The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-20
FOR BhJJRR ROADS.
The General board of tiss State Good Roads
Association Fails 10 oh ain Ouorur.

The general board Of the state Good
Roads Association was called together
last evening. To meet for the purpose of
completing the orga ni2ation. For some
reason. however no quorum was present.
and the transaction OF business had 70
be postponed. The members i'm attend
ance were captain Orris A. Brown Of
cape Charles. vice-presdent from the
First congressional district; Mr.. Chtrles
T.. Ashburner. Jr.. Of HenricO. vice-pres-
idcnt Of the Third district and MIR. II.
W. Anderson. OF Roanoke. Besides these
there were present Mr.. JO-eph Bryan,
Mr.. John r. Jackson, Of the southern
Plarter. and Mr.. h. \. Dunlop, secre-
was the secretary % the recent Good
Reads convention.
The meeting was held In Mr.. Dunlop 5
Office in the Chamber Of Commerce
building. and a good deal Of Information
was given during the informal discus
sion, which lasted about an hour.
Mi. Anderson read a letter from Major
j. Hoge Tyler to him, dated Novem-
her 18th. wherein the latter resigned the
position as president of the assOcia ton,
giving as his reasons that mis- other bust
ness would not enable him TO give the
subject the needed attention. In view Of
the small attendance. the election Of
successor 10 Major Tyler was postponed
until ;he next meeting.
captain Brown, during his remarks,
laid great stress upon the fact that in
order 10 induce the Legislature to adopt
some measures looking towards the i'm
proyement Of the public roads, il would
be lirst necessary to educate the people
IN mat direction. so as to create public
sentiment for q demand of Improvement
in the roads. If the people did not inn
press the necessity of better roads upon
IT'S representatives, the Legislature GER
ainly would not do anything.
Mr.. Ashburner spoke of the great ad-
FantaSes that could be derived from
good roads, and took the ground that
McAdami2ed country roads could be con
Structed at a cost OF 500 per mile for
each foot in width. As an illustration of
the benefit Of good roads, he mentioned
the fact that about two weeks ago he
had To haul some heavy uachinery weigh
ing lb,VU pounds. over the Brook turn
PIKE, winch Is macadamized a distance OF
-FOUR miles. In order 70 do this work il
required four mules. which completed
the Job IN an hour and half, at a total
expense OF ninety cents. After leaving
the turnpike the machinery had 20 be
taken over dirt road distance of
I,WV 1eet. TO, execute this it required
ten mules and seven men. and, then IL
took nine hours, al a total exDcnge of
SlS.SO. Had the machinery been moved
over a art road of four miles instead II
me nacadamlzed turnpike, the WORK
would have cost sos. so, instead of nine
ty cents.
1t was finally decided that another
meeting Of the general board be called
LOT gay during the latter part OF Jan
nary. IL Is expected that on that occasion
n larger attendance may be secured i'm
order To- elect president. The members
present iaSt evening were in favor OF
eleGtlng Mr., Bryan to that position
The members who We're absent last
evening were Mr.. Richard r. Tunstlli
or the Second congressional district: Mr..
n. A.~GiIis of the Sixth: Mr.. Henry +.
lyman OF the Seventh; Mr.. Henry {.
stewart, of the Ninth, ana judge LYMAN
Chalkley, of the Tenth. ''''''
~ me next meeting of the general
board yice-presidents from the Folufh
ana tlfth districts will have TO be elect
ca 10. MI the vacancies caused by the de-
Snhalon or those who had been elected
by the recent convention.