Middletown transcript., 1905-01-07
GOOD COUNTY ROADS

To offset possible movement to repea
the good roads Law and TO continue th
agitation in favor Of the construction
highways in this county. permanent or
ganization of the New Castle Count,
Good Roads Association was effected at
meeting held at the Levy Court rooms il
the county court house Thursday after
noon.
Mayor Charles d. Bird was elected
president; Julian @. Walker. secretary
and Thomas T. Weldin, treasurer Of tin
association, and committee was ap
pointed to go before the Legislature fo
the purpose Of having the present Law
continued for two more years.
This resolution was adopted by tn,
body after general discussion.
Be 1t Resolved by the New Castle
County Good Roads Association, Assem-
bled in the the City of Wilmington, Jan
nary 9Th, 1905:
l. That the building of good roads ia
the United States is of paramount i'm.
portance to national prosperity and com,
mercial supremacy.
2. That the greatest progress in the
improvement of the public highways has
been made in the states which have
adopted the principle of state and local
cooperation, and consequently this asso.
citation declares itself in favor of state aid
in the improvement of the public high
ways.
8. That we strongly and unqualifiedly
approve Of the system of permanent high
way improvement begun in this state un-
der and by virtue of the new state aid
law, approved April l4th, 1908, and We
respectively petition the Legislature OF
this state to allow the present state aid
law to remain in force, for at least two
years.
4. That this resolution favoring the
state aid law now in force in this state
and asking for further appropriation for
the ensuing two years be presented to the
Legislature of tie State OF Delaware by a
committee to be selected by the president
of this association, who shall arrange the
date and place Of meeting in Dover, and
for the presentation OF the said resolution
by the said committee to the committees
of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives Of this state having such matters in
charge, and that in selecting said commit.
tee, two members shall be selected from
the City of Wilmington, and one mem
Der from each Of the hundreds in New
Castle County, outside OF the City Of
Wilmington.
The Legislative committee appointed
follows:
Brandywine Hundred - Thomas T.
Weldin; Christiana Hundred, James H.
Polk; Wilmington Hundred, Fred E.
Bach, James p Winchester; Mill Creek
Hundred, S. Frank Ewart; Wilmington,
John S. Mullin, Jr., Chas d. Bird. T.
Coleman du Pont; White Clay Creek, DR..
A. 7 .Neale, Newark; New Castle, John L.
Hayes; Pencader, John T. Hayes; PEN
cader, John W. Dayett; Red Lion, Rich
ard 7. Cam; st. Georges, George L.
Townsend; Appoquinimink, George M.
D. Hart; Blaekbird, Harry A. Wood
keeper.
A committee OF ]. wilkins Cooch,
Merritt N. Willitts and Fred E. Bach,
was appointed to draw up the bylaws
and constitution of the association.
The meeting which was called to order
by Mayor Bird was the outcome of the
recent good roads meeting held at the
Irish-American Hall when it was the
concensus Of opinion that Kent and sus-
sex counties which are doing practically
nothing in the way of constructing per-
highways would attempt to have
the good roads law repealed at the COM
ing session of the General Assembly.
On the motion Of George L. Townsend
Mayor Bird was made permanent chair
man and Mr.. Walker permanent secre
tary. Mr.. Weldin was later elected treas
e
Mr.. Bach in an address before the body
said he was partly responsible for the
agitation concerning better highways and
he held that such was necessary owing to
the lack of agitation in the lower part of
the state.
After lengthy discussion the resolu-
ton was adopted, after the section pro.
viding for doubling the appropriation for
the coming two years had been stricken
out, objection being made by Arnold
Naudain who held that the two lower
would antagonize the bill.
Mr.. Willis objected to the association
itself to the present good
roads law, and he suggested that the
Levy Court have more control of good
roads.
State Highway Commissioner c. J. Hor
riganhere declared that the Levy Court
hadall to say about good roads here
it had the right or not.
Mayor Bird ruled this discussion out Of
order, explaining that the adoption OF
the resolution did not bind the commit
tee appointed to draft the bill.