The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-22

SOI0 0Attu H0SkSo AstO ~ SssasS~s
a,.irys upon the lines OF education and In
struction as indicated IN the Prea11lulo
to this resolution
ENDORSE GOOD ROADS TRAIN.
A third resolution reported and adopted
was in these words:
Kesolvcd. That the State Good Roads
Association OF Virginia commends the
public spirit OF the Southern Railway
Company in operating the Sood roads
train through the Southern States as an
object lesson in road building and Tor
the instruction of the people upon TINS
subject; and that this convention desires
TO extend TO said company vote, CT
thanks for its action in changing the date
upon which said train was TO visit Eicll-
mond, SO as to give the people of this
community the benefit thereof.
That a copy of this resolution be trans
mitted to the proper officer of said COM
panN.
The committee to visit the Legislature
provided for in the report was announced
by the Chair as follows: Messrs.- II. l.
Cabcil, of Richmond; ". II. Hubbard
Prince Edward; n. Is. holland, Hanover;
J. +. Rose, Henrico; Galloway Brown,
Bedford. George r. Bridgefortl1, Lunen-
burg, and William Gibboncy.
SENATOR DANIEL SPEAKS.
AS Senator Daniel, whose address
opened the session, entered the hall, he
was welcomed with a. prolonged round of
applause. He was escorted directly to
the platform and given a seat to the
right Of the chairman. The Senator was
presented to the convention by Colonel
Buford, and as he arose there was a Sec
ond round of applause In opening his adj
dress Senator Daniel referred to the fact
that the State Legislature and the Consti-
tutionai Convention are in session In
Richmond now. but declared that the
eyes Of the people were more anXiously
turned upon the Good Roads Convention,
upon which so much depends. The good
roads question, he said, is a question Of
finance. and a. question of finance is a
question of taxation. The theory under
lying both of these points Of view is self
help. The people must bear to be taxed.
and they will not object to it if it is
shown to them that in results they get
as good as they give. Moreover. said Sen
ator Daniel, there was no cause so de-
serving Of the support of the people in
the way Of taxation as the good roads
matter.
No man. continued the Senator, can
create anything; he can only move some
thing. This should be remembered in the.
case of transportation. The delegates
present were men of many walks Of life,
farmers, bankers. etc; one thing, how
ever, they were in common. They are all
engaged in the business of transporta-
ton; all men are. First of all. they have
to transport themselves: next. they are
continually engaged in the work Of trans
porting objects with which they come
into contact. from one place to another
Transportation then. the Senator said,
concluding his first point, is the basic art
of human progress.
BASES TO TRANSPORTATION.
Following up this idea Senator Daniel
declared that good roads are bases to
transportation, on a large scale There
is no community which can thrive with
out them. In this matter a mistaken
idea existed III regard to Virginia The
Senator refuted the statement that Eir-
GINA was behind the age in the move
ment for good roads. Considerable amusc.
ment was excited when the Senator de-
clared that it was as easy now to travel
around the world as it was to get to
Richmond from Lynchburg sixty years
ago.
The character of a people may be meas
ured by asking what is their attitude to
ward good roads. The greatest people of
antiquity were the Romans. who paid
more attention to good roads than any
other people "All roads led to Rome
vas the sayig and wlly2 Not because
some good-roads train had come along
and given the Romans good road. They
had got it themselves. and so if the peo-
pie of Virginia will go to work they, too
will get good roads themselves Senator
Daniel said that few years ago he
visited England and III WarWickshirc
travelled over a road so excellent that he
asked by whom it had been costructed
He learned that it was a Roman road
built more than 1909 years ago. That
road had existed all this time and taught
an interesting lesson: a bad road never
grows better; a good road viii! long retain
its virtue.
BENEFIT EVERYBODY
Let the people of Virginia tlc. get to-
gether and get such good roads. Good
roads are the most Democratic of all in.
stitutions. Only a few people get any
benefit out of the Capitol which is made
for the Legislator the church for those
who worship; the Chamber of Commerce
for assemblies: But the good road is made
for the benefit of everybody; for the high
and the low: the rich and the poor: the
Young and the old: the matron, the ,rs id
and the child: the old man and the Young:
and even old bachelors. Hence if i'll
taxation there is a desire to do the great
est good to the greatest number these
taxes should be spent on good roads.
ECONOMY OF. GOOD ROADS.
In touching upon the economy of good
roads. Senator Daniel referred first to
the difficulty OF securing good roads in
certain sections of the Substantially the
section from which he came. When one
considered Lynchburg. he said. Richmond
would be judged a fiat and level coun-
try. The city of Lynchburg was so noble
"a place that it had been set u2 side
ways. so that robnhv could miss see'ne-
ii. That was all right. but it was hard
to get a good road in this place. It
was no use to build a tolerable road as
it would be washed away the next day.
The roads must be built like the Romans
built theirs--to STAY. Prince Edward had
done this and is showing now the econo-
my OF good roads.
a man. to live has to do things. 10
make money and to save money. To do
the latter is much more difficult than.
to do the former. The man who has
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