Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-17
|0RGAN|Z[ FOR ROADS
State Association Is Formed
With a Full Complement
of Officers
LOCAL CLUBS no BE oReANlzED
Leaders Hope to Have a Total Mem
bership of 10000 and Will Exert In
fluence in the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tions Adopted by the Association
The Officers.
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Special to Times
Des Moines. April 1.-THE goot
roads convention organized perma
nent association yesterday and elected
/ a full complement of officers, as fol.
lows:
President-Merritt Green. of Mar.
shall county.
Secretary-D. B. Lyons. Des Moines
Treasurer-Homer A. Miller, Des
Moines.
Vice Presidents--J. S. Mckinney Of
Jefferson county, l.. j. Mason OF Scott
Eugene Lande of Dubuque, William
Larrabee, Jr., Of Fayette, C. A. Huston
of Linn, j. w. johnson of Monroe, c. r
Curtiss, of Story, w. w. Murrow, OF
Union, Mike Mcdonald of Guthrie, Hen
ry Haag of Greene and Henry Harlow
| of Monona.
Green, Secretary Lyons, Treasurer
Miller, I. G. Harper, of Burlington
James G. Berryhill, of Des Moines
Joseph Morgan, OF Dubuque. and E. E
Hart of Council Bluffs.
1t is expected that the work of local
organization will be commenced in
every part of the state at once. The
organization starts out with a member
ship of 102, who paid the membership
fee of 81 each. 1t is expected that the
state association will soon have mem
bership of 10000 and VIII WELD con-
siderable influence in the legislature.
+ AT, the meeting of the Commercial
Association of Iowa yesterday at the
Slavery, the good roads movement was
given a strong endorsement in the shape
of a resolution. Twenty-Five cities are
already members of this association. 1t
is believed that fifty will join 1t within
a few months. This represents an army
of 10000 business men in the cities and
towns of the state who endorse the good
roads organization.
With the boards of supervisors and
the individual members of the associa-
ton pushing the project, it is believed
that the legislature will not delay Civ
ing communities the local option road
building law which will be framed.
The Resolutions Adopted.
The resolutions adopted by the con-
vention yesterday, as presented by Mr..
Berryhill, were as follows:
Whereas, The growing demands Of a
great state. the necessities of its peo-
pie, the requirements of its greatly in
creased population expressed at this,
the largestadelegaie convention of the
counties. towns ard cities of the state.
called to consider ways and means
for the betternent of our public roads.
express with emphasis ,inexanlpled in
our history q demand for progressive
action and for such changes in our sys-
tenn of road administration that small
make them more bountiful of practical
results. and
Whereas, 1t Is deemed advisable that
the work inaugurated by this conven-
ton shall be continued to the end that
public opinion shall be aroused thru
out the state in favor of progressive
road Improvements, and especially to-
ward the development of permanent
road system, TO the end that the eX-
pense of getting the products of Iowa
to market may be reduced to the min
imum, and the roads be maintained in
such condition as to permit transporta-
ton thereon turnout the year. for the
financial, social and moral benefit of
our people: therefore be 1t
Resolved, That we declare in favor
of the organization of permanent good
roads association along the lines sug-
gested in the preliminary report SUBJ
mitted by this committee.
Second, that we declare In favor of
national aid for the building of perma-
nent highways within the respective
states of the union, conditioned first,
upon the just ard reasonable. disti-
button of such aid among the respect
i've states. Second, conditioned upon
the contribution of substantial financial
aid to such work by the states counties
and localities which such roads trav-
erse: and third, upon the preservation
to the localities directly interested in
such roads of the right of selecting the
roads to be so improved: fourth. upon
the conduct of the public work Incl
dental thereto, by the localities or po-
litical sub divisions interested therein,
with the cooperation, In an advisory
way, of the national and state authori-
ties: fifth, we hereby request our SEN
ators and representatives in congress TO
aid in the enactment of such national
legislation and request the Thirtieth
general assembly to enact suitable leg
islation for the purpose of securing the
cooperation of the state of Iowa, the
several counties and townships, in
the carrying out of the spirit of these
resolutions.
Resolved, That we recommend such
amendment to section 1890 OF the code
of Iowa as will concentrate the respon-
sbility for the expenditure of the coun-
ty road fund upon the several boards
of supervisors, and to that erld to en-
power the said boards to designate the
leading county roads extending from
the cities, railroads and trading CEN
tiers into the country districts, and so
restrict the expenditure of the county
road tax upon the Improvement of such
roads to be selected from time to time.
Resolved, That we recommend the
enactment by the Twenty ninth general
assembly of chapter So of the acts
thereof and depreciate all agitation
for its repeal. (chapter SO is the An
derson road law requiring the collection
Of road taxes in cash and abolishes the
system of working" the hoads.)
President Moore Speaks.
President w. II. Moore OF the Ma
tional Good Roads Associa ton, adj
dressed the state convention of Iowa at
it's closing session yesterday He hoped
that the delegates selected to attend
the national convention later in April
from Iowa will be there, ard not fail