Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-01
LAST
1921 ARRIVES AS NEW ERA
1'0F GOOD HIGHWAYS BEGINS
infant New Year Finds Mud Road
Doomed as He Looks Over
Virginia.
STATE BOND ISSUE IN SIGHT
Old Man 1920 Tells Youngstcr
What Association Has Done and
Plans for Future to Secure Bet
ter ThoroughfarcS.

ter ThorouphfarcS.
As he toddles in uncertainty on
his career ule infant Sew Year.
Master 1921. looks abroad over Vir-
Sinia and finds a State that is on the
eve OF II new era of progress be-
cause Nirgnians have determined TO
pun 10 rout tho mud road that has
long retarded them and bui!d in its
place dependable through hjlHways
Win glance back at tae pas;
Before he oeSinS his journey o. a
year, Master l2cl notes that on No.
fenber tho good roads amendment
10 the Constitution was passed by a
majority OF t2.%5. votes II" can dis
cover no step more important IN
highway progress than this one re.
gently taken Ivy the people of the
Looking jus; a little closer into the
things that took place in la2U. n,
finds that road bui!d.ul Went on Just
rs rapidly during the year As could
nay nav "cen expected Nth hes snort
age az men aid materials. lie secs
stretches If road constructor
;thd ihcrc IN the state. i:uc what
no notices Win d!sauprovai is that.
, peS' use Isl. OF iihi'i@d funds, litue prog
rcSs mas been mad on AZ huiid.us
OF the state H!Ehwa. system O..
S,sVV miles which VIII touch every
corncr OF the state and constitute.
l.
Work OF highways iraVeliH. uc plG
Dominion.
Road Issue II 40 Assembly.
IAen ne thinks OF the iact that the
phSsaS, os the good roads umcud-
meat opens the way TO the !s.uu....
OF bonus by te Legislature II
y realizes, young us ~" is. that money
which VIII he raised II this way vii!
intht H.Hs.'Ie N eonStruo ton o.
lohS stretches az road tnat Will go TO
form through highways and forever
put 10 Shame tEv Nttic patches ui
road ih@t oeS!u nowhere and cad mo-
wh"rt- Wien lie runs the ;a4ng
throuEh rs infant brain he reaches
the confusion that N.r-iniaMs are
really IN earnest now about this 6usi-
ntsS OF building good highways ird
by literal rcads ana that they an.
!nSt ABOUT ready TO see the thing
thrCuEt IN real 'bl' ,l..U.
When Master 1924 has reached this
point ~ h.a survey 81 The state. tho
hp ana iellS him o. one of tiS dis
cover cS-ihat tho N!r-iuIa Good
koadS Association is working TO have
'N!rS!nI"As take more !ntcrcs; IN tho
hi.shiM"ES mat Play such a vital part
IN tlcir lives lie points out Ia Mas
ter 1871 that the Association worked
"ctlHt!E Tor the passage OF the good
in@as amendment Now IT Will not
much yet 10 be don" before the roads
are actually bu!lt in the state that
needs thcm 50 hccny.
Master 1921 LEARNS from the old
Man of 1870 tina, the association
llans 10 equip motor trucks Win
moving p!cturc machines ANA c.rc.
nc generators and send the truck.
iHto every city. town. hamlet AN,
county IN the state 10 show goo,
greater interest IN highway develop
Meni than has ever existed before
The infant learns that This is con
S'uGaSu ausoIutetE necessary II Nlr
S.hia'S opportunity iuv better high
Mays - 10 become reality
rs Master l!2l stands at R!chmon,
masking his survey he finds the dis
Norfoik organized FOR an intcnsiv,
canvass for members for The NirS!mi;
Good Roads Association in order /,
adu 10 The effectiveness OF the orSani
zatIon- Ike Is told tha; the cities ant
conn,ics embraced In the TWO dis
trlctS make Up NOR" than half tn
state, and that $4,000 members ar
sought IN the TWO zones. The intcn
sIEc canvass wiil take place betwcC,
january 10 ana january s. the Ol,
Main OF 1879 Informs him. adding tha
after the work + compirted in R,ch
, la5nd and Norfolk and the surround
ing territory II viii be undertal;en ii
the rest Of tho state.
Wants .I.GuD Members.
Having followed the associatio
through year Of active work fo
better highways. tho old Man Of 10.
unhurdcns h!msc!. 10 the infant II
Informs him tina; thti. fcason the as
sociaiion IN MAKING A.d-irc for 10
600 members In tn. entire. State is |
increase its iunUcnce as the agcnc
Of the people in highway progress. /
create public sentiment for the built
ing OF improved roads as rapidly a
possible ana 10 secure funds to carr
out It's state Wide educational Nr,
gram Men and women interested /
better highways viii form the con
mitteas which viii have charge d
ths wori sserrns mSmhsr3 in n
muaities. Mann committees have a
ready hecn formed.
Master 1921, looking forward To II,
ncw year, secs four surveying paI
ties from the Highway Dspartiuci
at work in differ nj sections layln
ont the roads which can be built whe
tie Legislature uses the power give
!: b. the good roads amendment az
issue. II the Legislature. when
meets in January lg22. uGthoriza
bond Issue, tho money Viii 10" read
for use in July 1872 Hy that Tin
the state Highway Department sui
vcys viii have bc"n completed at
all will be IN readiness fcr the b,
ginning OF work on large scale.
So the youthful rcigniug muuarg
- " The new yea IS happy as he cor
templates the benefits that will con
from good roads IN Virginia as a r.
suit OF nc passage Of thr dmcudiucu
the support Of the highway progrn
by the LcgisiatUr. and N" educ;
tiOnal program OF ihe virginia Coo