAYS.
Roswell then opened corresponds nee
along the line TO the Atlantic Coast.
gathered detailed road informa ton and
was preparing to send pathfinder car
eastward to Savannah. when the It'd
ings came that Potter and Gamer
had agreed to blaze the Southern trail
from coast to coast
Roswell was at the Ashevile con
Vention last February, which grew ont
OF that IN Getting OF Cameron and Potter.
Roswell was there with her accurate
road data. her maps. her pictures OF
the beautiful White Mountains and
her story! Of her struggles for the "All
Southern Route" How decisive was
her voice is evidenced by the fact
that the route selected at Asheviile
from Memphis 10 FL Paso Is precisely
the route which Roswell's investga ton
had led her to adopt
Considerations Tint Weighed.
Among the considerations that
weighed In the decision was the avail
ability Of the route. The route must
he practical one. IT must he meas
urably direct it must present no an
surmOuntable engineering problems
aud be as free from such as possible
The latter considerations compelled all
to agree that, owing TO widely extended
food areas farther south. the only
practical crossing place OF the Missis-
sippi was at Memphis. No route would
answer which led across n Wide ex--
panse OF desert land, without water,
population. hotels. garages and auto
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