The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-01-20
THE ROAD CONGRESS
TRANSACTED ITS RUsINEsS AMI
ADJOURNED LAST NIGHT.
A Number OF Resolutions Adopted-A
Committee Appointed to Organ.
izo 4 Branch OF tho Na.


Committee Appointed TO Organ.
ize 4 Branch OF tho Ma
tional League.
In response to proclamation Issued
by Gov. Thos. NJ. Holt, the state road
congress assembled in Metropolitan hall
yesterday morning at II 80 o'clock.
Fully 300 delegates we're present rep.
resenting eighty counties of the state.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed and
the interest manifested by the delegates
showed they were in dead earnest.
DR.. 81. B Battle, chairman of the COM
mittee of the Raleigh chamber of com
merce on improvement of public roads.
called the congress to order.
The Meetfng was opened with prayer
by the Rev l. NICK. Pl,tinger, of The
Church of the Good Shepherd.
Owing to the indisposition Of Mayor
Badger, the address of welcome was
omitted from the morning proceedings
Governor Elias Carr opened the
deliberation with . short address
which was plain, practical and
to the point. He stated this congress to
be harbinger of good roads for North
Carolina; he had had considerable expe
rience in his section on the road Ques
ton. stated on yesterday inaugural
address, that had never been an Office
holder before, but made mistake. for
years. (Applause } II there was any
law ever enacted in North Carolina that
seemed unjust, it is the road laws of this
state. Ali that 10 done is to prevent an
Indictment before the justice of the peace.
The roads of Western North Carolina
cannot be worked by the present system !;
there they had material in abundance and
while in the east they did not have the
material. He related an incident told
him of stage driver in Western North
Carolina relating how many aceidents
had happened. The present attorney
general who was present, hearing Of
these accidents concluded to stop the
hack and get out and walk. The road
was actually 80 bad that you could not
drive down hill and he was told that th; q
was not the worst road either. He had
often known cases, when the roads up
hill, or on q level were so bad you could
not 20, but here was q road SO bad that
you could not even 60 down hill. do
not intend to make any suggestions t.
this congress, but af ,er its adjournmen,
propose to prepa paper to the iegis
lature on the subject of good roads.
say again l consider this congress har
binger of good roads.
On motion of w. P. Bachelor, oi
Wake, Mr.. G. B. Watson, of Forsyth
was chosen permanent chairman.
On motion of Prof. ]. A. Holmes, Dr.
81. B. Battle was made permanent secre
tary. The congress then adjourned or
account of the hall not being comforta
BILE, to the hall of commons in the capi
tol building.
The congress assembled in the legis'a
/ tive hall. President Watson called .
body to order.
| On motion, Mr.. 81. A. Latham. reading
clerk of the house of representatives., wa
made assistant secretary.
| Mr.. Patton, of Buncombe, moved tina
the governor, state officers and member
of the general assembly be considered
delegates to this congress.
Mr.. Busbee, of Wake, amended by ad
ding that all present who we're here il
the interest of good roads, DC consid ere'
delegates also, Wake county being Ga
cepted.
On motion the roll Of delegates wa
ordered to read While the roll was be
ing called considerable discussion aros
as to who were delegates. in which
large number of delegates aud o.her
joined in the discussion. Finally tn
official liet Of delegates, as had bee
previously reported to Secretary Bsttl
together with the list appointed by tn
governor, of delegates at large was rea
and responded to.
Among the gentlemen present who CT
tered into the discussion as to the bei
place of determing the delegates wei
Messrs Aycock of Wayne. King of Gui
ford, Busbee of Wake, LeGrand of Ricl
mono, Robinson of Randolph, Blair {
Cald we'll, Pou of Johnston, Patton al
Atkinson of Buncombe, Boyden and NJ
Kenzie of Rowan.
Gov. Holt was loudly called for an
spoke OF the importance of the subjet
of road i'm provement
) Upon motion of COL w. d. s. Blu
gwyn of Henderson the following VI
adopted:
Resolved that committee of five
appointed to report q programme an
. order of business. Said committee
consist of q. B. Battle, w. E Ardre
Chas. McNamee, Samuel F. PattersC
and Jas. A. Bryan.
Upon motion of Mr.. Jas. T. LeGrar
q committee on resolutions to who
should be referred all resolutions; "
, adopted.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 8 D. m. the committee on the ord
of business made the following repo
'. which was received and adopted:
;, The committee on order of busine
. recommed that the following pr
gramme be adopted; that papers may
presented under 'ch subject, to be re-
in full by the author oniy-if short
otherwise to be authorized by him, aft
: presentation Of papers, discussions to II
: low; each subject to be concluded
D fore the next is taken up:
t l. Is there any need at this time
: the improvement of our public road
Inc 8pe(l8l reason LueEciOo.
: 2. The benefit of good roads and
values saved by their use.
8. The kind of roadwavs needed
various parts of the state of North Ca
). lima and the best means of keeping th'
- in repair.
4 Ways and means of building go
y. roads.
y = 8. Suggestions for future organi;
tion.
The committee further recommend
that the first order of business be
presentation of q paper by Prof. ].
. Holmes, State Geologist, upon the p,
l. lie roads of tho state. The paper
T. Professor Holmes was outlined by br
!, extracts. The paper showed care
'e preparation and was a very instruct
and valuable report on the material
road construction, "a we'll as giving
loss to the state on account of bad roa
Al The chair then named the committee
10 resolutions as follows:
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