The Durham daily globe., 1894-10-25
THE ROAD CONGRESS IN RALEIGH
Largely Attended by Representatives
from All Over the State.
News and Observer.


of other kinds and the fatigued condition
of those attending the fair during the
| day, delegation of about $50 citiZers,
| representing many counties, and all
| shades of political and religious belief,
assembled in Commons Hall last night to
hear the addresses of Governor Carr,
General Roy Stone, of Washington; Hon
5. b. Alexander, Of Mecklenburg, aud
others, on the subject Of the ways and
means for building better public roads
in North Carolina
In the absence Of the president of the
road improvement association, DR. Bre
ward, of Charlotte, DR. r II Lewis, of
Wake, was elected chairman and the
secretary Of the association acted as sec
retary of this meeting,
In the first address Of the evening,
| Governor Carr called attention to the
fact that twenty years ago no public man
in North Carolina would have dared to
propose that the public roads Of the state
be worked by taxation
But the labOring and poorer classes of
people in the state, who own neither
horses nor wagons, are at last coming to
see how unfair and unjust it is to com
pell them to work these roads, while
many wealthy persons who own large
numbers of both never strike a lick or
raise hand to aid in this work And
these are the people who are coming 10
demand the property Of the country
the wagons, actOries, stores and all such
items, as we'll as the bonds, capital rather
that labor, snall be taxed for this pur-
pose; so that those who use the roads
them shall be large contributors toward
building and maintaining the roads.
In EdgecOmbe county, which is now
working its roads by taxation, this meas
ure was at first very unpopular; but the
people are now coming to see that they
get more benefit and quicker returns
from this part of the tax money than
any which We pay, and the system is
growing in favor continually. In Edge
cOmbe it has come to stay, and there will
be soon good dirt roads with sewer pipe
drains under them instead of bitches and
mud holes on top of them all over the
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