The record-union., 1893-09-16
PRESS VOICE.
Extracts From Leading Papers of In
terror California


terror California.
Santa Cruz Surf: The State Road Con-
vention in Sacramento last week settled
one point, if no more, in regard to roads.
That is, that the agitation will go on un-
til there is substantial and permanent
betterment of the highways of Califor-
mia.
San Jose Nfescuqy: There may be ways
OF doing business without advertising,
but as they are neither highways nor by
ways they must be something like climb
ing tree.
Oakland Enquirer: Some more success
ful means must be taken to exterminate
train robbing and train robbers in this
country. The prevalence of the crime
begins TO touch, our commercial interests.
Does any one doubt that the existence of
bandits and desperadoes injuries Mexico
and keeps capital and immigration away?
Well, the United States is coming to be
almost as badly overrun with bandits as
is Mexico.
San Bernardino Courier: The appear
ance OF two or three white men on the
streets with vegetable wagons shows
that as soon as the Celestial is out of the
way the Terrestrial will take his place.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: About the most
progressive thing which was done at the
good road convention was the adoption
OF resolution that county trunk line
roads shall be at the expense of the
county, while districts shall remain for
the purpose of feeders or less important
roads. We shall never have really good
roads until highways are classified and
trunk lines are constructed and cared for
on system different from mere neigh
borhood roads.
Chico Enterprise: Men who advertise
very generally lead in their respective
trades. So far as we know, however, men
have advertised for no effect that their
advertising may have upon the trade of
which they buy, their important object
being to make an impression upon the
trade to which they sell. And yet it is
becoming evident day by day that the
concern that advertises is more desira-
bic concern with which to do business
than one that does not advertise.
Colusa Sun: Several of our exchanges
are copying lot of resolutions, includ-
ing one recommending State Road Com
mission, that are said to have passed the
late Road Convention. They did not
pass. The convention passed but few
resolutions. There were resolutions pre-
sented, simply as basis for discussion,
but they did not pass. We wish our con-
temporaries had not gotten it in that way
for 1t will work an injury to the cause.
There is good to come out of the move.
Objection has been made to the conven-
tion perpetuating iteelf without giving
counties a chance that were not repre-
sented at Sacramento. They have a
chance. The representative bodies asked
to send delegates could have sent them
there to sit on the second day, and can
send them for the third day, which will
be sometime in the future. There will be
opportunity for all who want to sacrifice
time and money for the good of the State
to get there.
Kern County Echo: The State Good
Road Convention did all we expected it
would. 1t gave life and impetus to
work that can only be completed after
long agitation. 1t did another important
thing. 1t made plain the fact that there is
great lack of concrete information on
the subject of road-making. There was
unanlmity of opinion on one point
brought up in the convention, and that
was that California has little or no good
road, and much that is simply execrable.
Slowly, but surely, the fact is coming to
the minds of the people that they are suf-
1erlng more inconvenience, discomfort
and loss from the condition of the coun-
try roads than in any other respect.
Dixon Tribune: Another road conven-
ton will be called later in the year for
further discussion. There is no doubt
that the convention will be the means of
accomplishing much good legislation in
future, which will save millions ofdollars
to the State and add to her general pros
perity.
Petaluma Courier. There is no greater
public necessity than the matter of good
roads. III this or any other county, and
the Courier has no hesitation III reiterat-
| ing its former statement that half a
million dollars should be expended upon
the public roads of this county within the
next year or two. 1t would be by far the
best expenditure of money, in point of
positive and direct benefi: to be derived,
which the county has ever made. There
is no doubt that enough money has been
spent on our roads for repairs in the past
ten years to have put all of them in per-
manent good order if the money had
| been properly spent.