The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-03
NATIONAL ROAD PAVING
WILL MAKE HIGHWAY
GREAT TRAFFIC ROUTE

With the completion of the paving of
the National road between Dublin and
Terre Haute by fall, the highway will
become the most important one lead
ing from the eastern seaboard to the
Mississippi valley Indiana highway
experts believe that traffic viii be
doubled as soon as the road through
tbs state has been permanently i'm
proved and opened to travel
Completion of paving through In
diana will provide hard surface high
way from Washington, D. c., to st.
Louis. No other highway extending
from the eastern seaboard to the Mis-
sissippi valley has been permanently
improved its entire length. As re-
suit it is expected that a greater part
of the east and west transcontinental
motor traffic will be diverted to the
National road
Just as soon as a continuous hard
surface roadbed has been provided for
the National highway Richmond bust
ness interests, especially those lines
catering to motor tourists, can reason
ably expect to realize on the CONNER
cial benefits resulting from the i'm
provement of the nations finest east
and west highway.
From a reliable source it has been
learned that important hotel interests
have had their representatives in Rich
mond lately looking for a desirable
site on which to erect large hotel.
With the traffic the National road now
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are filled almost every day from early
spring until late fall When the In
diana improvement to the National
+ road has been completed the resulting
heavy increase in traffic will make the
location of third first-class hotel in
Richmond a profitable venture, in the
opinion of those interests which have
been seeking a site here.
On the National road between Dub
and Indianapolis approximately q
miles are under contract for paving
this summer of course six miles have
been recently completed, to be open
ed to traffic within a short time. The
completed part of the new improve
ment has not the specifications of the
state highway commission in every re-
spect, according to a laboratory analy-
sis made of the specimens of the
pavement removed by a core drilling
machine.
Machine Makes Tests
The machine has made tests be-
tween Greenville and Knightstown
Lewisville and Wnightstown, and Dub
Ion and Lewisville
All unpaved parts of the National
road west of indianapolis also are un
der contract for completion this sum
mer with the exception of about a
mile.
The construction of an excellent
highway leading from Springfield
Ohio, to Dayton and west from there
to the Indiana line through West Alex
andria and Eaton has already spelled
the partial abandonment by trans-con
tinental tourists of that part of the
National road between Springfield anG
Richmond. The National road be
tween those two points is, for the mos
part, narrow gravel road.
Good Hard Surface.
Between Springfield and Columbu;
the National road now has hard sur
face in good condition. That section
of the National road between Colum
bus and Wheeling, through GAINESVILLE
IS paved practically the entire dis
tance. The paving is nearly all bricl
between GAINESVILLE and Wheeling.
The mountain section of the Nation
al road is between Wheeling and Hag
serstown, Md. leading through Wash
ington, Pa. Uniontown, Pa, and Cum
berland, Nd. The stone-base, tar-sur
face mountain roadway is the deligh
of the tourists. The highway through
out the mountain section is main
tanned in excellent condition by tn,
states of West Virginia. Pennsylvani;
and Maryland. 1t has an appealinj
scenic interest and the greater par
of it leads through a country replet
with historical interest.
Follows Braddock Trail
From Washington, Pa. through t
Washington, d. c.. the highway FOL
lows the line of Braddocks trail
blazed for the British officer in hi
Inflated expedition against the Frenc
at Ft. Pitt (now Pittsburgh by
young Virginia engineer, later to be
come the father of his country an
its first president, George Washington
Near Uniontown the tourist can Sc
the grave of Braddock. who died fror
wounds during his retreat from F
Pitt
At Frederick. Md, where the higl
way turns to the south and leads t
the national capital. the tourist
within short drive of the histori
battlefield of Gettysburg He will ais
be shown in Frederick where Barbar
Fritchie defied the southern trooI
under Stonewall Jackson to tear dow
the stars and stripes which floate
over her hmm HE homo