The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-11
WORK ON PROCAM
FOR CONVENTION
DISTINGUISHED MEN WILL TALk
AT MEETING DURING ROAD
BUILDING.
NIGHT SESSION OF SPEECHES
Banquet VIII be Given and stereoptl'
can Views Of Roads the World
over Shown.

The committee on good roads OF the
Chamber of Commerce is working on
the program for the good roads COW
vention to be held here next month,
in connection with the sample OF
road building to be given by the gov
ernment II the committees plans
carry the convention will be a great
success and OF interest to every one
interested in good roads and of
value to the state, this community es-
pecially. 1t is the purpose of the
government in building sample roads
in various sections to show what can
be accomplished by scientific eff
forts. The local committee will en-
deacon to have as many as possible
take advantage Of the demonstration.
Yesterday the committee announc-
ed partial program, showing some
of those it now seems assured Will
attend and some of the subjects that
will be treated. Governor Lanham
has given his word that he will be
present and an effort is being made
to get him to deliver an address. Mr.
Martin Dodge, chief of the bureau OF
good roads inquiry of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. will be here and
will speak. President w. H. Moore
of the National Good Roads Asocia-
ton will deliver an address and It
talk will be made by Mr. o. p. Bow
ser, president of the state association
and the father of good roads in Tex
as.
illustrated Lecture.
One evening while the convention
is here, probably the first, banquet
will be given and y night session of
speeches held. 1t is probable that
at that time the illustrated lecture by
Mr.. M. o. Eldridge will be given.
This, it is expected, will prove one
of the most interesting features o.
the convention, as the stereoptican
views will show the road systems
and the development thereof Of every
country in the world.
Another speaker will be Col. R. w.
Richardson, the government expert
in charge of the road building. Judge
r. B. Green of BeXar county has
also consented to make a speech.
Senator G. B. Griggs of Houston, the
author of the Griggs amendment
which comes to vote at the pools this
fall and which the people of this
community are greatly interested Iii,
will attend and will probably deliver
IN address. Other probable speakers
will be President S. R. Knott of the
Kansas City Southern, Judge Blake
Dupree of Harris county, Judge y.
P. Wheat of Jefferson county. Vice
President and General Manager
Thornwall FAY of the Southern Pa
cific, Industrial Agent A. r. Atwater
of the Southern Pacific, Prof Con-
nell of the A. and M. College and
others.
Perhaps U. s. Senator.
There is a possibility that Uniten
States Senator Latitimer Of South
Carolina will attend, as Senator Lat
timer is greatly interested in all good
road movements, having been the
author of considerable good road leg
islation. Mr.. John Kirby has said he
will attend, as has Mr.. Frank r. Hol-
land of Dallas. An effort will be
made at the convention to organize a
permanent Southwest Texas Coca
Roads Association"
The committee was able yesterday
to announce only part of the sub
jects that will be treated in the lee
ures and speeches. Some OF these,
however, will be as follows: "The
Object Lesson of Road Work." Eco
nomical Practical and Permanent
Building by Committee" History OF
the Good Roads Movement in the
United States" Influence of Coca
Roads on the Development Of Texas"
state and Federal Aid in Road
Building" 'What Beaumont and JEFF.
ferson County have done in Road
building and the Effect it has had on
the Development Of the Community"
Good Roads in Relation to tho
Church." Good Roads in Relation to
the Schools" "The Interest Of the
Railroads in Good Roads" "The Rela.
ton of Good Roads 20 the Farmer"