Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-19
lIGHWAY SCOUTS PAY
VISIT TO RICHMOND
Want Great Bankhcad Road Taken
Over by Government as MILF
SssH,'e tary Thoroughfarc.
BREACHES TRAINING CAMPS
alternate Routes Proposed From
Greensboro to Washington, One
Passins Through Richmond apd
the Other Through Lynchburg.

i ~ Determined that the Bankhead High
ii way become an early success and be
Z taken over by the government as II
Sssentlitary road. j. a. Rountrce. sccre-
lsstary of the Bankhcad National High
s.Nway Association. and Colonel Bennehan
. Cameron. State Highway Commissioners
q Sot North Carolina. are touring. as an
= advance guard for the scouting party
Z that, is to leave Washington on No
SASemher !. the eastern section of Vir-
! Einia and North Carolina for the pur-
!. pose of interesting the people OF the
4 irrespective States in the movement and
Ito choose the most suitable cities
q through which the highway is to be
run. These mon arrived in Richmond
n last night and this morning will meet
with State Highway Commissioner
3 Coleman OF Virginia, representatives
4 OF the Chamber of Commerce and prom
g inent citizens of Richmond for the
purpose of discussing the highway and
/ he possibility of making Richmond
one of the cities through which to run
u the road.
The proposed highway is to run from
Washington to Los Angeles. Cal, pass
] fnGthrough Virginia, North Carolina.
south Carolina. Georgia. Alabama,
! mississippi. Tennessee. Arkansas. Ok
tlahoma. New Mexico and Arizona.
ROUTE ALREADY SELECTED
Ay---.-AS FAR NORTH AS GREENSBORO
The route from Birmingham to At
q ianta, Charlotte and Greensboro has
= teen decided upon. but the route north
4 from Greensboro is the point at ISSUE
Ssand one Of these routes includes Rich
r mond The Western route would in
d CT Ide Reidsville, y. c., Lynchburg and
3lDanville. while the Eastern route
siwould include Durham. Raleigh. Peters
HSburE and Richmond. thus giving Rich
sim6nd good road from the North and
to the Capital. The selec-
sksf Of ~ 11t
Hsto be the one TO be chosen IL the ar
y guments of Mr. Cameron and Mr..
I, isountree can prevail. would give Rich
psmond permanent Federal road to Pc
TiersburE, with the proposed improve
i,ment or the turnpike serving for the
81 time being.
n The Federal government has appro-
priated s75.000.o00 to be distributed
!. among the different States for the
4 butlding OF good roads. and il is the
asjnesntion Of the Bankhead Highway
\ AsSoc'ation t. get as much AS possible
a,oi this FUND expended on this through
~highway. Therefore the highway as
S!sociation, composed of 10000 members.
Us attempting TO interest the people In
ssithe States through which the road will
i,he run In the movement. so that most
tcf the money can be used for this road
HIGHWAY WILL he MORE
THAN 1000 MILES LONG
IL TINS highway is constructed il will
,be. the longest highway in the Uniteu
Estates having Federal appropriation.
ffor IL is to cover over 5000 miles. Ac-
according TO Mr.. Cameron and Mr.. Roun-
ltree, 1t Is the intention of the Bank
Ahead Association to have the govern
sment make this road a Federal road,
) Tor at present the proposed r,ute for
1.-THE road goes through States that have
sten government military camps These
Fnten believe that military necessity
aewill compel the government to take
rover this road with the result tina,
the government will have an cxcellen,
road from the Capital TO the Pacinc
, coast. and the States and cities through
which the road is to run will have =
good asse; in this government built
road.
This highway should interest Rich
; monders and Nirginians for if there Is
. one thing missing TO the States pro.
; Eress II is a good road to Washington
and good road entering the city from
I the South. The proposed highway will
give the remedy
WANT SUPPORT IN Occurring
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
I This is one time" said Mr.. ROM
! tree. that we arc not calling On tho
/ people for any contributors bu, we
do ask that they organize. 50 that lie
3 Federal approximation can be secured
! 10 those sSates iihat the road Viii