The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-03

/ gatherings ever held in the State OF
rexaAMr George NJ: Courts, chairman OF
ceipt. OF many magnificent letters, OF
which brief review OF somc OF the most
important IL given below:
/ Hon. Is. w. Workman writes from Aus
tin under date OF April -. as follows:
Your very cordial Invitation TO be
present Mt the State good road conven-
uon,' June . to IL. at hand and beg to
assure YOU that | shall take pleasure in
being present and trust that the attend.
ance will be large. for ! believe the soiv-
Ing of the question involved will add more
| prosperity and comfort OF all the people
than anything now ngitating the public
| mind"
Hon. II. b. Rice. recently elected mayor
| OF Houston and an enthusiastic good
| roads man, who. a. county commiss oncr
| OF Harris county, gave that county many
| miles OF ,ne best roads In the State, writes
| as follows:
IN reply to your invitation TO attend
| the good roads convention at Galveston,
| juno ? to 10, l viii state that | expect TO
parucipate IN same. know OF nothing
more productive of good to the agriculture
and commercial interests Of this state
than the Improvement OF county roads,
| especially i'll South and East Texas i
| sncniey trust that the attendance win
| DC FAR better than your most sanguinc
| hopcs.'
Mr.. Wallace Sherwood, chief OF the
Indiana division. League OF American
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publication. furnishes a mugnifieen, letter
dated at Indianapolis. Ind. April n.
| which should BIZ read with great care by
| ment:"
| Your letter OF the cith Instant extend
| ing an invitation TO myself, friends and
| ncighhors tn attend the State good roads
| convention and bicycle meet 10 be held
| IN Your city june to H. IL at hand, and
| tender You my thanks for the same
| ! deeply regret my inability TO he present
| at gathering OF representatives OF ad
| vanced did MS In highway Improvement
| III your great state. Nothing would give
| me greater pleasure but l nm obliged
| ny press OF business TO lose this oppur
| tuniiy hetore our friends and hope that
| some more fortunate than myself may he
| able 70 meet with YOU. The cause you
| are forwarding Is one IN which every
| ci'zcn of this county liz Interested re-
Ehrdlcss Of his walk IN life, BAD roads
| means bad business. ana had business
| means poverty to the commonwealth.
The prosperity If the country ia based
| upon the prosperity of the farmer. and
hts success IN life can never he what II
should be until the great dirt tax N done
away with. All commercial capital Ia
based upon the cap,al Invested IN the
ia.n The market value OF the farm Is
hnscd upon the highways leading thereto.
Land 'ive miles from market. approached
by bad roads, IL more distant nnd lees
Valuable than land fifteen miles from
market approached hy n perfect surface.
30 city or town ever reached n high de
gree Of commercial prosperity when tho
turning community naturally trihulaiy
thereto We're deniVi access because of
lnrnssable highways FOR several months
IN tie year. when the farmer the incr-
rhan'. me manufacturer and the ahofnr
man 'u'ly comprehend the Importance
OF the work Your organization has under
| taken, when they reallxv the immensely
ni Nc nuns Of money cnruifcd hy the
Wei stirred mud through which the wa
CONS of the country are drnge.d when
nf4flsfSfnnI ,tt,sN t,.i,,
as thoroughly destroyed and made val
uelefS as If It had been sent Ia the hot
tom of the. sea then we may hope for
action on The part of all TO prevent this
waste. Greni hodica move Slowly. INT
once IN motion their movement Is ire
siSt'hie. Throughout the country the poo
pie ne being taught slowly tho value o,
M improved highway. The work or edu-
rAllnn which has been pressed by n few
II aTeady showing results. We no LONGER
have to derend upon theories; we have
much to be done The schooling of our
people has jus, begun in no way can
successful work he accomplished to bet
ter advantage thnn by these conventions
state IN tho Union. By your action *
Demonstrated the fact that the men of
Texas are fully alive to the Importance
of u. work and they evidently propose
kferlag well In front IN the march of
progress 1 wish you n most successful
meeting and am sure II VIII result In much
good IN educational lines"
Nj A. Enrrson. major First artillery
battalion. T''Nns Volunteer Guards writes
briefly and to the point from Rrenham
Texas, under date OF April o. Tho follow
u have The honor TO acknowledge the
recei't 81 your Invitation to attend Tho
convention of tho good eads league, winch
II 10 meet IN Galveston. June D I SHAH
ondcavor to bc present at The meeting
for ! firmly believe HAT thu move ie n
proner one. and an tho object in view Is
one that Is Of Interest To every citizen,
/ ShBil "lldrAv0r 10 nssi.t IN every why I
can 20 increa.c the attendance AT same"
Mr. q. X. iIiREunho..nm, editor nnd
proprietor Of that nilo Journal. tho Bcnu-
mont Ente,pr sc, under date Of Apr'l q,
SAYS: ~ am with you for good ronds We
ncfi them and we need them badly.
Thcr" is nothing on earth that will hul3
rp country Ike good roads | shall
try aud attend the convention mud shall
devote considerable spnce In calling
the attention of our people to this pro-
icct and nj the same time urge them 10
take action in The matter Hoping you
win nave large Attendance, am etc"
Morgan & Wright. manufacturers of !
rubber eonds. Chicago. m contribute |
The following interesting letter; we nrc |
date OF The Goth instant, 10 attend the |
State good roads convention, to be held |
In your city June TO II. We shall be |
glad TO avail ourselves of the opportunity |
Of having representative at your con-
vcniion IL n Is possible for ia to 10 So |
but whether we are present or not. you
may be assured that we ARE heartily in
sympathy with the good roads move
mont and n IL our b"icf that there IL
] crhnpn no one question before the Amcrl-
can people at The present time which
SO directly CONCERNS them individually ms
well ne collectively M the question of
good roads. We believe thai the day is
not far distant whrn some Of the finest
highways IN the world viii he found IN our
own country. Trusting your convention
VIII be n pronounced success, we beg to
remain"
Mr.. Paul Girnud secretary of the Dallas
I omnetcini club, reports AT Il meeting Of
he board Of directors the good runds
movement WINS considered and approved
and tho president was requested to app
point one or more delegates 10 repre-
sent the Dnlas Commercial club at tho
Hon. " -. Hudson. county Judge OF
irazos county whites "a brief but ep-
'onrnging, letter. Ia which he says the
committee in charge will have the hearty
10 operation Of the city of Bryan and tho ,