The Washington herald., 1916-07-30
Week brings
, ROADfUND S4O2
List of Contributions % Chop
awamsie Swamp Highway
Headedyoy Gift of$2OO.


| Joy reigns supreme at the headquarters
of the a. y. A, District of Columbia
Club.
The ChopawamsIc Swamp road fund
came back"
And it came bac OK with all the vigor
( of healthy young giant. making its
showing OF the previous week appear very
pale and insipid, indeed. compared with
this weeks exhibition.
While the number of individual sub
Scrteers during the week just ended was
smaller than that of the preceding week,
the actual cash was considera bly, more,
"A Friend Of WASHINGTON heads last
weeks list with a contribution of $500
The Capital Tour Association an or
ganization which is Cndeavoring to
I establish motor tour in this section
with the, National Capital as the chief
point of interest, sent along a check for
sleo.
Several smaller contributions brought
the total for the week up to $402 This,
I compared with the S4I recorded for the
previous week. puts the fund in the front
rank of come backs and justifies the
statement made by the fund committee
last week to the effect that the slump
: was only temporary.
! No sooner did Secretary J-Ilman close
the books on the week ending July -,
and make a statement to the automobile
editor Of this paper to the effect that
view Of the weeks total was dis
hsarteaing and that he was certain of
improvement, than a messenger boy
handed him package containing two
crisp 800 bank notes with For the
ChopawamsiC Swamp Road Fund From
4 Friend of Washington" written across
an otherwise blank card as the brief mes
.'sase and the only means Of Identifying
the donor
What would seem to offer enCoura ge-
nnent to Washingtonians to expedite the
construction Of the Washington-Ri Richmond
highway Is contained in the letter which
Iaccomps MED the subscription Of the Cap
ttal Tour Association. which has its head
quarters in Wilmington. Del The let
ter said. in part
Judging from the interest which is
being shown in the North and East it is
quite apparent that just as soon as pas
sable roads are to be found in Virginia
there will be an enormous increase in the
humber of automobile tourists who will
visit Washington en- route 10 points in
the South, ard we wish you every sue
cess in the good work YOU are doing in
this particular instance.
An interesting and thoroughly logical
letter was received from Charles T.
Stone. of Stone & Fairfax who made
generous contribution to the fund. Mr.
Stone wrote:
attended the Elks' convention I'm Balti-
more, came to Washington by automo-
bile Suppose a bad stretch Of road. such
as that between Washington and Rich
r1sond. existed between Washington and
Baltimore, how many visitors would have
come here? II such a convention had
been held In Richmond the chances are
very few visitors would have reached
the National Capital"
And in tho N, antime. according tn tho
toUTinE bureau Of the American AutOmO-
bie Association. thousands Of motor
tourists are being routed north and south
" S.sunton. Winchester. HaEerstOvn.
Ge'tvshurE and Philadelphia
Failure Of commercial Washington TO
assist in hWldinE roadway through the
tT10pawamsic Swamp will cost Washing
ten me- chants sud hotels $@o.GrD this
Erer. This statement. club oriciaIs say.
is not hsphaz2 - guessing but the result
of figures compiled by \ A. A. clubs
which have been active in routing motor
tours over the letter roads in this section
Those who contributed during the past
week are as follows:
Isaac Birch, W. n. Oler. Helen y. NJ
Ganahan. w. H. II. Smith. Miss Isabel
II. Lehman. Mrs J. $. Tyree A s
Clarke, Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell II
a. Gillis. Arthur J. ShOII. c. f Matthews
John r. Buchanan. DR.. Z. J. Cow. II. e
Hutchinson. E. p. Smith. William A.
kinnan. A c. Miller. Frank Lyon. Will
lam a. Andrews. Richard W Henderson,
w. Fl. Wyman. William ]. VOnderheide
the Capital Tour Association and "A
Friend Of Washington