Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-10
WILL TRY IT AGAIN.
Another Road Bill to Be introduced
in the Legislature,
BACKED By ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
Objections to the Measure Vetoed by Patti
son to Be 0bviated.
AN EFFORT FOR ORGANIZED ACTION

The movement to get better roads in the
country, which has seemingly been dropped
since the Governors veto of the complex
road bill last winter, will probably be
started again in a short time by a number
of Allegheny county's most vigorous farm
ers. The State Road Commission passed
out of existence at the close of :he last
Legislature, and since then the ALE
gheny county committee has rot
been doing anything. As committee
it does not now have any power, but the in
6ividual members are as much interested
in having better roads as ever before, and
will make the initial move to bring another
bill before the Legislature, and see that
only members who are favorable to it shall
be elected.
Alex. Gilfllan, ESQ.,, member of the
county committee, is taking an active part
in agitating the road question, and in speak
ing of it YESTERDAY, said: "On
account of the almost unparalleled
good roads there have been
since last summer the road question has
been allowed to be forgotten, and unless it
is started soon, it will be almost impossible
to get good measure through the Legis-
lature. The roads have never been better
than this winter, but that is on account of
the weather, not the work that is done on
them.
Not Looking Far Enough Ahead.
'The result of the good roads has been
that many farmers forget that In another
year they may be as bad as in years past.
At the same time the advantages
Of good roads have been made
clear, and with little agitation will spur
the country people forward in a more deter
mined effort. The prosperity this year, I
think, is due as much to good roads as any
thing else. Farmers have been able to haul
their produce to market and will have it
done before the spring work commences,
thus placing themselves several weeks in
advance OF experience in other years. They
are willing to eXpend more money to i'm
prove the roads, and all, regardless of party
are anxious for a new law.
THE DISPATCH Road Expedition was the
opening wedge to improving country high
ways, and started an agitation that will not
stop until the present lax system is i'm
proved. Governor Pattison's veto last win
ter came like a cold wave on the movement,
but 1t is thought that a less complex bill
might be approved by the Executive. The
Allegheny county committee recommended
law which ! think would have met the ap-
prOyal of Governor Pattison, but it was
ignored by the State Commission and far
more complex measure taken up.
An Allegheny Measure TO Be Tried.
'Next year. 1 think, we will have our bill,
or one similar TO it, introduced by the Allie
Eheny county delegation, and then make an
effort to get the support of other members
OF the legislature from the country dis
tricts We are in position to take
the lead, and my plan to get it is for the
old committee to hold n meeting and devise
some way to make concentrated demand.
To do so a meeting should be held soon and
prepara tions made to Carry the question
into the election of members of the Iegis-
lature.
4 have noticed that nearly all the agri-
cultural conventions take up the question of
better highways at their meetings and have
demanded that a new law be passed. They
cannot be ignored, and think the Governor
realizes that now and will be glad to ap-
prove satisfactory bill next year All that
Is needed is little agitation. THE DIS
PATCH has led all the papers in the State on
this matter in the past, and with its CO.
operation, it seems to me, Allegheny county
might present bill in the next Legislature
that would become law"