The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-29
WE WANT GOOD ROADS
so DECLARED BOARD OF REvE- NIUE AND OTHER ADVOCATES
$500 of the County Funds Appro- priated to Bring State Good Roads Convention to Montgomery
 December End to 7th.

l The Good Roads Convention which wifi | be in session in Montgomery Dece nber to ', inclusive, will be a State Conven- ton. This was definitely decided at a | meeting of the members of the Board of Revenue and several prominent good leads advocates yesterday morning. A temporary organization was perfect ed with Captain J. M. Falkner as Chair r an.. and Charles A. Allen as Secretary. The Board voted $3O0 for the Convention.
 E. A. Moore of Chicago, President of the National Good Roads Convention ad- dressed the meeting in regard to good roads and the approaching convention to be held in Montgomery. At the conclu- sion of MT. Moore's address temporary committee was appointed to select several other committees which are to arrange for the State Convention.
 The meeting yesterday was held in the office of the Board of Revenue at the County court house. There were present w. M. McCrimmin. President; c. A. Al | len. Secretary and A. T. Dreyspring and John Carter, of the Board of Revenue. Mayor E. B. Joseph. Hon. R. R. Poole. Hon. J. M. Falkncr. District Attorney of the L. & N. Railroad; John Metcalf, agent of the Southern Railway: Hon. E. A. Graham, Eugene Carter. J. NJ. Garrett County Engineer; J. G. Finley, County Attorney; c. B. Teaslev, Geo. M. Halls A. r. Alexander. and Hon. F. A. Moore, President of the National Good Roads 1 Convention.
 | MT Moore was invited to address the meeting. He said he was delighted to be { in Montgomery and renew the acquaint- ance of the members of the Board of Rev enue whom he had met at the Good Gd Moore said he did not desire to go into details about good road building at this time as 1t was unnecessary.
 MT. Moore expressed surprise at the number of good roads in Montgomery County but said there was room for im- provement MT. Moore said he came here to make proposition to the people He arrive in Montgomery over the Southern Railway. This train has an established itinerary of seven to ten weeks. and was arranged by the National Good Roads Association. The train. which Is made up of ten cars of machinery and one sleeper, is accompanied by seventeen engineers and experts. steroptican apparatus is carried to show. views of different roads in America and Europe.
 Mir. Moore told of the great value of good roads. He said that the greatest movement in the world was in making a path which can be used twelve months in the year.
 "The railroad companies know this. Good roads are essential to their welfare This is evidenced by the generosity of the Southern Railway which will bring  of this trip embraces 6,000 miles and in- cludes ten stops. It is a great advertise ment for a town to have the train stop over and I hope that Montgomery will exert every effort to have this Convention great success" he said.
 | Mir. Moore took occasion to praise the city of Montgomery. He said Chicago has spent $20. .000000 and in many respects 1t has not as good roads and streets as Montgomery possesses. He said he had gathered considerable information as to the success of good roads Tn the 1 South by convict labor.
 He said the Convention in Montgom- cry could be a State convention. as this is the capital of the State where the laws are made.
 Delegates from every county in the State should be here" he declared.
 He then went into detail as to the terms which the Good iHnt Roads taa,SsDr conven-
 The first thing to be done is the is- suance of n formal invitation for the Good Roads Convention to. meet here. Next is the appointment of an. Execu- tive Committee, to be composed of the leading citizens to take charge of the convention. A Committee on Arrange ments, an Invitation Committee and a Press or Advertising Committee must also be appointed. All commercial or ganlzations. all postm lsters, all officials In the State should be invited to attend the convention and as many farmers as possible.
 Mr Moore said that funds were neces- sary in order to get the convention here. The Southern Railway Company is fur nishing the train free and is feeling the men. but money Is needed to pay ex- pense of building the roads. He esti- I mated that $350 would pay the expense of 1 the convention in Montgomery for four days and $500 would pay a weeks stay. He declared it rested with the citizens whether or not the convention would come here.
 Captain Falkner said that by all means the opportunity must be tiken advan tage of. Mayor Joseph eXp"rssed simi- lar opinion. R. R. Poole. Commissioner of Agriculture, pledged himself to any work which may be assigned him.
 On notion of c. A. Allen a formal in- vitation was extended the Good Roads Convention to met in Montgomery De cember ? and remain here a week.
 A committee consisting of Mayor E B. Joseph. J. M. Falkner, M. N. Mic Crmmin, Alex Rice. R. R. Poole, Gov ernor w. D. Jelks was appointed as a temporary committee to appoint Com mittee on Arrangements an Executive Committee, and Invitation and Press Committees. , - in the Mayors office at o'clock thi
 afternoon.
 The Board of Revenue immediately
 went into session and voted an appro
 priation of $500 towards defraying thu
 expense of the Good Roads Convention KNOW THEIR BUSINESS.