The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-06
II. w. ANDERSON

WYE VI "
II. w. ANDERSON
Secretary Va. state Good Roads Assoc
large regular delegation is expected
The entire State will be represented by
delegate at large from each county, who
will be the chairman of his county d(Ie-
cation. consisting Of one delegate from
each magisterial district in the county.
Exhibits Of road machinery will be
made at the Exposition grounds. and
everything possible viii be done 70 make
the sessions of the convention interest
ing, instructive, and profitable.
THE PROGRAMME.
The following is the programme as ar
ranged FOR the convention:
FIRST DAY. OCTOBER 10. 1895
Temporary chairman, Ho1. Il. b. Mum
ford, Of Richmond. vice-president Of VIZ
ginia State Good Roads Association
Morning Session-Assembly Han. Of
the Chamber OF Commerce. IL 4. NJ
Prayer Rev. Or. X. y. Siedd. Of Rich
mond; address Of welcome, Hon. Charles
T. O'Ferrall, Governor OF Virginia. APP
pointmcnt Of Committees on Credentials
and Permanent Organization. Road
Improvement in Nirginia-The State AS
ISOLATION" by Hon. b. Il. Munford.
chairman. Reports of Committees on
| Credentials and Permanent Organiza-
ton. General Progress in Road In
! provement." by General Roy Stone. spe-
cial agent and engineer. Road-lnquiry
| Bureau, United States Department OF
| Agriculture. Road Machinery" by
Hon. Ashton Starke, of Richmond.
! Afternoon Session-"Earth-R oad Con-
| struction and Maintenance" Subject
| opened by Captain Orrs A. Browne OF
| Northampton, vice-prosidcnt OF Virginia
| State Good Roads Association: Galloway
| Brown, Esq, of Bedford, judge OF Bed
ford county; Judge Lyman Chaikiey. OF
| Augusta, vice-president OF Virginia state
| Good Roads Association, followed by gem
eral discussion under the nve-minute
| rule. In this general discussion every
delegate will be expected to give ms
| views and tell what ne knows about max
! ing earth roads.
| Night Session. i. M.-"Ihe Principles
| and Operation of the New Jersey Road
Law" by Hon. f.. O. Harrison. OF New
| jersey, secretary of the New Jersey Road
! Improvement Association" Road Ma
terials I'm Virginia" by Maj jed Hotcn-
kiss, of stanton.
SECOND DAY.
Second Day, opening at 10 \. M.-"Road
! Legislation" Report OF Committee on
Legislation. General discussion under
/ nve-mnute rule. stone. Gravel, and
Shell Roads"-subioct opened by J. &.
Brown. Esq. Of Roanoke. president or
Engineers Association Of Virginia.. John
! Graham, Esq, of Norfolk SUPERINTENDENT
Of the Norfolk Company; Charles r..
Ashburner Esq. OF Henrico, frst vice
president Of Virginia State Good Roads
sion under the tive-minute rule. Mis-
| cellancOug business
BRANcHis OF TIE SUBJECT.
Part II. of Secretary Anderson's re-
port viii be divided into five chapters,
under the following headings:
The Economy of Road Improvement.
Road Legislation.
Road Materials in Virginia
Road Construction and Maintenance.
Highway Bridges.
Part III. viii be the appendix, contain
ing a detailed report OF road conditions
in each county. compiled from special
reports of county officers and Official
reports. This division viii also contain
a sketch of the Valley turnpike by sam
uel NJ. Barton. NJ. A.. IN. d., OF the
University OF the South. and contains
much data OF interest and value.
STITCH OF The MOVEMENT.
For a long time the people Of Virginia
have been deeply interested in the ques-
ton Of road Improvement. but the DIS
cussion of the subject has. until recently
resulted in no definite or cOncer. cd ac-
ti,a looking TO actual improvement.
At the summer meeting in 1895 the En-.
cheers Association Of Virginia appoint
ed committee consisting Of Clarence
Coleman. J. c. Rawn, W. NJ. Dunlap, anc
II A ellis to draft a general road Law
10 .af TOD % 1 l. asrfl
lature. and committee from the Associa.
lion was sent to Richmond 10 urge Its
Massage. Ii being late in the session
however 10 action was taken except tC
refer the bill 10 a Joint committee OF bOtf
houses With instructions TO investigat:
the subject and report at he next SEES
sion. Since the old law requiring person
al labor or roads had been hut recently
declared unconstitutional the State wa
IN Is left without any road law.
In the summer OF 1884, the Young Men.
r.,s.n.ss League of Roanoke. realizing
The necessity for some org laized effor
FOR read Improvement. appointed spec
ial committee composed of Messrs. ~
W. Anderson. II. a. ellis and Edward
s. Green, TO investigate the present me
thods of road-maklng and maint s'anc'
i'm Virginia. and sugiest some plan 20
sc -iriag concerted action OF all sectioh
of the State on this question:
To obtain some reliable data as basil
for further work the special committee
add. essel letters to the clerks of IN
several counties In the State asking 10
information as to the system OF open
ing new public. roads IN their respective
counties. the approximate expenditure
made for this purpose. the systems an'
conditions under which the roads wer
worked. and various other statistics u