The Washington times., 1904-01-24
GOOD ROADS MEN
TO GATHER HERE
Meet in Raleigh Hotel To-
morrow Morning.
ATTEND CONGRESS HEARINGS
Prominent Citizens From All Parts of
the Country Will Gather
in Convention.
ATTEND CONGRESS HEARINGS

A meeting Of the National Good Roads
Association has been called in this city,
az the Raleigh Hotel January .. 8,
and 81 The arrangements for this
meeting were left in the hands of r. w.
Richardson. OF Iowa. secretary OF the
association. at its meeting In st. Louis
last April.
The principal object of the comins
meeting will be te attend hearings be-
fore the House and Senate Committees
on Agriculture and this will be done
during the three days OF the meeting
A large number OF prominent men from
all over the country are expected TO be
in attendance.
Two Bills Pending
There are two bills now pending be-
fore Congress. extending government
aid TO the construction OF good roads.
one of them is known as the L.atimer
bill. introduced by Senator Latimer OF
South Carolina. and the other as the
Rrownlow- Gallinger bill. being intro
duced in the House b. Representative
Brownlow Of Tennessee and in the Sem
ate by Senator GallingeI CT New Hamp-
shire The non-partisan character Of
these bills is shown by the fact that one
was presented by a Democrat and the
other by Republicans.
The Legislatures of a number OF
States. some Democratic and soTpe Re
publican, have indorsed the movement
and Instructed their Senators and mem
bers to support whichever bill they con-
slider the best While the bills differ
somewhat in detail the principle is the
same-that where a county or State APP
propriates money to be expended I'm i'm
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allot an equal sum for such improve
ments on condition that the roads shall
be constructed under the supervision of
the Government and shall thereafter be
maintained by the State or county con-
structing the same
State Appropriations
A number OF States have already made
appropriations to assist the counties and
townships in constructing their roads,
the cost being variously apportioned.
A popular plan is for the States TO
bear one-half the expense. the county
one-quarter and the township one-quar-
ter. while In some instances the towns
are assessed 10 per cent or more. Thus
the burden is distributed so that 1t
does not fan unduly hard on any OF the
taxpayers. The Latimer and Brown
low bills propose that. up to the ex-
tent of 100000 per year for three
years. the expense shall be divided be-
tween the General Government and the
state or local government. so that
where State now appropriates $1,000
for the Improvement OF its roads II
would be allotted s. 900 from the general
treasury, and where's county spends
$1,000 IL would be allowed $4,000 from
the general treasury under the condi-
lions above set forth.
The result of the passage Of either OF
these bills would be that instead OF
s24. 900 spent in the Improvement OF
the roads OF the United States during
the next three years. SIS, OoO. 600 would be
expended
Among the Delegates.
Among the delegates who will attend
the meeting are:
District OF Columbia-Gen. Nelson A
Miles. Washington: Thomas w. Smith
president OF Washington Board OF
Trade.
Maryland-TAe Hon Frank C Wach
ter. Baltimore: r. W. Sylvester. presi
dent. Maryland Agricultural College
College Park. p. o.. and Joseph r
FOard. president OF board OF trade
Baltimore
Virginia-Gov. A j. Montague. Rich
mond; Charles T. Lassiter. Petersburg
Lewis n. Machen, Alexandria; II. w
Anderson. Richmond; James G. Penn
Danyille. and George Z MurrelI, Fon
teiio