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Oil Horses
In 1910 the Rappahannock population of horses and mules was 3,270. These animals were used alone and hitched to buggies for virtually all travel needs.
On The Jitney
In 1910, the Rappahannock Jitney Bus Company was chartered. It was to have its main office in Washington, but nothing further is recorded about it. During the '20’s, there was a bus from Luray, through Sperry ville and Washington to Warrenton. In the ’30's, Aubrey Purdham of Luray drove his station wagon through Sperryville toward Warrenton ami returned after giving riders a chance to connect to Washington, D.C. and return. During this time also, Walker Jenkins provided bus service between Fredericksburg and Winchester twice daily (see separate article).
On Railroads
There were many attempts to interest a railroad line in crossing Rappahannock. Shortly before his death, Arthur Miller said that his father had told him many years before that the Piedmont Railroad Company had gotten quite far along in the planning stag**. Miller said that then* was some irregularity in a company official disappearing with money. He didn’t remember much of what his father had said, but he knew that the person suspected was a woman, not of this county. Miller said that, as best as he could rerpember from his father, a house in Washington had already been selected for a station.
On Changes
1 he road between Massie’s Corner and Flint Hill is the part of Route 522 that differs the most from the old configuration. Flint Hill used to be served by the Richmond Road, Route 729. A connection between Massie’s Corner and Flint Hill went by what is now the Aileen Plant and ran into the hodderstaek Road about a mile west of Flint Hill.
On Road Signs
Before World War II, A.L. Lilian! reports, there were very few road signs. Safety was left in many cases to the discretion of the traveler. Lilian! believes that the one highway improvement that saved the most lives was the painting of the center line and sidelines on all of our highways. “Before that,” he said. “I’ve had to stop on Chester (lap because of the fog, just not being able to see where the road was."
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