The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-02-23
The GOOD ROADS CONFERENCE IS CALLED FOR FRIDAY

more all over the s4atSs
brought directly to the attention OF
fbe people of this community and
county. by one who has had wide ex-
nerience in. the matter and who IS
now successfully engaged IN that
line of work.
Mr.. Wellington E. Loucks. nation,
Al organizer for the National Good
Roads Association, Will be here Fri
day night to take the movement IN
hand here. and conference will be
held Mr. Loucks desires conference
Of; thirty or forty Of the representa-
five residents Of the city. also such
nearby farmers as will come, and
also civ and county officials, to de-
eide whether good roads conyen-
lion shall be held here in the near
fafnre ia organize the city and
county for city street and county
road Improvement.
The State Board Of Trade Is en-
couraging the movement and sucn
ORGANIZATION as the one contem-
Mated here are being formed all over
the state
Mr.. Loucks comes from an eS-
tended campaign in Ohio in when
AZ counties were organized and 30
conventions held, including two
state conventions in Columbus. In
the Columbus convention the legls-
lafive committee asked OF the assem-.
bly the appropriation of $1,000 OF
State funds to help the counties
build good roads. During the past
wear the National Good Roads As
ISOLATION has conducted campaigns
in twenty States, the most extended
itinerary being over the Hartman
lines from Chicago to Portland, and
up 10 Spokane and into California,
On this itinerary Colorado was or,
eanized for a very efficient State and
county work.
It is the plan to hold a convention
for one day, three sessions-lo a No
3. D. m. and 7:30-to which the
farmers and business men Of the
county are generally invited. The
program includes practical illnstra-
lions and discussion of the best
methods and systems of city street
and public road improvement.
Also. a registration of progressive,
citizens throughout the county Will
be made and the organization thus
formed WILDE advisory on all mat
tiers Of civic and county improve
ment.
The National Good Roads Asso-
citation is an authorized national
movement organized by represents
lives from 80 States, appointed by
the Governors, and the convention
held in Chicago in 1900 declared this
movement to be purely for agitation,
education, organization and leglsla-
ton for good roads. Since that
time numerous itineraries have been
made over the country, the railroad
cooperating and the united press Of
the country warmly advocating the
methods adopted.
At Wheeling ii was decided to hold
a great convention in that city on
March IA and Is, to organize West
Virginia under the rules and prln-
ciples governing the national asso-
cation. and it is expected that a
great legislative convention will be
held in Charleston early next year
during the session of the Legislature
to secure proper legislation. Be
tween these dates q majority Of the
counties will be organized so that
the voice of the people of West Vir-
GINA can give clear and definite ex-
preston in regard to bills touching
the good roads question.
The great enthusiasm over the
country for better roads is justified
when it is remembered that IS per
cent. of all the products of the farm,
the field and the mine must first
traverse the primary road before
reaching a market. The, motion OF
progress for better transportation is
Easy NuAulS ZOE 4drinolS, NV
business: for merchants in the market
towns, better home comforts and sur
roundings for country homes and
twelve months traffic through the
year"
Such condition in this county
would mean increased values to the
farm, greater volume Of business to
GIarksburg and, an era of prosperity
Eich viii well Justify every expend-
iIfEe and effort Of our citizens to
stain.
Mr.. Loucks say that the materials
are abundant in this county for good
construction work, excepting the
finishing or surfacing, which re-
quires importation of granite or
dint or the hard blue ledge lime
stone. he states that in Jackson,
Tenn, with all the materials i'm
ported 1917 miles from Cairo, Ill.,,
the Hon. Sam Lancaster, since 1901,