Show u i i A AN V WAY TRAY i TO MT VERNON i I 1 FROM Bids Fair to Rival the Most Famous Roadway of History I GREAT BOON TO TOURISTS I Everybody Visits Tomb of the Father of His J Country With the approval of at President I Roosevelt and tho the hearty operation co i of or tho patriotic societies of or tho the country coun coun- try try the proposed national hl highway hwa from Washington to Mt It Vernon will soon floon be an accomplished fact unless something unforeseen happens This I 1 broad way from Washington t to Mt Vernon Vornon Is b planned as a n. memorial to toS S k 1 Washington and bids fair Call to toi i rival the mo most t famous road of or history history- i tho the Way of or Rome I Of or all aU cities In ht tho the country Washington Washing Washing- ton has a n. larger number of tourists each G r th than nn any oth other r. r Every stranger r who visits tho national capital capi tal tat Is ts anxious to visit tho the tomb of or ortho tho Mother Father of or His IUs Country Countr and see nee with his own eyes ces tho the historic relics n th the tho home of tho first President of ot y th the th United Stat States s which occupies a r commanding position on the tho Potomac l I r or i river 1 15 miles mUes below bolow Washington Mt y I There ese two ways of or reaching Vernon Iv One Ono Is by moans means of ot an electric 1 railroad that of offers ers but scant view ref of the the- many beauties be of at the tho surroundIng surround surround- Ing country and the other Is b by boat which welch affords a view only of ot tho the broad Potomac and tho the wooded shores on either aide sale broad highway between tho the two places of or national Interest I I has long been a ch cherished dream of ot the tho patriotic For man many years Cars patr patriotic societies eU s si i havo HL VO been cn bringing the tho mattor matter before Congress for action but until 19 no notion was tal taken en At that time Congre Congress Con Con- gre grass gress appropriated for tho the purI pur- pur I pone of or having surveys made of ot a number number num num- 8 ber bar of or proposed routes As AB a result Gen Oon Peter Peter C. C C. C Rains who was at that time engineer officer In to char charge e of or public pub pub- c. c lie lic buildings and grounds t pJ placed ed a r I competent force in the Mold field and three f with Intersecting lines Unes wore oro made Those surveys sur were reported to y Congress by tho Pr President and aud no further fur tur- Ither ther action was wall taken until tho the present pres rell present ent nt session of Congress when tho the Virginia Vir- Vir I s ginia legislature unearthed an old I claim against the United States for forI I money mone loaned by the state to tb the First 4 1 Congress at t the Instance of Geor George o l Washington for the purpose of ot building j i the capitol This sum amounted to In Investigation atlon of ot United States I records In the treasury department r showed hawed that tho the claim wa was a just one The Virginia l legislature passed a bill I t Rome months n ago o deeding to an asso- asso i i elation which had been Incorporated I as tho the Mt tt Vernon Avenue association tion Its right and title to this mone money and asking Congress to turn the mone money k over to the thA association for tor tho the purpose purpose pur pur- pose of ot building grand national highway high h- h u. u way from Crom Washington to Mt Vernon ernon Representative C C. C C. of or Vir- Vir ginia who has been conne connected ted with the Mt t Vern n association since tho the incipiency 20 years tears ears ago introduces Introduced the following bill in n Congress Cons during the the I 5 s ellon Be Bo it enacted by the Senate Q and I I Ls t 4 d ia tYr c c ar Z Two of the Chief Supporters of the Great Highway From Prom Washington Washington Washington Wash- Wash ington to Mt Vernon House of Representatives of or tho United States of or America In Congress assembled assembled assem assem- bled That out of an any n the treasury treasury treas treas- ur ury not otherwise appropriated the secretary of the treasury Is hereby authorized and directed to pa pay to the tho treasurer tre of or t the tho e Mt Il Vernon A Avenue association chartered b by the laws of Virginia lnla sal said Mt 1 Vernon Avenue association association association asso asso- being the tho assignee neo of or tho the state of Virginia the sum of 1 OOOO with interest at t six lx per cent per annum from irom the dates of or the respective advances advances ad ad- vances s made b by the state of or Virginia until paid being the sum loaned by bythe bythe the state of Virginia to the United States through President George Washington ton and used for the purpose l of constructing public build buildings nS's of Washington District of ot Columbia for Cor forthe tho the use of or the federal government which said appropriation shall bo be In I full satisfaction and payment of or tho the amount heretofore claimed h by tho the state of Virginia on said account That the mone money hereby appropriated and directed to be paid to the said paid association of the tho state stale of Virginia shall bo be expended In laying out openIng openIng opening open- open Ing constructing and for tho the Improvement Improve Improve- ment of a n public avenue and highway from Washington DI District of Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia bin to tho the tomb of or Washington at Mt tit Vernon as described In the tho charter charter char char- ter of or the Mt Vernon Avenue asso asso- That said association ma may construct Us IU avenue through the Arlington es estate estate es- es tate tato b by such routes and under r such supervision as shall be approved ed of or orby by the secretary of or war That the cost of or eon constructing said Id avenue through the Arlington estate to an amount not exceeding shall be paid out of or the treasury out of ot nn any money mone not appropriated an anIn and andin andin in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated appropriated ap ap- ap- ap upon the tho certificate of or the secretary of or war That this act shall bo be In force Corce from It Its passage e When hen Representative Carlins Carlin's bill was Introduced to the House it was referred to the committee on claims The last Jant week in January Representative Representative Representative Represent Represent- Carlin requested that consideration consideration consider consider- consideration of tho the rell rt of or the committee of or on the bill be made mado the order of ot business for February 22 Washington Wash ash ashIn In ington tol s s birthday Speaker p Cannon said that he did n noE noU seo sen any n. reason wiy ne bill should nor not consideration on that day md und made the order Concurrent with the presentation of or tho the bill In the th House Senator benator Martin of or Virginia I Introduced a u similar bill hill In the ben Sen- SenI I ate ato which was passed unanimously b by that body I Represents Representative Carlin comes from the old Alexandria district and while still a young xoung man has lies made malle himself elf felt fell In Congress He lie said recently recently- In lt t reference to the billI bill bilk I consider the obtaining of or a highway highway high high- wa way from Washington ton to Mount lount Vernon Vernon Ver- Ver non as my mv life lire work Furthermore I would he be pleased to retire leUre Into private life were wert I 1 tho the man who could bring this boon to the American people for from m my youth I have be been n a member of or the Mount Vernon ernon Avenue A association tion and 1 have always realized the connecting link that this roadway would provo prove between the home of our first and greatest President and th the city that bears his name One thing of which we wc Virginians can never ne be accused of or Is a n lack of or patriotism I Iam Iam I Iam am a 0 patriot first and a Virginian af af- af I This I consider u u. rather good combination In my boyhood I traveled tra man many times to Mount Vernon say saw tho the relics of or George Washington ton there and I ml might ht sa say sat at tho the footstool footstool footstool foot foot- stool of or the father of or my country countr and ond Imbibed my 01 democracy and amI my I patriotIsm patriot patriot- Ism in those Impressive surroundings s Tho The Mount Vernon association was organized In the office of or m my employers employ employ- ers when I was as a a. law student 1 I was WaR an on interested spectator of or the first meeting Tho The association has been working Ing quietly and unostentatiously to attain results and has been success- success successful ful In doing much preliminary work orle The survey made male under the direction of General was as complete and andIs Is today as could bo be made The Tho work worl-c was very exhaustive and shows three different routes The most plausible plan In m my opinion after uner years of stud study is the west route running from the Aque duct lu t bridge through h Arlington and b by the tho J- J Episcopal Theological Seminary Semi Semi- nary nar to Mount Vernon Vernon When hen tho the bill Is brought up before tho the House for consideration from the committee on claims I know the House will take prompt action for tor the President President dent and several leading Republicans of ot the House not on only I indorse it but promise mo mt their hearty heart support The Tho day day following the Presidents President's famous ride rido to Va l I 1 had occasion to call on him at the White House and Jocularly remarked th that that t the roads were stiff The J President re replied replied ro- ro plied d that h he thought the thou thought hl tho r roads will be he much better hetter when my hIll bill is pawed Senator Martin whose bill passed through the Sena Senate t an as I lie tho h. h 11 little t tic IJo boy wild said like a n streak of lightning Is ison on enthusiast for tor tho the proposed Applan Ap Ap- plan Va Way Ho lIo said When hen I Intro Introduced tho the bill In the tho Senate I had hall a good business proposition tion and that tha t bod body saw It The rho State tl of ot Virginia which I as a si senator represent represent rep rep- resent In the upper body bOIly and whose affairs I am ant bound to look after had hada a 1 Just hill bill against t tho the United States for tOl tho the sum of and I proceeded pro pro- proceeded pro pro- cep ed to collect It lt I think It is a n splendid proposition for tho the United States to have had hod the u use USA o of or that money mone for so O long and to now have O it put to to such a practical In and patriotic uso use The state of or Virginia only re receives receives rp- rp iveR the mon money back hack through the Mount Vernon Avenue association for forthe forthe the purpose of making a n grand boule- boule from the nations nation's capital to the tho home ionic of or Washington Owners of property olon along the proposed prof pro- pro l f posed routes have signified their intention 1 I fion tion of donating th the right of or wn way 1 wherever N It will be bo necessary to er diverge e I from Crom the country toads roads The rhe county I c cc ers of or both Alexandria and I Fairfax c counties through which tho the 1 proposed proponed 1 highway Is to pass are aro nil all i favorable to th the tho proposition A. A According to the th lie C survey re referred to tob tobt tot t bt b Mi Mr Carlin which was Va made by General hams three routes outes wore were proposed pro pro- proposed posed The rhe ea east t route running almost tIll the bank of or the Potomac po possesses e ses many engineering problems trot would entail an nn enormous expense On in this IhlA the tho hl historic torl old city of or would l hI be n pa passed but hut experts ex- ex 11 J If In these problems contend that It would not be de desirable to have ha the pl Wax a pasts ails through any elt city all aA a question questions of ot Jurisdiction n would alnas alna's alas al- al s a a 1 bo iye coming up between up-between between the tho city and the United 11 States authorities The I Item hem of or maintenance no and surd the tho pro proper pAr division tJi Of r expense pense for expense for 01 policing IH is nl also alio alioa o oa a problem m that United ll d States authorities ties lies would not wish to lo take hold bl In Ini int i t injunction with municipal authorities tle ties I The rue middle route lOUto hay ha haver ver very fe vantages and It is undesirable from a 0 patriotic pa pa- patriotic standpoint because It would cut cutoff cutoff off th the better part of the thc Arlington the tho famous c graveyard ard of or military dead and ond the home homo once owned by Gon Gen Robert nObe Rob nOb- e ert r t g n. n LeeChe lee Iee The rite route which Representative Car Car- Ih considers the best presents row fow engineering problems only one bridge b being necessary anywhere and of or small construction at nt that This route run Iun through Arlington and passes some of or ortho tho the most lost famous 8 homes home in t that hat section of or the Old Dominion state Colonel Bromwell cut of or public buildings and grounds In the District of Columbia and chief ehler military aid to the thc president Is an engineer of or- of or the arm army who has haft made good Although at the present time his life lite is cost cast In hn plea pleasant places ho he has ex experienced ex- ex all Oho fhe he hardest work that thit comes to an officer In his branch of or the service He lie would like Ilko to build this proposed Applan a Way h he said when whon discussing tho the matter l' l I 1 consider the proposed national highway to Mount Vernon an admirable admirable able fUll and 1 a patriotic undertaking and antI I ant am heartily In favor ra of or tho project I It t wilt will prove plo n a good thing tiring for rOI the city 0 of 11 Washington ashington for the tho state of or Virginia Vii Vir glum ginia n nail and for tor the thc whole United Stat States 8 as nit well as proving pro a valuable addition to the beautiful park s system tem of the district of oC Columbia Of course courso It Isa isa Is Isa a question for tor congress to decide whether the state of or tho the treasury warrants warrants warrants war war- rants such an expenditure of or money at this time for Cor this purpose It would be however howo an excellent thing thins tomake tomake to tomake make immediate arrangements to for building the highway so 80 that when the funds are ate n available ble there will be no dela delay In carrying the tho work to a speedy completion I 1 consider It a straight government go pi for while Washington ton wax was wasa a son of Virginia ho he was the first commander commander com com- mander of or the armies of oC the United States State the first president of the United United United Unit Unit- ed States and will always remain the tho first citizen of or this r republic It would br lh only fair Call that the state stale of or Virginia should could donate the right of ot way way- The rhe building and maintenance of ot the highway highway high high- a way should be In tho the hands of oC the federal fedral federal fed fed- eral ral o g government with concurrent police po po- po- po lice jurisdiction along Its Us route fly My ly suggestion would be that the right of or way for tor the road should be 60 GO feet feel wi wide dc This would admit of or a roadway 20 O feet wide and allow plenty of or room for draining and parking I r have not personally examined any of or tho the routes proposed but I 1 have havo studied el very ho survey ur o mado Gon Mains h C a arond r road rond nd an af a 1 I suggest t con could lJ bo be constructed foi tor Of or rout courie COUI-C COUI e I 1 dod dad not mean tt to say that tIO tho road would be bo evo everything every every- thing that could be desired In the wa way of or landscape gardening and other mat mat- mat tel tors But Bul o oce onto once ce a good highway is |