CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-08-03
Big Convection
Favors q, - Roads
Three Interesting Meetings-Fine Addres.
Effected-Plans to Start Movement by
Between Canon and Florence.

Between Canon and Florence.
The good roads convention as the
opera house in this city yesterday was
an event in the history of Fremont
county the importance Of which 1t
would be hard to exsggerate II we
avail ourselves Of the suggestions made
in relation to the construction Of public
highways.
Seldom: has lCanon City had an
opportunity of entertaining more
distinguished body OF men than Col.
w. fl. Moore and his companions OF the
National Good Roads association who
1ourneyed here by special train from
Denver for the purpose of inaugurating
. movement for better highways in
this county, and that their visit was
appreciated goes without saying.
The first session Of the convention
was called for 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning. but Col. Moore and his asso-
cistes accepted an invitation from
Capt. Rocksfellow to visit his orchards
at Fruitmere, and as the roads were
heavy:in consequence of the rain Of the
day before the party was unable to ges
l..I. "A -
tion did not open until three-quartsrs
Of an hour later.
A brief address of welcome was made
BY Mayor Coulter On behalf Of the city.
Who was followed BY @. c. Dawson and
CA. Linkins respectively. the first
speaking for the county and the latter
for the commercial organizations.
Theirispeeches we're In excellent taste
andlwe regret that circumstances pre-
ciude their.reproduction in the columns
Of raE- RscoRp.
A response to the kindly words Of
welcome was made BY Col. Moore,
president and organizer Of the National
Good:Rosds association. who began his
address iby felicitating the people Of
Fremont county on having such splen-
didlpublic speaker ~ Messrs. Coulter,
Dawson and Linkins, who, he said,
were linen possessed Of ideas and the
faculty of expressing them. Col.
Moore: paid splendid tribute to Canon
City and the beauty Of its environment
and.said he would not have missed the
visit to tCspt. Rockafellow's orchard
for q dozen good roads conventions.
Hetsaid:that he he'd travelled all over
the United::States in the interest of the
good roads movement but that he had
never ,seen q community that seemed
to possess so many advantages as =
place of residence as Canon City. He
said he was::amnred at the fruitfulness
OF our orchards and vineyards and that
al We beeueu 70 rruuef ouf hnpPihere
complete was good roads, and these we
mustlhave sooner or lster II we would
keep in touch with the progressive
spirit OF the age.
Fifteen years ago the National Good
Roads association was organized. Now
It has 52T 600 members in the various
states of the union. The people Of this
country spend annually t2s s.ooo, 600 on
the public roads, a very large part OF
which goes to pay the salaries OF those
who hold official positions. The old
system of:building roads is wasteful in
the extreme and we can never hnve
good highways until we construct them
along scientific lines.
Col. Moore's address was mastery
one and he was loudly applauded at its
conclusion. At his suggestion the fol-
lowing committees were appointed by