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now aia Virginia fare with the first constitutional litmus test, Congress’ power to establish post roads? Virginia had a little over 23,000 miles of such routes, the average length being 22.6 miles. Rappahannock County, judging from a post office map of 1920, had about 84 miles of postal roads. Nearly 27 miles followed the north-south State road through the county, tracing a path close to what is now Route 522. Some 29 miles passed along the Warrenton Turnpike, following the general alignment of what is now Route 211. The mail needed to get through. Federal aid was required to improve rural roads.
As to the second test, commerce, all manner of Congressional testimony, reports, statistics, etc., between 1913 and 1916 documented the need to foster commerce in the rural areas, and, in particular, to aid the farmer. Freight by wagon was said to cost 21 cents per ton-mile over a dirt road versus eight cents over a macadam road. For short hauls of about half a day, motor transport was beating any railroad. Motor transport eliminated the loading and unloading at train depots, the loading and unloading of local delivery wagons, the issuance of copious waybills and receipts at each step, and the possible damage to goods or their deterioration in transit.
Nation-wide, the average farm-to-market trip was nine miles. Rappahannock County’s mileage was about 18 miles/trip.
The third constitutional criterion to justify federal aid for highways was the military need to move troops and equipment.
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Gallery Director Cheri Woodard commented on the opening of the new gallery, “We haven’t had this much fun since we started Faith Mountain. We love art and ei\joy running a small business. There are some amazing artists in our area and it has been very rewarding to create a venue for people to see this great art.”
Long View Gallery is open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Thursday through Monday. For more information call the gallery at 987-3121 or visit the web site at longviewgallery.com.
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