The age-herald., 1901-10-25
WILL ORGANIZE
 FOR GOOD ROADS Convention Will be Held Here
 on November l8 TO CONTINUE ONE WEEK Southern Railroad Good Roads Train Will Be l.ere and County Or.
 ganIzatIon Will Also
 Be Formed.
TO CONTINUE ONE WEEK

Birmingham is to have q good roads convention under the auspices of the Ma tional Good Roads Association Monday, November IS. It will last an entire week. of the Southern Railway Company. It will include twelve cars, ten being used to carry the road-mal1ing machinery and two for officials and workmen. This train will leave Washington next Tuesday and its first stop will be at Winston-Salem, N. c. From Winston it will go to Ashe- vile, November and '; from Asheville to Greenville, N. C., or Knoxville, Tenn. The next point will be Chattanooga, and Birmingham.
 Meeting at Commercial Club.
 w H. Moore, president of the National Good Roads Association. who came here night before last to arrange for the com ing of the train and the specimen road building, met number of representative citizens at the Commercial Club yester- day at noon, and explained fully the ob- ject of the Good Roads convention. Among those present were Mayor Dren- nen. J. B. Gibson. A. J. Frazer, Rufus N. Rhodes, John w. O'Neill and Coffee Jack son.
 The mayor presided and after he had made speech several short talks were made by those in attendance, all heartily at1d ha p1o r.. n and November IS was decided upon as the date.
 MT. Moore said that Birmingham was not selected because the county in which 1t was situated was lacking in good roads, He said he was aware of the fact that Jefferson county was well up in roads Few counties in any section of the coun- try had better roads, he said than Jeff ferson. But Birmingham was selected as a convention city vecause of its eligible location. The railroads would sell a one fare round trip ticket from an points within a radius of 100 miles of Birming- ham and in this way the country people could come here and and see this organi- zation build pieces of road from half mile to a mile in length.
 To See Machinery.
 The machinery, such as cutters, rollers, and so on, which is used in road construc- tion, is exceedingly interesting. and MT. Moore felt sure. he said, that thousands of people would attend this convention, not only to hear the question of roads discussed by practical men, but to see just how modern road-building was done with economy and dispatch.
 Mayor Drennen remarked yesterday evening that what he liked especially about this road-making enterprise was simply this: Tt is not theory. but prac- tice. Our people hear so much theory talk; they naturally grow tired of it.. But the Good Roads Association comes along with it's up-to-date outfit and H. lustrates practically how easy it is to make roads,"
 The Southern Railway Company is ex- pending between $25. 900 and S3O.C0O on this good roads train. The company not only furnishes the train but 1t feeds the men throughout the entire trip.
 All Believe in Good Roads.
 President Samuel Spencer. Vice Presi- dent w. W. Finley, M. V. Richards, the land and immigration agent of the com pany, are enthusiastic believers in this good roads movement. While the outlay Is considerable Mr. Spencer regards the money as profitably spent, for better country roads means more thrift for the people and hence more business for the Southern Railway Company.
 County Organization.
 When the convention meets in Bir- mingham county organizations will be effected for this section of Alabama. These county organizations will work un- der a State Good Roads Association and the State body works directly under the National Good Roads Association. The county organizations will be officered by a president vice president and a secre- tary-treasurer.
 MT. Moore leaves this morning for Montgomery.
 MIR. BRYAN HERE.