Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-10
||NDORSE PLANS
FOR HAMPTON ROADS
Chamber of Commerce Di-
rectors Offer to Co-Ope-
rate in it's Development
Is FOR THE NATION
Would Mean Much to Alexandria 1t !S
Pointed Out-DirectorS Make Ap-
preparation fo. Clean up week

i Al the Board of Directors meeting
Of the Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce held yesterday afternoon tn'
matter of a bigger Hampton Road:
was brought to the attention OF th'
body. Following interesting DISCUS
SION on the question J. \. WiiEam:
was appointed to draft a resolution
which is as follows:
The editorial published in the R'cn
| mcnd Times Dispatch regarding
Hampton Roads was brought to ths
attention of the Board of Director
,cf the Chamber Of Commerce at rs
meeting yesterday and the Chamber
unanimously offered to cooperate IN
the proposed development, whlcf
means 50 much to every section oi
cur State, particularly to Alexandra
it having a physical connection with
Hampton Reads. which will became
the creates. port in the wor!d. Inc "''
torial reads as follows:
Hampton Roads For The NatIo"
Development of Hampton Roads IS
net a project for the benefit OF he
cities bordering upon its waters
Na;ther is it for the particular ag-
o.randizement Of the broader division
known as Tidawater, which embraces
Richmond and Petersburg. No more
indeed, is it an undertaking peculiar
unto Virginia Itself.
The conversion Hampton Roads iat3
the vast transportation and d:str:hGt-
inr center nature designed ]. to a@,
is for the benefit cf the nation as I.
whc,e. and it is with that broad Vi
Son that Virginia must lock upon It
if it expects to see its dreams for the
great roadSted take material form.
Virginia here has task bef!ttlng It's
ancient leadership among the SiaE@S.
If it approaches it vigorously and
with determination to do na;io9-
al service it will succeed.
In such a national service Norfolk,
Newport News, Hampton and all the
cities on the Roads, with R.cnmoni
and Petersburg actively cooperating
are prepared to take the lead. They
have demonstrated that by their COM
munity spirit. But as the idea grows
all Virginia will join nand help. On
such a foundation and with such cor
dial support, there is every reason to
believe that the Federal government
once the facts are placed before =
will hasten to cooperate, not because
Virginia asks (, but because in the ds
velopment of Hampton Roads rests
the solution of the nations grave
transportation problem.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, all the We&:'
ern States, are as vitality interested !"
that solution which only Hampton
Roads offers. Place before them the
facts ana figures in miles and hours
saved, and in dollars and cents Of
freight tariffs saved, compare
them with the facts Offered
BY the congestcd Northern ports, tht
! narrow necked tunnels of the nation:
transportation needs, and see h3'
quickly they will respond with assist
ance.
Let Virginia approach its task Wiz
such an understanding. forg'ett:n!
part:sansh:p. forgetting politics. for
citing State lines, forgetting its ow:
material benefits, forgetting al! hu
| that We are one people, with a grea
transportation question to whic
Hampton Roads alone can supply m
answer for the benefit Of whole, an
the results will come even NOR
quickly than we have dared to hope.
The directors appropriated SIS ::
defray Incidental expenses for th
Clean Up Paint Up campaign May ?
to % inclusive. J. Y. Williams, re
ported for the delegation which atten
ed the 9th Annual convention Of IN
| Chamber Of Commerce Of the Unite
States held al Atlantic City recently
The report was accepted and wi! b
turned over to the different bureau:
r. f. knigh; and o. H. Kirk we,
the other delegates who attended.
N. Much resigned as director II
SUCCESSOR vii! be appointed al the re,
meeting.