The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
How to Get Good Roads

5i,,terest 81 good roads WIS held under the
auspices Of the Commercial Association.
of that city, II was by no means u local
affair. but was a State Convention. COM
rosed Of representatives from every con- On
grossional district except the Ninth and prl
letters wera read from citizens OF that 1t
part Of the State who purposed Attending Attending
but were prevented by! bud Weather nd d
other sufficient causes. ID In all respect s.4
save IN numbers. tho body was the cQ '1tl
Of any state Convention held in virginia
In recent years. 81. #
II was strictly business meeting Tho 'f'''5
rnen..who took part lin tho proceed lrl gs5
showed themselves ready to cut out l g. al
fine. spn theories and got down as best
they could to the actual business Of road
building, Theories were advanced OF
course. some OF the speakers were i, s 10 Z
yor Of government aid some IN favor is'Nr o.
state aid, and some urged the employ
ment OF convIcts. But the whole trent
of the discussion was to the effect that
1t will take money and great deal OF s Y Z
to make decent highways throughout the
State and that the money must come ~ 1
taxation; and that whether out OF the
National TREASURY, the State treasury or or
the county treasures. It Will after az
come out Of the pockets OF the people \ II
was also emphasized that after the money
Is In hand It must be expended unuer
tho direction OF experts who understand lis.
the act Of road making. II good results
are to be obtained, If the convention d ltti
lnothing moro 1t emphasized the fact that
road building III Virginia to am cunt i =
anything must BIO q matter Of serious ,l'
business ana not scheme for political
Juggling.
Thc counties Of; Virginia have since
the war, expended vast sums Of money on
tleir roads and IL the work had been eS-s
rcrtly done, there would have been many
miles OF good roads. But IN many M
stances il NOT in most instances, the
n,noey has been literally buried in the
ground and in this way the cause Of good
roads has been seriously impaired, There
lis an impression among taxpayers IN many
communities. an impression that IN some
inces amounts to a conviction, that the,
money has been literally buried In tho.
expended In the interest Of office holders
and their friends rather than In the in-a
terest Of the general public. Whether or
| not that be true 1t Is a fact that inc
money has been expended to a. very poor
purpose and that there arc in most To-
cullties very few good roads to show for
! it. The iDanv!lle meeting, therefore. did
good work In cmphasiaing that II we are
10 have good roads IN Virginia the money
to make them must be raised by taxa.
ton and thntRthe work must be done by
experts who know their business. A
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1T Is worthy OF more than passing, no.
tIcc that Bishop Alpheus ". Wilson wns
I selected to deliver a lecture ut the Union
| Theological Seminary on tho subject OF
. missions. Bishop Wilson is a Methodist
preacher: the Union Theological Semi
nary Is r Presbyterian institution. That
| a Presbyterian college should select a
Methodist bishop to deliver q lecture tc
It's students, and that a Mothodiat bshor
should consent TO speak to the students
OF a Presbyterian college ls n notable
i and beautiful example OF Christian llber
aity and catholicity. DenomlnntionalIsn
Is frequently narrow. prcJudiced. ant
bIgotcd. but the Christian religion Is non,
Of these. 1t Is ns broad as humanity
. and cntholiclty should be it's wntchword
The more this spirit can DO infused int
the Christian Church In all Its branches
/, the greater Will DO its success,
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The legislature OF Arkansas has gyer
to the Governor and other executive OH,
!, GERS OF that state tough Job. It hal
passed q law that no trust-made good.
! shall be sold In the State, and tho on
GERS are expected TO enforce the statute
lit Observation-Disclosures
: Anyhow, the around hogs shadow
J which could be observed with tho nakpt
Z eye yesterday. can't make tho wnathc
y any worse for the next six weeks thu,
| II has been for tho last six, and that i
one consolation.
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Il |
d King Peter OF seryln into state OF ner
- vous prostration. The Sultan Of Turka
/. could give Peter some pointers that nigh
= he worth something to him In his busI
:, ness,
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= II we had MS much political corruptlo
- to the acre IN VIrginia NJ they have |
~ Rhode Island, Tho Old Dominion woul
~ have to resort to u kind Of Warsaw.s
" Petersburg revolution.
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IT. The last thrust OF Uncle Sam at ii
so beef trust seems to BIO something OF
II. heart search@r and oughtsto provo fata
Ne but then the trust 10 supposed not to ha,
a q heart subject to ordinary damage.
" a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gu&
~ A son Of the Late Brigham Is being sue
'e- for damages by twenty-thyee chorus girl
nc all at once, Compromise Young, o
lch boy compromise quickly,