The Greeley tribune., 1905-07-27
FOR BETTER ROADS
Weld County Citizens Turn Out
to Good Roads Convention.

to GOOQ K0aQS NOuVeuIAOu.
The good roads movement iscatch-
ing on in Greeley and 1t is easily
among the possibilities that sone-
thing permanent may grow out OF II
after all. A large and enthusiast
audience assembled for the good
roads convention in the opera house
Friday afternoon and evening.
Greeley and Weld county officials
we're we'll represented. Farmers
from near the city and towns near
Greeley formed a good portion OF the
audience. Mayor Frank Green de-
livered the address Of welcome.
The response was by w. H. Moore,
whose subject was "A National
Good Roads Movement.
Lawyer II. E. Churchill made a
stirring speech setting forth the need
of Weld county good roads con-
vention. The Cost Of Road Con-
struction'' was an address full of iu-
formation by r. II. Davis.
Saturday afternoon William Brad
man, consulting engineer for the
National Good Roads association,
who in 1868 was civil engineer for
the Union Pacific railroad company,
gave fine talk on practical road
construction. He said the subject
of good roads was divided into five
parts-agitation, education, organi-
zation. legislation and realization.
The first essential toward good roads
is the employment of civil engi-
neer. Grading, the cost Of the road,
and drainage are important factors.
The question of most moment is
quick and cheap transportation.
The speaker strongly advised the
purchase of a steam roller for small
towns, so that they might do much
of their own road repairing. In
stances were cited where property
valued at 81 an acre advanced to SO
with the making Of good roads. The
prefect road is one having a dry roof
and dry cellar. The speaker COM
plimented Greeley on its thorough
fares but suggested that the roads
might be built but IS feet wide with
good results.
Senator A. S. Mann of Florida
spoke on Organization" Col. T. P.
Rixey of Missouri spoke on legisla-
tion and Senator W. L. Clayton told
OF recent bills enacted in the state
legislature. The programme was
completed Saturday night by an ad-
dress by w. E. Loucks, national Or
ganizer, and stereopticon lecture
on the roads Of the world by Col. ".
H. Moore.
A permanent organization to be
known as the Weld County Good
Roads association was formed with
the following officers:
President, S. A. Bradfeld; vice
president, John G. Law; second
vice president, Edward Packard; {;
third vice president, R. W. DeVin-
ney; fourth vice president, Fritz
Wattenburg; secretary, A. NJ. Nc
Clenahan; treasurer, B. D. Sanborn.
A committee OF the Weld county
association then passed the following
resolutions:
Be it resolved, that the citizens Of
Greeley and community fully appre-
ciate the courtesy and honor con-
ferred on them by the officers of the
National Good Roads Association in
the selection of this city as the place
for holding national good roads as
ISOLATION convention, and the able
efforts of the officers of the associa-
tion In presenting the cause OF good
roads to our people.
Be it resolved. that we fully en-
dorse and recommend to the earnest
and careful consideration of the rep
resentatives in the next general leg
islative assembly Of Colorado, that
suitable bills shall be prepared and
enacted enabling the officials of the
state to utilize the labor of all able
bodied tramps, vagrants and prison.
ers in thu. preparation of material for
public roads, and to construct roads
with this labor. We recommend the
policy and system of the twelve
southern and western states now
using convict labor, economically,
and to great advantage in construct-
ing and maintaining the public
roads.
Be it further resolved, that spe-
cial attention should be given by the
road commissioners of Weld county
to the irrigating bitches. We rec
ommend whenever the roads and
bitches lnterSect, one crossing the
| OF her that clllyert nine or nthnr snb-