The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-03
.ANTED--A LAW.
Good Roads Forces VIII Move
on Legislature.
Meeting Will Be Held to Discuss
Details.
MONEY is WANTED.
Appropriations Aggregating
Z $4,000 Will Be Asked For.
Similar Sum Is Expected from
Uncle Sam.
is WANTED.

+ Henry w. McAfee, chairman OF the
congressional district committee of the
Kansas Good Roads association, will
call the chairmen of all the congress
sionaI district Good Roads associa-
lions of the state together shortly, and
\ secide at that time what will be asked
W the legislature to help along the
goods roads movement in the state
The meeting is to take place in To-
peka about December 1. There will
be seven representatives at the meet
ing, for there are that number OF
congressional districts in the state
From that number d working leg1s-
lative committee will be selected
Three things are to be asked of the
legislature. First of all good ROADS
law is wanted The points of this
measure are yet undetermined, but
they are 10 be of such q character as
to give the Good Roads association
power Ito do things Its features are
to be wedges which can be driven
into the situation with regard to the
road building movement, from which
actual lasting results can be garnered.
The next most important demand
upon the law makers, and in a sense
the most important, will be the ap-
preparations The sum of $4,000 will
be asked for each congressional dis
trict, making a total amount of $70,-
600 which is to be asked from the
amount will be asked from congress
through the Kansas representatives at
Washington and with the influence of
the state Legislature This will make
a total amount OF $4,000 which the
good readers would like to put into
macadam next year. This money is to
be entrusted into the keeping of the
chairmen of the various congressional
districts. and its disbursement and use
is to be subject to the vote of the
congressional committees.
The passage of a uniform wide tire
law will be The third request from the
legislature A four inch tire is desir-
able An ordinance to such effect is
now in force in the city of Topeka 1t
is the one which is used in other
states Pennsylvania now has four
inch tire law which is proving a great
benefactor to the roads of that state.
1t is the pL1n of the Kansas Good
readers to pass one like it in Kansas
and then see that it is enforced Just
live US the laws and the appropria-
onS," they say, land we will see that
ley are made use of and enforced
Tor the very best and most telling re-
suits,
coming year will be the greatest era of
road building in the history of Kansas.
we are in shape to work now" he
said this morning. I'VE ere organized,
something that we should have done
long ago. Every congressional district
has its chairman and committee. All of
them are good live hustling fellows
who will do business We are fixed
now so that we can go before the Kan
sas legislature and ask for aid We
have to have it through appropria lions
and laws. The congressional commit
tees will work on their representa- tives.
and when the latter come to the ses-
sion of the lawmakers here next Win
ter. they will understand what the
state wants, and know that we want it
now.
4 am unable to detail the law which
we desire. We now have that matter
up with a number of good lawyers in
this city, who will draft a bill for US.
Then when we hold the meeting of the
chairmen, we will discuss the matter
further and put 1t into shape to be
presented as soon as the legislature
meets.
we will have good spokesman on the
floor continued Mr.. McAfee. who
will be ready to fight good and hard
for what is necessary to give Kansas
some of the best roads in the country,
and we can do it,