Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-27

than with the slope He also commended
this city ON the efficiency of its en-
cheering
The meeting was closed with an infor-
nal talk with the delegates present.
EVENING SESSION.
In the evening a most interesting SEES
sion was held al the Y. Nj. {. A. hall. A
few minutes after eight o'clock the meet
ing was called to order, and while the
audience was awaiting the arrival of
Gov. Bell and his staff, Mr.. Loucks gave
a short address. He spoke of the oppo-
siton with which the association had to
contend in one part Of Virginia. and the
present strong support which they re-
celvcd in that section. To mend the
weak places of transportation" should
be the purpose of Ve-mont. he claimed
and used the analogy of the chain. that
it was no better than it's weakest link
He noted the lack of continuity of good
roads in the State.
Just before Mr.. Loucks had closed his
remarks Governor Bell and his STAFF
were uShered into the hall. After his in
PRODUCTION by Mayor Burke the governor
delivered an address in favor of highway
Improvement and suggested certain
changes which he thought might prove
bencfcial. His suggestions included the
thorough study and discussion of the sub
ject of highway Improvement each year
the more extensive use of gravel in road
construction. and the advisability Of shad-
ing the highways by trees The term
permanert road" seemed to him TO he ar,
objectionable one. and he considered tina Il
too often our citizens thought roads per
manent and therefore left them to the
care OF the Lord. Vermont should think
of the benefit to tho horse particularly in
considering road construction
A letter from T A. Vail of Lyndonville
was read by Mayor Burke. This advo-
Gated the use Of gravel and tho planting
of maple trees along the highway.
LECTURE BY COL. MOORE.
The most interesting feature Of the even
ing was the stereopticon lecture delivered
by Colonel Moore. throughout the dis
course he had the undivided attention of
his audience. many of whom were sur
prised that the subject should be one not
only OF commercial Importance. but of
great individual interest as we'll After
the lecture many of the audience remained
to express their appreciation to the lee.
turer. among whom the mayor and COVER
nor We're most enthusiastic in their praise.
The views put upon the canvas showed
the highways of Importance all over the
world, and clearly demonstrated that our
own United States is far behind her sister
nations in having suitable highways for
transportation, even less advanced than
Java, TO Which We send our heather mis-
sionary contributions. Among the pic
lures were the AppIan Way. the road once
travelled by the Good Samaritan, roads
Of Egypt. Russia, Japan, Switzerland,
Italy France and tho South American
countries. The lecturer explained that
many Of these built twenty md forty CEN
'uries ago were in perfect condition to-
day, simply because of their initial sciea
t!hc construction. Most interesting views
throughout Europe and Asia were dis
played.
Mr.. Moore hoped and expected to ac-
compish two measures at least at the
coming Legislature, the establishment of a
salaried Office of highway commissioner
with assistants to supervise construction
throughout the State, and the adoption Of
some sort of system in road construction
He demonstrated the Importance of the
subject of highway Improvement and
! gave notice of the coming con,
vention in Montpelier on October IA
and II in attendance at which he
expected large delegation from Bur-
| lington and Chittenden county.
The singing of America by the aud.
fence brought the meeting to a close