The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-03
FOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
| s,.,usiastic Meeting Held Yes
tsrday At Galveston.
LopylyG COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
..o. To BE Derived From Coco
-. sct For,h--LcG isiatson Nccdcu
u.s. s.,,s Pertinent sugscsuons'

IuHisf
aoustcn. ...,,,, tho meeting
suad Ia order by Secretary Tom
M, l.on in the absence of the cha'r-
~ Mr. richardson moved for temper
'~ ...,ruan the champion of good roads,
:, p,.e The new ma or of Houston,
! ,.,r The chair, saying that he was
-, and soul In the movement ana stool
A. IN do everything within his power
n. p,cs did not hold the chair long,
's.,nre the secretary had finished Naii-
|, ,ss roll the regular chairman Ut, a.
III irolar, en,.reu the room anu ap'iob-
II Tor ms tarullIeSs. , ,t.,.,.s
~ secretary explained that Messrs.
ihs i,nNs oil Deep water, a. IL. Sileli-
:, ~ 4, t,arrlspti.s and ,uionei SLr.nglci-
= =, CuN-stou were lryNcnted from AZ
[.amg on account OF slckncsS.
Ds,'ssI Slos son suggested lnm, the cnalr
.as~.,atv .tcte the exact object OF the
.s,.ns men discussion might follow.
R|s.'ra'arv Richardson stated thpt II was
cssstood from IN. call that one Oh inc
f,rsis vas TO complete the WORK uoi'c ~
tss,nson He also said ip had found ia
IsrS slnE Inc MA ~ " 80 '''~ A>''''s''r,
n, At he coast country that tie general
Innr,nt was that the influence Of Gal
Inn Houston. Beaumont ana orange
n ,he rress OF these cities must be
H., N further, not only the construction
1 v,od roads but also the general de-
(srn,en of and che immigration to the
MI country. Further explaining the OBJ
N. Of The association he read the reso-
Hons adopted at Dickinson. recommends
= the organization OF good ROADS ieaSnes
Msrv county IN the state, the iovyiny
an additional tax OF 10 cents ON we
n for the construction of roads. ihe
Ss,nage of the coast country, the or
Snj,ation of horticult ural societies, the
{sanIfation of a home loan ana home
lad company. etc.
WMn Secretary Richardson reached the
lme ''Texas Coast Utilization Commit
~ he said. and, gentlemen, that is
u thing would like you TO change to-
q: II Is not only cumbersome, but, II Us
Snioun1ed with the deep water utilization
Smm!t,ee" Cheers)
Professor +. ". Mally suggested that
! The work TO be done by the committee
6ay was so diversified he believed 1t
buh be expedited by referring 1t TO o
! mber Of committees, who would report
III to the general committee, He rut
! suggestion into n uo'ion. which cur
(fhe chair appointed the following a
mmlttee to divide ny the work. Mally.
)ca. Slosscn. Blrchlleld and Wills.
fhe committee retired and Mr.. Rich
soa introduced Mr.. c. II. Flgley of
i: a's '"y' '0'' N'''i''' "'' 'S'''
mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I MIN
y today as a representative of Jeffer-
county by appointment Of Judge
~ county Judge OF that county. and
n az a representative Of the Port A.
y Land and Port Arthur Townsite com
~, and wish TO assure you that We
10 sympathy with this movement, and
Wy to do all in our power TO assis, you
carrying through any movement which
any way will benefit Southeast Texas
Tue coast country.
think one of the hest moves IL to &C.
\ for this coast country good roads
a thorough system Of drainage. CAP
kel The first great question liz. how
secure this? First let NJ get out of the
barrow cattle track. and get on the
ROAD 10 prosperity, Let lis here to-
START this movement in n way which
Ncufe Tor us such laws by the next
legislature as viii enable each
ny py majority vote, to issue n
Wy amount of bonds To secure su!h-
~ iunds 10 build thesn bridges. grade
Ioaus and put In this system OF
WAY a..s, Under the present law the tnin-
su.u counties can not secure sutiicieut
W ~ me present rate Of taxation for
~ improvements. but with the IN
\ ~ ualua'ion of all the taxable prop
,ufn. ue next ten years this fund VIII
,l,..clent to pay off these bonds. The
pms school fund OF the State can be
nm ~. M these bonds. Now is the OBJ
'sM sime Tor this Texas coast coun-
10 get move on itself, orr com
Meis sufficiently the Importance Of
ssed roads movement, that 1t pro-
l, ~ lut N through its 5000 acres OF
4, a.'s forty miles of graded wagon
anu thorough system of drain
M M you see We are strictly IN line.
a, Sss2 wish to assure you that we
n. \. on the deep water question.
w. BUSINESS enough in the North
N, ' aay with proper railroad ia
m, ', nr,,. lover freight rites, to SCI
M . omiy business for Galveston. hut
ID L. 'es' OF the Texas deep water
m i. c company today is building the
b Ksnss,, Ti'tsburg and Gulf railway.
hal wS,, IVY 10 Port Arthur. This
hi NV, W,il, In my opinion. solve the
h,. sa!e question from thn Marin ana
hi ~ -. 10 the gulf. When completed
sny , nv Short line. 100 mile, shorter
h Ka,s v.ner road. nj present running
remit lily 70 the Gnlf of Mexico
f rnsa. VIII be decreased freights
BE- foroa.a lready doing huslness hero
ls Gahss. 70 meet connection A n
teNst will derive a great deoi
be tsiaSl,. Sou already have the cam
ss ,o,lsy here. would suggest
~ to be n appoint committee. their
which N r,a see 'tit tho state conyen-
pni,,ees. ghnp here June o. appoints
no one is a, work viii he 10 see
se but those , ,, FOR the next ler,s-
Eenenil ~, laws as viii h ennt 81 ,s se,
they sr What do we caro ''l. ,nl9
n,tn or ueinocrats, rep,b,ica,s t,o.
ths coas, god bugs? What III, rec
businesve country Is less noiit i, o,.
htrr, bn, Apnlauee. IN nc an
" the No. axso TO Austin al the ,d No.
are uassaa legislature and 500 ~,
Iintnt which viii benefit this
,tnas Ten 10 J.. Professor II. w M,,,v
~ read. 'e''ef to Governor Cmlber,
q. irst,sNhhardson'a E aiso read;
I'd. ynuiizatlon issq., Secretary Texas
.iimror,,SnW; There is nr H,ni,sss'oii,
a,i,n Of o"r iinnso,yement ensasln n,s tho ho
tths oonslaa nest citizens NJ ,l,t,s ~, ~
K ss,'oper de yeonno,ifn ways and means
las Il viii ahpl.cahle to coast,vis, |
ss,19er Of es,a say 2 direct Relation In |
ara'rare. ao'ishlns proper sys-
a'r assoc ia ,5ieornret,ary OF the Texas
(srf ~ rosition nave FIR some |
and ID =, Of mr. hes, people p"'pl II II
p TIbp sr rSisy,,dlmn pressel than Win |
snmn',s, .deyelnpnan,'s which ex.s, be-
q r. p alssyysopsSsa 81 Fo an as aHa
Nm s,Iiitle and i n exhibition Of the
n rs,h1t Is The o oh,e Products Of our !
ksu AIR. ar associat,oopp OBJECT of the Texas |
esASSe ssl co,op '"StT ii " tire
a. the ,methods of cul,iVatlnn