The age-herald., 1901-11-18
PRESIDENT MOORE COMES AHEAD OF
 GOOD ROADS TRAIN
Apparatus Will Reach the City by Daylight and Be-
 gin Work
TRIP VERY SUCCESSFUL
Big Crowds Witness Demonstrations Everywhere - Commends Mayor Drennens Plan to Have State
 Department of Highways.

Good Roads Association, who is in charge of the good roads train now being run through the South by the Southern Rail- way. reached Birmingham last night at 12 o'clock. He came in advance of the train, and will this morning meet mem- bers of the local committees to arrange for the beginning of the work on the road to be built here. The train will reach here about 5:3O o'clock.
 MT. Moore is an enthusiast on the sub ject of good roads. He has made a study of the question for many years and is probably the best informed man in the United States on all matters pertaining to the building of roads. He said last night that the trip of the Southern good roads train had been most successful everywhere, and that he expected the convention in Biringham to be repeti- tion of experiences elsewhere. In speak ing of the work he said:
 Have Made Five Stops
 Since leaving Washington we have made five stops, and at each city have been greeted by immense crowds. At Asheville many hundreds of women were present at our conventions and assisted wonderfully in the work of organization. At Greenville, Tenn, fully two thousand persons attended the m eetings of the con- vention and much good was accomplish ed by our visit.
 "The question of good roads is one de- serving of as much attention as any now before the public. Every man, woman and child is and should be interested in it, for all are affected. In the country districts where the little boys and girls are forced to walk from one to three miles to attend school it is especially felt. But little more so than in the cities where they are forced to go from place to place.
 Commends Mayors Plan.
 'We want to effect an organization here that will cover the state for one hundred miles in each direction. We want to elect officers for the northern and central organizations of the state, and to name vice president in each county who will organize his people when he returns home from the conven- tion. In this way all persons will be brought in close touch with the object of the work.
 q think the movement of Mayor Dren- nen to establish state bureau for good roads one of the most progressive pos sible for the South. It is really essential to the success of road building and I am positive that he can secure enough as- sistance to have such bill passed by the Legislature. And why not? The state has a commissioner of agriculture and other officers interested in the land products of the state. A highway com mission could be made as essential as these officials, if not really more so.
 Tn many other states we have these bureaus or highway commissioners and they have proven successful and neces- sary. The step to establish one in Ala bama is very progressive and I trust that the effort will be successful. I will give 1t all my assistance.
 cIeraymen to Preach on Plans.
 within a short time we want to ask all the clergymen throughout the entire United States to preach a sermon on the subject of good roads. We want also to interest the women of the city and sur rounding district in the work, and with their assistance make the question a poli- tical one. We have interested the great est men in the country in the movement and will soon have considerable assist
 
 When such men as A. J. Cassatt, presi- dent of the Pennsylvania railroad who draws salary of $5O,O0O per year be- comes a county road supervisor and calls meetings in his office then the question has gone beyond stopping point.
 Our train will reach here during the early morning hours. We want to have it immediately sidetracked and at O clock we will be ready to begin work on the road If the local committee has everything in readiness we will not delay a minute after that hour"
 Train Arrives This Morning.
 The good roads train will arrive in Bir- mingham about 5:3O o'clock this morning over the Alabama Great Southern Rail- road from Chattanooga, and by the time the delegates have assembled for the opening of the convention on Wednesday preparatory work will have begun on the road to Avondale along Avenue E.
 The special carrying the heavy machin- cry for building the roads was expected in this city yesterday afternoon, but the
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