The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-05-04
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olution that the Alligator River
bridge bear Mr.. Warren's name.
Mr.. Warren opposed the prop
osition on the grounds that
no public work should bear the
name Of a living person, but la
ter resolutions were passed by
the Boards of Commissioners in
Dare and Tyrrell counties and
the Southern Albermarle AS
ISOLATION, as well as a flood of
letters from Raleigh east, urg-
ing the naming Of the bridge
after the Second District Sena-
tor.
Fought Tolls
Lindsay Warren has always
been a vigorous opponent of any
type of tolls in North Carolina.
The toll issue came to a
head-on collision in April, 1858,
when the Cape Hatteras Nation
al Seashore was dedicated. The
speakers were Governor Luther
Hodges, Lindsay G. Warren and
Conrad L. Wirth, Director of the
National Park Service.
The Park Service had re-
Gently had to pull in it's horns
in efforts to make toll roads
of the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. Warren had
Joined the Governor and count
less citizens in opposition, but
the Governor was still toll
minded when hrcame to eastern
bridges at Alligator River, Ore
gon Inlet and at Wilmington.
In short but eloquent speech
about the meaning of the Sea-
shore, Mr. Warren closed it on
the theme of free bridges.
He said, "It is now proposed.
that our own State place tolls
on bridge that is one of the
most important entrances to this
Park. May l respectfully say in
this presence, that we should
never tolerate in North Caro-
lima a class of citizens who ride
free in the West and in the
far East ride under the shack
les of tolls. May / earnestly ask
that this proposal be reconsider
ed and that the policy of free
roads and free bridges for the
enjoyment of all Of our peo-
pie be applied to every nook and
corner of our beloved State. Let
there be no first and second
class travellers within our bor-
ders."
| Nearly every paper in the
State carried the Warren speech,
and many of them strongly APP
proved in editorials.
That speech broke the back
of the toll movement in North
Carolina. Lindsay Warren went
on to the Senate in 1859, after
an absence from that body of
more than 40 years.
When the legislature met dur
ing 1859, one of the first acts
was to sweep from the books
| Jail toll legislation. 4,
Began AS Challenge "
Lindsay Warren has devoted
45 years of his life to cham
pioning the cause of the Dare
Coast area. 1t all began as a
challenge.
People asked: "Why this So
called exceptional interest in
Dare County," and Mr.. War
ren's answer was this: mo
other county in America can
boast of the first English child
being born on its SOIL"
He continued: mo other coun-
ty in the United States can
boast of the first airplane
flight. Dare County has more
coastline than almost all OF
the other counties along the N.
C. Coast. Dare County abounds
in history and famous ship
wrecks. This was a great chal-
lenge, and l decided to do some
thing about it."
Dare County possessed ma
tural and historical advantages
unlimited, and was trying to be-
come a part of North Carolina
with little apparent success at
the time.
Mr.. Warren was a candidate
for the State Senate in 1916 and
wanted to meet the people OF
Dare County. This is where his
interest in the area was born.
During his early days in Con-
gress, Mr.. Warren recollects
that his close friend, F. c. Kug-
Ter, was appointed by Cover
nor Angus w. Mclean to fill
49, al
out an unexpired term on the
Highway Commission.
1t was at this time that
Mr.. Warren prevailed on Mr..
Kugler to go to the Dare Coast
with him. II pictured to him
a road from Kitty Hawk event.
ually to Ocracoke, and his first
reaction was that if he started
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