Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-03
THROUGH HIGHWAYS
SHOULD Be CONNECTED
Roads OF state Must BE Mem,ied il
Tourists Are to BE Attracted
to the Commonwealth.
COUNTIES NEED 'Co-orEHArIoN
bulletin Just Issued by Rural Inn
prOvc,nent League Points ont tho
Work Necessary to Benefit Every
Section of State.

Til" Rural ROAD Improvement
League. (which is promoting tn" com
munty work." Ia road Improvement in
several counties Of TIL" State. j. urg-
ing that the bad places In TIA" main
th"r"urhfares OF the Comrnnuw wealth
-" Improved. The latest bulletin OF
iii" Rural load Improvement, League
contains the following. under tin. cap
ti"n. "conncc, MI Through iiighwayy":
Tn" question is now whether the
p"oii" OF Virginia really wish la have
tourists come through this state
Much has h"en SAID and Written ON
this subject ana some work has beer,
""h" toward TIL" improvements Of con.
meeting links in certain Important
through highways but there ar vet
som" very short links of nlmos, i'm.
Iassnhlc road these inpuriau,
routes which render the entire reuter-
undesirable when these bad spots have
I" -" encountered on - trip. - Tho
n"opi" Of Virginia wish tourists 20
come through the old dominion they
must mend their highways. This viii
he I; Very simple matter II We III y"
about /; ,roperly. and its early accom-
phSiiu"nt viii prove very profitable"
~. has been said many times al
ready. some parts Of our through
routes traverse counties in which that
portion ~ tn. roads are OF i!ttlc i'm.
port'nc" locally. and In such instances
II - hardly reasonable To expect that
The count" SO situated Viii uccl.c,
other roads nf NOR" irnportuuc" 10 IL
"wn citizens in order 10 give the poo
pie OF some other locality Il thorough
far" through their territory. and .S-
peciIily when hardly county IN thi.
1omm"nw" alth has sufficient funds fur
even its own importnnt LEGAL roads
For this req son it has been one of tho
constant aims Of the kuraI Road Inn
provcment League to have certain
through stat" highways, built ~ the
general eNp"ns" by IN" state at large.
10 meet 'hcS" conditions. and through
lis Efforts committee was recon-
mcnhed q; TIA" Road Congress in 1916
and approved by thc General Assem-
bly,. then in session, for the purpuse
OF recommending 4 comprehensive sys
ten Of state highways To report tn
the n"Xt session oi the General As
Senhl%. TN 1918: and "a resolution drawn
by IN" Rural Road Improvement
l."agu" for "A system !" h" routed inn
m"diat,lv waS carried by an almost
unanimous vote. aud ii is TO this sys-
TEN thar "" are now directing our
attention.
IL, is said that the RiChmond- Wash
inston Highway is expected to be i'm
good condition for travel by ncN, sum
mcr; but As this has been said every
fall for several years and th" delay is
causing considcrabl" dissatisfaction to
contributors. ii is our aim la get il
completed IN paSSahlc shape unrnc-
diat.ly. and wc hope tn" business peo-
III. Of Richmond ana other points af-
fect"d will cooperate for its iin,nc-
diatc completion. Tn. Richmond-C Char
i"ttcsvillc Mountain Ro;td'' is next i'm
Importance To Richmond aud other
points in Virginia ami should be given
its share Of attention too; ANA the con
tiuua,ion OF this highway To Ola Point
is very necessary. Z" complete the Sea
to- the Mountains Highway" and 10
bring into the State travel that voull