The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-30
PRESIDENT MOORE'S VISIT
Here Yesterday and is Well Pleased
With the Preparations.
TWELVE CARLOADS or MACHINERY
Ex-senator Ransom Has Been Sent Special
Invitation Asking Him 10 be Present
and Speak at Good Roads
Congress-.

Congress.
The Good Roads Train and Good Roads
Congress arc going to draw great crowds
&c Raleigh
President w. II. Moore, the active and
genial head of the National Good Roads
Association. was here yesterday on his
way from Richmond to Columbia and
stopped over to see what was being
done here for February 1915 when the
Good Roads people will be here.
II am greatly pleased with what
have learned OF your preparations" said
he yesterday "I'vc kept an eye on the
papers and I've talked with members o.
the committee here about what is going
on, and find you are pushing right
ahead
Richmond is getting ready For US af
ter we leave Raleigh" he continued, land
the Virginians are following cut The
plans you have so well in hand il Raj
cigh. Ii the committee accomplishes
what it has marked out TO do, IL will
sec a wonderful success here"
Col. Moore expressed his regret that
the county OF Wake had not yet taken
action to help the meeting here fnan
rally. IL this is rot done" he said,
lit will be the only like case that we
have met with OH the trip. and it seems
that Wake will aid though it is crowding
time by postponing it's meeting till Feb
rIary third.
Speaking OF the equipment TO be used
by the experts in road building, Col.
Moore said that there were twelve car
loads of machinery being carried with
the train and that the mere inspection
of the machinery used would be worth
a visit 10 Raleigh
Among the other articles en- long list
OF the machinery there is one ten-ton
double engine, steam road roller. two disc
harrows. one sprinkler, two elevator
graders, a rotary plow wing plow, one
Western grader, Il number OF trap wheel
ers, wagons, colb drags, and plows,
No 4 Champion crusher, an Is boot ele-
yator. and. mounted bin, one % horse
rover and one is horse power portable
engine AID boiler, three Champion road
machines two Champion distributing
carts, an Altman mounted crusher, with
elevator. chute and screen, six and
cne-half ton horse road roller, three
Il
,.iieg many other necessary articles.
There is; no doubt but that the mere
sight of modern machinery for road
building as well as their use by experts,
will attract great crowds along Sails
bury street where the work is TO be done
Speaking of this, Col. Moore said, i
am not sure but that We will do more
work here than has been mapped out, as
we want to keep our people at work.
There is a bad piece of road between
psleiqh and the State Hospital that we
NAV work on. and several other crooked
y1acee that we may straghten out.
Sneaking of the invitations sent out
Col Moore says that special one has
heen sent TO ex-senator Ransom. and
that it is hoped that he will be present
during the Congress to talk to the people
who will be here from al over the State.
II is certain to be a great crowd here
Invitations are being sent to the parents
of All the students of the A. d NJ. Col
Iege. and the Presidents of the three fe-
male colleges in Raleigh are to be asked
10 invite the parents of their students.
The meeting will be a grand Reunion or
neople from all points of North Carolina.
The railroads are doing their part.
one fare rates have been agreed upon
and the great Good Grads Congress
here is being advertised the Southern
having already issued it's posters telling
Of the event
Tell the people," said Col. Moore be-
fore boarding the train yesterday not
to depend alone on the newspapers to
advertise the Congress in Raleigh, nor
alone upon the committees, but that
every man who wants to see a great
gathering in Raleigh should urge upon
his friends and acquaintance to DE pres
emit
THAT is the way that there came to he
$500 barbecue in Augusta, said ne.
"The people got interstate" That's why
the South Carolina Legislature al
iourned to take part in the exercises.
Just get the people walked up and the
meeting here will be the biggest thing
YOU have seen for many a day
The people of the State are being
aroused. Mr.. r. l.. Vernon, travelling
passenger agent of the Southern VIII was
here Yesterday, said in an interview:
mart Of his petition and as the basis for
II have never seen so much interest
being taken in the western part OF North
Carolina over anything in my life. The
people, are very enthusiastic over the
Good Roads Movement and intend to push
it to success in North Carolina. There
will be large delegations from several
western towns at the convention. The
people of the western part OF the state
seem to have the matter at heart, and
/ believe the Good Roads Congress TO be
held mere next month will be a great
factor in Improvement of road building