The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-19
Good Roads Train
WILL LEAVE ST. LOUIS
JANUARY .
Thirty six States are TO be
Visited VIII Stop
in Guthrie.

AANlrht p NllN AtuAtAs
nea. Sir: The extensive canpai
and numerous conventions held by the
National Good Roads association dur
ing the last fourteen years have at
tractet the closest attention of the
railroad officials and other great car
rying lines TO tEc splendid work OF he
associGaon
W.. Il Moore. president OF The IA.
iicnal Gond Roads association. with
headquarters IN the Laclede building,
ST. Louis. No. has recently visited
The east and secured the cooperation
Of transconunental railroads 70 inau,
guroto good roads special trains in
800. Tbs chicf Object will be to visit
the thirtysix general state and terri
torial legislatnrcs. hold Good Roads
conventions have joint meeting Of
the senate an5 house and urge the en-
actment of feaeil le GOOD roads legiell-
ticn. lSg
Arrangements with 'he Missouri
Kansas acd Texas Railway system
have been fully completed to install
good roads special train over that
system, leaving St Lonis on Monday,
January o The rain will make lin
ned number Of stops in Missouri cul-
minadng in q state good roacs con
vention at Jefferson City sometime in
January
rnc train viii also visit Kansas H.
dian territCr.. Oklahoma and Texas,
and will then continue over other great
railway systems operating in other
states a representative Of The Ma.
tional Good Roads association. viii
visit the ieadins cities at an early
date to confer with officials CONNER
cial organizations anc county courts
with a view OF having the train stop
at these cities and hold one Gny con-
vcntious. The government officials.
officers Of tie National Good Roads
association. expert engineers and 9th
er good roads advocates together with
;he Associated Pre- $ and repi esenta-
lives OF Leading newspapers. official
phctogrs pher anl press agent win &C
company the train
1t wiz hc Il college on wheels for
good roads education and organiza-
tion. The legislators or yolr state
have toyel With the road proclem so
long that public road conditions are as
lad, or worse low than thcy were
City wears aeo. when the old praire
steamers travelled east west north
and scuh across the virgin or unbro1-
on rraires.
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars arc
now antually Appropriated for road
( purposes in vcur state and the answer
to where tie L.oney IS going. is to asl,
the question What are the results
where arc the inirc ed reads: It Il
a disgrace and tremepGous embargo
against he So ial and commercial
growth II that state that peuple Of
nearly all sections r.ust live in the
mud several months Of the year AMI
that tie comns rcial relations of peo
pie Of cities ana country are practic.
silly divorced during me Writer
months AID rainy seasons .fxistinr
road laws and methods Of work are
sntequa ed failures
The subject of goc,l roads is a hurn
ing one in the state Your state Is all
powerfa in natural resources. it- 2eo
pie are as good as the hest Is agri
cultural and commercial products
reach into millions rha vommo ri
trade would double aud quaduple il
good roads checbered tho fertile town
ships aud counties In the campaign
20 beein in 1895, the National sssccla
ZION, win advocate the enactment Of
at least 'hreo gooi road measures
First Tlc creation of the cfiice Of
highway ccilmi sioner who shall De a
practical ei giaeer aor Dad builder
located at the capital ard who viii
sys. emaiiyc roal Affairs hy cc-operat
ing with the township and county roa
officials end supervisors He will al
so prepare and sdyoeate plans 10 lu
sure state aid or APPROXIMATIONS TO az
sist the couaties and townships IN road
constrretlon. This method has beer
so successful in New Jersey. Massa
chusetts. NeV Yorl touncciict anf
ether states tha; It Is recommended II
IN statos ard territories by ne Ma
tional Good Reads association. ans
the ofics Of Jlbhc road inq lries o
! the Unit a sta,es government
I Second Tho sa,Grd law VIII aran
each cou.ty nc irr ieee If 'ncreas
J ing IFS road revenues by o vote OF hf
FAX PAYERS. Z IS further advocate
that an rna taxes shan be raifl in ,asl