Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-06-16
BOULEVARD MEETS.
WITH APPROVAL
Meeting Held Last Night in
Interest Of Road to
Washington.
COMMITTEE N A ME D
Inspection of Proposed Highway to
Be Made by ! Committee. Who VIII
Go Over Survey on Thursday.

The. modern highway between Alex
andria and Washington, forming a
part of the great Washington-Rich
mond highway and an integral link in
the proposed boulevard to Mt. Ver-
non received decided impetus at a
meeting held at the Chamber Of Com
meree in Washington last night. The
meeting had been called for the pur-
pose of interesting Washington bust
ness men in subscribing $4,000 to
the 100000 which will be the cost of
the highway.
There were present from this city
c.. S. T. Burke, chairman, ]. T. Pres
ton, George D Hopkins. and Robert
L. Payne, representing the Chamber
of Commerce, and Messrs William A.
Moore, Jr., C. c. Lamond, W. H. He'll
muth and George Washington Lewis
representing the Alexandria Automo-
bile Association. 2
As a result of the meeting the
Washington Chamber appointed a
committee who will go over the pro-
posed road with the Alexandria COM
mittces on next. Thursday afternoon.
The Washingtonians will leave that
city at 3 o'clock and come over the
road and meet the local committees at
4 o'clock.
President Guide, Of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce presiding.
1 George H. Rucker, of Alexandria
,county, stated that the object of the
meeting was to raise funds to cover
amount offered by the good roads de-
partment of the United States to build
a read from Washington to Alexandria,
as BART of the Mount Vernon Avenue.
He. also explained. the methods by
which the money was to be obtained
and asked the cooperation and assist
ance of Washingtonians who will use
the road as much if not more than the
neonle of Alexandria and Alexandria
county.
Captain St. Julian Wilson, former
State highway commissioner of Vir-
u;n;a and now connected with the Of
fee of public roads, Department of
Agriculture, gave. an interesting re-
sumo of the progress being made to-
ward building an automobile road con-
meeting this city with Richmond. The
Virginia capital has raised $4,000
for this purpose, and, in addition
Sbonds aggregating s25O,OOO have been
Eissued by various counties along the
Sproposed route. Captain Wilson sta
Tied that within one year there would
ibe an excellent highway. extending
From Alexandria to Richmond, via
Fredericksburg. The connecting link
between Washington and Alexandra
would be the proposed Mount Vernon
boulevard.
C. S. T. Burke, chairman OF the
committee from the Chamber o.
Commerce, Alexandria, made brle1
'speech in which he stated that ne
had contribution of S1,0QO,oOO II
his pocket and suggested that the line
of route be determined.
A. J. Wedderburn, of Fairfax, sale
that while not member of the com
mittee, he was deeply interested IL
the project and depreciaed the ldes
of building the road along the ole
Alexandria Turnpike, lying along TIT
railroad.
During the meeting considerable de
bate was engaged in and among thost
who spoke were Messrs. Handy ant
Rust, of Alexandria county, Robert L
Payne, of Alexandria, George w
Oyster, of Washington, and others
The present road between Alexan
dria aud Washington has been great,
improved in late years, and travel b.
vehicles between the two cities i
more comfortable and satisfactor
I than ever before, but those intereste
in the building of more modern high
way desire to construct one Whic
4 will be more durable and more eas
to pass over than that now uset
There are certain "dips' which can /
removed and other improvement
made in the way of grading, etc.