The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-04
WORK OF CONVENTION
ORGANIZED FOR BETTER ROADS
Colorado Good Roads Association Will
Have HeadquartIrs at Colo
rado Springs.

rado Springs.
Denver, Colo, July 25.-The Colo
RADIO Coed Roads Association, with
headquarters at Colofado Springs. is
the outcome OF the convention held the
past two days in DENVER. 1t will work.
in conjunction with tle National Good
Roads Association il federal Affairs
and with the county organizations in
state matters.
Following is list of the ofncers
elected:
PRESIDENT. A. Hayes. Colorado
Springs.
First Vice President-Dr. F. L. Bar
tlett, Denver.
Second Vice President-John C. Os-
good, Redstone.
Treasurer-John F. Campion, Den
yer.
Secretary-Henry Russell Wray.
Colorado Springs.
Assistant Secretary-Arthur WILL
Jams. Denver.
The work of the convention is sum
married as follows:
Expresses highest appreciation Of
work accomplished BY National Good
Roads Association, ppt only over the
United States. but ipf Colorado.
Calls on people OF the state to &C.
lively aid in the betterment of the
roads because of the financial. social
and educational benefits that will
come from 1t.
Comes out squarelyl in favor of 4
convict labor law. in tile following res.
olution: E-
BE it further resof fed. That 1t is
the sense OF the con, (ntion that the
next General Assembly of the state of
Colorado enact bills d abling the off,
cials OF the state to utS ize the labor OF
the able-bodied male eonvicts in the
preparation of materials and in con-
structing and maintaining highways
and roads through th state of Colo
rado. a plan which hd been adopted
by quite q number OF fhe states OF the
Union and which has proven of great
advantage in the constructing and
maintaining of public toads, and fur
ther, that the General Assembly enact
suitable bills enabling the officials of
the various counties to utilize the Ia.
Dor OF all able-bodied tramps. yagrants
and prisoners In thei preparation of
materials for the public roads and in
the construction and maintenance Of
the same"
Requests represent htives in Con-
gress to use utmost landeayors to Sc
cure legislation creating department
Of transportation.
Decides to send dele gates to the Ma
tional Good Roads AssPciation conven-
tion to be held in st. Louis in Novem.
ber
Thanks the press!i the city and
county officials and the railroads for
the active cooperation given to the
good roads movemenq
Resolved, That it IL the unanimous
consensus Of the conA ention that the
National Good Roads Association
should hold the annual convention Of
the association in Colorado in 1905,
And To that eud we mbst respectfully
request that a large )and influential
delegation attend the National Good
Roads convention, to Ibe held In St
Louis. beginning the THIRD Wednesday
of November next, and that We and all
citizens of Colorado do cordially invite
and urge our best efforts to secure the
meeting Of the Natioehl Good Roads
convention to meet aSapenyer in 1906;
and be 1t further
Resolved, That w1 lido cordially In.
vite the Automobiles eociation of the
United States and |pe to meet and
hold in Colorado d ,ational and In
ternational autom( races of the
world In 1906. sd bees to be held
on or about the san1 1he as the meet
ing OF the Nation( dod Roads con-
yention."