Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-07-10
GOOD ROADS MEN
Mean Business-F First State Con
vention Representative.

Session This Morning indicative OF
of Feeling ana Purpose
scott, congressman D0yenor, Speak
err Meats and Others Make Short
ks-COmmittees on Resolutions
and Permanent Organization.
The first State Good Roads Con-
vention to be held in West Virginia
convened in Commencement Hall
here this morning at ten O'Clock.
The crowd was not large, but was
composed of representative men
whose presence here means some
thing. Indeed it would be hard to
select body of men more represeu-
tative of the States interest than in
the Good Roads convention.
The most noticeable fact about
the gathering was the men who com
posed it meant business. Not a
single man in the convention had
come for any other purpose than to
learn something about road building
and do something practical towards
improving the roads OF his section.
The Convention was called to or
der by Director James II. Stewart.
The meeting was opened with pray
er by Rev. A M. Buchanan. Dir. |.
C. White nominated Director Stew
art as temporary chairman, and was
himself nominated as secretary by
Mr. Sturgiss. Both were elected.
Lindsey Peddicord was appointed
assistant secretary.
Mayor w. e. McGrew welcomed
all the.vIsltors to Morkantown, as +
surfing them that the city felt the
compliment of their presence, and
in his heartiest style, extending to
them the freedom of the city. DR..
Purinton followed with one of his
Enthusiastically. happy speeches,
and welcomed all the visitors on be
half of the University. mo coun-
try he said "can attain the highest
civilization, without those great
arteries of commerce and travel.
Senator Nathan Bay Scott was
present and on being called upon re
spoaded in neat impromptu adj
dress to the welcome of the Mayor
and of the University. He had re-
Gently been abroad, he said, and had
travelled over some of the best roads
that the Eastern continent with its
thousands of years of civilization
had constructed. He referred to the
road from Jersualem to Jericho and
the Jordan, the great Apian way.
He wanted to gee America emulate
these.
Congressman Blackburn b Doy-
enor was called on. He said he knew
more about building political fences
than building roads and had come
here to learn. Short informal
speeches, indicative OF their interest
in the movement, and the purpose
of the convention, were made by
Hon. j. B. Kilbrew of Tennesses,
Hon. Martin Dodge, Director of the
the office of Road Inquiries. T.. S.
Government, Hon, r. W. Richardson
of Omaha, Nebraska, Secretary of
the National Goods Roads Asso-
citation Senator Geo. Cole, of Weston
and others.
A committee on Resolutions con-
sisting of Prof. W. p Wiley, Speak
err M. p. Meats, of the House of
Delegates and Hon. A. B. Duncan
was appointed.
The committee on permanent or
ganization was also appointed. This
consists DR.. /. G. White, Presley Reay,
and Mr., freeman. There committees
were to report at two o'clock this
afternoon,
The purpose Of these committees is
to effect permanent State Good
Roads Association. This will be one
OF the practical results Of the conyen-
ton. A book is provided in which
all who attend the convention are
asked to write their names aud adj
dresses. These will constitute the
nucleus of state organization.
Those who had registered at noon
we're Senator N. B. Scott Congress-
men Dovenor, Major C. d. Elliott, n.
f. Kendall, Clarksburg; NJ, 2 Meats,
Charleston; Senator Geo. Cole, and r.
II. Harrison, Weston; B. f. Southern,
Clarksburg; S. B Crow of Ripley H.
f. Sagree, Parkersburg; p L Knots,
Allen Farmer, Anley; w. E. Ruther-
ford, Fellowsville, A. B. Duncan, ID.
c. Stemple, L. g. Starcher John
Sloan, and w. @. McGrew.
The list of names indicates the
widespread interest in the convention.
There are many prominent visitors
who have not registered, and many
will come tomorrow TO attend. Coun-
ty courts are well represented. The
names of Others who have not, but
will appear tomorrow
A letter was read this morning
from Gov. White, in which he ex-
pressed his deep interest in the move
ment, and his regret that official
duties prevented him from attending.
The convention is meeting again
this afternoon at two o'clock. Some
of those here, including Senator Scott,
will go to the West Side this afternoon
TO see the model road. Tomorrow af-
ternoon is the time set for the in
speetlon, and most of the party will
visit 1t at that time. The meeting
tonight will be of very popular ma
tnfe, and the general public is urged
10 attend. There will be music by