The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-10-26
FOR BETTER ROADS.
Racine and KenOsha Counties Unite
in an Enthusiastic Convention on
an important Question.
GOV. scoFIELD A SPEAKER

An Association is Organized for the Bet
tering of the Public Highway and OFF,
GERS for the Ensuing Year Are Elected
Many Well Known Citizens of This City
and County Take Part in the Exercises
of the Day-Much Cod Done.
The Good Roads Convention held in
Racine Tuesday by the representatives
of Racine and Kenosha counties was
easily the largest in point of attend
ance of the many that have occurred IN
Wisconsin this year. 1t was attended
by fully 300 persons, including Gov.
Edward Scofe1d, w. H. Moore, Presi-
dent of the State and Interstate Good
Roads and Improvement Association;
Gen. E. G. Harrison, the government
road expert; Secretary of State Froeh-
Itch, Congressman H. A. Cooper, ex-
Senator Adam Apple, Assemb1yman
John Wagner, James Cavanagh, Geo.
A. Yu1e, Joseph Bendt, H. S. Van In
gen, p. G. Torrey and many other well
known citizens of Kenosha, and many
well known farmers from every sec
ton of Racine and Kenosha counties.
Miss Re11a G. Hart, Secretary of the
Good Roads Association, made brief
address and expressed her appreciation
of the generous treatment received in
this state. Committees on Resolutions
and Organization were appointed and
the latter committee reported as fol-
lows:
For District President--George N.
Frat, Racine.
Vice Presisents- Henry c. Will
1iams, Union Grove, Racine county;
George A. Yu1e, Kenosha county.
Secretary and Treasurer-uRacine
county, B. ]. Buckingham. for Keno
sha county, Joseph Bendt. SIS,
The committee on resolutions re-
ported that the name of the district or
ganization will be the Southeastern
District Good Roads convention. A
permanent federal department was
urged as necessity, and theco11ection
: of taxes in money. as the only means OF
obtaining full value for the money.
The good roads movement was strong
1y endorsed.
Congressman H. A. Cooper made an
address and was strong in his Ian
guage for the improvement of the
highways. President w. H. Moore
also urged the movement and wanted
to see the day when Racine and Mil
waukee would be connected by bou-
1evard. Gen. E. G.. Harrison, the gov
eminent expert on good roads, made
several splendid suggestions for the
building of good roads.
Gov Scofe1d was late arriving in
the city and did not reach the -conven-
ton hall until about II o'clock, but he
received a grand ovation when intro
duced and said in part: za3
"Care must be taken that all of this
good roads enthusiasm is not wasted
in meetings and discussions about
roads. All these are necessary, but
there is always tendency to fatter
ourselves with what we intend tie do, to
the extent that we neglect to do the
thing.
''The practical illustrations given at
these meetings by experts at road
building are of inestimab1e value.
feel like repeating what have said at
number of these meetings that
special attention should be paid to
instructing the farmers and others
who attempt road building, in the use
of materials which they have. Unless
this is done the result of these different
gatherings will be very unsatisfactory.
There is not county--there is not
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has materials for road building. They
are not equally good, but unless each
township or section of the country can
utilize materials it has on hand, the
chances are that very little in the way
of scientific road improvement will be
accomplished. san so-
"When farmer has 1earnedyto build
road scientifically he has made
long advancement, and the fact must
be especially satisfactory to him be-
cause it proves first, that scientific
methods. of doing things has appealed
to him successfully, and that he. is
able to apply these methods to -practi-
cal work. The building of good roads
marks long step in advance for the
agricultural sections of our country, to
say nothing of what it means to the
population generally"
In the afternoon a large crowd
gathered at the corner of Douglas ave-
nue. and the Rapids road and witnessed
the construction of two strips of road.
Gen. Harrison delivered an address,
explaining the system of road making
and the best manner in which to con-
struct them.
Look Out For Him.