Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01
NOW SELECTING ROUTE
FOR GREAT lee HIGHWAY
s.s9ast.to.Coast Route Being In.
spected by Official
Party.
WASHINGTON TO SAN DIEGO
Road Wnl Mako Possible Year
Around Trips by Automobile I'm
tfrciy Across American Continent.
Through Magnificent Country.
Especial to Tho limos Dlspa. oh. J

IS 7 Especial to Tho limos Dispatoh.l
& WASHINGTON, d. c.. Doc. s1.-De.
spite the fact that this Is the motor
age. that tho automobile has been
universally adopted an tho highway
u vehicle, and that Federal. State and
Il county agencies havo for several
y Years accelerated road building. nc
II tual touring experience sho~s. ao-
cprdlng to the American Automobile
A Association. that there has not been
I developed n single transcontInental
ssreod making an automobile trip from
Mast to coast "a possibility ut all
times. In order to make such trip
l. possible throughout tho year, {, pro-
gram Is now taking shape under tho
4 auspices of the Lse Highway Asso-
citation. assisted By the a. A. A.
Now Seeking Feasible Route.
\ as result of this corporation
the Federal government. through the
United States Bureau of Public Roads
and tho States of Virginia. Tennessee.
Arkansas. Oklahoma. Texas New
Mexico. Arizona and California.
3s>.rough thoir State road departments.
i arc now engaged In the selection OF
:, the most direct feasible route from
I. Washington. ID. c., 10 San Diego, Cal.
subsequently, effort is 10 be concen-
1 truted for the speedy completion OF
all unfinished sections. ana for the
systematic maintenance and the Wild
ching and strengthening OF the pave
ment as required by the volume and
character of the traffic the pavement
VIII BIO required to carry
4 Already tho route has boon eciectcd
"a sal N ~ n m q
/ diagonal down the valleys or Virginia
and Tennessee through Roanoke.
4 Bristol and Knoxville to Chattanooga.
Tho next step lis TO Ak the route
from Chattanooga to San Diego.
On Long Inspection Trip.
November -. Or. s. ". Johnson,
e.cencral director oi the Ice Highway
Association. accompanied by an
a. a. a. representative and num-
Der of government officials left
Memphis via automobile to inspect
the cross-continent route, having
previously completed inspection OF
4 routes from Chattanooga 10 Memphis.
l Tho road followed was 10y way OF
eSr.ittlc Rock and Southern Oklahoma
Nv CiovjH. Roswell and Alamngordo.
N. NJ; Ell Paso. Tex. and Las Cruces,
Deining and Lordsburg. y. NJ: Dun
can, Stafford. Glove, Roosevelt Dam.
Phoenix. ella Bend. wclton and
Yuma. Ariz.. and Holtville and FL
Centre TO San Diego. Cal.
/ This newest transcontinental high
way IL TO hear the fitting name OF
the great Southern fhicftain. Gen
erai Robert T.. Lee. Each State is
to so designate It and put in the
created under the new Federal aid
.-aad act.
W. Director statement.
~ In n statement relating to the Lee
! Highway. Director General johnson
says:
From practically every county
seat in tho series OF counties between
the national capital ana San Diego.
tho city pavement extends q consider
able distance In either direction. and
49, many sections the pavement Is
continuous for 100 miles or more.
This gerics OF pavement Is now to b..
connected. Tho road is OF primary
Importance to each state and It's com
pletion VIII! be Il main factor In the
further development OF the State. II
I Ia road OF great local Importance
\ to seric~ OF towns and cities stretch
\ jnG across the continent. and the con-
Meeting OF these various sections of
pavement will be prime factor in
.:-te further development OF the ma :
ton, since II Will facilitate inter
state travel and promote the FREQ
communicating OF the people of the
Past and the West, II VIII probably
pe9shbrter than any other Southern
|. ftranscontinentai highway and can.
DO completed more quickly.
Within tho next three years. and
possible sooner. there IL every reason
to anticipate modern motorway he
tween tho capital city OF the nation
/. and Southern California;"
Association In Its Infancy.
The Leo Highway Assucia ton is
one OF the youngest of such organi-
cations. having begun it's work only.
twenty months ago. Headquarters
!, afegin Washinsto ton. ID. G. c. II. IIus-
si..}, Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
ts president OF the organizations The
general director, DIR. $. NJ. johnson,
lis one of the country's most forccful
good roads leaders. IT was DR.. John
Hon who conceived the idea and who
has been the moving spirit behind tho
h legislation whereby surplus war
property, suitable for highway i'm
\ proyement and amo iting to ovcr
! $3.50. 100000 In valuet MS been turned
/ over by the Federal ~ the State gov
! ernments