The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-19
GREAT NORTHERN GIVES ONE TO
GOVERNMENT TO USE IN
NORTHWEST
TRIP OF ONE HUNDRED
DAYS Is ARRANGED FOR
First Demonstration Is to Be Held at
State Fair, After Which the Train
Will Visit Many Farming Communi-
ties to Give Practical Lessons in
Road Building.

The Good Roads Train" is now as
sured and the farmers of the North
west can now prepare to see the most
interesting practical good roads" agi-
tation ever attempted in the West. AS
told in I h Globe several days ago,
several government officials have been
in st. Paul for week or more trying
to make arrangements for this special
| tram to tour the country. Final ar
rangements We're made yesterday with
the Great Northern railway to send out
special good roads" train, with a
full equipment for giving practical in
structions in the art of building good
roads The officials of the. road have
placed at the disposal of Col. r. w.
Richardson, the government good roads
expert, train such as he may require,
with the privilege OF taking it wher-
ever he may see fit. and the company
pays all the expenses. It will cost at
least 500 day to operate the train,
and it is expected to be out about 100
days, so the Great Northern people
have practically contributed $4,000 to
the movement, which liberal concession
is highly appreciated, as the road de-
riYes no special benefit from the train.
Train of Ten" Cars. r%va r-r
The train will be composed of ten or
twelve fiat cars, for material and the
most improved road machinery, and
Two boarding cars for the engineers
and expert road builders. "r-a s~r
A few years hence the Northwest
should have the finest roads in the
Union, provided the county and town
ship authorities charged with The road
work avail themselves of the oppor-
tun1ty furnished by Uncle Sans trav-
cling college.
The train will leave here at the close
or the Minnesota state fair; and will
proceed West, stopping at the larger
cities on the way to the coast. No
itinerary has as yet been made, but
this is matter to be worked out later.
The first big work of Col. Richardson
was to secure a train and in this he
has succeeded up to all his expecta-
tons and desires.
Will Work at Fair.
The first demonstrations of practical
and theodetical construction of per
manent roads will be held at the state
falr grounds during fair week, A
meeting of the executive committee of
| the state good roads association, the
county officials of Hennepin. and Ram
| Sey counties, the state fair manage
ment and the government experts will
| be held next week to, arrange the, de-
| tails. The whole Northwest will be
notified of the programme and as the
| good roads association will hold it's
| convention fair week it is expected
that the gathering will be attended by
| thousands.
The demonstration will be eminently
practical, as at least one and prob
ably several miles of actual road f ,r
public use will be constructed. Here.
as in other places, it will be the prin-
cipal aim to utilize such road material
as may be found in the Immediate vi
| cinity.
Fair week viii lgivesa great impetus
to the good roads movement, and will
oouptless stimulate the organization
of local associations to give aid fo the
! officials of the train and to arrange
for holding good roads conventions.