Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-13
To Hold Good Roads Convention
in Lexington

" ON ~ tSPi OSShO
n citizens of Lexington and Rock
G bridge to meet in Lexington oil
/. Saturday, June 23Id, when ad
d dresses will be made by Col. VII
( Moore, president of the Nationa
8 Good Roads Association; Col. 7
: P. Rixey, attorney and lecturer
r Col. Wellington E.Loucks, organic
/. err, and others, including expert
engineers and practical road
builders. The convention will lie
held under the auspices of the
National Good Roads Association,
! and no effort will be spared TO
J make the occasion both interesting
and profile BILE.
Three sessions will be held at
the convention on Saturday. The
morning session will open at 10
O'Clock in the Courthouse. Ad-
dresses of welcome on behalf Of the
town and county will be made, to
(which one or more of the distln-
guished visitors will respond.
Then will follow an address on
some subject, possibly "Road
Statistics in Roekbridge County"
The afternoon session will also be
held in the Courthouse and will
begin about 2 o'clock. 1t will
continue for several hours. with
addresses on such subjects as "The
National Good Roads Movement"
and "Practical Construction of
Roads, Streets, Culverts and
Bridges." The evening session
will be held in the chapel at Wash
ington and Lee it is expected, be-
ginning at s o'clock, when Col.
Moore will give his stereOptican
lecture on "Roads of the World"
The preliminary steps looking
to the holding of the convention in
Lexington were taken last Thurs
day night at an informal meeting
held in the Firemen's hall and
addressed by Mr.. Wellington E.
Loucks, organizer of the National
Good Roads A 3sociatiOn. Several
days previous 10 his arrival in
Lexington he wrote letter TO Mr..
j. Med. Adair informing him of
the intended visit, and requesting
that a place of meeting be secured
and notice Of the same be made.
Mr.. Adair spoke to number OF
gentlemen, but no concerted action
was possible under the circum-
stances. After Mr.. LOucks's arrival
Thursday, notice was circulated |
of the meeting to be held that
night, and u small crowd gathered |
at the Firemen's hall at 8 O'Clock.
Mr.. Loucks made q brief but very
iorceful presentation of the good
roads cause, and asked that call
be made for gathering at which
it could be decided whether or not
a convention in Rockbridge would
be feasible. A number of repre-
sentative gentlemen present ex-
pressed their opinions as favorable
to the calling of meeting, where
upon Mayor S. b. Walker, Jr., who
presided over the meeting, upon
request, appointed the following
committee to issue the call for a
meeting at the Courthouse on
Monday, June 1lth, at noon:
MessrS. S. B. Walker, Jr., j. |
Med. Adair, NJ. w. Paxton,
G. z. Rodes, w. r. Kennedy, Kent
K. Peery and John Sheridan.
Monday at II O'Clock the meet
at the Courthouse was called to
order by Mayor Walker, and two
officers CT the National Good Roe Dis
Association were present to make
addresses in explanation Of the
plans aad methods Of the work OF
conventions. They were Col. w.
H. Moore, president of the associa-
ton, and Col. 7, p. Rixey, attorney
and lecturer.
At the conclusion of the ad
dresses Mayor Walker invited
number of gentlemen to express ,
their views as to the practicability
of inviting the convention to meet
in Lexington. The 70 lowing
gentlemen responded and spoke
favorably of the scheme: General
Scott ShIpp, Messrs. ny Paxton,
A. Nelson Myers, j. NJ. Quisen-
berry, Jacob Beard and r. A. Nc
Gown. On motion of General Shipp
q rising vote was taken and the
invitation wac extended unani-
mously to the National Good Roads
to hold a convention
here. The time fixed was Satur-
day, June 23rd, and the following
executive committee was appointed
to make the necessary arrange s
melts:
Mayor S. B. Walker, Jr., Gen. ,
Scott Shipp, DIR. George H. Denny, !
Messrs. A. Nelson Myers, John }
Jacob Beard, W. 7. Nc.
MILAN and j. NJ. Quisenberry. ;
The executive committee held 5
NEE ting Monday afternoon and APP :
pointed Messrs. j. MsD. Adair,
John Sheridan and @, ID. Letcher !
4 finance committee, whose duty
shall be to devise and recommend
some plan whereby the necessary
expenses of holding the convention ?
may be raised.
TIE executive committee APP
pointed the following gentlemen
f the various districts OF the
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