The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-03
Senator Hanna and Admiral SchlsyI
to Speak Friday.
.Fl1zHueH. LEE CHAIRMAN.
Many Distinguished Men Take ln,srsa9
in the Model Memorial Road to
Jeferson's Tomb at Monticello.
The Old Road Relocated
and the Grades Greatly
Reduced.
Especial Dispatch to III. zinsa.)

Especial Dispatch to The zinea.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, April 1-s
During the last year the efforts OF the
office OF Public Road Inquiries. Washin8s
ton, D. c., have been directed to the Pro.
duction Of an object-lesson road from this
city to the home, and tomb OF Thomas
Jefferson, at Monticello. distance oGs
about two and q half miles.
The road was a bridle-path. crossing
Moore's Creek at a. ford: The develop
ment of a hundred years has served To
widen this bridle-path so ais to make y
narrow roadway" with primitive wooden
bridge at the ford, but the original 1oca-
ton was so poorly selected that the road
rises at the rate of 10 feet in the 100 au {
many places and is exceedingly danger
GUS to travel with wheeled vehicles. espe.&
cially when the ground is slippery. No
amount OF Improvement over such a steep
course could make q desirable road
1t. therefore, became necessary to re-.
locate almost the entire length OF tins
Old road over q new course, which has
already been done. with the result OF
obtaining an easy grade, with a maxis
mum Of only feet in the hundred.
GENERAL LEE AT TTIET HEAD
The people Of Charlottesville, at whose
request the work has been undertaken.8 Z
formed a Memorial Road Association, Of
dent. 1t Is their desire that this object
lesson road, when completed. shall nokz
only serve to benefit the people OF this
locality. but all visitors from distant
places who make pilsrimages to the tomb
or the immortal Jefferson. The National
Good Roads Association was induced to
lend its aid to the enterprise and. In con-
nectlon with the Southern Railway Cons.
pany, brought the good roads train to
charlottesville last week. with its Sffteen
carloads Of modern improved machinery,
expert opera aters, engineers and road
| ohject-fesson road IL q s
Today there. assembled tfie Jcnerson>
Memorial and Interstate Good Roads Cons.
vention to view the road see the progress.
OF the work. deliberate upon the question:
I OF general Improvement Of the HIGHWAYS
| OF tho country, and discuss the. road
question In all its various phases
THE CONVENTION
.IcneraI fltzhuSh Lee presided at the
| opening session. which assembled nj y
clock this afternoon in the armory OF
the Monticello Guard The convention,
L. Petrie, of the First Presbyt terrain
Church. General Lee made the opening,
address, briefly referring to the general
purposes of this organization for good
roads and especially of the value the Jef-
ferson Memorial Road viii afford in the
| wav of convincing the people OF the adj
vantage of proper public highways. That
| highway, when completed, he said. would
| traverse for three or four miles beautf-
| full and picturesque country and remind
those who pass over it of the life. char
acter and eminent services of the states
| man of Monticello.
| Mayor Charles ". Allen gave the Cons
vention cordial welcome to jefferson. .
home town OF Charlottesville, now grown
J TO cit Of RI
pose, while DR.. Paul s. BarrinSer. chair
man of the faculty of the University o4
Virginia, on the part of that institutions
| spoke a word of welcome and added that
| the movement appealed to him because
Iof it's significant educational side. y good
| roads train. he said. is a tavelinC 1abo-z
| ratory and here in Virginia, as in other
parts of the South, there is abundant ma
! terial for its cl.nics. 1.-THE scholar aud
the gentleman we have always had with
us, but the practical man and the expert
| is just coming to great field in whien
| to hasten material Development.
Col W. II. Moore, OF Chicago. presidents
| of the National Good Roads Association,
| addressed the convention.
TRAIN OUT ONE SEIAE.
/ Colonel Moore said the good roSds traiu
! left Chicago in April cf last year and
| has visited six States. held seventeen
conventions. consreGated o.er fifty tn6'i-
sand people and constructed tnirts-four
] miles OF road. At each piace VISITED q
! good roads organization was ELECTED A9
I 3 result of work done, all the States ar0
i organizing road officers and propose =
expend t,.:ndre6s; OF Thousands o1
/ dollars on road Improvement. Ems
ltrain. while d. BEa1o in Sep-
tember last held an :nteraasiona4
road congress In October 1t be9an1fta
itinerary on the Southern Railway sid
IN concluding here its eighteenth con>
| vention. No industriai crusade eTers.iHs =
augurated in tho United States aaa
. a-ounset such general interest. Ie ex.
pressed the opinion that the good roads
question, the subjects Of rivers and shar.
bors. the Istnmian Canal. the irrigation
j OF arid lands and kindred problems VIZ
be prominent factors In the Sreat. polltt.
cal platforms Of 1901
i Governor Montague will prooaplS., ae. es
tend the convention tomorrow @ .oE llss.s 49,
i day,1e The consideration OF the many
i hi,1s sent him in the last hours OF the
i legislature prevented his coming earlier.
i isteuesant Fish president OF the sllii-
d nois Central Railway and son OF the Iate
j Hamilton Fish. Secretary OF War II,
i Grants administration. arrived mere az
1 noon to-day In special car. accompa-
Il MED by. his two daughters and Miss Wells.
Il Mr.. Fish said that he would not address
the convention. but that his presence at.
4 tests his interest IN good roads. He v;si>
4 ted Monticello and the UniversitySStse
OFFICERS ELECTED
Martin Dodge director Of the ONCE 81
4 nublic road inquiries, and General RpJl
stone. his predecessor in that sonlce. alsa
j addressed the convention Pe-nanentsos-
4 Eanizaton was effected by thc eascsionz O.
n fFl;tzhush Lee. permanent ehAirnsAusssLr.
s. s.x-@-r, >-sspan.fo;nh T1r paul ~ T3arrtNA