The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-01
THE GOOD ROADS MEETING.
Enthusiastic Crowd at Market Hal
Last Night.
SPEECHES WERE MADE BY SEVERAL
Good County Roads and Paved Streets
to 10 the Waichword ofthe
Cyclists.

| the route designated In This morning =
| Pos, uo,,d ,,, n, ~, d,.,,, 80 ,i,,, ,,,uri.o,
| va" "V"''a wy az '"' '"'' VI '"' 49, me-
NOUS" at ABOUT S,5V last evening, "hcrc
| a considerable crowd had gathered In ac-
| cord,nco with a c,tl ,o. , ,,,,y. ,noo,iry
| ~ " " ~
| ny the club. The star wheel cluo orl-
ginated the idea of this meeting, and
| ,,untain pab II Rua.sll Inns b.en csncci
| ~. '.. '''''''' '''''
any ohersetic III atoustus INTEREST anu IN
| concentrating the efforts and Influence Of.
| tba many ybe,l,,., ga m, ci,, toxard
"'"'' "S'''''' !" '''e wy
ne socuflhg OF good streets anu roads
The club WAS in Attendance, nearly fifty
stronr md . i,r,,o ,,,,,hor "a, o,bnr o,,
,S,,ate'.,,' " ''' ''"'''D'' "a V'''''
| u'"sidstlc lovers Oh the bicycle were pres
cnt,
| Chairman Iohn n 1st.,,. u, Al.
mea,tn, =, ,,' N"Dy e"''a' '''
~ '.u'' ana pfleiiy stated us
OBJECT VIZ. To unite In the support OF
| candidates for yatl.,,s ,.,,,. aen,,-. ,h,~.,
| oho ana, a., ,,,.,, -,
81 w lHNo' vi improvements In the
! way OF good roads aud streets which WIZ
| benefit tho farmer. .n tnucb ma tho rttive,,
| of lin. t,,vn NJ, n-t,,,, n.y.. ,,,,....,,,,'',
""' -"i' hhhE 'ueh "l'fo'uccl
N0p'aln j. y. Daushcrty, who. besides be
ins prominent ana well known Texan,
y member Tor Texas Of The ccntrRi com
"'i.ttn o ~" N"uohal ROAD conferences.
~, "i,n,n i,ausnettS made the speech OF
w evening. ain excellent one of about
inNiS NnuiHH, ana read an interesting
ptp"r IN regard to the convict system ia
Norih carolina, whcro, 1t is stated by
"nihiis the state conYicts upon the foais.
7o'ufcs good roads and cents per day
plptil OH each convict so employed. In
thhi Hta'" lhf convict labor when directed
INTO other channels, such hs manufacturers
lumber cutting, furniture making and iron
Work, works a hardship upon The inflVid-
mn VINO NJ cngaGei i'm the same line al
business Captain Inushcrty quoted iig
urrs TO prove that good ronds throughout
the country would lessen 90 the amount
OF 80 per cent the cost OF marketing tho
products of the country Tho following
resolutions wcrp introduced 10y Captain
naughrriN ana forwards adopted 10y tho
meeting:
kcHulNcd, /. That II T. the sense Of this
meeting TINT the system Of farming hy
the State with convict iphor should not
be extended
2. Ihat MI convict labor now controlled
ny thc STATE or mat may hereafter be
controlled l'N ", In - "ss OF whnt T. nee
pssary to work the acoicultura, lands nuw
owned 10y the STATE, and witch labor can
not b. rroft'nh't employed IN connection
with the manufacturing Industries fecpi~d I
N and around the renitoalinrics at Hunts |
vile aud Rusk, anni conducted by thu |
State should he eIuployod in the con 'truc- !
ton of good public roads.
A. TINT We favor the enactment of a 'aw |
requiring the mnuageiurnt of the STATE /
pcnttcntlares to export aud sell N foreign /
tnnrkrt4 an of the products OF the fac /
tories and farms under their control NJ |
excess, OF what is necessary to feed und /
clutho and employ the State convicts And |
nm nfr nolirles polntod out In the fore
,rolnr resolutions niny he enactcd into |
lave. nd ,h~ arri>t,ltural aud manufacture |
ing indnstrlos III the state be protected |
from nm iri,tri.s that nov mnn.,ce them.
" " e, ,! upcn Inc .e ,trons nf i,lsban,lry.
., \ y, nr W., r,iIa,iens wtbin Inc e,nic
ma an rthola initteSl'u ~ ~ X
"etPfe ~ edura'e 'ne't , ,,.,r.,sc thr,nt
people eonefa.y as 90 NJ IhL,Efr .,,
peuupn with goods mhue ny cpuvlu, ,nuot
and to secure the deteht OF me mem ,r
sliulion. az submitted ~ ne join' re-oaa,
ton oc the Legislature oI Texas Appro'ea
Aprl =, iSDS
4 That We uirdgc ouraelNs % vote Tor no
one la become u member of ihc loEiN!nIui"
NJ T.Nas who DOES not pledge himself IN
he eyru, of his election to work and vote
Ia SECURE ,hr enactment Of laws In Inc
Ni'' MN, G we nl"irr ourselves to see tina,
t,nrrts county rs properly represented AZ
w., LIZ u, ,.,,1 rnn,ls convention to meet In |
y, ,''a,,, ou Iunn q next And we JOIN |
~, ,n'N .,oI Eonds League of Galveston in |
~, nn,,,al ia Tho peoplc Of the State To |
W lru ,a,cwaiions from every county |
~, aoih convention
W ~ II Wnldvln Rice then made n |
ap'aut -, fa,r,nr, to the Importance OF
si,o'' ta,H, ,In wns thr first man IN Texas
soou l1anS' ,'n ,onds Convention. They
y" o"il " h, VU' The state legislature
~, ,, ~ ,,,,icis nj work upon the roads all
av ~ ~ 'rsvns M thev regarded the work In
~, ,,.i1 -, cnn,nctltivr in its effects
~ Inv, , ,,,rd 10 nr,vnte labor. aud ronsc-
oucn,iv Of General good TO the State. The
lt"n,,a,,fnrs,, ,on,,nittnc however was
,,toI ~, ,hc,r AID svstem and would lis
'' ,,,n,n i'm nc" Mad n good opinion of the
forts In backing np m ,,fluin' would
have more effect than almos, any oihcr
body OF men. lie also predicted that the
rcs,,lt In linrria county oil good roads
,,,,,,il ~ ., s,ciion az counti-y like Gray