Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-24
SENDS CHECK FOR $4,000
4. TO AID VIRGINIA ROADS
-bcc-Nliami Highway, Makes An
other Contribution.
HIpPAwAMsiC SWAMP ROAD
Under Bond to Completes
by February Next.
S,rJtond Near Richmond Now Worst
!. place ON Famous Highway.

ssad Ia easier To- get shouts than votes.
and u cuphonioUs name docs no;
-HH5ld 4 ,ranscontincNtal highway, Tor
;euphonicus IL a ;wc-edHod adjective
which cuts uuaindly when shortened
In. n syllable At each end. Eut the
DEebcc- Miami Highway, though it's
Mr. name IS speeding along the we'll
paved road TO oblivion. becomes : tn-
Ished accomplishment vita the removal
as. the last barrier in Virginia next
rfeSnth This marvellous result, writes
DSnry MacNaiv in Town and Country
tftFoush the unrcmi;tinE zeal OF minor
organizations and men along tho line.
who have been TOO busy overcoming tn.
EQrccs OF nature and lsthargy TO
$e<ta about IL
Leonard Turt. Sends thcch.
-Lt'hicf among ihes. lesser projects
-fJsS been the Capital Highway planned
70 connect various state capitals With
s.hs national capital. When Lcona ri
~rtfts started this work hc began 10y
s.lCeakinr all tho rules OF the game
Backing his personal missionary work,
..-A2. built sections OF the road at his
a own expense and took contracts, Tor
others at vuinous!y low figures. spend
: inE first ana last over S5u.OUu of his
/, own money ~" thcn persuaded ti.c
/.
J, 10 undertake the ma.nt"nau super
7 Ni"tcn by making certain guarantees.
!, tn" most uriGu" OF which was TO sup
: My each division engineer With q
!. brand now oscar ". And a "a fitting
!, climax. he has just sent his personal
cl.ch 10 the Virginia ,onl,nission"r.
!. George y. Coleman Tor $4,000
+ which. with the government contribu-
|. lion Of si0.o"0, assures tho early clos
INK MP Of tho last gan in the longest
su"tch ~ improved road on the con-
4 iincn,.
Other sections have Followed this
: good cNamrl" and now tho Northern
tourist. sCorninr his lesser gears. may
: roll rapidly and comfortably from New
y York all the way TO tho Lands End
+ OF the aspiring road builder. The road
= from New York or Quebec. If you
please, is all excellent tnacadam, con-
!, cr't" or gravel 20 oCcoQuan. Va Here
J interr"n"s tho FIRST section ~ the
i rough s,setch which has barred tour
. iStS from III. South, but a pasSahlo
) dctour has h.cn provided until tho
! rev road is finished next month The
j. next section OF the new work * beyond
y Dumfrics four miles of the present
road being incNpressihly bad tuil OF
iuts and mudholos which can be ne
! co'iatcd only with the greatest care
. and IN low gear. Tn" new road cuts
>, OF some OF the distanC. and viii for
: ever eliminate the nightmare OF Chip
I pawamsic swamp. The contractor is
y under penalty to complete this bcfor"
February J. 1917. when I'll. entire jour
: ncy 10 Miami will he practicable a,
amy season Of the year
u H"nd Near Nichmond lind.
!, OF Cours" there other sections
. which are not UP 10 tho mark Of FIRST
y class roads. but most of these may h.,
. avoided. From Ashland 10 Richmond
the direct route is bad, hut an excel
lent new roads runs VIA Glen Allen,
which is only Two miles further Be-
tween Richmond and rct"rshurs there
az" twenty miles OF worn-out gravel
winch may be avoided by going
through Chesterfield Courthouse, with
.sv-S ~ three miles unnproved In Gran
Vile County, y. g. tn" road drarS have
been jd!. and h"r" ii is only necessary
70 20 from south i'm via Goodies
Err 10 Henderson, getting good road
rrd saving mileage. From raleigh to
Einchurst a r"w road runs Via Gamer
on, saving forty-twn miles over tho
Fayetteville route IL last y.ar The
hs.lart~, O: tho road is al! passnhlc ANA
l. ialr-to-Eood sand clay w!th some
stretches ci grave! and mscad;.u,. The
route Is through Camden coluul bis
Augusta, Savannah jack onvillr and
i'alm Reach - Miami. These changes.
4 nd vast mount Of new information
Viii appear ~. fhe. ft.r;h"omiUs issue OF
the Dist. :tos.r,vH.