The San Francisco call., 1897-04-04
Meeting of a Committee
to Perfect a Strong
Organization.
National League to Be Formed
and Western Headquar.
ters Opened.
San Francisco to Be the Place of the
Latter-Urg ncy of the Project
for This State

A committee on good roads and good
streets held a meeting yesterday at the
rooms of the California State Board OF
Trade for the purpose OF perfecting
strong organization OF the National League
for Good Roads on the Pacific Coast.
The following resolutions were adopted:
The undersigned constituting temporary
committee of citizens OF the Pacific Coast de-
sirous OF promoting good road and streets, and
wishing 10 secure 10 our section OF the country
the benefits OF cooperation with National Or
ganiZations and with persons in other sections
OF the United States now engaged In promot-
ing highway improvement with view to ex-
tending the scope and influence of the work
of the National League for Good Rods by iur-
tner perfec ling the organization OF that league,
do report 10 the National officers of said league
at Washington, d. c.. as follows:
Alter consideration OF the state of public
opinion on questions of road and street i'm
provement of the condition OF the agitation
for good roads organizations throughout all
sections OF the United States, OF the United
States Government work for good roads now
conducted by General Roy Stone through the
Department OF Agriculture, of the work being
done throughout the United States by the
Nation al League of Good Roads Ia league
uniting under one head all the organizations
and influences now working for good roads
throughout the United States), and of the
National call for organization now being
issued by the acting president of said league,
General Roy Stone of Washington, ID. c., to-
gether with the replies thereto being received
by the National secretary at San Francisco. il
is the unanimous opinion of this committee
that the following is indisputably demon
strated:
FirSt-That the National League for Good
Roads, by the National prestige 1t has gained
from the high character of its founders from
its official recognition by Congress in the
esta blishmenl of the Office of Road Inquiry as
a branch of the United States Department
OF Agriculture, from its already large volun-
teer mem bership in all sections of the United
States is Sn organization which can b. in
creased TO a membership of several hundred
Thousand persons, resulting in vast benefit to
the whole country through the dsse mination
OF good roads Literature, aiding i'll the forma-
tion OF local organizations ior constructing and
main tanning good roads everywhere and for
procuring Local legislation in furtherance of
this object.
second-That this work for good roads will
be of special value to the State of California
and the entire Pacific Coast, as well as 10
various interests on the Atlantic Coast and in
Southern, Middle and Northwestern States;
ResotUed, That action should be taken to Sc
cure the cooperation of various organizations
and persons in New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Atlanta, New Orleans, Minneapolis,
Milwaukee, st. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco.
Oakland. Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego and
elsewhere, with a view to Immediately per-
fecting the organization of the National
League for Good Roads ana actively pushing
its work for good roads thr oughout the United
States and opening an Office In San Francisco
as the Western headquarters of the National
League for Good Roads.
To this end recommend that the adyo-
OF the Union use their efforts toward securing
State organizations to cooperate with the
National League for Good Roads, and to call
State good roads conventions in every State
tor the purpose of discussing local road ques-
tlons and sending duly accredited representa-
tives 10 the National good roads convention to
be held annually under the auspices of the
Nation al League for Good Roads; further
ResotUed, That action be taken toward Sc
curing strong organization of the National
League for Good Roads on the Pacific Coast,
and to this end we pledge our hearty co-opera-
ton with the Eastern officers of the Nation al
League for Good Roads; further
ResolUed, That copy of this re port and reso-
lutions be Immediately forwarded 10 the Off
GERS OF the National League for Good Roads at
Washington. ID. c., with request for their
prompt cooperation in carrying out its rec
concentrations. j. l. CoNwELL,
OSCAR LEWIS,
J. A. FILcHER,
JULIAN SoNNTAG
T. e. JUDKINs.
ERNEST MCCULLOUGH
CHARLES FREEMAN JOHNSON.
The resolutions have been forwarded to
Eugene d. White, president of the Oregon
Road Club. Portland, also to the Cover
nors of Oregon, Washington and Callfor-
mia and to the Mayors of Portland, Ts-
coma, Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, San Jose and San Diego for
their signatures.