The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-30
HOW ROADS ARE M ADE
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF
 THE DEMONSTRATION.
The Approaching Convention is At tracting Attention of Prominent Men--Auburn Students May
 Come in a Body.

The work of securing large attend ance upon the State Good Roads Con- vention which Is to be held in Montgom- cry beginning Wednesday December 1. is rounding out in good shape, and many prominent Alabamians have expressed themselves as greatly interested in the movement.
 Capt. J. M. Falkner, District Counsel of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company who has given the conventions good deal of his time and attention is in Mobile attending the South Alabama Convention, but L. l.. Gilbert, Secretary dustrial Association. and other patriotic Montgomerians, are ousily engaged in preparing for tho convention. Among the letters received yesterday by MT. ident of the Plant System.
 If possible l will be with you on the occasion of the assembling in your city of the representatives to form an Ala bama State Association for Good Roads,
 writes MT. Erwin. If find that can not be present on that occasion l will endeavor to send representative. feel the greatest interest in the encourage ment of good roads. appreciating that no other public improvement accomplishes better results in the way of advancing the material interests of the people than the building of first class roads"
 Director Martin Dodge of the National Good Roads Association and Assistant Director M. V. Eldridge have already ad- vised MT. Gilbert that they will be pres ent to attend the State Convention.
 An effort is making to secure the att tendance of the 400 students of the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn.
 If these students come to Montgomery they will no doubt attract the attend ance of the fathers of the young Ala bamians, and the attendance will thereby Either Hon. R. R. Poole Commission CT of Agriculture, or capt. J. M. FaikneI Wal preside over the convention which will probably convene In the Auditorium Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The program has not yet been completed.
 The good roads machinery has been operating in Mobile the past few days and The Mobile Register In speaking or the demonstration of road building says
 Down on Washington Avenue the peo- pie began coming to watch the work shortly after noon. Some came Tn the street cars and others drove down m number of ladies In the crowd and this caused President Moore to express his qualification. All we need to make .., success of this movement" he said, IS am glad to see they are. showing the proper spirit. They are taking great Tn, terest in our work, so far as can see.
 About two hundred yards of the roao
 have been practically completed, ant yesterday the huge steam roller was run. !. ming back and forth over 1t, crushing II down solidly. Farther on could be seen the road In it's various stages Of devel- opment The foundation is of whole oys, ter shells, over which Is placed crushed rock, and then the gravel is placed on as a surfacing material. Each layer thoroughly packed before the other layeG Is placed, and the portion of the road al-
 ready completed came in for much praise The road Is sixteen feet wide ana as completed, presents pretty appearance It has a fine grade. the sides being seV- eral inches lower than the centre or the road. There is plenty of space Tor two vehicles to pass each other. The crowds were going down until dark, and during the evening 1t is estimated two thousand
 people viewed the work. This was matter of encouragement to all the mem bers of the Good Roads corps or experts Information reached the city yester dav that Commissionel of Agriculture r. R. Poole. who Is down on the program tno n make an address. was taken suddenly Il | in Montgomery Wednesday night ahe will not be in attendance on the Conven- 1 ton. MT. William M. Selden, or the stat Horticultural Department, was sent down | to act as the representative or the Agri' 1 cultural Department and reached the GU! l yesterday afternoon. He was accompa | nied by Colonel J. M. Falkner or thS | Louisville and Nashville Railroad, a | Montgomery. who is to address the Con l yention. Colonel Falkner is one of tht pioneers in the good roads movement ir Alabama, and 1t is due to his activity l that the county and city Of Montgomery | have such fine streets and roads. Colo | mel Falkner is doing everything m III. | mower to further the work and placed | himself at the service of the local Good
 Roads Association in any capacity.