The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-05-30
Good Roads Convention.

On last Saturday. May 26, as per
arrangements. great crowds of en-
thusiastic citizens from ali quarters
of the county met at Hooff's Opera
House at 1870 a. m. The meeting
was called to order by Mr.. j. M
Burdett, chairman of Board of
Trade. Invocation by Rev. j.
Howard Gibbons. Good music was
rendered by Modern Woodman
Band of Middleport, which did ex
celIent service.
The program was carried out to
letter during the three sessions,
1870 a. m 1 80 p. m, 7:30 p. m.
Col. W. Fl. Moore. of Mo-, Pres
ident of National Good Roads AS.
ISOLATION responded to address of
welcome by our esteemed Mayor,
Col. FL. r Howard. Col. Moore
is an eloquent speaker and prac-
ticll man and threw much light on
building good roads
Wellington E. Louoke, organi
ger of the National Good Roads
Association did great service in his
mastery speech on the building of
good roads. Mr.. j. G Bradburn,
the civil engineer, dwelt atlength
on practical road and street CON.
struotion These three gentlemen
are all practical and we'll informed
on road building We only hope
that the citizens of our county,
State and nation will seriously take
up the matter of good roads and in
the near future we will have pub
lilo thoroughfares which will be q
credit to this beloved land of ours
Good speeches and appropriate
remarks were made by a number of
prominent citizens of the county
To the Chairman and Mem
bers~of the Good Roads Con-
vention, Mason County, West
Virginia:
Your Committee on Reso-
lutions beg leave to submit the
following report:
Fully approaching the i'm
portance of good roads in every
community, and especially in
our own County, and deeply i'm
pressed with the contrast be-
tween the condition of the high
ways of the country, and that of
all other branches of the great
system or family of public
utilities, directly and con-
stantly affecting the vital
interests of all classes of people,
we heartily and enthusiastically
join in the great movement for
highway improvement which is
now sweeping over the land, and
most cordially welcome, the
distinguished and efficient
representative of the National
Good Roads Association who
have come among us; and feeling
deep sense of duty and
responsibility in the premises,
and the pressing necessity for
Immediate and united action in
accomplishing the great end
sought to be affected by this
movement, we not only pledge
ourself to earnest and I'M
renting performance of all
things tending to its achieve
ment which it is reasonably in
our power to do. but also to aid
in all legitimate ways in bring
ing about such legislation and
action by the public authorities
as can be reasonably had or
expected in this connection.
Therefore. be it resolved,
First. That it is the sense of
this convention that there is
great need of education among
the people and the public au-
thorities on the subject of road
building, to the end that money
spent in such work may be laid
out with more regard to scienti-
fic principles of road con-
struction.
Second. That we heartily
recommed the organization of a
permanent good roads associa-
ton in the County of Mason. the
object of which shall be the
promotion of better highway
construction and improvement
in all respects.
Third. That we favor the
establishment by law of state
bureau or department of public